12/23/08

Ok, so it’s been about a week since I last spoke to y'all. I guess I'll take a little time to jot down a few thoughts. First off, my speed loaders for the Judge arrived the other day. I loaded them with the hollow point ammo I'd bought at Cheaper Than Dirt Outdoor Adventures and tried them out. They worked nicely. I'll need some practice before I'm very fast with them but that is to be expected. I took all of the guns to the range and tried them all out. All three Space Gun clips worked well, except that they didn’t like to feed the last round of ammo. They even fed Hornady TAP hollow point ammo. I'm able to reload the Judge quickly enough for my needs, probably, so I'm happy with that purchase as well. The Hebrew Hammer performed flawlessly, as always. So with a bunch of holes blown in the targets, I bought some more ammo and called it a day at the range. At home I loaded the speed loaders with some Speer Gold Dot jacketed hollow point ammo and filled the Space Gun magazines with eight Hornady TAPs and one CCI Blazer round per clip. Of course the Hebrew Hammer is still loaded with the combination of TAP and Hydroshock ammo. I'm not sure what day that was but the very next day the pouches for the speed loaders arrived and I got them mounted up to the holster for the Judge. Saturday morning John and I met at Mimi’s for breakfast. We eventually made it to the shop, after Lowe’s, Radio Shack, and Car Toys. John installed a different radio in his “new” ride while I removed the oil pan from the Z-20 engine to get started making it ready for installation into Barbecue Bob. Of course the 610 pan I have is crusty, nasty, dirty so I scammed John into volunteering a clean powder coated 510 pan and pickup tube he has on hand. Well, he has them on hand at his house so we didn’t get it installed on the engine. We ran out of time just about the time the front came through. It started to cool off a little as we were leaving. I didn’t do squat on Sunday but Monday I decided to, wait for it, go to the shooting range. I took all my guns again and blew through a couple targets. Cutie Patootie wasn’t there so I didn’t hang out very long afterwards. From the range I went to Chicken Excess for some strips, mashed ‘taters, and sweet tea. I decided to take the Judge to the shop and clean out the lead accumulated from the semi-wadcutter ammo. When I'd finished with that, I was beginning to get cold. I took a few measurements off of the cars and called it a day at the shop. I headed out for a hoon in Ms. Clio. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell y'all about license plates. I had to renew the license plates on Darth Versa and Fifi the other day. I decided to go ahead and get personalized plates for Darth Versa. I decided on that laugh that makes you sound French, “UN HU HU.” So, with that decision made, I must now declare that Darth Versa will henceforth be known as Ms. Clio. I thought about getting plates for Fifi but “FIFI” was taken and other iterations of Fifi didn’t work for me. For instance, “PHIPHI” and “FEEFEE” are both available, but I just don’t like either one. So there. Ok, so where was I? Right, I was done cleaning the Judge and going for a hoon. Just as I turned onto 1187 off of 377, Pat texts me. He’s at the shooting range right there on 377! I turn back and meet him. We shoot for a bit and then go our separate ways. Today I didn’t do shite! I hung out and watched a marathon of “Time Warp” on the Discovery Channel. Actually, I started this rant right in the middle of that marathon but broke for dinner. I think I'll shoost this off to Spiderman right quick and… well, I don’t know what I'll do after that. Ok, so if I think of anything else in the next few days, I'll let y'all know. Don’t hold your breath though.