2/9/10

So I was sitting here in my office thinking, “Hey, why don't you call John and see if he wants to meet you for lunch at Pho King Way?” Then I remembered I don't have any Pho King money. So I forwent lunch today and settled for a Payday candy bar at about 1500 h. Fortunately, I had an orange soda in my fridge already. I guess I won't be buying an AK at the gun show this weekend after all. Well, unless they pay me on Friday the 12^th instead of on Monday the 15^th like they are supposed to. Speaking of Monday the 15^th, that’s a railroad holiday! Woo hoo! Four day week! Of course, wink wink, I'll be here because it isn't a Whitlock Group holiday. Yeah, just like I was here New Year’s Eve. Pshyeah, as if. OK, back to the gun show. So I've been thinking, which almost always means trouble, that since Kurt Corto is so easy to conceal and carry, I've been carrying it far more often than Big Millie. My thoughts are turning towards, “Do I really need Big Millie anymore?” I know I can get about $200.00 for it at Cabela’s. I wonder if I could get more at the gun show. Perhaps I'll take it, in the little carrying case with the four spare magazines and 550 rounds of ammo, and see what I can get. Let’s see, at $200.00 for the gun, $100.00 worth of magazines, and $300.00 in ammo, I could ask $600.00 and throw in the carrying case and ammo boxes. Hell, it’s not like I need to sell it. I'll ask $650.00 for the lot and be willing to haggle down to six bills. I don't know, we’ll see. I may talk myself out of that entirely before the weekend comes. I had some more thoughts on spare magazines for Kurt Corto as well. I've been thinking that if I ever had to use it, I'd want to be able to reload it before going on with my day, right? Wrong! If I ever had to use it, the cops are going to take it away. That’s not an “anti-government rant” sort of statement, it’s a simple observation. While I'm ‘splainin’ to the cops why I had to ventilate some asshole, they are going to confiscate the weapon for evidence. I acknowledge that, understand that, and don't really have a problem with that. The point is, I'm not going to need to reload it until I get it back, if I do. No, I don't need more P3AT magazines, I need more P3AT pistols! Hells Belles, they’re cheap enough that I could buy three or four more to stash around the house! In fact, instead of AK-47s, I might look for a couple more of them at the gun show, especially if Big Millie brings good money. Again, not that I really want to sell Big Millie, but I am willing. Well, the guy is supposed to be installing the new HVAC system tomorrow. I wonder if he’s actually going to move the compressor like we discussed or not. Somehow, I doubt it. I've been working on the plans for the shop next to the house some more and have one I really like. Of course, it is contingent on the compressor being moved. My original plan was to mirror the existing garage doors but mom suggested a big single door. I've revised the drawing to incorporate a single 20’ wide door front and rear. I've also jutted the front, east facing, wall out for a north facing “man door” onto the existing driveway. This also gives adequate depth which the previous plan lacked due to (tee hee, I said doo doo) the west wall having to stop short of the power pole, water cutoff, and sewer clean out. I like it, I like it a lot. Again, it hinges on the movement of the A/C compressor. I'm just not confident they’ll get that done tomorrow. No, I'm afeared I'll have to go with one of the plans which leaves the compressor where it is. Of course there is one of those I really like a lot too. But we’ll have to wait and see, I guess. Well, it is approaching 1600 h and I haven’t even wasted any time on the shuttle bus today. I guess I'll sign off here, arrange my schedule for tomorrow, and go goof off with Larry for half an hour or so. Y'all have a day.