11/3/10

Well, the Spitfire is no longer a “stolen car.” I cut out of here early yesterday and went to the Credit Onion. On a lark, I asked to speak to a loan officer about refinancing Ms. Clio. See, I got this e-mail the other day about car loan interest rates being “Scary Low” in honor of Halloween. She said I could refinance it and my payments would drop by about $80.00 a month. I said, “Gopher it!” and filled out the paperwork. I'm not sure where we stand because she was going to check with Nissan and get a final payoff and let me know. I haven’t heard from her today. Anyhoo, after doing that I got out the money to pay for the Spitfire and headed to Kevin’s. We walked across the street and I finally met the dude. I paid him and got the title. Woo to the hoo. Mom and I went to the Black Eyed Pea and ate then went to the Marvin and Obie Leonard Middle School, my alma matter, to vote. I'd been luke warm to the idea all day and almost blew it off. Once there with a ballot in hand I remembered that I don't have to vote Republican or Dumbocrat, I can vote “Anarchy” Party instead. Oh, that would be Libertarian, by the way. I voted and felt ever so much better about having done my civic duty. Tee hee, I said “Doody!” By the way, that was sarcasm (the bit before the childishness) because I'm fairly certain that all I did was cancel out my pinko-commie brother’s Dumbocrat votes. Oh well, what are you going to do? Anyhoo, that’s that. Now, I've been thinking again. Yeah I know, that can’t be good. But I've been thinking about getting another Judge. I'm not sure if I'd ever said in here that I was “out” on them, but I have been for the last few weeks. I'd been “drinking the Kool-Ade” about them for a long time but finally decided they probably aren't the be all and end all of self defense weapons they are touted as. Having said that, I really like the thought of having a loaded and ready to fire gun in a holster by my bed. The Judge used to fill that roll. Besides, I have those four speed loaders. Also, I've been thinking about a pistol in .45 Colt to go along with the Lever Gun. My options there are Judges and Cowboy Action guns. I do not like Cowboy Action guns. First of all, there’s the word “Cowboy” right there in the name. I hate the Cowboys. I've hated the Cowboys ever since they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XIII in 1979 and I realized what “Fair Weather Fans” the Cowboys had. I decided then and there, “I will hate them whether they are good or suck.” Of course I eventually realized I didn't have to give a shit about Softcore Gay Porn, which is all American Football is anyway. But I do still hate the Cowboys. And I digress. I also don't like Cowboy Action guns because of the round topped grips. They just don't look like they would be as controllable as a modern revolver. The Judge however has a cool name and modern grips but the jump from casing to rifling, not to mention the shallowness of said rifling, cuts down on .45 Colt accuracy with the thing. Sure, I was accurate enough at “I can explain that to the District Attorney” distances so it is kind of a moo point. Now the big question is, “Do I gopher the 3”chamber Magnum or the 2.5” chamber regular Judge?” Since almost all the .410 buckshot loads are 2.5” I think I might go that route. Hell, the only reason I wanted a 3” Judge before was because I had all that 3” ammo. Now I've got none so I don't really need the Magnum. Besides, unlike regular handguns where a magnum is more powerful, a magnum shotgun has the same powder but more payload. With the proliferation of 2.5” “self defense” loads, not to mention a shorter jump from casing to rifling, I think I'm going to gopher another 2.5” Judge. I might look at an Ultralight this time though. We'll see. Of course I can't do it this gun show because I don't have the money, but I think I'm going to start shopping again. And on that note, I think I'm going to call it a rant.