3/21/13

Oh crap!  I totally forgot that I had to tell y'all the gun show story.  Tuesday and Wednesday I was sitting here at my desk thinking, “Well, I gots nothin’ to say, I might as well not do a rant.”  And the whole time y'all are sitting out there going, “But aren’t you going to tell us about the gun show on Sunday?  Our lives are totally bereft of meaning without you!”  I'm totally sorry, please accept my apologies.  So, Sunday morning I get up and get the Neos ready to take to the gun show.  I remove the optics and pack all the bits into their boxes.  I make a sign to hang on my back and head out to meet Larry at the credit onion.  We walk the first few aisles and I get a few curious folks asking about the gun.  Finally someone makes me an offer.  It is less than I want for it and point out that the table across the aisle has it for $200.00 MORE than my asking price.  I feel pretty confident that I can get my price if the dude declines.  He does not.  So now I'm flush with cash at a gun show… a dangerous proposition.  However, it turns out that I am capable of being a good boy even when presented with this level of temptation.  I did not go home with a new gun… or a used gun for that matter.  I did buy three more ten-round stick magazines for the Saiga 12 along with some hot pickles, smoked cheddar cheese, a smoked sausage thingy, and some do it yourself, “pop in the microwave,” pork skins.  I also “sold” Larry my two ten-round drum magazines for the Saiga 12 since they don’t quite work with the Kushnapup stock… they poke out and interfere with my wrist.  I say “sold” because what we did was have him buy me two more ten-round stick mags and I traded them for the drums.  Anyhoo, we walked the whole show and I resisted all urges to buy another gun.  Oh sure, I was tempted to get a .22 pistol to replace the Neos, but I didn’t do it.  After we’d finished with our shopping, we went to Benito’s for some Meskin food.  It was, as usual, quite tasty.  Back at the house, I test fitted the stick magazines in the Saiga 12 and etched roman numerals into the bottom of each, I-VII.  At some point, probably Saturday some time, I took the 99¢ scope I bought on e-Bay off of my Crossman Air Rifle and put it on the new .22 caliber Marlin.  I decided I didn’t like it and ordered the Marlin rail for the top of the receiver.  It arrived yesterday.  I put it on last night and attached the 2x red-dot optic I'd removed from the Neos carbine.  I like it a lot better than the air rifle scope.  I need to take that gun out to the range and shoost it.  Perhaps I'll do that Saturday after John and I go to the shop.  And now we’re back to cars.  John sent me a Craigslist listing for some dude with a supply of Model T and Model A parts: bodies, frames, people, and motors, and shit.  We’re now thinking of using an actual steel body to build the fiftieth birthday T Bucket Roadster thingy… if we do build one that is.  Ok, I know, if we use a Model A body it won't be a T Bucket.  I'm using the “Royal T” as it were.  Thing is, if we were to go with a real steel body, I'd really feel obligated to build it with the straight axle front suspension… I probably wouldn’t do it, but I'd feel weird about it.  Sort of thing.  No, if the thing ever gets built, it will go on a Nissan D-21 Hardbody truck frame.  John had concerns about titling it as a pickup… duh, we’ll use a truck bed instead of the “Turtle Deck.”  Ok, so here’s how I'm thinking things will go down.  I'll keep gassing on about the Track T from time to time.  We’ll finish Lil' Wiggly.  We’ll build George to sell.  We’ll get the Spit up and going.  Then, when it is time to poop or get out of the Ganges on the Chickenhawk, we’ll make the decision as to whether or not the Track T is going to happen.  Why?  Well, if I'm building a Track T I'll want the VG-33 V6 to go in it, if not it’ll go in the Chickenhawk.  Besides, hopefully the Spit and The Seven will be enough open top cars for me and I'll forget all about the Track T.  We’ll see.  So, I now need to get back into a Lil' Wiggly frame of mind.  I think Saturday I'll remove the remote battery stuff from George and transfer it to Lil' Wiggly.  Oh, unless John and I are removing the rear axle from the Chickenhawk for the 510 wagon he’s working on at his house.  Oh crap, I also remember that I promised to take Super Karate-Monkey Death-Car to Arlington in the afternoon.  So, I guess we’ll load Super Karate-Monkey Death-Car on the trailer THEN get to work on either George or the Chickenhawk.  Oh crap, again!  I also just remembered that I'm supposed to go bleed and pee for a physical before I go to the shop.  Perhaps John will get started on the Chickenhawk axle removal before I arrive… or whatever he feels like doing I suppose.  Yeah, so I have no idea what we’re going to do at the shop this Saturday.  I guess I otter just shut the hell up then.  That sounds like a reasonable plan.  I'll do that.