Finally off for vacation

Didn't quite make it out the door on time. Should have ducked under machine when boss was coming. Got a few hours OT, but still off for the weekend so all is well. Suppose to have recieved my scope mount today according to tracking info, but it isn't looking good. Hopefully be here early tomorrow so I can get it out to the range. If not, I will still hit the range. Want to check out cowboy town and get some updated photos. They put some steel reactive targets out at the hundred yard over there I am anxious to try out. Want to get a ticket to the Friends of the NRA banquet as well. Sounds like they are almost sold out. Huge improvement over last years. They had quite a few unsold tickets last year so quite a few prizes were taken off the table. They have some really interesting guns up this year. They will be doing some work for the kids easter party as well and I can see if they need a hand.

One more day

Eight work hours until vacation starts. I lucked out, and the bosses left me off the weekend list. Typical holiday panic. They have most of the shop working the weekend on hot jobs. Today's club meeting went well. They are having another Friends of the NRA event in May. Bought some tickets for the safe they have up on the auction block. Mine is full, so, I am hoping on getting the safe (wouldn't mind something to go in it either). It is a great time. Food, raffles and games. I won a gun last year. Cowboy town is getting a huge make over. They put up a new building and are expanding the area. I need to take the camera out there and get some pictures. NCOWS are using it again this year. It makes five years in a row now. They put drainage in cowboy town and the rifle range which will hopefully help ease the flooding. Looking forward to spending some time at the club. Need to do some serious reloading this weekend. Want to get the floor welded in the Mustang and the hydraulic clutch bracket made. Eight hours until freedom. YEAHHHH

Cancelled

Just checked. They cancelled the spring machine gun shoot.... Guess they sustained major damage in the recent storms and are still recovering. Guess I will hit the NRA banquet in St Louis instead. Should be a good time. I can hit the Cabelas while I am in the area as well. I will miss the machine gun shoot, but the fall one is still on. May still make a trip out to the store and range out that way. It looks like the range is still open, just not having the machine gun shoot. I can hit the Paton museum while out there as well. Just play it by ear. Probably see the gunny, aka R Lee Ermey, at the NRA event as he is a member of the NRA board now. Be cool to see Nugent as well.

Gerst Haus

Had a great weekend. My brother and his girlfriend showed up yesterday evening and we went out for a nice dinner. We went to a really cool German restaurant, The Gerst Haus, downtown Evansville. All the people from work recommend it, and with good reason. The food was excellent and plentiful. I had enough leftover for dinner today. They also have a huge beer selection from all over the world as well as some of their own brews. If German cuisine isn't your taste, they had American dishes as well as steak, ribs and seafood. Restaurant was retro. They have a nice outdoor table area as well. It was great visiting with family again. Don't get too much company down here. Hope they can spend more time next time around. Keep trying to get him and or Og down to go to the machine gun shoot, but keep coming up empty. Machine gun shoot is in a couple of weeks. It is always a great time. Have to remember my Curio license this time around. Usually some great deals to be had. Well, back to work tomorrow, but it is only a four day week, then vacation time.

Finally a weekend off

The gun show was very lame, but I still got to see and talk with a few buddies while there. Usually there is a lot more there and it is hard to leave empty handed, buy not so this time. I got home and managed to get the brakes straightened out on the vette. Then it was off to tear up some curvy country roads. It was a blast. She is running awesome. Think she will be taking me to work this week. I found a nice old Harley on Craigslist that has possibilities of joining my toy collection. Have to see if he still has it next weekend or not. It is old school with the stretched springer front end. Looks like lots of fun. My brother and his girlfriend should be by anytime now and it will be off for dinner. Wish they had more time, but are just stopping on their way back home from a trip down south. It will still be good to see them again. It will give Spike someone new to harass for a while as well.

One more week

It has been very busy at work. Work keeps piling up which is good, but I am really looking forward to some down time. Start vacation on Good Friday. My brother and his girlfriend are dropping by for a visit this weekend and I am very much looking forward to that. Vacation week, I hope to get the floor done on the Mustang so it will be roadworthy. Need to look at the Vette. Drove it the other weekend and the brakes were mushy. I swear it is the biggest money pit I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. I replaced the master cylinder and power booster a couple years back, so they should be fine. It is going to get on my last nerve and wind up taking space in someone elses garage. I am also going to hit the machine gun shoot that week and maybe the St. Louis NRA banquet. Plan on playing at the club ALOT that week as well. Just have to make it another week....

Bet numb nuts still gets a second term....

People that have not lived in the Chicago area have no idea how hideously devious the Chicago politicians are. Of course, I don't understand the people living in the Chicago area that vote the scum in. They now have their forth governor in the big house on corruption charges.Main reason I lived in Indiana and put up with the drive to the south side. Drive sucked, but not as bad as living there. You think Obama is bad, you ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until he is reelected. So many idiots out there that are willing to vote him in again. And then there are those who don't like Romney (who really does) and figure they will just not vote because that would be just as bad as voting for Obama. No, that IS voting for Obama. Not voting IS voting for Obama. If Obama gets in in 2012, you will see the gloves come off. No more elections to worry about, time for gun control. He can sign us up for the UN arms agreement and go after the second amendment that way. Look at his cabinet, mainly made up of his fellow Chicago scum. Not to mention he can appoint some more judges to lean the Judiciary completely on it's left side. With a little luck, Obama can try and remove his foot from his mouth and hopefully wind up with the other one in there while doing so.

Some of the kids down here that thought Obama wasn't so bad don't think so any more. They were amazed that Chicago outlawed guns. When I told them that, they didn't believe me. They had to google the laws . They were amazed that there was actually a place in America where you could not own or carry a gun. The FOID card was something else that they found unbelievable. You get away from the Chicago area, and the nation as a whole doesn't understand just how screwed up the area Big O came from actually is. Down here, people carry and think nothing of it. They hunt and there are shooting clubs all over. It is easy to take your second amendment rights for granted. All it takes is a couple bad politicians in the right places and right now, there are more than just a couple bad politicians lined up and waiting. I really hope people wake up and see Obama for the worthless two faced politician he is and get the word out, and VOTE him OUT.