Off topic. Karma is a bitch

Here is what ended up with as a replacement for the del sol. My head wasn’t done healing yet and I had to strap on a Helmet and ride 120 miles a day on an overgrown scooter. I used to say that my edgun was the second most valuable thing I own, well its just moved up the list. Just can’t tell the wife that selling the r3m with a $800 scope on it would probably bring in enough cash to replace the del sol when combined with the $1400 I dropped on the 250cc scooter. Technically, I still own the $4500 CTR motor and dual synchro transmission in the del sol, but I don’t have time to screw with finding a shell and swapping it. I’ll probably pull it soon and tear it down for inspection. Maybe I can find a hatchback to make it through the winter and then swap in the spring. Hell, the cams in that motor sell for $900 alone.

In edgun news, I have now confirmed that the 25 cal has enough power to puncture a full grown turtle shell. I finally got the last big one at the pond a bout two weeks ago. I wasn’t sure I hit him cause he would only give me a small target for a few seconds and the gone. But the next day he was floating in the middle of the pond, his head was intact so it had to be a shell shot. I got tired of trying to bring him in with a fishing line and just blew a few more holes in him and let him sink. I found that hitting near the top of the shell would cause the pellets to bounce off, but anything closer to the edges went right in.

I was doing about 60 miles per hour. Since the car was restored instead of new, I didn’t carry full coverage. I had a 72 Chevy truck once that the insurance only gave me $750 for since they only use the blue book value of an average vehicle. They won’t consider the true value of the car unles you pay extra for some sort of classic or show car insurance. Which is rarely worth it unles you got the original batman car or something. Full coverage would have cost me more since I’ve owned the car than they would have paid out once it was wrecked. Smart financially if you look at it over several years, feels stupid when your looking at a smoldering heap on the side of the road.

As far as my health goes. I’m done with work until after the 4th so I can actually rest for a few days. My mommy is driving up from San Antonio this weekend and offered to reset my thumb if its still screwed up by then. Probably not necessary at this point but she just loves to see me cry. Its funny. I was starting to feel sorry for myself and her offer quickly reminded me of where I come from. She is about the only person that isn’t surprised the bull didnt take my head off. She reminded me that my grandfather should have died at least 3 times that she knows of. Once in Germany in ww2, once when he was a judge and a guy he had sent to prison tracked him down and stabbed him in the throat a few times, and another when he was 65 and fell of a building onto a concet slab. P.s. the guy that stabed my grandfather didnt fair as well as he did. Apparently he didn’t know he was bringing a knife to a gun fight. As far as my dear mother is concerned, I’ve got at least two lives left. Lol. :rofl: