Since I got shut outta the MA trout opener me and Tattoo headed to Habs with a gallon of Bloody Polish Bullrakes just in time for Habby Hour.
I got to meet Mrs. Habs (she's very nice, I had never met her - hey, I thought she was Habs
daughter when she answered the door). We poured a coupla drinks, Tattoo ho'ed John Jr's last beer - some guys have no morals
- and we adjourned to Santa's workshop.
Man, I'd never been there before, I didn't know how to get to his place way up yonder - I'll tell ya got blown away, and it wasn't the vodka either. By the time we left several hours later, I was delirious - I thought I forgot my Habs hat in the shop and then looked down and realized it was hanging in my lap.
I also have to confess that me and Tattoo got Habs a little goofy and took advantage of him repeatedly - what a Mutt and Jeff act, certainly one of the most ruthless ho'ings I've ever seen or been a part of.
But ya know, now that I think of it, Habs actually seemed to
enjoy it.
All kidding aside, if you know John then you already know how generous he can be. I even walked outta there with a converted chromed 704 - it's freakin' awesome, I've been wanting one ever since I saw one at the RISAA show and then when I saw the ported one that the guy did that was posted here I went right over the edge. Crafty's goin' retro old school this season. I polished the chrome with Formula 2000 when I got home last nite and it's sittin' here next to the keyboard - it just reminds me of a decked out HD 74.
I'm getting a GSB-120 1M done soon with silver wraps and black thread, yup that and a dozen eels, a coupla Habs needles and Tattoo's darters and I'm good to go.
Oh man, it's #$%@##$ great to be alive, life is schweeet.
Anyway, I had one of my cameras with me, as soon as I get the film back I'll post the pictures (I'm still old school, as soon as they come out with a digital that will produce a 50M file and shoot 20 fps, I'm there.) Habs has a buttload of needles he's finishing up for distribution pretty soon and I got some cool shots of them - he's just got his hands full, he's going full-tilt but took part of the day off yesterday - we all did - it's like those guys say, ya gotta stop every once in a while to smell the sawdust.
And no, I have no idea when the Tattoo and Habs stuff is gonna be ready - but soon they're saying. Tattoo had some back problems he's getting over now and Habs is doing everything he can - I gonna try to help him by tying his bucktails for the needlefish - it'll keep me outta mischief until the big girls show up for the dance.
Not like it was tough recruiting me - going thru Habs shop was like taking an alkie on a tour of Busch Gardens - boy, talk about takin' advantage of the elderly.
(Holy cwap, I just previewed this - I never shoulda put on that second pot of coffee...christ, I got diarrhea of the keyboard, Crafty's gotta switch to decaf.)
Anyway, I'll post the pix when I get 'em.