Shingles Revisited

All the shingle blisters have dried up and the scabs washed away.  I look mostly normal though I still experience quite a bit of pain mostly around my eye.  I also have the sensation of something crawling under my skin from my eye brow up to my temple. And the fatigue is still hanging around.

Great Sign

Yesterday we went to watch our 6 grade grandson play basketball.  Since we were going into a no guns zone I left the 3 inch 45 1911 at home and carried my little 9mm.  And so once again I broke the law. 

When entering the school I noticed a sign on the door that said something like "the faculty is armed and any attempt to harm the students will be met with deadly force".  I really liked that sign, true or not.

Behind the Curtain

 A couple weeks before the shingles hit me, we had a couple of guys rebuild the main bathroom in the house.  They stripped it to the studs and did a complete rebuild to the Boss's specifications.  Everything is complete except the entrance door.  The first pre-hung door was paintable quality, but not adequate for staining so a different one was ordered.  That one arrived but it was the wrong one.  It will be a couple of weeks before the next one arrives.  Until then we'll have a curtain hanging over the doorway.

Shingles

And not the kind for roofing your house.  A week ago I went to an urgent care clinic because of blisters on the side of my face, in my hair and a swollen eye.  The Doc diagnosed shingles and prescribed a medication.

In case you don't know, shingles is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus.  Apparently, as a young child, I had that disease.  I certainly don't remember.  If I had known I would've had the vaccine.

A week later the bee sting sensation is gone, replaced with a bug crawling sensation, and most of the blisters have scabbed over.  Unfortunately my vision is still impaired by swelling around my eye, and I still have a lot of fatigue.

So far I've missed a week of work.

If you've had chickenpox, or don't know, go get vaccinated.  You really don't want shingles.

Fire All of Them

For a while I had a sign on the back of my truck that said "FIRE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT".
Apparently it's time to put it back.

One Small Part

Removing the magazine disconnect was a piece of cake.  As simple as removing the right side grip panel, and remove one part.  Presto, done.

I field stripped it for cleaning and discovered another thing of interest.  By easily removing one part, there won't be any functional effect other than becoming a fully automatic pistol.  Illegal?  You bet!  Having fired several legally owned sub-guns in the past, I know it would be loads of fun.

From ATI to Star

The friend picked up his ATI this afternoon.  He was as happy as can be.

He dropped off his also used Star 9mm that is almost a 1911 at least cosmetically.  His complaint is the magazine disconnect.  He really hates it. 

He knows, and has fired, my Hi-Power from which I removed that magazine disconnect.  He asked me to do the same for his Star.  I'll probably disassemble it tomorrow and see what, if anything I can do.