Icy fishing report

[LostMyWife]

Three of the restaurants I run are in Virginia Beach, Virginia. When they forcast snow, everything closes. The stories about Virginia drivers and Texas drivers are probably very similar. They are great with hurricanes and floods, but when it comes to snow and ice, forget it. I-64 turns into the largest demolitian derby on Earth.

I do like Virginia. Waking up at a brachfront hotel in the winter, with the ocean breeze blowing in is something that everyone should experience. Kind of like fishing for trout in December. But if it looks like snow I am outta there.

[Phil Lilley]

Boyd- there won't be many fishing this Saturday. Most of our guests have already canceled for the weekend and this is a slow weekend to boot.

I attended a bible college in Oak Cliff (south Dallas) but had a part time job at the Hilton downtown (not there anymore). I bused tables at the Beef Baron. Dallas got hit with a huge ice storm on a Friday. Rick (my best buddy who worked with me) and I weren't going in- no way. But our boss said he'd send a cab... the hotel was full and they weren't going out to eat- they were packed. So we headed out in my 69 Impala with slick tires. The roads weren't too bad going in... no problem for us anyhow. But on the way home (at 1 am) they were desserted... like the A-Bomb had gone off and no one was alive. Except for one car- a caddie- a nice caddie with white walls and fancy lights. Yes it was a black guy all dressed up and literally no where to go. We stopped, he got out and promptly fell on his butt. He had platform shoes on- very slick. We helped him back into his car and told him we'd get him started. I pulled up behind him- our bumpers didn't meet and my grill got crunched. I pushed him and got him started. We passed him up and the last thing we saw was him doing circles down hwy 45.

Those were the days.