Stormy weather....

     There is nothing more fun than driving with your friend visiting from Florida as your city is in the grip of a full fledged ice storm.   You see, my friend Bob, aka Mr. X, is here on business from Florida.  We always make it a point to get together when he is in town.  He gets his Mr. X name from his days as a character on my morning show in Wichita.  He is a radio legend in his own mind.  He is originally from Kansas but either has lost his ability to navigate a car during an ice storm or he is still crazy.  I knew it was going to be trouble when we started skidding sideways.  Most people would blurt out a healthy expletive but Mr. X handed me his beer and said, "I'm gonna try something!" 

     Normally ice and snow doesn't bother me but the "Joe Diffie", my 1997 Ford F-150 is only hitting on 6 cylinders, has no weight for traction in the back and has mostly bald tires because he needs ball joints and chews up tires pretty fast making traction somewhat of a joke.  I've had the Joe Diffie since 1998 and he has 180,000 miles so, we have history!

So, three inches of ice today and up to a foot of snow tomorrow.  I love the midwest but I don't understand that they call off school, certain work shifts and other activities but the never call off the radio shifts.  Some mysteries will never be solved.