All,
Things that annoy me...well I got a few so here we go:
#1-Stayed the night in Austin on July 2nd to leave from Austin International on the 3rd to go to NOLA for the 4th and spend a few of days in the French Quarter. I get up early to get the wife coffee (who parked my truck the night before) and turn on the truck only to hear that my Tundra now sound like a drag car. I thing to myself "***" and looked under the carriage only to find that my catalytic converter has been sawn off and stolen. So, we had to drive to the airport sounding like I was "roll coaling" all the way in.
#2 Get to NOLA and all is well...the Hotel on Bourbon street is nice and the beer is cold. However, every time we come out of the hotel there are these kids banging on 5 gallon buckets creating the most annoying racket that reverberates down the entire street. I mean I cannot even enjoy the sights (there are a lot of them) nor a cold one with out this non rhythmic banging of hollow buckets. One mom was out there will all here kids banging away on 5 buckets and one of the kids stared me down asking for a tip. Nah man, I gave a $10 to the full on Jazz band who performed on the street later that night who had the whole street dancing and yes I was out there shaking it.
#3 Go to cafe on Bourbon street one day and get the girls some drinks...I'm looking at the beer selection and all I see is Bud light and I'm like nah man. Yes, I am a beer snob and its only Lager for me...Modelo, Stella, Sapporo, Kirin, Asahi, Dos Equis, Estrella Galicia/Damm. So, I go to a bar next door and get a cold one and bring it back. Man you would have thought I came back to the cafe naked, because the security detail there tore me down for bringing another drink into their cafe. I explained that all they serve is "Bud Light" and even though I dropped a good $30 on the girls foo-foo drinks they weren't t having it and kicked me out. While I was leaving I told them to get the owner to atleast support their local lager/brew "Voodoo" something or other.
#4 Take the gang to the super elite, super cool, wanna be Amex lounge in the NOLA airport. Its called the Flyers Club or something. Anyway, after all the ID checks and membership card flashing I ask for a Crown and Water. You guessed it, they don't serve Crown Royal. Another "***". All this high rolling to get into the joint and no Crown? C'mon man! It was okay as I am used to this and ALWAYS have 4 or 5 mini CR in my back pack.
#5 Fly back to Austin and immediately attend a business meeting at hit up a local Mexican joint for our meeting. I did not arrange the dinner meeting, but the last time I was there the food was pretty good. I was there just to listen and listen I did because I did not anyone to catch a whiff of my Crown breathe. Ordered Enchiladas and that story will be #7.
#6 Since I had a few Crown and Water and a belly full of Enchiladas I sat in the back and the boss lady drove home. I put my ear plugs in because that was the LOUDEST 1 hour trip back to San Antonio because of the missing catalytic converter. **** that thief, but hey man he did a good job cutting it out as the cuts were clean.
#7 Go to the dealership to get an estimate to replace the CC via insurance and its a whopping 6K! Plus, since there is an wave of CC thefts on Tundra's right now they are back ordered. So, the long and short of it: 3 month wait. And to end story #5 I woke up the next morning keeled over because my gut was killing me from them enchiladas.
****...
John from Texas
PS: Did I mention the 100 plus heat? I love the heat, but man its hot.
