A CRAWFISHBOIL I DO REMEMBER
Another great day at Tommy Woo's. The weather was excellent the bugs were perfect and the artichokes were hotter than the sun. For entertainment Bennie Begley did a nose-over on his ATV. Unfortunately I missed it as I was out seeing how fast Toms new Expedition would go (it gets a little squirrelly at 120 mph). Just kidding Paula, I didn't go one mph over 110. Not all of the usual suspects showed up so it was a real intimate affair. Not even a car wreck could keep Pablo away. A moment of silence for Tony the Taurus.
GLBL nosed up this week. It's got a long way to go before anybody that I know gets to excited although if you had picked some up a couple of months ago you might be getting a little giddy. I'm waiting to go out on Tippy Kanews (read Pioneer) this week. We've got some bell guides to install down to 750' and then I think some hook up work at 450'. I can't wait til the mighty Sea Lion comes out of drydock. If I had my druthers I'd druther work on it. Speaking of the Sea Lion I finally got my book back from Capt. John R. Donovan. He only had it for four years. For those of you who haven't been following this vignette I lent him "Death in the Silent Places" by Peter Hathaway Capstick (an excellent book on hunting in Africa) with the promise he would hang on to it til we hooked up on the boat again. A couple of months later he tells me he, in turn, lent it to a friend of his. Then he tells me his friend denies he ever lent him the book. You know me, a chink in the armor and I can't help myself. I was on him like a bum on a muffin for the next four years. It got so bad he was catching fish and CLEANING them for me to get me off his back. Sitting around his house one day he looks up at his bookshelf and realized his friend was right. I'm gonna miss those fillets.
Anybody heard from Auggie Bottoms lately? Ciao, DSDE
Augie Bottoms is alive and well and living in Fargo North Dakota...he's still unable find a light switch in a dark stateroom, despite several decades of black water floundering but his tick is better now...for awhile, we thought he had turettes syndrome but realized is he was simply flashing back to the midnight meal on the GP 37. Cheeseburger overdoses have been accepted as an occupational hazard, deemed worthy of their own JSA's...I'll pass on his email address to any and all who care to peck him a line... augie@augiebottoms.com (gimme a couple days to set him up...it'll be good, I promise. btw, anyone got a photo of fred pernert?
Have at it.
Reefer
I'd hate to have to choose between crawfish and green chile, but when it's put in the context of a CRAWFISH BOIL.........well! It's no contest and you'd have to look long and hard to find a better place than Tom & Paula's. You guys save me a few, huh?
Wade
Yes, I have photos of Fred Pernert from birth onward. Tonight I called Fred and told him about this website. He may be in touch shortly.
Fred's loving sister,
Chari