Responses to Middle Aged Road Trips

"Glad you enjoyed Memphis! Come back soon!"
--Debra Cohen, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau

"Thanks for the laughs! You guys got around! You had to have eaten at Dyers for the burgers, that fat is over 100 years old I'm told. I'm hoping that the rude waitress was not a Corky's employee, not a good showing of Southern hospitality. As for the flight attendent's description of the game sounds exactly like I would, I know nothing about football. Thanks for the afternoon amusement!"
--Jan Klein
Director of Mail Order Operations
Corky's BBQ-Memphis

"Sounds like a fabulous adventure. Speaking of Liza Minelli poking someone in the eye, David Gest has a house in Memphis and occasionally goes public with his weirdness. Come back sometime, -- the dog track is expanding and there is plenty more BBQ to be sampled.
--Ken Hall
Memphis Cotton Museum

"I've been reading your blog and it's very entertaining. The Middle-Aged Road Trip was especially good. I stick to Wetzels Pretzels at the airport, which are overpriced, but overpriced just a little bit more than their regular stores, so it doesn't feel as if I'm being gouged quite as much."
--P

"I can totally picture the three of you losers in Memphis doing the things you described. I laughed out loud five or six times reading that column."
--D

"The quote--'If you ever feel like you are at the lowest point in your life, remember this: You haven’t hit rock bottom until you spend a Saturday night at a dog track in Arkansas'--is Classic! I have just copied that quote to a PowerPoint slide, printed it and will post it on our office's quotes-of-fame wall (yours will be next to the quote from a client who said, 'Look, it's a spot on the log, not a spot on your lung.') The trip sounds like it was a blast."
--M

"Loved your report on Memphis! Fun times, indeed. I can remember Mother and Daddy going to the dog track on Saturday afternoons for their fix. They always said they were going to the dogs!"
--I

"Very funny! Love your writing style."
--B

"That was a hoot. Just so you know, I park my semi behind that dog track..."
--V

"I couldn't help but notice that your previous road trip article (Family Road Trip), also included a bathroom fixation."
--J

Rick responds: What do you want from me? I'm a 43-year-old man. It's only going to get worse, not better. Although, just to prove to you that I can write about road trips without mentioning bathrooms, read this: Dirty Old Men