Clubbing in a blizzard
rickdugan
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I wonder how clubbing in a blizzard would be? I will be in NYC when the blizzard hits tomorrow and Tuesday and I wonder if the clubs will be open. Clubs in outlying areas tend to shut down during heavy snow storms, but NYC clubs tend to hang in there. However, I have never been in the city proper during something as bad as Juno is expected to be, so it is certainly possible that NYC clubs will opt to shut down too.
I will be interesting to find out. :)
I will be interesting to find out. :)
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I was stuck in the Orlando airport many years ago for nearly 12 hours due to high winds. The airport was not officially closed, so flights departed and landed at the discretion of the pilot and the airlines.
Very few flights took off but occasionally one did and in a way it was frustrating to see some fights leave as I was stuck waiting.
There is normally a 10 knot tailwind allowed for landing but none for take off. I once had to delay a departure at Ontario CA during one of their Santa Ana wind conditions because the wind was 85mph right down the runway. Nobody is taking off during hurricane wind conditions.
I once made a trip from Edm Int'l (YEG) to Red Deer, a distance of 120km, just as a prairie blizzard was getting underway. After finishing my business in Red Deer the blizzard was in full force so I decided to kill some time in X-Static, a SC in downtown Red Deer. You have never seen such a dead club. One virgin caesar and back to YEG for me.......blizzard be damned.
By this time the horsemen had closed Hwy #2 between Red Deer and YEG so I was forced to take some sketchy back roads to return to YEG. My trusty F-150 4X4 got me back to YEG safely even with the blizzard continuing to roar. No surprise to find that YEG is closed for the duration of the blizzard........heavy snow, 90km winds, wind chills in the -40sC, whiteout visibility.
No choice but to take a room in a crappy highway motel in Nisku. When in Nisku the Rig Pig club is the only place to go. The old joint was packed with stranded oil patch guys like me. A serious party vibe was underway. The strippers were making serious coin with their excellent stage shows (no lap dances at the Rig Pig). The party atmosphere was not even spoiled when the bar ran out of two popular brands of beer and the kitchen ran out of chicken wings and ribs. Last call found the place still packed wall-to-wall with oil patch drunks. It was one of my rowdiest, happiest nights in a SC. By some miracle not a single fight broke out the entire evening. And that is really saying something about the Rig Pig which is a little 'rough around the edges', shall we say.
I paid for it the next morning on the flight back to the exploration camp. I swear that the DC-3 pilot bounced the landing at the camp's airstrip in an attempt to make me hurl my bellyful of Kokanee.
Good SC times can be had in the midst of a blizzard.
If you go you're likely to get the "lone guy in a club with 3 dancers" situation. You don't mind dropping cash, so if there's something you like (a big if), she might be willing to really earn?
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(Sorry, Dougster. Couldn't resist)
Even if club did stay open, there remains the question of how many dancers would show up.
Further digression: Teddy Roosevelt (26th U.S.President) walked to an appointment he had with someone during the infamous NYC 1888 Blizzard. TR was PO'd that the guy no showed . Are you going to be a Teddy Roosevelt, Rick?
Dougster, what time did you arrive at the club? You mentioned evening, but security and the door charge usually both kick in at the same time, so I was confused as to how you got the hands-on frisk treatment, but went in without a cover.
That gonna be your only visit this trip?
Probably. Between the blizzard and workload I doubt I'm going to get back out on this trip.