Friday, February 5, 2016

Dry, Comfy Cool Weekend, nasty Cold Lundi & Mardi Gras

Doing a little research tonight to find this…If Mardi Gras stays in the 40s for highs, it would be the 3rd year in a row of such chill.  Previous to that, we had 3 straight Mardi Gras’ with highs in the 70s,   Seems we’re either very warm or very cold with no in between.   The only good news I have is the zero rain threat.   Saturday will see some clouds as a weakening upper system moves across the state.  The filtered sunshine will keep highs in the low to mid 50s.  Sunday will see all day sunshine with highs topping 60, the warmest day before the bottom drops out for Monday & Tuesday.  I’ll be layered up for my ride in Argus on Fat Tuesday.   Enjoy your weekend.

 

When I first arrived at Ch. 8, my General Manager told me I was replacing a legend (Nash Roberts) and you cannot replace a legend.   I asked him “what do you want me to do?”   He said…”Create a new one.”   As so I did.     One of the fun things I did was costume, not just for Mardi Gras but for various festivals, fundraisers etc.   A lady called and asked if I would wear a German Outfit to celebrate Octoberfest at Deutsches Haus.   I had no clue what the outfit looked like until she arrived with something called Lenderhosen, or German Shorts.    It had suspenders, a cute hat, and long white socks.   I couldn’t just be another weatherman in town since the “Legend-Nash” didn’t leave, he just changed stations.    So to grab viewers, I had to be creative & entertaining.   And so the “Breck era” began with more costumes to come.  As we count down to good-bye, I’ll have more funny stories.  Would you believe I once wore a full length women’s fur coat?    Hey, it looked preety good on me!

4 comments:

Robear said...

Would someone PLEASE tell Bob to come here and ANSWER THIS QUESTION....!!!! BOB, IF YOU STILL ENJOY WHAT YOU DO (AND IT STILL APPEARS THAT YOU DO!!), *WHY*, PRAY TELL, ARE YOU CHOSING TO JUST RETIRE AND LEAVE US?!?!!?

Robear said...

Why is it I seem to only remember Nash being on Channel 4???!

JohnnyR said...

Who's going to replace you? You can't replace a legend…

Robear said...

If only Bob would read our comments here.... *sigh*.... He has ALWAYS been MY Nash Roberts.... I am about to turn 50 next week, and Ive kept up with you, Bob, since your beginning here in 79, WHEN I WAS A MERE 13 YRS OLD.... I grew up with Bob.... and to this day, *I* picked up his "Whoooo Hoooooo" and STILL DO IT.... and love that hilarious shiver sound affect you have..... Bob needs to turn a deaf ear to the rare instances of people who feel the need to insult and call names, and focus on the rest of us that LOVE HIM!