Re: OT and Long: The day I pumped gas for Mario Andretti

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Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you don't like it. ---------------------------------------- Between 1970 and 1971, Watkins Glen went through a massive facelift, including re-locating the pits to their current location (rather than their GPL location). Because of all the construction, security was practically impossible, and unauthorized goofballs like me were walking in and out of the new pits (which didn't even have a roof yet) at will during practice and qualifying for the 1971 Six-Hour (Manufacturers Championship) and CanAm weekend. On the Friday, I was standing in the Ferrari pit, yakking with some Ferrari dealer from Buffalo. Andretti was practicing with the 712 CanAm car, and he had a skeleton pit crew of about three, as the rest of the boys were back in the tech building, working on the 512s for the Six Hour to be run the next day. One of the Ferrari mechanics started yelling at me in Italian, pointing at me, pointing off to my left, and doing this cranking motion with his other hand. I thought I was getting some vile Italian curse, but I looked to my left and noticed there was a hand-cranked fuel pump (allowed during practice sessions so they didn't have to use the sloppy and unwieldy bowsers), and finally figured out he wanted me to crank the pump while he held the nozzle in the 712s filler cap. So I cranked like hell, Andretti sat patiently in the cockpit, and the mechanic yelled "Basta!" when they had enough in the tank to do a few laps. Andretti wailed out of the pits, the mechanic patted me on the shoulder, and my pit crew career was over. That day I also got to meet Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, and Jo Siffert (just a short time before Siffert was killed at Brands). I enjoyed the lousy security as long as I could, but by Saturday morning they had the whole pit area fenced off and well-guarded. I got into the pits at the Glen one more time later in the '70s, for an F1 race, by convincing my local hick-town newspaper to give me the press credentials they weren't going to use. The big thrill on that occasion was that I got to stand on the pit wall for the start, so close I could have reached over and tapped Ronnie Peterson's March -- when the flag dropped (no lights back then!), it was the most incredible racket I've ever heard in my life. Amazing ... So there you have it... Bart

Barton Brown wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you >don't like it. > >---------------------------------------- Hey, I liked the story Barton! I could tell the one about sitting on a barstool next to John Belushi, but that would be really off topic. ;-) Kurt

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> Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you > don't like it. > > ---------------------------------------- > > Between 1970 and 1971, Watkins Glen went through a massive > facelift, including re-locating the pits to their current location > (rather than their GPL location). Because of all the construction, > security was practically impossible, and unauthorized goofballs like me > were walking in and out of the new pits (which didn't even have a roof > yet) at will during practice and qualifying for the 1971 Six-Hour > (Manufacturers Championship) and CanAm weekend. On the Friday, I was > standing in the Ferrari pit, yakking with some Ferrari dealer from > Buffalo. Andretti was practicing with the 712 CanAm car, and he had a > skeleton pit crew of about three, as the rest of the boys were back in > the tech building, working on the 512s for the Six Hour to be run the > next day. > > One of the Ferrari mechanics started yelling at me in Italian, pointing > at me, pointing off to my left, and doing this cranking motion with his > other hand. I thought I was getting some vile Italian curse, but I > looked to my left and noticed there was a hand-cranked fuel pump > (allowed during practice sessions so they didn't have to use the sloppy > and unwieldy bowsers), and finally figured out he wanted me to crank the > pump while he held the nozzle in the 712s filler cap. So I cranked like > hell, Andretti sat patiently in the cockpit, and the mechanic yelled > "Basta!" when they had enough in the tank to do a few laps. Andretti > wailed out of the pits, the mechanic patted me on the shoulder, and my > pit crew career was over. > > That day I also got to meet Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, and Jo Siffert > (just a short time before Siffert was killed at Brands). I enjoyed the > lousy security as long as I could, but by Saturday morning they had the > whole pit area fenced off and well-guarded. > > I got into the pits at the Glen one more time later in the '70s, for an > F1 race, by convincing my local hick-town newspaper to give me the press > credentials they weren't going to use. The big thrill on that occasion > was that I got to stand on the pit wall for the start, so close I could > have reached over and tapped Ronnie Peterson's March -- when the flag > dropped (no lights back then!), it was the most incredible racket I've > ever heard in my life. Amazing ... > > So there you have it... > > Bart

I once siphoned gas from Jim Clarks car but I don't think that was a prestigious somehow :-)

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>On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:28:34 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Hey, I liked the story Barton! I could tell the one about sitting on a >>barstool next to John Belushi, but that would be really off topic. ;-) > >What?!? Please tell! >(these stories are much more fun to read than all those No save game >and No tobacco adds discussions :) > >Andre >

Hi. Andre Warringa told me it was okay to post this here, so beat him up (or run him off the track) if you don't like it. John Belushi was in Chicago filming Blues Brothers, and was staying (I came to find out later) at Roger Ebert's home, just off Lincoln Avenue on the north side. I went looking for a late-Saturday-afternoon cheeseburger and beer, and ended up in Four Farthings Pub -- next door (or maybe a couple of doors) to Ebert's. (Ebert, for our friends outside of the U.S., is the Pulitzer-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, and host of a movie review TV program.) So, I'm sitting there having a Special Export, and notice two guys walk in out of the corner of my eye. One of them sits down two stools away -- I look over, and am astounded to see Belushi. Ebert is on the far side. I met Belushi's eyes, and he said "How you doin'?" or some such. I probably said "Pretty good" or some such. I'm your typical shy, farm stock Lutheran kinda guy, so I didn't even try to strike up a conversation, and he and Ebert resumed talking. So here's the pretty cool part. The bar is slow at this hour, but there is a table of four or five people in hospital scrubs, who apparently are decompressing from some horrible long shift at Grant Hospital across the street. One of them -- a guy in his fifties -- is clearly and animatedly interested seeing Belushi there. Quite a while went by -- I had eaten and was just about to leave when this guy came up and tapped Belushi on the shoulder. He said "I know you from somewhere, don't I?" Belushi kind of braced himself. The other guy, apparently completely oblivious to Saturday Night Live and the movie in progress said, "You were at Second City, weren't you?" (SC is a famous improv club in Chicago, where a lot of comics have gotten their big breaks.) Belushi, clearly delighted that this guy wasn't going to ask him to do Samurai bartender or something just laughed and said, "Yeah, thanks for remembering." With that, the other guy turned, and on the way back to the table tells his friends, "See, I told you I knew who he was!" And that's how Thailand came to be. Kurt

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:28:34 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hey, I liked the story Barton! I could tell the one about sitting on a >barstool next to John Belushi, but that would be really off topic. ;-) What?!? Please tell! (these stories are much more fun to read than all those No save game and No tobacco adds discussions :) Andre >Kurt >

I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie.

Kurt Steinbock wrote: > John Belushi was in Chicago filming Blues Brothers, and was staying (I came > to find out later) at Roger Ebert's home ... > (Ebert, for our friends outside of the U.S., is the > Pulitzer-winning film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, and host of a movie > review TV program.) More importantly, Roger Ebert was the screenwriter (using the pseudonym, R. Hynde) for Russ Meyer's hilarious blue movie, "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens". He also wrote Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" in which the immortal words "This is my happening and it freaks me out" were originally heard (recently quoted in "The Spy Who Shagged Me"), not to mention "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance". Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (TRUSRS85) writes: >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. I wanna be a rock star...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +50.77 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>Hi. Andre Warringa told me it was okay to post this here, so beat him up >(or run him off the track) if you don't like it. Hey, people run me off the track on VROC more than enough allready, thank you! :) >John Belushi was in Chicago filming Blues Brothers, <SNIP> >Kurt Ok, the most boring reply of the century: GREAT STORY! I'm a big fan of Belushi, so it was especially nice for me to ready your encounter with him. Thanks for sharing. PS Anybody ever met Freddie Mercury in person? :) Andre

I read the title too quickly and thought this was one of those Penthouse letters type stories: The day I PUMPED Mario Andretti. Sure glad I read it a second time :-). -- Joe Marques Please remove "NO SPAM" to e-mail me. "Barton Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you > don't like it. > > ---------------------------------------- > > Between 1970 and 1971, Watkins Glen went through a massive > facelift, including re-locating the pits to their current location > (rather than their GPL location). Because of all the construction, > security was practically impossible, and unauthorized goofballs like me > were walking in and out of the new pits (which didn't even have a roof > yet) at will during practice and qualifying for the 1971 Six-Hour > (Manufacturers Championship) and CanAm weekend. On the Friday, I was > standing in the Ferrari pit, yakking with some Ferrari dealer from > Buffalo. Andretti was practicing with the 712 CanAm car, and he had a > skeleton pit crew of about three, as the rest of the boys were back in > the tech building, working on the 512s for the Six Hour to be run the > next day. > > One of the Ferrari mechanics started yelling at me in Italian, pointing > at me, pointing off to my left, and doing this cranking motion with his > other hand. I thought I was getting some vile Italian curse, but I > looked to my left and noticed there was a hand-cranked fuel pump > (allowed during practice sessions so they didn't have to use the sloppy > and unwieldy bowsers), and finally figured out he wanted me to crank the > pump while he held the nozzle in the 712s filler cap. So I cranked like > hell, Andretti sat patiently in the cockpit, and the mechanic yelled > "Basta!" when they had enough in the tank to do a few laps. Andretti > wailed out of the pits, the mechanic patted me on the shoulder, and my > pit crew career was over. > > That day I also got to meet Denny Hulme, Peter Revson, and Jo Siffert > (just a short time before Siffert was killed at Brands). I enjoyed the > lousy security as long as I could, but by Saturday morning they had the > whole pit area fenced off and well-guarded. > > I got into the pits at the Glen one more time later in the '70s, for an > F1 race, by convincing my local hick-town newspaper to give me the press > credentials they weren't going to use. The big thrill on that occasion > was that I got to stand on the pit wall for the start, so close I could > have reached over and tapped Ronnie Peterson's March -- when the flag > dropped (no lights back then!), it was the most incredible racket I've > ever heard in my life. Amazing ... > > So there you have it... > > Bart

> Hey, I liked the story Barton! I could tell the one about sitting on a > barstool next to John Belushi, but that would be really off topic. ;-) > > Kurt Ahhhh...go ahead! BB

Barton Brown wrote: > > Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you > don't like it. <snipped to conserve bytes> Highly entertaining! Tell us some more war stories sometime. ;-) -- Chuck Kandler Windows--computing for the Unwashed Masses Registered Linux User #180746 http://counter.li.org

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> > I read the title too quickly and thought this was one of those Penthouse > letters type stories: The day I PUMPED Mario Andretti. Sure glad I read it > a second time :-). > > -- > Joe Marques

Joe, I'll send you THAT story in a plain brown wrapper... BB

In article <[email hidden]>, Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: > >---------------------------------------- > >Between 1970 and 1971, Watkins Glen went through a massive<snip> > >So there you have it... > >Bart That's nothing, i know a girl who claimed to have blown JV in a Plane toilet. Z. Please remove my_pants when replying.

Andre Warringa wrote in message ... > >PS Anybody ever met Freddie Mercury in person? :) > >Andre > Oh, my God! We've gone from Mario Andretti to John Belushi to Freddie Mercury?! This is one truly twisted newsgroup! Acknowledging my part in all this of course, Kurt

Barton Brown wrote: > > Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you > don't like it. Thx for sharing Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

>In article <[email hidden]>, Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>---------------------------------------- >> >>Between 1970 and 1971, Watkins Glen went through a massive I met and played for all the members of Aerosmith (sans TH and JK) in October of 1977 (Philadelphia aairport sheraton) and countless other lesser knowns, as well, in my capacity as the Bass player for a touring Las- Vegas style show band in major hotels all over the eastern US. In later incarnations (out of las vegas style showband and in punk-sillycore band) I had a long conversation about guitar playing with Johnny Ramone (adjoining dressing rooms) and had an on-stage guitar duel with Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys (obscure early Cleveland punk reference no-one probably gets) In other ridiculous news, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is an acquaintance and I have jammed with him on occasion. A commercial recording exists of him imitating my guitar parts (snicker) Lou Barlow and the rest of Sebadoh are very old music and drinking pals. Also Buffalo Tom. (All from same music scene as my band) ESPN2's Jerry Bernardo (moto-x announcer/personality) is also a friend and I played with him in several mutant band incarnations. Probably lots of meaningless references unless you are way into alternative music. A very offhand accounting of my musicial involvement can always be found at my website (in case you are bored senseless): http://www.snakefoot.com don't miss the Pajama Slave Dancers stuff. ~daxe

Uncle Fester wrote: > > Highly entertaining! Tell us some more war stories sometime. ;-) Well, me and Ernie Hemingway were sailing the Straits of Floridaaaarrrr one day, in the mysterious area known as "Mephisto's Trapezoid"....

Zonky wrote: > That's nothing, i know a girl who claimed to have blown JV in a Plane toilet. Not exactly an exclusive club, from what I understand! BB

TRUSRS85 wrote: > > I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a > Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. Was your friend male or female? No offense, but Metallica ought to concentrate on trying to make something resembling music, rather than initiating hysterical lawsuits against Napster in a vain attempt to bolster their long-sagging (and rightfully so!) sales. Must be tough for Lars Ulrich to wiggle into those vinyl pants at his age... BB

Don't break out that guitar too quick Eldred. He hasn't answered whether or not the boobie in question belonged to a male or female <G> Mike "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>,[email hidden]

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> (TRUSRS85) writes: > > >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a > >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. > > I wanna be a rock star...<g> > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL hcp. +50.77 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> >Ok, the most boring reply of the century: GREAT STORY! >I'm a big fan of Belushi, so it was especially nice for me to ready >your encounter with him. Thanks for sharing. > >PS Anybody ever met Freddie Mercury in person? :) >

Not lately. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

In article <[email hidden]>, TRUSRS85 <[email hidden]> writes >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. What was your friend doing with a gannet? Was it a fan? -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

In article <ALkr5.252$[email hidden]>, "Michael Horton" <[email hidden]> writes: >Don't break out that guitar too quick Eldred. He hasn't answered whether or >not the boobie in question belonged to a male or female <G> > >Mike Oops, good point<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +50.77 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I couldn't remember his real name, so I just said "Hi Herman". He said hello back. He was a nice guy. Peter Ives wrote:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, TRUSRS85 > <[email hidden]> writes > >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a > >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. > > What was your friend doing with a gannet? Was it a fan? > -- > Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) > Remove ALL_STRESS before replying > > No person's opinions can be said to be > more correct than another's, because each is > the sole judge of his or her own experience.

"The Dave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I couldn't remember hisreal

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> name, so I just said "Hi Herman". He said hello back. He was a nice guy. > > Peter Ives wrote: > > > In article <[email hidden]>, TRUSRS85 > > <[email hidden]> writes > > >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at

a > > >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. I worked for a Hollywood celebrity photographer for many years, it wasn't unusual to be at Joan Collins' house one day and have Sophia Loren in the studio the next. The best day of all for me though was the day we had Danny Sullivan in for a shoot, two weeks after he won Indianapolis. No one else on the crew even knew who he was so he and I talked about racing all day. I printed up some shots I had taken of him over the years and he signed my copy of Autoweek with the "Sullivan Spins and Wins" headline. Cool guy with a great sense of humor, too bad it doesn't come across on television. -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker1.plus.com/gpl/bapom/ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

Andre Warringa had nothing to do with me posting this here, but beat up on him anyway if you don't like it. ---------------------------------------- Oooh! Oooh! I have a story too! I was working at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis as part of the catering crew in I think 1996 at Mario Andretti's retirement party. One of the many famous faces there was James Garner, of course of "Grand Prix" fame. (See? It all ties together in the end). As he walked past me off of the ballroom floor I said (with all the dignity of a peon) "Good evening Mr. Garner" He looked down from his lofty height of like 6'9' with his boots on and replied "Hey, how ya' doing?" as he breezed past. I still remember it even though he didn't sign my boobie. Florence Henderson was also there but I didn't get to talk to her. :-) Kevin Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:28:29 -0500, The Dave <[email hidden]> wrote: >I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I couldn't remember his real >name, so I just said "Hi Herman". He said hello back. He was a nice guy. Herman Munster... was he the Frankenstein monster lookalike from 'The Munsters'? Andre

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>Peter Ives wrote: > >> In article <[email hidden]>, TRUSRS85 >> <[email hidden]> writes >> >I met Jason Newstead of Metallica at Madison Square Garden last year at a >> >Metallica concert. And he signed my friends boobie. >> >> What was your friend doing with a gannet? Was it a fan? >> -- >> Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) >> Remove ALL_STRESS before replying >> >> No person's opinions can be said to be >> more correct than another's, because each is >> the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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> >I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I couldn't > >remember his real name, so I just said "Hi Herman". He said > >hello back. He was a nice guy. > > Herman Munster... was he the Frankenstein monster lookalike from > 'The Munsters'? > > Andre

Yup. His real name was Fred Gwynn. He died, unfortunatly, a couple of years ago. He also played the judge in "My Cousin Vinney" and he was in a 1960's television show. "Where Are You Car 54" I think. -Chris- **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

> Andre Warringa suggested I post this here, so beat up on him if you > don't like it. [snip] Great story! The closest I've ever gotten to automotive royalty was at the Motorola 300 at Gateway in St. Louis the second year they had it. Mario glared at me from the N/H hospitality tent as I walked by shamelessly staring with my jaw dragging the ground. :) Our raceday seats were right on the S/F line and Danny Sullivan walked up the stairs next to us (he was announcing then) and asked us all if we were "gonna get this race in today fella's" (it was raining on-off). We all kind of looked at each other immediately following and started grinning like silly 4th graders. Got to see "Fast" Freddie Spencer at Heartland Park, Topeka quite a few years ago (1989 I believe). I was in awe of actually being 10 feet from the youngest 500cc world champion in history. Valentino actually has a chance at knocking him off that record by a mere two days if he can make a run at KR Jr. in the last few races of the season. Being a red-blooded 'murican, I can't, of course, hope for *that* to happen. -Chris- **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> > >Yup. His real name was Fred Gwynn. He died, unfortunatly, a couple of >years ago. He also played the judge in "My Cousin Vinney" and he was >in a 1960's television show. "Where Are You Car 54" I think. > >-Chris- >

Chris, your punishment for getting the title of the show slightly wrong is to commit this to memory ... it's been fused in mine for thirty-some years, although I can't remember what was discussed in the meeting I attended yesterday. One of the wonders of growing older ... There's a hold-up in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in bites, There's a traffic jam in Harlem That's backed up to Jackson Heights. There's a scout troop short a child, Khruschev's due at Idlewild ....... ! (All together now!) Car 54 Where Are You? Regards, Kurt (but Andre made me do it!)

On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:54:21 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> wrote: <snip> >Regards, > >Kurt >(but Andre made me do it!) Lol! Kurt, I know your name from somewhere but I can't remember where from. Did you make a utility for GPL, write for a magazine, or something like that? I'm sure I saw your name somewhere outside of RAS... or am I imagening things? Andre

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>On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:54:21 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > ><snip> >>Regards, >> >>Kurt >>(but Andre made me do it!) > >Lol! Kurt, I know your name from somewhere but I can't remember where >from. Did you make a utility for GPL, write for a magazine, or >something like that? I'm sure I saw your name somewhere outside of >RAS... or am I imagening things? >

The Grapes of Wrath? Oh no, that was John Steinbeck. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

I'll toss in a pennies worth, if it's not too late - While in graduate school, I went to the 2nd Long Beach GP - '78 I think. Got to the track bright and early Friday morning and started wandering about. As I walked up a short hill I thought to be Linden Ave., I looked to my right and saw what my mind told be was an escape road. Couldn't be, I thought, those are only on tracks. Then I turned left and stared down the front straight right into pit road. Mustering as much nonchalance as possible, I turned left and proceeded to walk the length of pit road, taking picture after picture of the likes of Stirling Moss, Ken Tyrrell, Jacques Laffite, Brock Yates, John Watson, Ronnie Peterson, Rob Walker, Hans Stuck, James Hunt and who knows who else. Some people were deep into serious conversations (Moss, Walker & Yates), others laughing (Watson - maybe at his chances in the Brabham) or just relaxing (Peterson). Way down at the far end, all by his lonesome, was Niki Lauda. Though I didn't ask for his autograph (he was very deep in thought at the time, and I figured there wasn't anyone around right then for a good reason), I did get a great photo from about 2 feet away - a copy of which is on it's way to Austria to get that autograph - after all these years. Needless to say, the hole I waltzed through, wherever it was, was closed by that afternoon. -bb-

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>> >I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I couldn't >> >remember his real name, so I just said "Hi Herman". He said >> >hello back. He was a nice guy. >> >> Herman Munster... was he the Frankenstein monster lookalike from >> 'The Munsters'? >> >> Andre > >Yup. His real name was Fred Gwynn. He died, unfortunatly, a couple of >years ago. He also played the judge in "My Cousin Vinney" and he was >in a 1960's television show. "Where Are You Car 54" I think. > >-Chris-

He was also in "Pet Semetary"...for a while, anyway.<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +50.77 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>>> >I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. I saw Billy Ray Cyrus in a truck stop once...nevermind... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Gristina [email hidden] "I am tougher than a $2 steak" - Norman Smiley

On 10 Sep 2000 03:00:35 GMT, [email hidden] (Mattgdg) wrote: >>>> >I met Herman Munster in an elevator one time. > >I saw Billy Ray Cyrus in a truck stop once...nevermind... Who? :) Andre > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Matt Gristina [email hidden] > >"I am tougher than a $2 steak" - Norman Smiley

The guy from that "Achy, Breaky Heart"-song. Jan. =--- Andre Warringa wrote... > <snip> > Who? :) > > Andre

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 11:48:30 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >The guy from that "Achy, Breaky Heart"-song. Ah, my favorite song.. NOT! :) Andre

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>Jan. >=--- >Andre Warringa wrote... >> <snip> >> Who? :) >> >> Andre >

Should be taken out and shot, I agree. Jan. =--- Andre Warringa wrote... > <snip> > Ah, my favorite song.. NOT! :) > > Andre

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:52:52 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Should be taken out and shot, I agree. Right through his achy breaky heart :) Andre

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>Jan. >=--- >Andre Warringa wrote... >> <snip> >> Ah, my favorite song.. NOT! :) >> >> Andre >

>The guy from that "Achy, Breaky Heart"-song. I met George Jones at the local video store one time, he was renting a huge handful of pornos(no joke). I ran into J.J. Lehto exiting the shitter at Gateway a few years ago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Gristina [email hidden] "I am tougher than a $2 steak" - Norman Smiley

Not with George Michael I hope <G> MS I ran into J.J. Lehto exiting the shitter at > Gateway a few years ago. >