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Originally Posted by Plush Unh-huh, sure.
Yeah, right, unh-huh.
yeah, that's right,
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Completely, OT---but regarding your avatar:
I was working at a gas station in San Jose around 1973 when this guy drives up in a beat up little car. He was wearing track sweats, so we struck up a conversation about track. Me, being a pretty fast runner myself, asked him what he ran in the 100 (in those days, "the 100" meant 100 yards). He smiles and in a very nonchalant way says "9.1, how 'bout you?". Well, hell, 9.1 was the world record at the time, so I asked WHO ARE YOU?
It was Tommie Smith (the guy in your avatar). So I asked him what was up with the black glove thing. He laughed and said that he and John (Carlos) thought it up before the finals--it just seemed like a cool thing to do (he also said it was mostly John's idea). He said (very convincingly) that if he had any idea what kind of mess it would cause, he would have never done it. He said he wasn't any kind of revolutionist or trouble maker--it just seemed "cool". Kind of like wearing a clever/bizarre tie to a wedding (my words, not his). Talked to him for 15 minutes or so; very much a laid back and likeable dude.
I've since read interviews he's done and now is happy for making the bold political statement--but, at the time, he thought everyone made a much bigger deal out of it than he would have ever expected.
Laser