Ok, You:ve Gotten Your Wish:

[Daisy]

Must be the sales part in my background that would make me ask that question of a stranger reading the Gatlin article in a local coffee shop.

Don't you mean show the stranger the Gatlin article, force him to read it and then ask the question? Assuming i don't get kicked out before I can ask the question.

[tafnut]

Pat...you serious? This is really hard to imagine the way you described it.

Sadly, yes. I did mention it to my wife, who is from PENSACOLA!!! (JG's hometown, albeit long before he came on the scene), and there was a glimmer of recognition in her eye as she said, "So he broke Michael Johnson's record?" I was about to just say, 'yes, dear' when I decided to mention that MJ didn't run the 100 per se, but she interupted me and said, 'oh no, he has the 200 and 400 records!'

Made my day! :-)

[eldrick]

i'm very happy

tomorrow, i get to talk to 3 nice people about athletics !

[bekeselassie]

Naturally, I told my wife in a very excited way. Then I showed her the New York Times I purchased. She said, "That's very nice, Honey. Are you gonna go talk to your track geek friends about it now?" (emoticon needed here)

I told her firmly, "Those geeks are NOT my friends!"

Sorry guys. I sold you out under the pressure.

[mojo]

i'm very happy

tomorrow, i get to talk to 3 nice people about athletics !

According to the pic you get to talk to five...or are two of them not nice guys?

Anyone we might know in the party?

[tafnut]

Sorry guys. I sold you out under the pressure.

We're used to it . . . [little eye-roll guy here]

Speaking of geeks, did no one notice that EPelle just went over

8,000 posts ?!

What a geek!!!

[bekeselassie]

8,000 posts ?!

What a geek!!!

Gargantuan geek.

[Guest]

But this is your big chance. You have athletes in the limelight..

What limelight? Certainly not in the Phoenix area. Gatlin and Kastor were barely mentioned on pages 3 or 4 of the sports pages. The fact that the Arizona State women won their first ever Pac-10 championship only got 2 short paragraphs at the bottom of page 10 of the sports pages.

[TrakFan]

I emailed someone who used to work for me...His response was to give me a hard time about scanning the boards on company time. I try to keep the non-track fans informed -- they just don't care. But, I'm the same about NASCAR, Hockey and non-Tiger Golf

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Shouldn't you be working instead of looking at track and field things...you aren't in the military anymore so you can't slack off.
haha

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-----Original Message-----
From: EXT-Harris, ****[mailto:****[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:37 AM
To: *******, David M SSgt 21 LRS/LGRT
Subject: News Flash

Justin Gatlin just set a new World Record in the 100 meter dash in Qatar

Hey, some things never change...

http://www.iaaf.org/gp06/results/eventC ... pline=100/
index.html

[eldrick]

According to the pic you get to talk to five...or are two of them not nice guys?

i count as 3 nice guyz

Anyone we might know in the party?

believe you me, you will be the 1st person in all the infinite quantum universes who will be told about it ( & i'm not saying by me ) !

[mojo]

According to the pic you get to talk to five...or are two of them not nice guys?

i count as 3 nice guyz

Anyone we might know in the party?

believe you me, you will be the 1st person in all the infinite quantum universes who will be told about it ( & i'm not saying by me ) !

I will?

By whom I wonder?

I love a good mystery.
Well have fun and be on your best behaviour please. :-)

[Daisy]

According to the pic you get to talk to five...or are two of them not nice guys?

i count as 3 nice guyz

Anyone we might know in the party?

believe you me, you will be the 1st person in all the infinite quantum universes who will be told about it ( & i'm not saying by me ) !

I will?

By whom I wonder?

I love a good mystery.
Well have fun and be on your best behaviour please. :-)

Who do you know in London? Vern?

[eldrick]

Who do you know in London? Vern?

vern ( probably now know as "jay peterman" by sherlockian Ix of his style/content of posts ) is in norway

mojo will find out ( & when she scurries away contacting her countlesss sources, let her inform her main "informant" that the non-expected guy is hoping to turn up tomorrow, instead of friday )

[gh]

I am a bit surprised at some of you. This is your big chance to show off your sport, and not wait for the paltry news coverage to attempt to do it for you. What happened to being an earth-shaker and getting the word out?

I suspect the average person doesn't want to be the kind of pain in the ass who bores his friends with his obscure hobby. Track is a religion to most of us, but that doesn't mean we should be out going out banging on doors trying to sell our passion to others.

[tafnut]

I suspect the average person doesn't want to be the kind of pain in the ass who bores his friends with his obscure hobby. Track is a religion to most of us, but that doesn't mean we should be out going out banging on doors trying to sell our passion to others.

First, the Fuller Brush Man, then the Jehovah's Witnesses, and now . . . Track & Fieldists at your door!

I suddenly have the urge to go the airport, put on an orange robe, shave my head, and chant, "Oooooooooom . . . gatlin . . . powell . . . jooooooooooones . . ."