Comments on: Make That 47 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477 Just looking around and trying to put it all together since 2005 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:28:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike the Eyeguy http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477&cpage=1#comment-14017 Mike the Eyeguy Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477#comment-14017 Your father is one cool operator. Your father is one cool operator.

]]> By: Hal http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477&cpage=1#comment-14007 Hal Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:44:54 +0000 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477#comment-14007 Well, now that you ask, the policeman (knowing what a star prospect he was - this was early in his freshman year) wrote up the incident as a "no fault" accident. So, I called his insurance agency and stated that he rear-ended me and that they need to pay up. They wouldn't. The car he was driving was owned by a car dealer in Harrisonburg, VA. So, my Dad had a hunch. He called UVA and told them that he believed that the car RS was driving violated NCAA rules regarding scholarship atheletes. And, if his son (me) didn't get a check to cover the damages sustained in the accident that he would be calling NCAA to report it. One week later I received a check in the mail from RS's insurance company. Well, now that you ask, the policeman (knowing what a star prospect he was – this was early in his freshman year) wrote up the incident as a “no fault” accident. So, I called his insurance agency and stated that he rear-ended me and that they need to pay up. They wouldn’t. The car he was driving was owned by a car dealer in Harrisonburg, VA. So, my Dad had a hunch. He called UVA and told them that he believed that the car RS was driving violated NCAA rules regarding scholarship atheletes. And, if his son (me) didn’t get a check to cover the damages sustained in the accident that he would be calling NCAA to report it. One week later I received a check in the mail from RS’s insurance company.

]]> By: Mike the Eyeguy http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477&cpage=1#comment-13976 Mike the Eyeguy Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:29:21 +0000 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477#comment-13976 That's a good one. Did he have good insurance? That’s a good one. Did he have good insurance?

]]> By: Hal http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477&cpage=1#comment-13975 Hal Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:59:44 +0000 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477#comment-13975 This reminds me of the time, in my undergraduate career, when I was driving through Charlottesville, VA and I was rear ended at a traffic light. I got out of my car and walked back to the car that hit me. This tall dude unfolded his large frame from his car and stood over me like a big oak tree. I had to tilt my head back just to see his face. It was Ralph Samson. When the cop came to do his paperwork he had to ask Ralph to sit down because he was getting a crick in his neck looking up at him. That's my brush with sports fame. This reminds me of the time, in my undergraduate career, when I was driving through Charlottesville, VA and I was rear ended at a traffic light. I got out of my car and walked back to the car that hit me. This tall dude unfolded his large frame from his car and stood over me like a big oak tree. I had to tilt my head back just to see his face. It was Ralph Samson. When the cop came to do his paperwork he had to ask Ralph to sit down because he was getting a crick in his neck looking up at him.

That’s my brush with sports fame.

]]> By: Mike the Eyeguy http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477&cpage=1#comment-13915 Mike the Eyeguy Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:58:09 +0000 http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=477#comment-13915 I was 8-years-old when I rode the elevator with Perez. I was already a Reds fan so I knew who he was immediately. The only thing that would have been better would have been for Johnny Bench to show up too. I couldn't muster up the courage to speak to him, so I just looked up at him and stared with mouth agape. He looked down at me and smiled. I've also shaken hands and chatted briefly with Colin Powell. Oh, and did I ever tell you about the time I met former world-record holder in the mile and Olympian silver medalist Congressman Jim Ryun of Kansas? And there's the time that I snuck into Cameron Indoor Stadium and stumbled upon "a few famous folks" as well. All stories for another day. Like I said, "I am not a smahutt man," but I do know how to be in the right place at the right time. I was 8-years-old when I rode the elevator with Perez. I was already a Reds fan so I knew who he was immediately. The only thing that would have been better would have been for Johnny Bench to show up too. I couldn’t muster up the courage to speak to him, so I just looked up at him and stared with mouth agape. He looked down at me and smiled.

I’ve also shaken hands and chatted briefly with Colin Powell. Oh, and did I ever tell you about the time I met former world-record holder in the mile and Olympian silver medalist Congressman Jim Ryun of Kansas? And there’s the time that I snuck into Cameron Indoor Stadium and stumbled upon “a few famous folks” as well.

All stories for another day. Like I said, “I am not a smahutt man,” but I do know how to be in the right place at the right time.

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