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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:27 AM Original message |
Have you ever known an Olympian? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. My friend's niece is the Olympic Women's Fencing gold medalist this year. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. most excellent |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I also know a member of this year's US fencing team |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. My daughter learned fencing from the Olympic team armorer, |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. The girlfriend of a coworker (this was 20 years ago) was some |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. almost |
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flamingpie2500 (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. My son's friend from town was supposed to compete this year in the |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. that |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I hope to see him in Beijing! |
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dancing kali (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. I worked for one. |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Went to college with Alonzo Babers N/T |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've met the modern pentathlon folks, but I wouldn't say I know them. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. A guy I went to college with is on a mens basketball team |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Kent Ferguson |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. what a cutie! |
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Bundbuster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Here ya go |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yeah. Kid I used to teach guitar, my mum's neighbour. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. We had a neighbor who won a gold medal in yachting |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. do you mean that in a Biblical way? n/t |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Tamika Catchings (women's b-ball, which I haven't followed) |
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AVID (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. wayne wells, munich '72 - wrestling gold medal |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. i am an olympian |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. no silly |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. My cousin was in |
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scarlet_owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was a hostess at a restaurant, and I seated Bonnie Blair. |
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Arcturus (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, but my brother once rode up a ski lift with Franz Klammer. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. No, but my cousin's son was an All American that went pro with Seahawks. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Who was he? |
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SiouxJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bruce Jenner used to hang out at a health club that I worked at |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Was it before the scary face lift? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. In graduate school, I knew a then-Yale undergraduate |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Helen Stephens - Gold Medal in Track 1936 Berlin Olympics |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. I met Dorthy Hamill |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Of course |
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Bundbuster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. No, but |
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Bundbuster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. Seriously, yes |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes, John Carlos of 68 Olympics fame... |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. 3 current olympians |
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Philostopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. There was a woman who worked for a customer of ours ... |
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greekspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. I went to high school with a guy who tried out for the olympics |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. When I was a kid, my Judo teacher was a bronze medalist. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. I know dozens |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. Olympic Baseball Team |
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Norbert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. My high school gym teacher was an olympic swimmer |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. I took Raquetball lessons when I was 12 years old. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-25-04 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. My brother-in-law former (non-us) Sailing Team member |
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