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To: SiouxPal who wrote (19027)	5/26/2005 3:38:17 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361346

Funny how people perceived as menacing can be really decent. When I was a kid my dad's office was next to a biker bar (this was in the early seventies when bikers were bikers) and my folks would take me to the office at night rather than hire a sitter. While they would leave the occasional pool of blood in the parking lot in the wee hours they loved kids like you wouldn't believe, couldn't have been any nicer. Not a one of them would go into the bar without stopping to chat with me.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (19027)	5/26/2005 3:45:28 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361346

I remember when I was a kid and the two top wrestlers in The Bay Area were Ray Stevens, a major heel, and Pepper Gomez, a nice Mexican guy. Pepper would beat Ray like a drum, but Ray would cheat and win the match. Everybody loved Pepper and hated Ray. One afternoon I walked into a diner in San Leandro and saw Ray and Pepper having lunch together. It shattered my illusions. Actually, I knew it was fake even then. Roller Derby I thought was real, but not wrestling.