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- From: les@SAIL.Stanford.edu (Les Earnest)
- Subject: Re: The non-assassination of President Ford
- In-Reply-To: marquis@netcom.com's message of 29 Dec 92 03:40:16 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 11:41:48 GMT
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- Roger Marquis comments on my article about the 1980 Red Zinger:
- . . .
- Wait a minute Les, you we're just talking about the Boulder criterium.
- Methinks your memory is fading. Not that '77 was all that long ago.
-
- My article was about the 1980 Red Zinger, not '77.
-
- [. . .] Susan St. James was at the _Boulder_ criterium though (you
- didn't get her phone number by any chance?)
-
- First, we race officials write down only lap numbers, rider numbers
- and times. No telephone numbers, especially not with my wife also
- sitting on the judging stand. Second, I did not state, nor did I
- intend to imply, that Ms. St. James was at the Vail stage. No self-
- respecting affiliate of the leftist Celestial Seasonings Tea Company
- would be caught dead in that hotbed of Republicanism.
-
- [. . .]
- Not that a republican would want to have anything to do with a bunch
- of counterculture types like we cyclists were in those days before Greg
- Lemond and the LA Olympics.
-
- In fact, Greg rode the Red Zinger the year before, in 1979, when he
- was still a Junior. He also crashed on two occasions in that race
- after breaking away because he had not yet mastered the art of turning
- his head, to see if anyone was following, without also twisting his
- handlebars. Rather embarrassing.
-
- I have always wondered Les, how Roger Young managed to talk you guys
- (officials) into letting him back into the race after sitting out
- nearly a dozen laps (of a miss and out no less) after his crash. Can
- you fill me in on this?
-
- Hmm. I believe that Roger M. is talking here about the 1978 Red Zinger,
- which was the only time that a miss-and-out stage was held in Vail.
- (It appears that Roger's memory is even worse than mine.)
-
- In any case, only one official called the misses in that event and it
- wasn't me, so I can't comment on the alleged laxity. As I recall, it
- was Yvonne VanGent, who is still the Colorado district rep.
-
- I've outlined a longer article on the 1978 Red Zinger, which was much
- more screwed up than the later editions and therefore more
- interesting. I'll try to finish and post it sometime next year.
- --
- Les Earnest Phone: 415 941-3984 Fax: 415 941-3934
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