[Rhodes22-list] Football: Red McCombs

[Jim White]

Slim:
Ahh, memories.Red McCombs is the archetypical car salesman. Gouged me for 
my first truck, a 1968 (well used) Ford stepside pickup, wooden bed, that 
was used in the oil fields, I bought the beast in 1971 or 72 for something 
like 500 bucks. I lived in San Antonio at the time, where his dealership 
still exists. In those days, minimum wage was 1.10/hr. Took me about two 
years to pay off. Sorry he's the Vikings owner, bad representation of Tejas.

Sailing has been good here, highs are back in the lower to mid 80's after a 
brief cold spell (50's, brrrrrr.....). Planning another up the coast trip 
(I think Corpus if the wx. holds out) all next week for t'giving.

jw
Jim White
Le Menagerie

At 02:14 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote:
>Rummy,
>
>I have never made that claim, nor would I.  In fact I grew up in
>Mankato--the Vikings spring training camp--during the good old days of Bud
>Grant and Fran Tarkenton.  And Allen Paige, who is now a MN Supreme Court
>Justice. How could I not be a Vikings fan?
>
>The only thing I don't like about the Vikes is their owner, Red McCombs, who
>is a Texas car salesman, and keeps threatening to move or sell the team if
>we taxpayers don't build him a new stadium.  What I DO like about the Pack
>is that they're owned cooperatively (I think) by the state.  Is that right?
>That makes them a "home team" in the true sense of the word.  And ya gotta
>love Lambeau Field.  Too bad it wasn't snowing.  8-)
>
>Any loss to the Pack is a heartbreaker but now we're losing to everybody
>without the injured Randy Moss and Jim Kleinsasser.  Still, Wally's right,
>it was a great game to see, esp. the 4th quarter.  Even my wife got into it.
>She usually says, "You boys enjoy the game, I'll just go back to the kitchen
>and menstruate."  lol
>
>Slim
>
>On 11/15/04 7:48 AM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Wally,
> > Slimmy claims to be not much of a Vikings fan, but then, who would?
> >
> > Rummy
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