Stardate 20010607.1508 (On Screen): Maybe 25 years ago I decided to leave my nice section of town and go downtown to an area which,while not necessarily totally seedy, was not as nice as where I lived, in order to watch the Superbowl in a tavern. This being Super Sunday, the place was packed with people watching the game. There was a young and quite large guy who was clearly a regular, and who clearly resented the invasion of
his place, and didn't have any interest in the game. He was causing trouble and finally went over to the disconnected jukebox, tried to select some tunes, and got pissed when it didn't play. This wasn't the largest joint in the world -- there were maybe 30 people there, nearly all men -- and the bartender came over and ordered him out. He stood maybe 6'4" and weighed about 240. She was about 5 feet nothing and weighed maybe 90 pounds. But she was an older woman (maybe 60) who had obviously been doing this for years, and who didn't take any shit from anyone. She looked up at him, he looked down at her,
and every man in the place turned to look at them both and the place got very quiet. He decided to take the better part of valor. If he had laid a finger on that woman, he'd have bounced
twice going out the door.
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