I wish we had videotaped our matches. You could make a training film from my bloopers alone! And the cell phone reload had to be one of my best. I went around for a month with a floppy antenna, just as a reminder that people really can do some colossally stupid things when under pressure. Had I not done it, I would have never believed you could mistake a cell phone for a mag! One thing about it though, when people think a 55 year old guy can't be quick, I tell I'm fast enough try to speed load a cell phone before I realize what it is I have in my hand. Of course, the follow up question is always "was it the speed of your arm, or your brain, that was the cause?"dws1117 wrote:BTW, if you video your matches? I'm sure some would pay to see that.
We do see some really funny things during many of our matches. I write a match report that is posted on our IDPA web site along with the scores for that month. Prior to the separate IDPA building being finished, I used to spend a lot more time in the bays looking for material for the Match Report. (At that time, I did all scoring at home.) We had some really great stories in some of those reports. A goodly number of them were about my performance, or lack thereof.
Lindy, I really miss playing reporter and documenting some of our more interesting events. Maybe I can talk Marc into doing some of the scoring during the match, so I can search for more people to highlight in the Match Report. Thanks for the laugh my friend!
Regards,
Chas.