NFT: 15 years ago today: one of BBI"s greatest threads - TOMMER

Here's the opening post from 7/6/05.
Still my favorite BBI thread.

tommer walked in my local hobby shop today
he was with two other men that i seen there before and when i first got to the store they were there, they had some work done on there nitro trucks then left, about 45 minutes later the door opened it was them again, then followed tommer,they were there for about a hour or more, the first thing i said to him was" you guys got about 3 more weeks right" and guys there running the shop had know idea what i was talking about, i walked outside very calm after sharing some thoughts about rc/trucks and called my wife and said guess who's in the store, she said who i said amani tommer,to make a long story short he was very cool and down to earth, we stood shoulder to shoulder bent over the counter comparing info and specs, it was wierd like just a regular guy no one ask for any autos' or talked about football, maybe i was the only one who knew who he was,after they left i said to the guy running the shop, how long did you know rocky "he's regular there that was with amani" he said for a while why? so i said how often does he come in with amani and he said "amani who" lololol, i said "dude you really dont know who the other guy was that jump in the back seat of the that dodge magnum hemi? he said no....that was amani tommer from my very own NEW YORK GIANTS "whats wrong with you" you didnt hear me say that they had 3 weeks before they start camp,and stuff like, fixing my basement up getting ready for the season to start? he said "holy crap" i had no idea what you all were talking about, he got mad at me because i didnt say anything 'lololol' he said that you guys was talking like you knew each other for a while, i didnt know "HELLOOOOO he's the starting wide-out for the NEW YORK GIANTS DAMNIT, it was like strange, or unreal but what a day!!!!!!!!!!