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Winslow

Very good & practical advice there Winslow.

Along these same lines, anyone ever BEEN in a bar fight?

I've got one under my belt. Many many near misses. It's amazing what some people will do to avoid getting in a fight.

Winslow, your killin me,,,,

I suppose I was "in" a fight at a bar. I was most definitely a contributing factor.

I was in a country and western bar back in Huntsville, Alabama. I saw an empty seat at the bar and made my way over and had a seat. I ordered a Budweiser so as to fit in. As I'm about to take my first sip I hear "HEY BOY"....now that place was packed shoulder to shoulder. The band was cranking out some top 40 country song with the amps set at full volume and people were yelling and talking and somehow I heard those two words from the other side of the bar and somehow I just KNEW they were directed at me.

This good ole boy pushes his way through the crowd like Moses parting the seas and said that I was in his seat and that was his woman sitting next to me. Naturally I apologize to the King Kong sized hillbilly and try to move away but as fate would have it, his girl friend was miffed at the old boy and came to my defense. She said for him to leave me alone and that she thought I was cute...then it happened....she put her arm around me. The fella didn't have to hit me cause I felt a sharp pain run through me and figured, heart attack.

The crowd cleared from the area and he reached out grab me and then he never knew what hit him til he woke up and saw the floor over the side of his shoulder. One of my friends just happened to be the southeastern region heavyweight champion in golden gloves at the time and he pummeled the guy. The bouncers didn't even try to jump in. They let him finish pounding the guy and then referred to him as "sir" and would he be kind enough to leave and take me with him.

I never even got to finish my beer and couldn't drink for the rest of the night cause I think I was still in shock from the near death experience, but my buddy David drank like Royalty all night on my tab.

I never engaged in that sort of rowdy behavior!!!

When I was younger I used to get in fights all the time. We used to go looking for them on Friday and Saturday nights in high school. I probably got in 10-12 in college, though 4 of those were actually during basketball games. When I was a cop I got in a fight or two every month it seemed. That was in the late 90's. I haven't been in a good fight in two years. I guess I'm getting old.

One of my friends at the Gym is a detective,he was a national karate
champ when he was 18-19 years old.He tells me one day "I think I'll pick
a fight with some punk tonight and beat the shit out of him,then I'll say I
hurt my back putting him in the squad car.I need a few days off."

Winslow

I never got in fights.
Just too damn pretty to risk getting hit in the face.

Been in a bunch of bar fights (breaking them up on the job) and none of them were anything like you see on tv.
We did get one at a local bar that was a biker hang out. In that one we did a lot of turning over tables and throwing chairs. No one got tossed through the front window though.
Too old for that crap now. Let the young guys have all the fun.