Today, as I went to have lunch at Coffee @ Helen’s [1], one of the staff recognised me. I can’t say that I’ve seen him there before, but that is beside the point. Apparently he is a regular on the Syndicate Motorsport [2] website and recognised me from their recent coverage [3] of my opinion of Summernats.
This would have to be the first time I have been recognised in public during a chance encounter. Certainly Mike Frame recognised me in Dickson back in November [4], but we had met a few times before that, and I did meet John B1_B5 when the 2CC Kingswood was outside Video Ezy Erindale [5] back in October, but that wasn’t exactly a chance encounter.
For the record, upon walking into Coffee @ Helen’s, I was greeted by this person with “You’re the infamous Samuel Gordon-Stewart”. He was probably correct given the amount of strange publicity I get from other websites.
Also for the record, I had a sausage roll and a cup of coffee for lunch, which was fantastic.
Samuel
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#1 Comment By Chuck Berry On February 18, 2006 @ 12:42 am
Did he ask for an autograph?
#2 Comment By Samuel On February 18, 2006 @ 12:55 am
No, pity that.
#3 Comment By John B1_B5 On February 18, 2006 @ 6:43 am
Well you certainly got a lot of publicity from “The Spin” site ….
#4 Comment By heatseeker On February 20, 2006 @ 9:37 am
Was it from the Spin site or the RSVP ad … did any of them ask you out on a date?
#5 Comment By Samuel On February 20, 2006 @ 11:08 am
The person who recognised me did so from a mangled photo on a car enthusiast website.
#6 Comment By Harry Labia On February 21, 2006 @ 1:38 pm
I’d like to go out with you Samuel, I think you’re a very interesting young man. Do you go to coffee@helens often?
#7 Comment By Samuel On February 21, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
A couple times a week Harry