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Dan Mathewson...but not completely without incident.
The three of us (Jeff Obermeyer, David Rudd and myself) met in the Seattle/Belltown Starbucks today for a couple hours to talk about collectibles, baseball, hockey (Jeff is a hockey collector, too, and that's still ok 
), local antique stores, collectible shows, rich people who buy all the cool stuff, etc, etc.
We had a great time, really, and hung out talking for a couple hours.
Dave got up once and threw a hot mocha on a guy wearing a Toronto Blue-Jays t-shirt. He yelled profanity at the guy and told him to leave (not just the Starbucks, but actually insisted that he leave town.) Somebody called the cops and they actually took the Blue Jays fan out of the store for causing such a disturbance...I heard that they trespased that guy from the Seattle city limits, too. Good job, Dave...!
About an hour after that cooled down, Jeff took his signature Gretsky hockey stick out to show us. Evidently, he got it on Mastro as the first game-used hockey stick that Gretsky ever used! Kinda like the Ichiro baseball bat, or something like that. Anyway, Jeff was showing us the famous "Gretsky pose" as he scored that famous first goal with that stick... but, on the backswing, Jeff hit a lady right in the mouth. (The nerve of her, anyway, for getting in the way of the historic reenactment, I don't care if she was pregnant with twins...) She tried to act all pissed off just because she chipped a tooth. But then we heard a bone-tingling wail come from Jeff -- that gal's tooth actually caused a small chip in the blade of his otherwise flawless, unmarked hockey stick. You should of heard the exchange at that point! I gave Jeff the name of a good attorney...
Despite the occasional drama, we had a great time this morning. I must say it is truly incredible the fun, interesting, friendly people I've met from eBay and this site...
Next time, we're planning an excursion up to a couple of local collector haunts up in North Seattle -- that should be a fun trip.
It was great fun meeting you both. I hope more folks can join us in the future, too. Elliot: thanks for creating and maintaining this venue. There are some very, very cool people here. 
-dan