There's nothing like a brief encounter with someone you've never previously met to make a lasting judgement on their character and ruin the fabulous image you had of them. However, my chance meeting with the legendary Jimmy Stynes only enhanced my opinion of the great man.

The weekend before last I was driving in to my footy team's ground, about an hour and a half before the game. As usual, our home ground had a heaps of little Aus-kickers and their parents running about, footies and little kids flying all over the place. There are usually some strategically placed witches hats on the road that prevent cars driving in and keeping them away from the little kids. Given my car will be at the ground all day (and not wanting to pay for a parking ticket) I usually stop the car, move one of the witches hats, and drive through to park beside the rooms.

So I did my usual routine, into park, pull the hand-break up, put the hazard lights on, and go to open the car door. But I then notice someone going to move the witches hats for me and waving me through. I look up, and, you guessed it, it's Stynesy there with his son, doing what he thought was the right thing and making room for me to drive through.

I can't believe my luck, wind down the window (bloody Commedores), yell out "Thanks Jimmy (thumbs up). Car'n the Dees!" Jimmy sees the Demons sticker on the car and gives a thumbs up and a wry smile.

To bump my own thread with 375 views and no replies ... I ran the marathon on Sunday, finished with a lap of the 'G and saw the great Ron Barassi just seconds after crossing the finish line.

My mum actually yellled out to "Ron", who turned around. I told him I was a Melbourne fan, he said: "you must be a smart guy", posed for a photo with me and he went on his way.

Barass was the 'ambassador' for the marathon and gave all the runners a little talk just before the starting gun at 7:00am.

So you have Met Stynesy & Ronald Dale within a couple of months? Fantastic i am impressed.

Keep spreading the Demon energy-Carlton may think they are coming, but the Demons are, starting 2011. B)

my strange brush with a dees player was on the morning before the 2000 Grand Final, i was in Darwin buying the program and the guy that saw me do it asked me who i go for and i said Demons and he said i used to play for them and his name was Geoff Case