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Random IU Power - Random Alum Encounters

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So I’m in Lake Tahoe vacationing with the fam, at Heavenly Valley this afternoon stopped at restaurant by the gondola and an older guy is wearing an IU shirt and i strike up a conversation- turns out he manages the place, we talk about our shared NC memories. 


As I’m leaving the restaurant bump into another guy wearing an IU basketball shirt — another convo, he went to IU in 91 (I graduated ‘88).

I get back to the hotel (The Landing, great place, South Tahoe), and a lady is checking in, she’s talking to someone and says she went to Purdue. I’m like this is nuts, so I say hey rival, i went to IU - she asks, Bloomington? I say yeah, and she says well i went to grad school there so we’re not rivals!

Talk about randomness, this is California, I’m on vacation and just had these 3 IU alum encounters, all cool, all big on the program and shared memories, different generations.

 

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On 8/6/2022 at 8:32 PM, HoosierHoopster said:

So I’m in Lake Tahoe vacationing with the fam, at Heavenly Valley this afternoon stopped at restaurant by the gondola and an older guy is wearing an IU shirt and i strike up a conversation- turns out he manages the place, we talk about our shared NC memories. 


As I’m leaving the restaurant bump into another guy wearing an IU basketball shirt — another convo, he went to IU in 91 (I graduated ‘88).

I get back to the hotel (The Landing, great place, South Tahoe), and a lady is checking in, she’s talking to someone and says she went to Purdue. I’m like this is nuts, so I say hey rival, i went to IU - she asks, Bloomington? I say yeah, and she says well i went to grad school there so we’re not rivals!

Talk about randomness, this is California, I’m on vacation and just had these 3 IU alum encounters, all cool, all big on the program and shared memories, different generations.

 

Reminds of the time I was at the airport in Christchurch, New Zealand and walked by another guy also wearing an IU sweatshirt and we warmly gave a smile, wave and "Go Hoosiers" to each other. Then a few minutes later, I got on my plane and a woman saw my sweatshirt and told me she went to IU, and we chatted for a few minutes.

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10 hours ago, Pipedog said:

I went on a cruise that stopped in St. Kitts, a homeless man asked me for money and I told him I had none on me. He asked me where I was from and I said Indiana. He immediately said that is where Bob Knight lives. I made my wife give him 10 bucks. 

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