Pleeeeze! Since I'm on the large size of the measuring stick, ya' gotta' believe I've heard that schtick before. Here ya go...and pay attention. My latest fiction work is coming out. It's entitled "Paradigm Leap" and is faux-moniker-authored by Verne Moritz. That's my pen name for my new science fiction series of books. Read the last two pages which represent the author. That's me. You'll see that I've been a bouncer and I was also a body guard. It doesn't mention the further adventures of this writer, though, which included a 12-0 heavy-weight record in that little venue called "Golden Gloves" in which I trained under the late/great Ace Miller .5'-10"? Nah. Cruiser-weights seem to be the most all-round most difficult to overpower...'bout 6' and 180-ish. I despise bullies (My old fellow bouncer buddies from Uncle Sam's will verify that.). As for those "tough guys" you mentioned: I lived in Pacific Beach in SD in the '70's and spent countless wild nights in TJ with my USMC and Seal buddies. 'Doubt you can school me about them, and yes, we definitely surfed...ever tried Rosarita Beach down on the Baja? I lived just down-beach from Bird Rock...know of that spot...#1 waves in SoCally. I've got a series of books which are the about-to-be-released-lineup of a trilogy. Why am I telling you this? It's so you can look me up. I do book signings quite often, with one in Knoxville coming this summer. Come see me. I'll tell you tales of nice guys who, nonetheless, understand the necessity for, uh, men to be men. I'm not at all a "tough guy;" just stand-up...as are most men. The beers are on me, Remy. Is the Roman Room still in biz?