**So I'm Enjoying My Piece of Flesh at Othello's...**

[Lott's Bandana]

...and I look up from my succulent med/rare Delmonico and there's OU helmeted Calvin standing there in between all the tables, holding out a newspaper.

Have I mentioned how much I love Norman?

CZmEj2iUDII

[King Crimson]

pay-per?

[rainiersooner]

Wow! Calvin's still around!!? That's awesome! I remember him from the mid-nineties. Boomer!!!

[Crucifax Autumn]

4 or 5 times a week and sometimes a sarcastic jerk?????

Invite him into the posse!

[unbiasedtruth]

Calvin's cool. He and my younger bro were in the Boy Scouts together.

Now if you really know Norman, tell me who Mr. Gloves was??

[Lott's Bandana]

I was at the Summer Breeze concert last night at Lion's Park and Calvin was there. He walked up with his helmet on and a folding chair and sat in the crowd enjoying the music. (he lives about 5 blocks from Lion's Park)

At one point, this man walked up to Travis Linville (the singer) and made a request.

Travis said, "Mr Calvin Steves everyone, Calvin."

I had never seen Calvin without his helmet on.

[tigepilot]

Calvin's cool. He and my younger bro were in the Boy Scouts together.

Now if you really know Norman, tell me who Mr. Gloves was??

He was a large guy that rode around on the little bicycle and usually had about 3 or so ballcaps on his head at one time. He was always comming into our store and talking to me but I couldn't understand very much of what he said. Usually had a horn with him and would honk it as he would say something about Pepsi. Several different people told me he was "the glove guy" but I remember him more for all the other stuff like having 3 hats on at a time with bills all facing forward than anything relating to gloves.

I saw less of Calvin. I heard shortly before moving away that one of them was killed when they were hit by a car but I can't remember which. Guessing it was the glove guy?

[badger]

I think he has seizure problems, hence the helmet - although he is quite the OU fan.

I highly recommend that if you plan to be in a Norman restaurant (especially Campus Corner) in the morning to have a quarter ready. You cannot simply pass on a paper buying opportunity with a simple "No" or by pretending to be deaf or something.

I heard he actually used to sell papers without the paper knowing... you know pay the corner machine a quarter, take out all of the papers in the machine, then reap the profits :D

[King Crimson]

Calvin's cool. He and my younger bro were in the Boy Scouts together.

Now if you really know Norman, tell me who Mr. Gloves was??

gloveman. he died in the early 90's. wore gloves and stood on street corners, often had some colorful language to share with passing cars.

[C&CDean]

Calvin is in Othello's pretty much every night. And like mentioned, the steaks at Othello's are damn good.

[tigepilot]

gloveman. he died in the early 90's. wore gloves and stood on street corners, often had some colorful language to share with passing cars.

Now that sounds like someone more worthy of the name 'the glove guy' than the one that kept coming into our store. I probably just missed the glove guy since I didn't arrive on campus until fall of '93.

There was another really weird one that hung around Noble. She was referred to as 'the space lady' for some reason and dressed like pippy longstocking.

[MikeInNorman]

Glove Man used to stand at various places in the old Safeway on Lindsey and verbally abuse the vegetables, cheese, whatever it happened to be. People would stroll by as if this were the most normal occurance in the world.

The guy on the bike was typically known as Three Hat Willie.

[the_ouskull]

First, in regards to the Delmonico... 'tis known it is a pretty piece of flesh. (As is the new owner, by the way... :D)

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Now, as for Calvin, Three-Hat Willy, and the Glove Man.

I've had it out with Calvin before, and I've given him a buck a paper before. He's a little too "off" for my blood, but that's just one of the quirks of the town.

Three-Hat and I had an interesting relationship. I drank my *SS off at O'Connell's, and was usually forced to leave. Willy was ALWAYS forced to leave. At first, he was cool. He'd come in, help the girls put up the chairs, and then be on his way. Then, he started just coming in and hanging out. Then, he started coming in, hanging out, and not leaving. Then, he got "asked not to come back." Then he started bursting in whenever he could, and running back to the bathroom to hide. Whenever someone went to go get him, he'd go peacefully, usually, but he made someone go and get him, too. There would be times, where, if it was busy enough, sometimes he'd make it through two or three p*ss breaks for me (so about 20 minutes or so... jay kay) before someone "in charge" realized he was back there. I had to escort him out myself a few nights. One night, I even loaded him up in my truck (he AND his bike rode in the back) and gave him a ride somewhere. Anyway, the last I heard, I guess that he started living with a sister of his or something, someone local, but that he also stopped taking some kind of meds and wigged out and beat her up. I don't know what happened after that, or if that even happened... It's just the last I heard. That was around 1997-98, I think. Maybe a little earlier...

Glove Man. I saw him, but I don't have any stories.

There was one other guy, a homeless guy who just made me feel like a d*ck for forgetting his name. He used to go around fraternity row on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings, and collect bottles and cans from the trash cans and dumpsters.

I was up hella early one Sunday morning, and went downstairs and saw this person I didn't know rummaging around our backyard. So, I went down there full of **** and vinegar, but quickly realized what was going on. He looked a little gunshy when he saw me, too, so that helped "soften" me, for lack of a better word - and apparently for the desire to use a very inappropriate sexual-sounding word... my bad...

to his presence. I lied to him, a white lie, and told him I was a pledge, and that he was going to make me look bad by doing my job for me. I guess he knew enough about fraternity life to laugh about that, and then he asked me if it was cool for him to be back there. (He was inside the property line of our fenced-in backyard when I saw him.) I told him it was. I also told him that, if anybody saw him, for him to ask for me by name, or tell them that I told him it was okay. Then, I got a brilliant idea...

"Man, do you want to come inside and collect the bottles and cans from in there too?"
"Would that be cool?"
"Sure, I'll help you."

What normally didn't get done until Sunday evening or Monday morning got done at that house by noon on Sunday. It was glorious.

After we picked all of that sh*t up, crushing the cans to make more room, even, I asked him if he wanted a beer before he left. Then I sat out there in the backyard with him, four trashbags full of our crap, and had a beer with a Vietnam vet. It was the stereotype, post-war, down on his luck, no family story, but that didn't make it any less sad when it was sitting a foot away. I told him that, anytime that he saw anybody at our house, to let them know to come and get me, and I'd have a beer with him, and help him with our bottles and cans at least. He said he would.

He did. About two or three more times while I lived there, I'd get a knock on my door, usually from some younger guy, saying, "Danny, there's a homeless guy downstairs who wants talk to you.. and I'm pretty sure he just cleaned the backyard."

Then, one day, I realized that I hadn't seen him in a while.

He'd be in his mid-late 50's by now, and was blonde, unkept, and kinda smelly and probably hasn't changed much. Anybody have any ideas? I want to say his name was "Michael," but I can't remember. It was over a decade ago, and I used to drink a LOT.

I'm excited about moving back to Norman again soon. Anybody got any work for me? :D

the_ouskull

[the_ouskull]

I had never seen Calvin without his helmet on.

OH man, it's weird! It's like grinding with someone at a club and then realizing that they're a teacher that you thought was hot in high school.. and still is... it's like THAT kind of weird... only not sexual at all. You know what? I think that simile needs work. I'll try it again later. Ignore what I just said.

I mean, except the part about seeing Calvin with his helmet off. That's still weird. And, for someone more in the know than I am, isn't Calvin in his 40's?

the_ouskull

[Lott's Bandana]

The article I read recently said 45, but the article could have been a year or two old as well...

[C&CDean]

There was another really weird one that hung around Noble. She was referred to as 'the space lady' for some reason and dressed like pippy longstocking.

She's still there, and still dresses like Pippy. I saw her last Friday on my way home from work. She still walks up and down Highway 77 in Noble all dressed like Pippy and it doesn't matter how hot it is.

[C&CDean]

OH man, it's weird! It's like grinding with someone at a club and then realizing that they're a teacher that you thought was hot in high school.. and still is... it's like THAT kind of weird... only not sexual at all. You know what? I think that simile needs work. I'll try it again later. Ignore what I just said.

I mean, except the part about seeing Calvin with his helmet off. That's still weird. And, for someone more in the know than I am, isn't Calvin in his 40's?

the_ouskull

We saw Calvin sans helmet a couple Friday nights ago sitting at the bar in Othellos. The main thing you think is "man, dude's head is a lot smaller than I'm used to seeing.

[Lott's Bandana]

Calvin is in Othello's pretty much every night. And like mentioned, the steaks at Othello's are damn good.


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[hawaii 5-0]

I remember both Calvin and The Glove Man from the early 80's.

Used to usually see The Glove Man either walking around town but usually on the corner of Boyd and Classen making rather rude remarks to motorists o to no one in particular. Always had those gloves on.

Calvin, I used to see him all over town selling his Transcripts.

I moved away in '88 but had fond memories of those two.


:cool: 5-0

[BHB 91]

I remember both the Glove Man and Calvin. Used to see Calvin nearly every weekend on Campus Corner in the late 80's. He was relentless in selling those papers.

The Glove Man used to yell at the meat in the grocery store across from Norman High all the time. I graduated high school with a girl whose father owned that store before Homeland came in and bought it. Can't remember what the name was now. Too many years and beers ago.

I miss Norman these days. My wife and I are thinking about moving there in the next few years. I lived in MWC and Norman my whole life before moving to Dallas to find work once I graduated OU in the early 90's. I have had my fill of Texass and want to move back. My wife is from Kansas but has loved it there the times we have visited.

Maybe I will cross paths with Calvin again, soon.

[rainiersooner]

Does Keith still own Brothers? Is that place still around? Please tell me Curt Hill is not still playing there on Thursday nights!!??

[unbiasedtruth]

very good on Mr. Gloves and bringing up 3 hat willie.... there was another out-patient that used to sit in front of the barbershop next door to the Town Tavern on Boyd and Asp and play/sing with his case open. Al I remember is asking my dad to tell the orderlies at the hospital to "give that man a bath".

So was anyone on campus corner the day Wendy Berlowitz auctioned off her swimsuit after she was dismissed as a grad assistant by the University's English department for stripping down in class and saying her clothese inhibited her to teach??

[Lott's Bandana]

Does Keith still own Brothers? Is that place still around? Please tell me Curt Hill is not still playing there on Thursday nights!!??


Brothers is there, and Step-Brothers was open for a while where the old Winchester's was next to the antique store across from The Service Station. It has closed.

[Lott's Bandana]

So was anyone on campus corner the day Wendy Berlowitz auctioned off her swimsuit after she was dismissed as a grad assistant by the University's English department for stripping down in class and saying her clothese inhibited her to teach??


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[unbiasedtruth]

Enjoy:

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Thanks. And on a sad note, kinda weird as I never bought the Dallas Morning News, but this one morning I did and read the story of Jim Berkowitz's death in Mexico. If I recall, he and Wendy were travelling through a remote region and were attacked/captured by banditos. They robbed them, killed Jim and "used" Wendy until she was freed or fleed......

[OklaPony]

I remember both the Glove Man and Calvin. Used to see Calvin nearly every weekend on Campus Corner in the late 80's. He was relentless in selling those papers.

The Glove Man used to yell at the meat in the grocery store across from Norman High all the time. I graduated high school with a girl whose father owned that store before Homeland came in and bought it. Can't remember what the name was now. Too many years and beers ago.

I miss Norman these days. My wife and I are thinking about moving there in the next few years. I lived in MWC and Norman my whole life before moving to Dallas to find work once I graduated OU in the early 90's. I have had my fill of *Texas*s and want to move back. My wife is from Kansas but has loved it there the times we have visited.

Maybe I will cross paths with Calvin again, soon.
Calvin should be 46 now, he is roughly a year younger than I am. I've got a few Calvin stories but the one that stands out happened back at Central Jr. High. I was standing in the main office at the desk of the secretary waiting for something... have no idea what it was. Calvin comes strolling in, stands next to me and with no warning whatsoever punches me in the arm. Obviously I couldn't retaliate even though that was my initial instinct. The secretary and the prinicipal saw the whole thing and all we could do was look at each other, shake our heads, and move on.


Does Keith still own Brothers? Is that place still around? Please tell me Curt Hill is not still playing there on Thursday nights!!??
I'm pretty sure Keith is still in the picture, last I heard about Curt was that he was living in Vegas.

[Lott's Bandana]

Thanks. And on a sad note, kinda weird as I never bought the Dallas Morning News, but this one morning I did and read the story of Jim Berkowitz's death in Mexico. If I recall, he and Wendy were travelling through a remote region and were attacked/captured by banditos. They robbed them, killed Jim and "used" Wendy until she was freed or fleed......

Seriously?

Was this recent?

Those peeps could be a book.

Gonzo? Peej, you should write a play about the B's.

[OklaPony]

The Glove Man used to yell at the meat in the grocery store across from Norman High all the time. I graduated high school with a girl whose father owned that store before Homeland came in and bought it. Can't remember what the name was now. Too many years and beers ago.

That was Sterr's, which got torn down and rebuilt as Country Boy (I think), it failed and Safeway bought it, then came Homeland.

[Lott's Bandana]

That was Sterr's, which got torn down and rebuilt as Country Boy (I think), it failed and Safeway bought it, then came Homeland.


Sterr's was my weekend check cashing home!

They used to sell Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers. Srsly. When I was a wee kid I would beeline to the spot where they were and stare at the can.

I bet Chuck Bao knows what they taste like!