onehandtoucher (2:06:54 PM): Hey Mel
"Mel Stewart" (2:07:06 PM): I'm here! Hey!
onehandtoucher (2:07:21 PM): dude shanteau!!! so sad
"Mel Stewart" (2:07:58 PM): It is. But he's got STONES to know about it and still make the Olympic Team...
onehandtoucher (2:08:08 PM): yeah no kidding
"Mel Stewart" (2:09:06 PM): He could be the biggest story of the Games. It's dramatic. And he's handled himself so well in the media today...
"Mel Stewart" (2:09:19 PM): Very composed
onehandtoucher (2:09:25 PM): yeah def. exciting to see how this will all go down
onehandtoucher (2:09:36 PM): def. rootin for the guy
"Mel Stewart" (2:10:20 PM): I'll be there, rootin for him as well...
"Mel Stewart" (2:10:39 PM): Did u see the CNN interview
onehandtoucher (2:10:47 PM): no is it online?
"Mel Stewart" (2:10:57 PM): I'm sure u can get it
onehandtoucher (2:11:59 PM): so how was your week in Omaha?
"Mel Stewart" (2:12:46 PM): Omaha was crazy, working 6am to midnight. I worked for the USA Swimming Foundation. We raise money for "learn to swim" program nationwide.
onehandtoucher (2:13:16 PM): Nice, seemed like tons of alumni were in town was it fun catching up?
"Mel Stewart" (2:14:16 PM): Olympians from 1936 to 2004! 120 alumni came to the party -- 3 parties in fact, and a "paddle w/Pablo in the Pool!"
onehandtoucher (2:14:39 PM): which alumni got the craziest at the parties?
onehandtoucher (2:15:09 PM): i can only imagine Kiefer getting wild
"Mel Stewart" (2:15:16 PM): Unfortunately there was no real drinking... Not like us the last night
"Mel Stewart" (2:15:31 PM): Kiefer is a good man.
"Mel Stewart" (2:15:37 PM): Very vocal too
onehandtoucher (2:15:45 PM): yeah gotta love what that guy has accomplished
"Mel Stewart" (2:16:04 PM): I think we'll party at Golden Goggles. You going?
onehandtoucher (2:16:28 PM): i wish, too bad its in NY this year
"Mel Stewart" (2:16:58 PM): We get vid for you. Good stuff. You guys were great at last year's party!!!
onehandtoucher (2:17:21 PM): yeah we had a ball
"Mel Stewart" (2:18:47 PM): Our alumni "paddle w/Pablo" was funny. Lots of guys, older guys, got in LZR Racers. Craig Beardsley's, 200 Fly former World Record holder, is built like a linebacker now...
onehandtoucher (2:19:06 PM): yeah glen mills showed me pics that was HILARIOUS
"Mel Stewart" (2:19:36 PM): I'm putting vid up of the party soon
onehandtoucher (2:19:44 PM): oh god...
"Mel Stewart" (2:20:07 PM): Not your party. The Pablo pool-party. You're safe...
onehandtoucher (2:20:19 PM): haha phew!
"Mel Stewart" (2:20:42 PM): How much for the vid you were thinking about?
"Mel Stewart" (2:20:49 PM): 10k?
"Mel Stewart" (2:20:53 PM): 15k?
"Mel Stewart" (2:20:57 PM): 20k?
onehandtoucher (2:20:59 PM): hahaha umm you are talking to a broke college kid
"Mel Stewart" (2:21:28 PM): I think your site is perfect for the college swimmer!
onehandtoucher (2:21:44 PM): yeah thats kinda our target
"Mel Stewart" (2:21:45 PM): I would've loved it back then. I do now!
onehandtoucher (2:21:56 PM): speaking of which lets time warp back to Tennessee
"Mel Stewart" (2:22:01 PM): Ok
onehandtoucher (2:22:07 PM): favorite memory?
"Mel Stewart" (2:22:19 PM): Swimming or fun?
onehandtoucher (2:22:23 PM): both
"Mel Stewart" (2:22:46 PM): NCAA record in the 2-fly, 17 years ago. That felt good.
"Mel Stewart" (2:23:11 PM): And our post NCAA weekend Mountain parties were awesome
"Mel Stewart" (2:23:26 PM): 3 days of blurrrrrrrr
onehandtoucher (2:23:47 PM): i think post ncaa swimming parties are second to none
onehandtoucher (2:23:57 PM): most trouble you got in?
"Mel Stewart" (2:24:34 PM): I almost got kicked out of boarding school for getting caught in the girl dorm ------ lightly clothed
"Mel Stewart" (2:24:43 PM): Not good
"Mel Stewart" (2:24:46 PM): Very bad
"Mel Stewart" (2:24:52 PM): Parents were very mad
onehandtoucher (2:24:57 PM): hahaha
onehandtoucher (2:25:12 PM): well... was it after or before?
onehandtoucher (2:25:18 PM): or worth it?
"Mel Stewart" (2:25:31 PM): post and worth it....
onehandtoucher (2:25:36 PM): hahaha always
"Mel Stewart" (2:25:51 PM): Teen years are good years. Make the most of them...
"Mel Stewart" (2:25:55 PM): You know that
onehandtoucher (2:26:00 PM): yeah
"Mel Stewart" (2:26:05 PM): College --- much better
"Mel Stewart" (2:26:20 PM): Dude, I'm old. 39. I got an 8 yr old daughter now
onehandtoucher (2:26:40 PM): yeah, do you have her in the pool?
"Mel Stewart" (2:27:30 PM): Yes. Only summers though. I think the Matt Biondi method is best: Don't get too competitive until have you too.... Or you'll burn out...
onehandtoucher (2:27:50 PM): def
onehandtoucher (2:28:12 PM): now lets visit your past national teams...
"Mel Stewart" (2:28:26 PM): Pan Pac, 1987, the BEST!!!!!
onehandtoucher (2:28:33 PM): and why?
"Mel Stewart" (2:28:39 PM): Aussie fun...
"Mel Stewart" (2:28:45 PM): Those guys can play
"Mel Stewart" (2:28:59 PM): I win at the meet, but had a week of fun afterward
onehandtoucher (2:29:18 PM): Funniest memory from a team USA trip?
"Mel Stewart" (2:30:25 PM): '92 was something... I remember going out all night for the 3 night in a row, then coming back and watching the sunrise on the Med Sea..... Very romantic.... Not
onehandtoucher (2:30:37 PM): haha
onehandtoucher (2:30:42 PM): who was your best roommate?
"Mel Stewart" (2:31:37 PM): I always roomed with Mike Barrowman, WR in the 200 breast. We both lost in 1988, and had an understanding that we were all business until we won in '92.
"Mel Stewart" (2:31:48 PM): He read Star trek books...
onehandtoucher (2:32:09 PM): and you read Nancy Drew books
"Mel Stewart" (2:32:39 PM): Yes. Only Nancy Drew...... Mike and I respected each other, but we're very different
onehandtoucher (2:32:52 PM): yeah
"Mel Stewart" (2:32:58 PM): yeah
"Mel Stewart" (2:33:04 PM): yeah what?
onehandtoucher (2:33:04 PM): any horrible roommates who snored or had bad gas?
"Mel Stewart" (2:33:25 PM): No. But I'm sure I'm guilty of both....
onehandtoucher (2:33:30 PM): haha
"Mel Stewart" (2:34:09 PM): Once in Japan, at another Pan Pac meet, someone crapped in a bag and put it behind our pull-out TV
onehandtoucher (2:34:17 PM): hahaha!
onehandtoucher (2:34:21 PM): did you ever find out who
"Mel Stewart" (2:34:36 PM): hold on... not finished w/this story
onehandtoucher (2:35:16 PM): hahaha
"Mel Stewart" (2:35:18 PM): So, we went 3 days accusing each other of dropping bombs. It got kinda bad... Ya know? I'm it was rank!!!!!
"Mel Stewart" (2:35:32 PM): So, i finally think it
"Mel Stewart" (2:35:38 PM): is the TV
"Mel Stewart" (2:35:50 PM): I'm sure the TV smell like a steamy crap
"Mel Stewart" (2:36:02 PM): Then I find this airline bag
"Mel Stewart" (2:36:21 PM): I held it up to the light and saw the dark outline of a turd
onehandtoucher (2:36:27 PM): HAHAHAHA
"Mel Stewart" (2:36:57 PM): i thought it was Dan Jorgensen. So I put it in his room -- which we could do because you turn your key into the front desk in Japan
"Mel Stewart" (2:37:14 PM): Then he thought I did it.
"Mel Stewart" (2:37:30 PM): Turned out it was the oldest guy on the team...
"Mel Stewart" (2:37:37 PM): Steve Crocker
onehandtoucher (2:37:43 PM): hilarious
"Mel Stewart" (2:37:46 PM): 30 years old at the time
"Mel Stewart" (2:37:56 PM): 30, pooping in a bag
onehandtoucher (2:38:09 PM): god i hope lezak carries on the tradition
"Mel Stewart" (2:38:11 PM): I hope Steve see this
onehandtoucher (2:38:15 PM): haha
"Mel Stewart" (2:38:23 PM): I've outted him
onehandtoucher (2:38:27 PM): the only way it would be funnier is if it was summer sanders
"Mel Stewart" (2:38:27 PM): Lezak
"Mel Stewart" (2:38:36 PM): Summer!!!! Yes!!!!!
onehandtoucher (2:39:22 PM): aight speaking of summer... Let's get your top five hottest women (past or present) in swimming.
"Mel Stewart" (2:39:53 PM): Summer, Summer, Laura, Summer, Dara
onehandtoucher (2:39:58 PM): hahaha
"Mel Stewart" (2:40:09 PM): Sorry, I couldn't think fast enough
onehandtoucher (2:40:15 PM): now the men...
"Mel Stewart" (2:40:25 PM): Goldmedalmelvin
"Mel Stewart" (2:40:31 PM): that's it
"Mel Stewart" (2:40:35 PM): he wins
onehandtoucher (2:40:57 PM): haha
"Mel Stewart" (2:41:24 PM): My wife has a thing for Lochte... then again, so does every other woman
onehandtoucher (2:41:31 PM): haha
"Mel Stewart" (2:41:45 PM): Aaron P wins the cool-factor
onehandtoucher (2:41:49 PM): def
"Mel Stewart" (2:42:00 PM): Aaron is gonna do it again I think
"Mel Stewart" (2:42:07 PM): 3 golds
"Mel Stewart" (2:42:18 PM): Lochte will be tough in the 2-back
onehandtoucher (2:42:19 PM): he is so cool and collected how could he not. love that guy
onehandtoucher (2:42:46 PM): watch out for Rogan in the 200
"Mel Stewart" (2:42:46 PM): Lochte's got a tough gig, fighting 2 greats in the 2 im and 2back
"Mel Stewart" (2:42:58 PM): Agreed. you're right
"Mel Stewart" (2:43:08 PM): I'm so glad I don't compete now
onehandtoucher (2:43:15 PM): yeah and if lochte wins gold he is still screwed cuz he will be remember as the guy who beat phelps so he couldnt win 8 golds
"Mel Stewart" (2:43:25 PM): Maybe
"Mel Stewart" (2:43:30 PM): ...............
"Mel Stewart" (2:43:35 PM): hope not
onehandtoucher (2:43:37 PM): yeah
"Mel Stewart" (2:43:37 PM): for him
onehandtoucher (2:43:54 PM): he is so stinking good and underrated
"Mel Stewart" (2:44:12 PM): I know. Lochte and Aaron both
onehandtoucher (2:44:28 PM): lets go back to barcelona one more time... what was with the false start in the 100
"Mel Stewart" (2:45:03 PM): i was so slow off the blocks I did it twice to glue everyone to the blocks
onehandtoucher (2:45:17 PM): did you tell pablo you were gunna do it?
"Mel Stewart" (2:45:21 PM): no
"Mel Stewart" (2:45:38 PM): And I've lived in guilty for years and years
"Mel Stewart" (2:46:03 PM): Pablo forgave me that night we were all out together
"Mel Stewart" (2:46:25 PM): 25K?
onehandtoucher (2:46:34 PM): i was so stoked to meet Pablo he is so tight
onehandtoucher (2:46:38 PM): went to my highschool too
"Mel Stewart" (2:46:47 PM): Pablo is a gentleman
"Mel Stewart" (2:46:51 PM): Love the guy
"Mel Stewart" (2:47:05 PM): What HS
onehandtoucher (2:47:12 PM): Bellarmine College Prep
"Mel Stewart" (2:47:59 PM): What kinda of coverage are you doing of the Olympics
onehandtoucher (2:48:15 PM): we are now trying to interview as many olympians as we can
"Mel Stewart" (2:48:22 PM): Now
"Mel Stewart" (2:48:27 PM): at the training camp
onehandtoucher (2:48:44 PM): we were thinking about going b cuz its real close to my house
onehandtoucher (2:48:50 PM): i live like 40 min away from stan
"Mel Stewart" (2:48:59 PM): I know, you should
"Mel Stewart" (2:49:37 PM): 1988 I almost got kicked off the O-team
onehandtoucher (2:49:43 PM): for?
"Mel Stewart" (2:50:17 PM): I dumped a trashcan full of wet TP off the top floor of our Hotel....
"Mel Stewart" (2:50:22 PM): got caught
"Mel Stewart" (2:50:27 PM): I cried
"Mel Stewart" (2:50:31 PM): literally
onehandtoucher (2:50:32 PM): HAHAHAHAHA noob
"Mel Stewart" (2:50:38 PM): It was a low moment
onehandtoucher (2:50:50 PM): do you cry when you get pulled over to get out of tickets too?
"Mel Stewart" (2:51:11 PM): No. I can handle a ticket, not missing the Olympic Games though
onehandtoucher (2:51:18 PM): yeah no kidding
"Mel Stewart" (2:51:30 PM): Ok, sometimes I cry...
"Mel Stewart" (2:51:48 PM): went I got traffic tickets, parking tickets... in LA
"Mel Stewart" (2:51:58 PM): 2300 dollar worth
onehandtoucher (2:52:05 PM): damn dude
"Mel Stewart" (2:52:05 PM): bittterness
"Mel Stewart" (2:52:10 PM): you have no idea
onehandtoucher (2:52:22 PM): aight ready for the lightning round?
"Mel Stewart" (2:52:27 PM): sure
onehandtoucher (2:52:40 PM): goggles under or over the cap?
"Mel Stewart" (2:52:47 PM): under, old school
"Mel Stewart" (2:52:55 PM): No I mean over
onehandtoucher (2:52:58 PM): silicone or latex?
"Mel Stewart" (2:53:20 PM): both. Latex, then sil. It keeps your head up
onehandtoucher (2:53:41 PM): ah... do you know kara lynn joyce...
"Mel Stewart" (2:53:46 PM): y
onehandtoucher (2:53:52 PM): she does the same thing
"Mel Stewart" (2:54:08 PM): very smart.... wheres the lightning
onehandtoucher (2:54:10 PM): paper or platic?
"Mel Stewart" (2:54:22 PM): paper
onehandtoucher (2:54:23 PM): chunky or creamy pbj?
"Mel Stewart" (2:54:32 PM): chunky
onehandtoucher (2:54:40 PM): pee in the pool or bathroom?
"Mel Stewart" (2:54:55 PM): the POOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
onehandtoucher (2:54:59 PM): haha
onehandtoucher (2:55:05 PM): corn or flour tortillas
"Mel Stewart" (2:55:09 PM): CORN
onehandtoucher (2:55:12 PM): eww
"Mel Stewart" (2:55:19 PM):