Denzil was a great council when I went through a "soccer issue" a few years back. He always treated me with respect and was always asking questions. From when I was a youth a took the bus to his shop from Renton, to when I was a coach and went to the man for sage advise. What a wheeler dealer also--always loved getting free wuzzies instead of my second pair of shoes. The funniest thing that ever happened to me, was when I went to his store to pick up a pair of shoes that he had ordered for me. The sign was on the door "across the street at Rendevous". So I walked across the street and asked him how long he would be as I wanted to wait. Just let me finish my lunch..he said. So I walked back across the street, but if you remember his shop was mid-block and I crossed there instead of going to the corner. Of course, Seattle's finest was on the corner and I got hit with a $39 jaywalking ticket. The cop finished giving me the ticket and leaves. A few moments later here comes Denzil walking across the street from the Rendevous exactly like I did. I explain I just got a ticket doing the exact same thing and he laughs and laughs. He says I would have told the cop to go to hell and opens the store and fetches my shoes. It was amazing though that I got a discount when he rang up the order for nearly the entire amount of the ticket.
Thanks Denzil for all that you did for us. You will be remembered.
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