Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but since your memory is so good and you brought it up - yes - it was indeed that bar/stem combo!

I'm going to guess you weren't really trying to sabotage it and kill me, but if I were going to sabotage something on a bike, it would be that stem bolt. Great way to kill somebody! I felt very lucky to come out of that one unscathed! The whole incident left me looking like this guy~

But hey, you did a great job polishing that thing up, it still looks great!