Posted on 10/09/2022 4:56:18 AM PDT by sodpoodle
In 1953, Queen Elizabeth drove around and waved to crowds of school kids lining the streets.
I attended that school with Maggie Thatcher’s Secretary of Education- Gil Watts.
1963. Worked for Jim Brown, mayor of Tybee Island, Ga
1965 Worked with John Rousakis in Savannah. GA - in insurance - he became mayor of Savannah, Ga.
2012 Johns Hopkins - my physician’s and Ben Carson’s reception areas were adjoined.
Tony Snow was being treated in the DC physician’s office where I worked.
Atty.Gen. William Sessions and I, nearly got hit by a car while jay-walking in DC.
Father of the Metro = Carlton Sickles. gave me his 38 year service pin when a colleague told him I used the Metro every day.
I made a phone call to The Washington Times and Wesley Pruden answered it - we chatted a while - nice man.
2003. Worked with Patrick Hope, now a Dem rep. for Virginia.
Flew on a plane with Cal Ripken.
Saw Gerald Ford up close.
Saw Billy Idol up close at a local TV station - he was sweet.
We all share the oxygen with people who are alive NOW - Enjoy those moments!!
Was on the tarmac in 1961 when the first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, got off the Aeroflot plane at Keflavik, Iceland. Was almost close enough to shake his hand, but have a great photograph.
My grandpa met Frank James.
Met Jack Kilby and John A. Stormer
She must get her electric from Eversource...
Dover AFB has a ton of C-5s.
I met James Watson (who won a Nobel Prize for determining the structure of DNA) at a scientific conference. We spoke for a few minutes in the lobby of the convention center. Nice guy.
They all go through Dover AFB.
I met Pete Rose up close. As well as Terry Bradshaw, Ken Anderson (Bengals QB), Jim Plunkett (played catch with him) and a number of other of the 1972 NE Patriots. I had a conversation with Rick Medlocke and Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and flew on a plane with them. I played touch football with Doug Flutie and Bill Romanowski (who is a madman).
IIRC Dover has,for years,been the central receiving point for our guys coming home.
Yep. I lived in DE for 14 years.
July 4, 1999. Met W. Bush after the Fourth of July parade, Amherst, New Hampshire. He was standing there alone and I walked up to him and got his autograph.
September 13, 2018. I was outside waiting for the 2:30 P.M. tour at Alnwich Castle, Northumberland, UK, when I turned and saw Prince Charles walking behind me. I got some photos of his receding backside, but then he turned to chat with three blokes there working on repair and maintenance. They seemed unimpressed with HRH and kept their hands in their pockets.
Chateau DeVille in Framingham, MA is. Huge furniture store now.
JD Farag sent me a video text saying “Hello/Greetings” to me.
Made me feel like a kid getting his favorite Baseball Star’s autograph on a card.
*I get most of you would not know who he is*
I looked Ina mirror and saw my reflection once. That was good enough for me.
Now we do;)
JD Farag Last
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I served LeRoy Van Dyke curly fries at the Iowa State Fair. Everything else just doesn’t compare.
She encountered Clint Eastwood at the Bangor, ME airport, and spoke with him briefly.
We were having dinner on Mt. Desert Island in Maine when our waitress informed us that the gentleman dining at the table next to us was Billy Joel. No Christie, though. :-(
Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is an American country music singer and guitarist, best known for his hits “The Auctioneer” (1956) and “Walk on By” (1961).
He just turned 96 yrs. old!!!
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