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People I have met and/or worked with during my life-time.
10/09/2022 | self

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!!


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To: sodpoodle

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.


21 posted on 10/09/2022 5:25:17 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: sodpoodle

My grandpa met Frank James.


22 posted on 10/09/2022 5:26:20 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: sodpoodle
Used to get drunk on friday nights with this guy.

Met Jack Kilby and John A. Stormer

23 posted on 10/09/2022 5:26:29 AM PDT by blam
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To: Gay State Conservative

She must get her electric from Eversource...

Dover AFB has a ton of C-5s.


24 posted on 10/09/2022 5:26:47 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: sodpoodle

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.


25 posted on 10/09/2022 5:26:59 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: sodpoodle
Met Dash Crofts
Met Dennis Quaid
Met and talked with Mel Gibson. (Really nice guy)
Met Robin Olds and Bud Anderson and Chuck Yeager.(First two were great, Chuck was a jerk)
Have nephew who is a famous guitarist.
26 posted on 10/09/2022 5:30:02 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: EEGator
Yah,they're needed to bring all those bodies home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
27 posted on 10/09/2022 5:30:24 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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To: Gay State Conservative

They all go through Dover AFB.


28 posted on 10/09/2022 5:31:18 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: sodpoodle

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).


29 posted on 10/09/2022 5:35:32 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: EEGator

IIRC Dover has,for years,been the central receiving point for our guys coming home.


30 posted on 10/09/2022 5:35:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yep. I lived in DE for 14 years.


31 posted on 10/09/2022 5:36:18 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: sodpoodle
Two brushes with mediocrity:

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.

32 posted on 10/09/2022 5:37:02 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: billorites

Chateau DeVille in Framingham, MA is. Huge furniture store now.


33 posted on 10/09/2022 5:39:13 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: sodpoodle

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*


34 posted on 10/09/2022 5:41:23 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: sodpoodle

I looked Ina mirror and saw my reflection once. That was good enough for me.


35 posted on 10/09/2022 5:43:47 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Now we do;)

JD Farag Last
J.D. Farag - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/alohabibleprophecy
Bible Prophecy - End Times - Pastor - Speaker Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Bible Prophecy speaker and Pastor, J.D. Farag of Calvary Chapel Kaneohe in Hawaii. With over 700 Million ...


36 posted on 10/09/2022 5:45:22 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly, carry tweezers.)
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To: sodpoodle

I served LeRoy Van Dyke curly fries at the Iowa State Fair. Everything else just doesn’t compare.


37 posted on 10/09/2022 5:46:54 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: billorites
Shook hands with George H.W. Bush at HAFB.. '90 or'91, can't remember which.
George W. Bush signed my Peace Officer Cert. (was governor at the time).
38 posted on 10/09/2022 5:47:20 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: sodpoodle
Sylvester Stallone walked by us on a Warner Bros. studio lot...he gave my wife a BIG smile. She was surprised at how short he was, but was still impressed by his build.

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. :-(

39 posted on 10/09/2022 5:49:51 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: cornfedcowboy

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!!!


40 posted on 10/09/2022 5:53:03 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly, carry tweezers.)
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