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Met Sam Huff at a county meeting on expanding casino gambling. He was for it because it was supposed to help support horse racing, and he was a breeder. I spoke against it at the behest of a pastor, though I knew it was already decided and I didn’t much care one way or the other. We shook hands, had a brief chat, and he was very nice, but called me a rascal for opposing the expansion.

I’ve twice run into Col. Oliver North, most recently a couple of weeks ago. We spoke for quite a while, mostly about shotguns. Fine gentleman.

Once ran into Sissy Spacek in a grocery store. She was definitely trying to remain incognito. I looked at her knowingly, and she looked back, but we didn’t speak. Kinda wish now I’d winked at her.

EDIT: old thread caught me again. Oh well.

Ain't two many 'round my turf

Wouldn't no one iffin I saw 1

There I was 1986 Tampa Fl. It was early, about 3 am . I had been out to Papa's night spot and was going back to my place, alone, again. I decided to stop and eat at my usual, Pop-n-Sons.
There she was with her band in an otherwise empty restaurant.

Donna Fargo.

In the mid 90s the wife and I boared a plane to fly into texas to visit friends , we got to our seats and looked up and Stone cold steve austin and the undertaker were walking toward us and one sat in front of us and the other sat behind us. they were nice , they visited with us and shared stories . then we had to make a lay over that we were late to in st louis. so when we got to the air port they announced that our connecting flight was boarding , NOW . at the other end of the air port. we took off running to get to our gate on those dang moving sidewalks , running as fast as we could, I looked over my shoulder only to see those two bearing down on us fast! I told my wife whatever you do dont fall " look behind you" man I did not know she could move so fast . when we got on the next plane they sat right by us again . they kept giving my wife a bad time about the look of OH CHIT on her face and how she took off like lightning when she saw them after her . both were good guys.

I passed Sully in the Seattle airport one time.

Bob Sevenko (the "crazy Russian" in the book "Coming into the Country") spent a summer on the Cosna River with us, living in a half-dug-out abandoned cabin 2 places up from my cabin. In between us was Gaylen's 5-acre cabin site. Gaylen had induced me to buy my place several years before. Bob was even more than made out in the book.

He had a pet chicken that spent most of it's time on his lap. I started referring to him as "Chicken Bob", and he was a mite offended until I told him I was referencing "Grizzly Adams". He also had a pet goose, in a pen right outside the ground level window. One day Bob was at the table in front of the window when a black bear nabbed the goose 3 feet in front of Bob's face.

Several years after he left Alaska, Gaylen tried to look him up in Tombstone. Couldn't find him - no one had ever heard of him. Gaylen dropped the word in every low-life saloon in town that he was looking for Bob, and would be in a certain place the next day, at a certain time.

Bob showed up.

That's as close as I can come- I lead a sheltered life.

Dated a celebrity for 2 years in our early 20's.

It was as her celebrity was just beginning to pick up, and then shortly after boomed.

TV.

It was fun, she was cool, we both knew it was not to last, her goal was fame and celebrity dinners every night and gala events. Mine was to improve my wingshooting (failed) and hunt more (success!)

She reached back out to me decade(s?) later to say hi when in the City and reminisce a little. Nice person. Still looks great, age adjusted.

Give us the name don't be a tease.

I have met several in sports, gun writers, motorcycle industry etc, but one memerable was Madeleine Albright at one of the presidential debates. She was very abrupt and was pushing past us in a very crowded corridor. I had eaten at a very sketchy place before the debate and blessed her with a bit of gas that brought tears to her eyes. Much more civil was meeting Elmer Keith and Jack O'conner.

LOL

Wayne LaPierre many moons before the recent kerfuffle. Definitely NOT my cup of tea.
Charleton Heston- VERY nice guy.
Ted Nugent- VERY nice guy.
Bob Seger- before he became famous. Nice guy and seemed very driven.
Jay Leno- just as nice as you imagine.
Stevie Nicks- I have met her several times over the years. I'm an absolute nobody and each time she has remembered my name and even given me a couple friendly hugs.
Al Kaline- my childhood hero and VERY nice guy.
"King" Kenny Roberts- nice and friendly guy.
Eddie Lawson- same as above.

I remember Frank Robinson pretty well.......he gave me these back in 1985. Willie Mays was our roving minor league outfield instructor back then as well and spent a little time around him. Got to meet a slew of other ballplayers as well.....Cal Ripken Jr, Pudge, Sammy Sosa, Mark Mcgwire, Jose Canseco, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey, Nolan Ryan, and a lot of others I'm forgetting.

Saw Troy Aikman in a department store; he was looking at shirts. We made eye contact, I nodded at him and left him alone. Celebrities deserve their right to live a normal life.

I met Jim Thome in a Hallmark store.
I looked at him and said “Jim Thome” he said yes then I said “Bill last name nice to meet you.”
Shook his hand and went are separate ways.
Never been one for autographs

Strange, I have no idea who many of these mentioned are.


But I did date a girl that married a former governor of Louisiana. She is still a looker and delightful to spend time with.

Run across Troy Landry often.
I went to grade school with Guist brothers of "Swamp people" until they dropped out in 7th grade.

I met a roadie for black oak arkansas back in 19&72.

I Hi-Fived Nobuhiro Tajima as he went past at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb.

You ought to be glad you didn't talk to him because he's a prick.

About 20 years ago I went to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. My daughter was invited to be one of the dancers in the halftime show. It was a good excuse to go to Hawaii. We had a connecting flight through Dallas. When we were leaving and standing in line to check in for our flight, Troy Aikman was standing in line behind us. He was on our flight. A little girl runs up to him with a football and a Sharpie and asks him for his autograph. He simply turns to her and says, "NO". The little girl slumps her head and walks away disappointed.

I understand that these people deserve somewhat of a normal life, but when you're famous and you've been paid the big bucks to be that, they still need to appreciate their fan base and be grateful that they are looked up to by a lot of little kids. It was a total prick move.

We had Darrell Waltrup and his family sit down on the beach next to us one time. I'm a NASCAR fan and I almost fell out of my chair when they sat down next to us. We were on Cape Cod and my wife and I were the only people on the beach that knew who he was. They were extremely pleasant and nice to talk to.

Cody Johnson not long ago, nice man!!

Met a fella at the beach from New Jersey looked like Tony soprano said he was in the waste management biz🤔