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72. I've met a lot of sports figures....

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:37 AM

Jun 2012

I bumped into evander Holyfield on a red eye plane flight from Houston to Atlanta, nice guy....I played high school football with the brothers of retired cowboys running back Robert Newhouse...he would also bring other cowboys and football friends to our banquets....I met Tom Landry, randy white, earl Campbell....also met several other nfl Players while I was stationed in Hawaii....they use local
Military personel for security at the pro-bowl...there are also several pro wrestlers that live in the Daytona area....Kevin Nash(diesel, big sexy) lives here...fmr wrestler Kevin Sullivan, the briscos live a few counties over....I've met Jerry brisco when I picked up an engine from their auto
Recycling yard...nice people....no one ever had an issue with me shaking their hands.

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So. Was seated next to Robert Duvall the other night at a northern Virginia-area restaurant [View all] Flaxbee Jun 2012 OP

I used to live in Los Angeles, so .... kwassa Jun 2012 #1

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I don't think I'd recognize him. But he sounds like a nice enough guy Flaxbee Jun 2012 #6

Seji Ozowa bought my wife and myself dinner once. OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #3

how fun Flaxbee Jun 2012 #5

I've had an interesting life. OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #11

I once saw Eddie Albert walking out of a store in downtown L.A. aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #4

I saw Michael Keaton (right after Batman) and Adam Arkin (when Chicago Hope was big) Flaxbee Jun 2012 #8

I went to UCLA film school in the early 1980s aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #9

I went to UCLA, too. 1993-96 law school Flaxbee Jun 2012 #10

Santa Ana Heights aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #13

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... Mira Jun 2012 #7

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I woulda died. OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #39

Love her. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #44

I forgot about that! Digit Jun 2012 #56

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Was it at the Rail Stop in The Plains? pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #14

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Timothy Hutton a couple of years ago... AmyDeLune Jun 2012 #16

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Seen the President naked AngryAmish Jun 2012 #22

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I'm a screenwriter and I used to live in Brooklyn... Chan790 Jun 2012 #23

Rod Carew came up and sat with us in the stands before the game rurallib Jun 2012 #24

Dick Van Dyke, a midtown deli, in the wee hours of a morning annabanana Jun 2012 #25

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and also ps a really nice guy annabanana Jun 2012 #52

Ed Harris. Swoon Flaxbee Jun 2012 #64

I saw DVD in a parking lot one time. He was on foot and had to wait for our car to go by. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #71

In Miami, across from my office where I worked, RebelOne Jun 2012 #27

Walked past Rob Reiner at a hotel in Kansas City 12 years ago.... cbdo2007 Jun 2012 #28

Deepak Chopra in Melbourne, Australia Catlover827 Jun 2012 #29

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I tend to wink at people. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #46

you should have acted out this scene: Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #32

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Sonny Jurgensen bikebloke Jun 2012 #34

I've seen a couple. geardaddy Jun 2012 #35

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The Coen brothers grew up here. geardaddy Jun 2012 #68

Sam Kinison in a dept. store in Victoria, BC. BarbaRosa Jun 2012 #37

you mean you didn't ask him if he wanted to cut the deck of cards for a poke? Scout Jun 2012 #38

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PeeWee Herman some 20+ years ago OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #41

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Gregory Hines in New Orleans MorningGlow Jun 2012 #48

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Chef John Besh revolution breeze Jun 2012 #50

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I nearly squished Carville while he was jogging MountainLaurel Jun 2012 #73

The cast of Dallas, now that the show is being revived kwassa Jun 2012 #51

Monte Hall, at the Dallas airport. Fridays Child Jun 2012 #57

I had lunch or early dinner with Midnight Oil sharp_stick Jun 2012 #59

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I know... he is a Republican Flaxbee Jun 2012 #84

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We go back a few years DFW Jun 2012 #88

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