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You never know who you'll find on...
April 27, 2017, 05:02 PM
RightwireYou never know who you'll find on...
... an airplane. Today I happen to be sharing a flight with Steve Yzerman.
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There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. April 27, 2017, 05:09 PM
WildSigSweet. I seem to only share flights with crazy people.
Did you beg him for an autograph?
April 27, 2017, 05:22 PM
PalmAwesome. From where to where?
April 27, 2017, 05:27 PM
RightwireTampa to Detroit
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Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat
There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. April 27, 2017, 05:31 PM
Palmquote:
Originally posted by Rightwire:
Tampa to Detroit
Well that makes the most sense I guess. Maybe he won't make the return flight...
April 27, 2017, 05:40 PM
Holger DanskeDon't follow hockey, so had to look him up.
Many years ago, shortly after he retired, I was on a flight with Colin Powell from DC to Orlando. It was funny -- I saw him walking with an aide through the National terminal, and on recognizing him, even in a civvy suit, people would stop and point and whisper to each other. We ended up on the same flight (he rode coach). I followed him a ways through the Orlando terminal, and there he was invisible -- just another black dude in a suit.
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April 27, 2017, 05:50 PM
ScoutmasterI once flew San Jose to LAX seated in front of Jerry Rice. My wife flew to LAX seated across from Robert Redford, said he is a world class jerk.
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- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 April 27, 2017, 05:56 PM
comet24Very nice.
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April 27, 2017, 07:15 PM
RightwireIf I recall he still has a home here in Detroit
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343 - Never Forget
Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat
There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. April 27, 2017, 07:54 PM
GustoferI once shared a seat in first class with Natalie Portman from Seattle to JFK. I have to tell you that it was the most pleasant four hours I've ever spent on an airplane. She was a sweetheart, despite being a leftwing nut-job.
I'd marry that woman tomorrow.
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April 27, 2017, 08:12 PM
4MUL8RI flew to Japan with Cal Ripken Jr, aisle seat across from aisle seat. Worked up the courage to ask how major leaguers and their managers actually work together during a game.
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April 27, 2017, 08:34 PM
tatortoddThat's really cool.
Did you give him your patented Metallica greeting?
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. April 27, 2017, 09:53 PM
slabsides45Shared a flight with Paul Shaffer (of Late Night with David Letterman fame) a while back. He was already seated in first class when I walked onto the mostly empty plane, but I honestly didn't realize who it was until the flight was over.
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April 28, 2017, 07:47 AM
V-TailThe late great Bob Hope.
I was one of his pilots back in the 1960s on a charter flight when he was receiving an honorary Doctorate at Monmouth College.
He was a very gracious gentleman. He took a few minutes to shake hands with us and make some pleasant small talk.
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chellim1quote:
He was a very gracious gentleman. He took a few minutes to shake hands with us and make some pleasant small talk.
I'm sure he was. Only a dumbshit want to piss off the pilot.
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snorisLast season during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, I was taking the train home to Dallas from Fort Worth and a guy got on at the stop that has a shuttle from DFW. He was wearing a sport jacket with the Tampa Bay Lightning logo.
Having refereed and worked administratively in the upper minors for years, I asked him his name.
Damn if it wasn't a scout for the Lightning who'd played with my cousin in Juniors and on Team USA in the 1976 Canada Cup series.
April 28, 2017, 02:33 PM
SR025quote:
Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
I flew to Japan with Cal Ripken Jr, aisle seat across from aisle seat. Worked up the courage to ask how major leaguers and their managers actually work together during a game.
What did he say?
April 28, 2017, 03:22 PM
Cooper2011My wife and i were on a flight with Stevie Wonder (was in first class about 4 seats in front of us). Stevie and his manager got up to go to the head or something and the gal next to me started waving like she was trying to fly. I mentioned that he could not see her and my wife almost lost it. Great flight after that especially when he came back to his seat and she swore they had eye contact.
April 28, 2017, 03:27 PM
Doc H.Flight back from Spain with Kevin "Chuck" Connors across the aisle. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. We talked mostly about the Air Force, the Army and baseball....
"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day"