LuckyMcSwervy 0 #51 October 25, 2013 Saw Dan Marino this morning at PHL. Hubba hubba!! Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maggy187 0 #52 October 27, 2013 I'll share a few of mine. Back in 2008, I had been detachted from my unit and sent down to the south eastern parts of Iraq for a few months. As I was base hopping my way up to Baghdad to link up with my unit, I had passed through a base in Al-Kut and the Eagle's cheerleaders were there on a USO tour. A few days later in Baghdad I was told that I had been manifested onto a USO flight direct to my company's patrol base. I was stoked thinking that I would be lounging in the back of a helicopter, doors out, surrounded by cheerleaders for 45 minutes to an hour. I did what any self respecting grunt would have done in that situation; I took a shower, changed my uniform (I had to put on pants without a hole in the crotch,) put on clean socks... I think I even put on deodorant. When I climbed into the black hawk there were five or six well dressed men looking at me While talking to them before take off, I find out that they were all players for the NY Yankees. No big names, everyone was second string, but still fun to talk to. As the bird was spinning up, one of them asked me if I liked baseball. I told him yes; I was talking to him while I was getting my weapon and gear ready for the flight. His next question was asked with kind of a smirk. "Are you a fan of the Yankees?" I looked at him, racked the bolt on my rifle to load a round into the chamber, and then told him "Not really, I'm honestly more of a Boston fan." That guy didn't say a word to me for the next hour. Later that year when flying from Dallas to Kuwait City I sat behind Trace Adkins. Nice guy. When I sat behind him he turned around asked me how tall I was. I told him 6'4, he replied with something to the effect of "god damn" and then didn't recline his seat once for the next 24 hours. Considering that he was taller than me, it was a pretty thoughtful gesture. Those are my two "brushes with fame;" aside from eating Taco Bell with Brett Michaels, doing shots with Kid Rock, and starting a fight with the Tennessee Titans defensive line. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #53 October 28, 2013 maggy187 I'll share a few of mine. Back in 2008, I had been detachted from my unit and sent down to the south eastern parts of Iraq for a few months. As I was base hopping my way up to Baghdad to link up with my unit, I had passed through a base in Al-Kut and the Eagle's cheerleaders were there on a USO tour. A few days later in Baghdad I was told that I had been manifested onto a USO flight direct to my company's patrol base. I was stoked thinking that I would be lounging in the back of a helicopter, doors out, surrounded by cheerleaders for 45 minutes to an hour. I did what any self respecting grunt would have done in that situation; I took a shower, changed my uniform (I had to put on pants without a hole in the crotch,) put on clean socks... I think I even put on deodorant. When I climbed into the black hawk there were five or six well dressed men looking at me While talking to them before take off, I find out that they were all players for the NY Yankees. No big names, everyone was second string, but still fun to talk to. As the bird was spinning up, one of them asked me if I liked baseball. I told him yes; I was talking to him while I was getting my weapon and gear ready for the flight. His next question was asked with kind of a smirk. "Are you a fan of the Yankees?" I looked at him, racked the bolt on my rifle to load a round into the chamber, and then told him "Not really, I'm honestly more of a Boston fan." That guy didn't say a word to me for the next hour. Later that year when flying from Dallas to Kuwait City I sat behind Trace Adkins. Nice guy. When I sat behind him he turned around asked me how tall I was. I told him 6'4, he replied with something to the effect of "god damn" and then didn't recline his seat once for the next 24 hours. Considering that he was taller than me, it was a pretty thoughtful gesture. Those are my two "brushes with fame;" aside from eating Taco Bell with Brett Michaels, doing shots with Kid Rock, and starting a fight with the Tennessee Titans defensive line. A night partying with Kid Rock after one of his KICK ASS concerts is on my bucket list. Seriously. He does a Redneck Cruise every year but that's way too crazy for my liking...Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #54 October 30, 2013 Quote starting a fight with the Tennessee Titans defensive line. Do tell! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #55 October 30, 2013 BillyVance Quote starting a fight with the Tennessee Titans defensive line. Do tell! hell, it was just Divot.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #56 October 30, 2013 I think I saw Alice Cooper in a hotel lobby yesterday morning. No make up. Scraggly, tall. I didn't want to stare like an idiot. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maggy187 0 #57 October 30, 2013 While out one night in Nashville for a bachelor party, one of the smaller, scrawnier guys from my platoon was bumped into by some massive wall of a man. Mr. Wall offered to replace the spilled drink and my buddy took offense to the peace offering. Mr. Wall had an easy 150lbs on my buddy and was atleast six inches taller. Naturally, being the exquisite infantryman that he was, my buddy decides to square off with this guy; so a few of us stepped in with him to see what was going on. This made a table of Mr. Wall's friends (who were all just as massive) curious and they decided to come over and poke their noses into the situation as well. The end result was some pushing and shoving, whispering of sweet nothings in each other's ears, all of the bouncers and most of the bar staff being required to drag us out, and atleast one chair thrown at them as we were being ejected from the bar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #58 October 30, 2013 Apparently they didn't learn from places like Tippers Pub (NOT the club). Keep a tazer behind the counter, people get routy, fire that puppy up for a 'warning shot'. People get REAL calm pretty quick."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #59 October 31, 2013 LuckyMcSwervy I think I saw Alice Cooper in a hotel lobby yesterday morning. No make up. Scraggly, tall. I didn't want to stare like an idiot. I don't know. I don't think he's very tall, but he did seem pretty small on TV..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #60 October 31, 2013 BillyVance ***I think I saw Alice Cooper in a hotel lobby yesterday morning. No make up. Scraggly, tall. I didn't want to stare like an idiot. I don't know. I don't think he's very tall, but he did seem pretty small on TV... This dude was definitely tall in my book. Over 6'. I thought it was him because he played at the music venue at the hotel the night before. I'm horrible at recognizing people so take my sightings with a grain of salt... Except Dan Marino in PHL the other day. Definitely him and there were some guys on my plane who were going fanboy on him. It was hilarious!Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #61 November 1, 2013 LuckyMcSwervy ******I think I saw Alice Cooper in a hotel lobby yesterday morning. No make up. Scraggly, tall. I didn't want to stare like an idiot. I don't know. I don't think he's very tall, but he did seem pretty small on TV... This dude was definitely tall in my book. Over 6'. I thought it was him because he played at the music venue at the hotel the night before. I'm horrible at recognizing people so take my sightings with a grain of salt... Except Dan Marino in PHL the other day. Definitely him and there were some guys on my plane who were going fanboy on him. It was hilarious! I just googled Alice Cooper's height. Not too far off... He's 5'-10". And what the fuck? He had a concert in Montgomery, AL tonight!?! Dammit. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #62 November 1, 2013 BillyVance *********I think I saw Alice Cooper in a hotel lobby yesterday morning. No make up. Scraggly, tall. I didn't want to stare like an idiot. I don't know. I don't think he's very tall, but he did seem pretty small on TV... This dude was definitely tall in my book. Over 6'. I thought it was him because he played at the music venue at the hotel the night before. I'm horrible at recognizing people so take my sightings with a grain of salt... Except Dan Marino in PHL the other day. Definitely him and there were some guys on my plane who were going fanboy on him. It was hilarious! I just googled Alice Cooper's height. Not too far off... He's 5'-10". And what the fuck? He had a concert in Montgomery, AL tonight!?! Dammit. This guy definitely was over 5'10". I definitely suck at recognizing people! Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #63 November 1, 2013 BillyVance He had a concert in Montgomery, AL tonight!?! Dammit. I'm surprised you didn't hear about it. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #64 November 1, 2013 theonlyski ***He had a concert in Montgomery, AL tonight!?! Dammit. I'm surprised you didn't hear about it. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maggy187 0 #65 November 2, 2013 I can probably count on two hands the number of minutes that I spent in Tippers (the pub) over my five years at Campbell. Granted, it wasn't the nugget, pink lady, or moon's lounge; but it was pretty high up on my "no-go" list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
