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When my son was in college at OSU I went to one of the stores there...Ross or Marshalls etc...I forget but they had a rack of red Greg Oden jerseys that were actually Greg Oden's size...they looked like dresses they were so long...I really should have bought one or at least taken a photo of the rack but those were days before I had a cell phone....yes I was the last boomer in Oregon to get a cell phone!
 
Over the years I've met/run into numerous Blazers, local politicians etc, etc, usually in company with @BLAZINGGIANTS. We've usually taken it in stride, as they're "just" people. But one year we were at the Annual Maurice Lucas Foundation Auction and happened to be seated at the same table as Ken Boddie and his lady friend. Ken and his lady were extremely nice, and the best part was watching BG geek out like a fanboy, as Boddie was THE newscaster during BG's formative years. We were surrounded by current and former Blazers (including Bill Walton along with other celebrities) and Ken Boddie was the highlight of the evening. I probably would have been the same way if I had been seated at a dinner table with Richard Ross when I was a younger man.......(and name checking Richard Ross probably has three quarters of the forum going, "Who....??).
 
riverman said:
When my son was in college at OSU I went to one of the stores there...Ross or Marshalls etc...I forget but they had a rack of red Greg Oden jerseys that were actually Greg Oden's size...they looked like dresses they were so long...I really should have bought one or at least taken a photo of the rack but those were days before I had a cell phone....yes I was the last boomer in Oregon to get a cell phone!
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I doubt it........December, 2012 here........
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I doubt it........December, 2012 here........
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2014 here...still kept my land line until 2017 though...I just swapped that phone for my son's new old one....the battery finally gave out on that original Iphone...so you and I are probably still the last two boomers to get a cell phone!
 
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Met a lot of Blazers over the years, as UCD mentioned. Got pics with Dame, Uncle Cliff, Shonz, Lenny Wilkins, Walton. Met some famous chefs and wine celebs. I’m sure I’m forgetting someone or something, but meeting part of the Friends cast was pretty cool. My ex had a cousin that was one of the main writers, so we went to a live filming during the final season, got to go backstage and everything for pics. We even got to see some “spoiler” scenes filmed while they emptied out the studio audience and I got pics in Joey’s chain. Liked the show, wasn’t a huge follower, but given the popularity of the show, I felt like it was a pretty big deal.
 
My brother lived in L.A. and spent years with a leather basketball in his car, trying to find and get MJ to sign it. Finally, one day my bro is working on a golf course and some guy says "Jordan is on the 18th tee!" Bro gets the ball out of his car, hustles to the 18th green, and finds Michael alone as he walks off the course.

My bro holds out the pristine ball and a felt tip pen and says, "Could I get an autograph, Mike?"

"No."

That dusty ball sits in his garage to this day.
 
Stevenson said:
My brother lived in L.A. and spent years with a leather basketball in his car, trying to find and get MJ to sign it. Finally, one day my bro is working on a golf course and some guy says "Jordan is on the 18th tee!" Bro gets the ball out of his car, hustles to the 18th green, and finds Michael alone as he walks off the course.

My bro holds out the pristine ball and a felt tip pen and says, "Could I get an autograph, Mike?"

"No."

That dusty ball sits in his garage to this day.
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Oh man..... this hits.

Reggie Miller was my favorite player when I was a kid and I finally got to meet him when I was covering the Blazers. I knew Dale Davis when he was on the team and he was back with the Pacers. He and Reggie were sitting in the locker room before a game talking and I walked in, said hi to Dale and then asked Reggie if I could get a quick interview.

"No."

I'm still crushed just thinking about it.
 
Had an interesting conversation on the road at the hotel bar in Houston after a game….. who is the most famous person in your contacts on your phone?
 
THE HCP said:
Had an interesting conversation on the road at the hotel bar in Houston after a game….. who is the most famous person in your contacts on your phone?
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Your boss.

And his boss.

#Bam!
 
KP Meet 'n Greet.

Hayden's Lakefront Grill.
 
I was an extra in a deleted scene of narcos season 2, filmed in bogota but depicted to be a Dunkin’ Donuts in Miami

We were arresting Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld) who was playing a lawyer for a narco

I didn’t know which episode it was going to be on, so when the season came out I fastforwarded through the whole season scene by scene looking for the scene but never found it lmao. I was so disappointed lol, I told all my friends I was gonna be on Netflix lmao

I did accidentally look into the camera once, and we were four lousy looking fbi agents lol. Still got paid tho


Edit: my souvenir is a pair of socks they made me wear to not show any brands.
 
ehizzy3 said:
I was an extra in a deleted scene of narcos season 2, filmed in bogota but depicted to be a Dunkin’ Donuts in Miami

We were arresting Wayne Newman (Newman from Seinfeld) who was playing a lawyer for a narco

I didn’t know which episode it was going to be on, so when the season came out I fastforwarded through the whole season scene by scene looking for the scene but never found it lmao. I was so disappointed lol, I told all my friends I was gonna be on Netflix lmao

I did accidentally look into the camera once, and we were four lousy looking fbi agents lol. Still got paid tho


Edit: my souvenir is a pair of socks they made me wear to not show any brands.
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That's cool!
 
I once was a co-worker with someone who either knew @KingSpeed , or was from the same town and knew of him.

This was like 15 years ago, and to be honest I have no idea what her name was anymore or if it was her married name or not.

I want to say Sayler? Salyer?

Probably would be in her mid to late 40s now.
 
I've spoke to Jackie Chan on the phone three times while I was in the fan club back in the mid-late 90s, and met him once briefly at a book signing. I got Ellen Degeneres' autograph outside of the Schnitzer after a show in the early 90's. When visiting New York in 2000 I saw J-Lo and Puff Daddy at the Virgin record store in Times Square, and saw Erykah Badu outside of a hip hop show in Brooklyn. My friend chatted with her and she was really nice.
 
Just met Rex Chapman at the LA airport on our way to Phoenix. Chatted for a bit. Good dude. He said he was impressed I recognized him. I don’t think a hoop junkie who is my age wouldn’t know who he was. Unless it’s like people on here who only watch the Blazers. Was rocking a Wrexham FC jersey too!
 
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