jar546
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Coming back from the ICC hearings, Coach Beard from Ted Lasso sitting behind me on the plane. How cool is that?
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Met Coach Beard from Ted Lasso
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jar546
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Oh, and he was very nice about it when I asked him for a photo
The one time I met someone famous I pretended like I didn't recognize him and had a good 5-10 minute chat while standing in line. As we neared parting ways I leaned in close to him and said "thanks for pretending like you didn't know who I am, it's so nice just to be a normal person once in awhile." Took him a couple beats to get the joke then he had a good laugh.
Yikes
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I met some famous people when I was younger (John Wayne, Buddy Ebsen), but for some reason these days I "fanboy" on some more obscure folks. In 2023 I was at an LAHD accessibility seminar met the guys who did all the FHA illustrations. Oh man, I wish I had a T-shirt for him to sign!
My wife thought I was nuts, but those were seriously good and original graphics.
My wife thought I was nuts, but those were seriously good and original graphics.
steveray
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Are you sure it wasn't Micah Chappell from Washington?....LOL
Paul Sweet
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North Carolina adopted an accessibility code in the 1970s. Ronald Mace, an architect who was confined to a wheelchair after having polio as a child, had a large part in writing it. He might have done the sketches that Yikes referred to.
en.wikipedia.org
Ronald Mace - Wikipedia
Yikes
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It was the LAHD Neutral Accessibility Consultant (Evan Terry Associates) that introduced the artist in 2023, and I didn't remember the name.North Carolina adopted an accessibility code in the 1970s. Ronald Mace, an architect who was confined to a wheelchair after having polio as a child, had a large part in writing it. He might have done the sketches that Yikes referred to.
Ronald Mace - Wikipedia
The wikipedia article on Ronald Pace says he died in 1998.
The FHA manual credits the artwork amongst several people, so maybe it was one of these besides Ronald:
Yikes
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Another C-list celebrity encounter a few months back, that was actually on my A-list:
I was visiting Edmonds, WA this September, at a pizzeria when my wife says "that voice at the table behind us - - it can only be one person".
I glanced and yes, it was Rick Steves, from all the PBS shows about traveling in Europe. We had followed his travel advice for decades.
My nephew said, Rick who?
I explained to him that in the era before social media influencers, Rick was the guy who introduced Americans to the then lesser-known places like the Cinque Terre, Bruges, etc. Also, the whole concept of traveling with only a single carry-on bag was first promoted by Rick. For better or worse, he basically changed air travel as we know it.
At that time, Rick had just announced that he'd been battling prostate cancer, and he appeared to be with family and friends, so I did not bother him.
I was visiting Edmonds, WA this September, at a pizzeria when my wife says "that voice at the table behind us - - it can only be one person".
I glanced and yes, it was Rick Steves, from all the PBS shows about traveling in Europe. We had followed his travel advice for decades.
My nephew said, Rick who?
I explained to him that in the era before social media influencers, Rick was the guy who introduced Americans to the then lesser-known places like the Cinque Terre, Bruges, etc. Also, the whole concept of traveling with only a single carry-on bag was first promoted by Rick. For better or worse, he basically changed air travel as we know it.
At that time, Rick had just announced that he'd been battling prostate cancer, and he appeared to be with family and friends, so I did not bother him.
My father and Clint Walker were buds and hung out together. Clint had a Cadillac with a long horn hood ornament. He was so wide that it looked like two people were in the front seat.