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Mine is not documented in any way, security drill on a sub. Lets just say the CO ended the drill early, and told everyone involved that it never happened. Its amazing what can be with a little planning and knowing the "weak" spots and who to recruit to go after those weak spots. I will leave it as if it was real there would have been a nuke weapon sitting on the bottom of the ocean, and thats not supposed to be able to be done.
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I dont have anything cool.
Closest I have is being on state wide TV after a bad semi accident in 96. On a side note, I've never once wanted fame. Quite the opposite actually. |
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Quoted: Laurel Canyon 1972 Our trio band visited the Canyon home of DOORS producer, Paul Rothchild, and auditioned for him. He likee our original music and asked us to bring him a full band. After two days and three nights of a bat food binge, I realized the lifestyle would kill me. Quit the band, called a cab, took AmTrak back home south from Los Angeles and gave up the idea of ever being a rock star. Ok, it was more than 15 minutes, but not by much. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/rothschild-morrison-3200896.jpg View Quote What on earth is a Bat food bing? Did any of the band make it? Was the original music yours, or another band member. |
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Pinned the stud of the visiting wrestling team who was pegged to go to State and they announced it over the P.A. in homeroom.
Pretty sure no one knew who I was and if they did, that I was even on the team. I wanted to crawl in a hole. |
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When I was in radio, I did a little game show on a local TV station.
I would come one (pre-recorded) before Jeopardy (just after wheel of fortune--around 4:30 pm) and give a Jeopardy category. Then after the 10PM news, I would come on live and pick someone to call from entrants. Call them and ask them a question from that category. When they answered, I spun a wheel to find out what the won. My 15 minutes of fame. |
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I got messaged by a staff member here for a violation.
I was starstruck. |
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Quoted: Laurel Canyon 1972 Our trio band visited the Canyon home of DOORS producer, Paul Rothchild, and auditioned for him. He likee our original music and asked us to bring him a full band. After two days and three nights of a bat food binge, I realized the lifestyle would kill me. Quit the band, called a cab, took AmTrak back home south from Los Angeles and gave up the idea of ever being a rock star. Ok, it was more than 15 minutes, but not by much. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/rothschild-morrison-3200896.jpg View Quote |
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I was at a spring training baseball game in a large stadium for a company event. I spent a lot of time in the field, so most of the company peeps did not know me. I wore a Hawaiian shirt and many of the company peeps thought I was one of the millionaire owner/partners. And then the stadium announcer welcomed my wife and myself to the stadium over the intercoms.
The announcer was a coworker at the wife's company. Nobody was ever the wiser. |
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Quoted: Nothing terribly exciting... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/13223/IMG_4351_jpeg-3201225.JPG View Quote Ha - awesome PS - that’s my favorite gym t-shirt. I also have the blue one and red one, I like the gray one best |
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Quoted: I was on a talk show in the 90s. It was mortifying. View Quote I was on the Adam Corolla and Dr Drew radio show called Love Line. I was 15 yrs old and I think a Freshman in HighSchool. My question was “my girlfriend and I keep trying to have sex, but it really hurts her, do you have any suggestions on what we can do?” At the time I didn’t realize my scchlong was overly thick LOL….. One of my classmates recognized my voice (even though I used a fake name) and spread it around highschool. |
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I was lead in a few films back when I did some acting as a side gig. Low budget productions that got picked up but largely insignificant impact. Anyway, once I went to the vet and the receptionist recognized me from a western I was in. Closest I’ve come to being “famous”.
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The junior school drill team I commanded in the 7th grade at Fork Union Military Academy beat the drill team from VMI at the Dogwood Festival Parade.
The Router table I built was in Popular Woodworking Magazine. I and a couple thousand Veterans kept Code Pink from coming near the Vietnam Memorial in DC. |
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Got to go to a White House ceremony in the Rose Garden with President Reagan for a rescue I was part of. |
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I was killed by a shark in Sharknado 2: The Second One but that was barely 5 seconds.
For a 12 year period I covered boxing, MMA, kickboxing and Pankration from amateur fights to Professional level (UFC, Strikeforce, Shark Fights, WBA, etc.) as a sports writer and I've been seen cage side and ringside on PPV, HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Univision and Telemundo. Oh and in the background of an episode of 17 and Pregnant at the local MMA gym. All those added up probably equals 15 minutes. I've been writing for Recoil magazine for 12 years and about 20 other firearm, knife and MA magazines since 2005. I'm only famous for that at industry events. |
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Quoted: 20 years or so ago when I was running this car in Open Road events in Nevada I was interviewed by a film crew. https://i.imgur.com/6Kv7yfAl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MbxGNkxl.jpg Ironically, I have no idea who they were, or if any of it ever aired. Otherwise, I have nothing. View Quote |
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I met Brock Lesnar at an airport once.. he was kinda a douche and had a weak hand shake
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Went with a church group tour to DC, and was sitting (alone at the time) soaking in the National Cathedral when one of the Episcopal priests sat down, told me they were an altar boy short and asked if I'd I like to serve.
I think I was 14, it was the Easter service and there were thousands of people in attendance. A couple of years later I went back to DC as a high school student for the Georgetown University Model United Nations. I didn't know it at the time, but as the head delegate for Peru I was tapped to give the welcome address on behalf of South America to about 2,000 people in the main ballroom of the hotel. I've never feared public speaking since. |
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Quoted: On what tires, pray tell? View Quote If I remember correctly, the only thing I could find that had a high enough speed rating and would fit on a 15" wheel were some Yokohama's. I ran the 120mph class which allowed for speeds up to 140mph. The BF Goodrich T/As weren't going to cut it. Tech inspection was very big on tires. Speed ratings, load ratings, and no tires over a certain age. |
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I was interviewed on Xploration, Awesome Planet Season 5, Episode 8.
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Not really fame but a few years later I could have had it (not that I really wanted it or what transpired) but I was sexually 'assaulted' by Merv Griffin on National Television. Unfortunately at the time it wasn't illegal but it definitely upset and shocked me.
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Quoted: As volunteer underwater archaeologists, my dad led a small team into the Dismal Swamp and we found the long lost Confederate gunboat CSS Appomattox. We also found what was likely the first Custom's House in NC dating back the the late 17th century. We dove for more than 20 years and recovered more that 10,000 artifacts from the site. A couple years back our work was displayed in an exhibit in the Museum of History in Raleigh. My dad at our dive site in the Dismal Swamp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/D2401090-20B8-48AE-927D-129E3FF53388_jpe-3200914.JPG Some of our exhibit: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/29A61A46-D3AD-41E6-BD56-951B984B5569_jpe-3200918.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/2282991B-6B0E-44C9-8A71-ECC3F3425778_jpe-3200920.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A15F1754-EF35-4ED0-BBB7-A0F868951E75_jpe-3200923.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A80BC9EC-6479-44CC-8F51-993BB220A277_jpe-3200926.JPG View Quote |
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Got my face on the front page of the Metro section of the Dallas Morning News. I was bitching at the City of Garland for their inability to complete bond approved work at a local city park. Mid 2000s. And they've still not completed the work.
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I was on the cusp of actual fame once, and chose to let myself recede into obscurity. It was the best thing I ever did for myself.
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Quoted: Most of us can’t talk about it, most will not respond. View Quote Right, the actual famous people will not want to out themselves. I have never had 15 minutes of fame, but I have been interviewed on Live TV (about 5 minutes total) My business has been mentioned in two newspapers and two magazines I've been on a couple podcasts, and my biz was mentioned on a fairly large one That's it, pretty boring. |
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Quoted: Nothing terribly exciting... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/13223/IMG_4351_jpeg-3201225.JPG View Quote That's incredibly impressive. I did 40.5 miles in 10:51 and I felt like I was going to be crippled afterwards. And I only had an 8lb pack. |
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Did an on air interview with a TV reporter for a Harrisonburg VA news station. Was on the 6 o'clock news did like a 3 minute interview.
Also had a small speaking part a 30 second TV commercial for the Cable TV company I worked for in VA. |
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Quoted: Man that would have made a heck of a reality show! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: As volunteer underwater archaeologists, my dad led a small team into the Dismal Swamp and we found the long lost Confederate gunboat CSS Appomattox. We also found what was likely the first Custom's House in NC dating back the the late 17th century. We dove for more than 20 years and recovered more that 10,000 artifacts from the site. A couple years back our work was displayed in an exhibit in the Museum of History in Raleigh. My dad at our dive site in the Dismal Swamp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/D2401090-20B8-48AE-927D-129E3FF53388_jpe-3200914.JPG Some of our exhibit: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/29A61A46-D3AD-41E6-BD56-951B984B5569_jpe-3200918.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/2282991B-6B0E-44C9-8A71-ECC3F3425778_jpe-3200920.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A15F1754-EF35-4ED0-BBB7-A0F868951E75_jpe-3200923.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A80BC9EC-6479-44CC-8F51-993BB220A277_jpe-3200926.JPG Just imagine a version of The Curse of Oak Island where they actually find stuff! |
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I was in a summer stock play at 2 years old. I played a baby in Porgy and Bess. In blackface, because, they didn't have anyone else. They squirted my diaper with a squirt gun from offstage, and I started crying. Needless to say, after they found out who I was, I was blacklisted.
I was on the front page if the Miami Herald in a protest march against forced bussing and integration. I got to carry an American flag across the highway. Circa 1970, I would guess. I did get a chance to do a police training film at 15. I played a hippie protestor, and, they gassed me. I then did a radio commercial for Propa PH, an anti acne medication. It was a contest, and me and a guy named Billy won first place and got a jukebox for our school. My dad actually had a TV show when I was a kid. I became a loser. |
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Quoted: I met Brock Lesnar at an airport once.. he was kinda a douche and had a weak hand shake View Quote I actually drove him to a Monday Night Raw event, and was backstage for it. The Big Show was standing behind me as I was eating in catering. Brock was a pretty decent dude to me, and Paul Heyman was with us as well, and tipped me $100. My ex wife and I were on an episode of Divorce Court back in 2003. They paid for airfare, hotel, stretch limo transportation, $500 a piece, as well as $50 per diem walking around money. |
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Quoted: That's incredibly impressive. I did 40.5 miles in 10:51 and I felt like I was going to be crippled afterwards. And I only had an 8lb pack. View Quote I was definitely at my peak and set out to win that event. I carried enough water (two 85oz bladders) to where I wouldn't have to stop along the way. Though I did stop a couple times to pee on random foliage. My pack weighed in around 45lbs and then I kept a handgun, backup battery, phone and a few others things in my chest rig. This was the weight at finish. Attached File When I got done we hopped in the car and drove 10 hours to the lake where I water skied that night. I don't think I could pull that off today. |
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In 2005 I made the back inside page of Time Magazine...
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1106331-1,00.html I was MaDeuceGunner |
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Quoted: Man that would have made a heck of a reality show! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: As volunteer underwater archaeologists, my dad led a small team into the Dismal Swamp and we found the long lost Confederate gunboat CSS Appomattox. We also found what was likely the first Custom's House in NC dating back the the late 17th century. We dove for more than 20 years and recovered more that 10,000 artifacts from the site. A couple years back our work was displayed in an exhibit in the Museum of History in Raleigh. My dad at our dive site in the Dismal Swamp: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/D2401090-20B8-48AE-927D-129E3FF53388_jpe-3200914.JPG Some of our exhibit: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/29A61A46-D3AD-41E6-BD56-951B984B5569_jpe-3200918.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/2282991B-6B0E-44C9-8A71-ECC3F3425778_jpe-3200920.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A15F1754-EF35-4ED0-BBB7-A0F868951E75_jpe-3200923.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256972/A80BC9EC-6479-44CC-8F51-993BB220A277_jpe-3200926.JPG Nah, to make a reality show like Oak Island, you can't actually find anything... Edit: Beat by above... |
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Played basketball in front of 10K+ people several times in high school. More than few times more in college.
Not my name, but my work was mentioned in "Behind Deep Blue", the book about IBM's chess computer. I have eaten in the White House mess and have seen the outside of the Situation Room. No one was there but I have a picture of my then 12 year old son behind the Presidential podium in the Press Room. |
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Luckily the few times I was on TV it was too quick or I was obscured. TNN & ESPN for racing in the old NASCAR NW Tour.
I know the guy who caught Jermaine Kearse's TD game winning ball. That's 15min of fame I don't think he wanted. |
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