"ALMOST FAMOUS"

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Daryle Beattie and Kevin Macgee in the Qantas club at Melbourne airport after the world supers in 01/02?? Had a chat with them for a few minutes in the que to check in and then again in the lounge. Didn't talk bikes, talked girls and beer! :lol:

Had dinner with Wayne Gardner at the Isle of wight a few years back at the world supers.

Went to School with Jim Williams (former Wallaby and current Assistant Coach for the Wallabies) Except I always knew him as Wayne williams. His dad's name was Jim also, so his mum and thus all his school friends called him Wayne.

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seiko1 wrote: Can't spell it either I just discovered :lol:
I was thinking "god help me" and then this popped into mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7TXBuVUQJw&feature=fvw :D
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Semi cracked on to Nicole Richi on the gold Coast without realising it was her... She was pregga's at the time and let me tell you looking fine.... Got a bit of harmless elivator flirting in and that was about the extent of it :cry:
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Went to school with Adam Hills all the way from kindy to year 12.

Took Simon Evans for a ride in my rally car in 2005, the year before he became ARC champ for the first time.
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i was in the local paper, front page, toted as the "Kurrajong heights Wiz" for my outstanding skill in gymkahna on my little 50cc. when i was 5 :oops:

move over "Woolongong Wiz" Wayne Gardner.

now you're all almost famous for knowing me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Does 9 years as a music jurno/photographer count? I have met, interviewed, photographed and sometimes partied with many hard rock / metal stars from the 80s & 90s. But I'm not going to pull out 'that' picture again.
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photomike666 wrote:Does 9 years as a music jurno/photographer count? I have met, interviewed, photographed and sometimes partied with many hard rock / metal stars from the 80s & 90s. But I'm not going to pull out 'that' picture again.
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I initially thought nope, haven't met any. Then I remembered being on stage with the Presidents of the United States and in the backstage rooms with Greenday. I also pressed Phil Jamieson from Grinspoon above my head and threw him back on stage etc back when I was working concerts. He thought it was awesome. :D I never really pay much attention to how famous people are though so I tend to forget about meeting them. There's plenty of footy players and other sports people I know too but I don't really think of them as being famous, until we go somewhere and people start staring. I can tell you that Michael Middleton can run like a spider with his crutches and his good prosthetic leg though. It's actually pretty cool to watch.
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have meet hoffy on more tha one occassion ;)

















but, seriously have been working as an air-chef for Qantas for almost 10 years, meet lot's of high profile people, the most impressive one was on a long nonstop flight between here and LA, Professor Julius Sumner Miller (yes guys, a cup and a half :roll: ) who was flying home with his wife. He was a student of Albert Einstein. What a mind, too busy if you asked me and had the impression, that having that vast knowledge was borderline scary :shock: certailnly worrying ,


On a lighter note, during my travels in Europe, in Saint Tropez I was almost run over by a compact car driven by Brigitte Bardot........she still looked OK (1979) :kuda:
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I have met, or worked with

Placebo
Tool
Hilltop Hoods
Martia Hinds
Eskimo Joe
Blink 182
The magnet mart guy
and a few others i either dont want to list, or cant remember
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Not much for me -

Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds
Andrew Flintof
Anil Kumble
Lara Bingle
Pauline Hansen
Gina Jefferies
Tanyia Kernagian
Casey Chambers


That's about it for me.
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I went to the AFL Legends game at Ethiad Stadium this year and later went to the AFL players after party as a guest of Glen Archer. We went with Damian Oliver, Mark Ricciuto, Scott Cummins, Rodney Hogg, Dennis Lillee.......not a bad list of associates.....

How am I going.......I know Brad Jones (Racing Car Driver, even have his personal mobile number), of course Megan Gale, Bob Skilton.....

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errr meet the AND1 mixtape team back in 2005 i think, when they crashed the court @ merrylands (basketball)
Ian thorpe @ uni
John Aloise @ uni gym and some other Sydney FC dudes. who know who they are i sure don't follow them.
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Met Rodney Rude, does that count.


There are a few photos deep in the KSRC archives of someone I met, cant remember now, some olympian.
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Earlier this year I went for a ride with this guy called Marty.

I did not recognise him but he told me he was famous.

I think he was some kind of porn star.
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