We all have stories. We all should write a book!
Here are a few small segments from my life:
I sat on the floor with a U.S. Senator - In the late
1980's, Wayne Allard (Colorado) was vying for
U.S. Senator. He made arrangements to be
interviewed by my radio station. My news
director was beside himself, totally ecstatic. My
ND made arrangements for his wife to bring their
little ones up and meet Wayne Allard. When he
finally arrived at the station, he was met by many
smiling faces! My ND introduced him to his
children, who politely said hello, then were
immediately enamored by my dog who was with
me. The kids sat on the floor petting Bimbo and
totally ignoring Mr. Allard. My ND was totally
embarrassed. But Mr. Allard just sat down on the
floor with the kids and began petting Bimbo too.
I didn't know how my oldster Bimbo even took to
children, so I was on the floor as well telling Bimbo
what a good dog he was and petting his head.
Senator Allard won that election, and has been in
Washington ever since!
Embarrassing the police chief - At the stations
many people would often stop by to visit. One
was a retired judge, very respected and very well
liked in the area. He stopped by at least monthly
to visit. We had a game we played - the judge
liked Pepsi, and I would always ask him if he
wanted a Pepsi. When he'd say yes, I'd hold out
my hand and ask for fifty cents please. As he'd
be pretending to be rifling through his pockets,
I would go get the key, get him a soda, and hand
him his Pepsi. We went through this every time,
he loved it. One day the judge was visiting and
the Chief of Police dropped by. Impressed by the
Judge's presence, he was busy trying to make
small talk with him. Suddenly I asked the judge
if he'd like a Pepsi, to which he replied yes. I put
out my hand and asked for fifty cents. The Chief
of Police looked ready to fall through the floor.
As the judge was rifling through his pockets, the
chief was doing the same. The chief suddenly
announced he was going to go to his car to look for
some change. I let him. As he was out at his
car, the judge asked me if I was going to tell him
it was a joke. I replied, "No, he's never given me
anything before, let's see what happens." The
Chief gave me a buck to which I replied I had no
change :)
I turned down a limo ride and red carpet treatment -
The movie 'Big Bad John' was filmed in southern
Colorado. They had the premier in my town. I was
invited to go in a limo, with an escort, and view the
premier, as well as the party afterwards with all the
cast and crew members. I turned it down and let
some other employee go. I don't like hoopla.
I once dated six guys at once - Before I was married (DUH).
Oh that was fun. One was a professional person, one
an army guy much younger than me, one a guy
who was going to inherit a fortune (but I'm not sure
what he did for a living), two were blue collar guys, and
one a musician. GO ME!
I danced all night with a whole bunch of Aussies and my
husband knew about it - A local couple we know - the
husband was off hunting and his wife wanted to go out.
We went out to dinner then to the local Holiday Inn Lounge.
A zillion Aussie men were in the lounge as there was a
local NRA tournament going on. We danced for hours
and hours with different men. They tried to buy us
drinks but my friend wouldn't let them. As the night
ended we both had several motel room keys shoved in
our faces (duh, we politely declined). Talk about an
ego boost!
~To be continued at a later date, stay tuned~
