I thought it might be fun to share our "Brush with fame because of swimming" stories, below you'll find mine, please share yours
When I got married in 1987 my wife and I met went on a Carnival Cruise honeymoon to the bahama's. We were sitting by the pool on the ship, there was a couple beside us, a tall blonde woman and her husband. Debbie and Rick. Ends up she was a competitive swimmer in high school (she said she did the 50 in 23) So we started talking and really hit it off with them. We wound up hanging around them a lot and changed dining tables. Debbie told us that she worked for Doctor Arnold Klein in Beverly Hills and that she knew Michael Jackson. Debbie was smart witty and funny. At the end of the cruise we had such a good time that we exchanged addresses and phone numbers. In August 1987 my wife and I flew out to LA to visit them and see the town. They let us stay in their apartment for the weekend, Rick showed us around town on Friday. We went out to dinner each night. Saturday they loaned us one of their cars and let us drive around town, Beth and I went to Disneyland and Muscle Beach. We had a great time. The last time I spoke with Debbie was in 1991 and she told me that she and Rick had gotten a divorce. Needless to say I was floored when I read an article in 1996 that said Debbie was having Michael Jackson's baby.
I saw Debbie on TV last night and it doesn't look like she's been swimming much lately.
Ande
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This guy had been a swiimer as a kid.
We all have things that happen in our lives, Chance meetings with even notorious people. When I was a cop on the beat, I was standing at the corner of King and James Streets in Hamilton Ontario. I was in front of the United Cigar Store. A fellow that I had gone to school with came up to me and said "Hi George." I asked how he had been. I had not seen him for a couple of years. I had arrested him in the past for running a house of ill repute. He told me he had just arrived back in town. He told me he had left Calgary 6 months ago and had moved to Charlettown PEI. He told me that after a month in PEI things were getting to hot for him so came back to Hamilton. We said our goodbyes. The next morning when I went on duty I found out that he had been shoot in the back while running down an alley.
The guy who shot him had killed him because he did something to his wife. It was later found out that he was wanted in Calgary and Charlettown for Rape and a murder.
The grade school and high school I attended was full of guys and girls who ended up as Heroin Addicts, drug dealers, and a few murderers.
This guy had been a swiimer as a kid.
We all have things that happen in our lives, Chance meetings with even notorious people. When I was a cop on the beat, I was standing at the corner of King and James Streets in Hamilton Ontario. I was in front of the United Cigar Store. A fellow that I had gone to school with came up to me and said "Hi George." I asked how he had been. I had not seen him for a couple of years. I had arrested him in the past for running a house of ill repute. He told me he had just arrived back in town. He told me he had left Calgary 6 months ago and had moved to Charlettown PEI. He told me that after a month in PEI things were getting to hot for him so came back to Hamilton. We said our goodbyes. The next morning when I went on duty I found out that he had been shoot in the back while running down an alley.
The guy who shot him had killed him because he did something to his wife. It was later found out that he was wanted in Calgary and Charlettown for Rape and a murder.
The grade school and high school I attended was full of guys and girls who ended up as Heroin Addicts, drug dealers, and a few murderers.
