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PlutosHeart

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6. That is cool!

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 10:35 PM

Feb 2023

I ran into Walter Mondale at Byerly's on East Hennepin once but was too in awe to say a damned thing. Just shadowed him. lol.

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You never know who you may run into at Target [View all] dflprincess Feb 2023 OP

Good story! pandr32 Feb 2023 #1

Very cool! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #2

I would certainly not want to run into my Rep - soldierant Feb 2023 #12

Same here... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #13

Good for you. I would have been totally tongue tied. Fla Dem Feb 2023 #3

I live in GA and would feel completely comfortable running into our Senators SouthernDem4ever Feb 2023 #7

Well if I met either of my senators, hmmm maybe in that Fla Dem Feb 2023 #14

My daughter, 18 at the time, met Obama when he was first campaigning for POTUS. In Albuquerque. panader0 Feb 2023 #8

Maybe in the Dakotas or Montana BidenRocks Feb 2023 #4

Tina Smith? Shopping at Target? Like a normal person? OMG! Aussie105 Feb 2023 #5

That is cool! PlutosHeart Feb 2023 #6

I passed him once in a skyway but didn't have the nerve dflprincess Feb 2023 #9

Same here. PlutosHeart Feb 2023 #27

I saw him once at the Landmark Center geardaddy Feb 2023 #32

Dan Rather once sat next to me in a hotel lobby; I coudn't think of anything witty to say, Liberty Belle Feb 2023 #10

That was the perfect thing to say, and probably the most meaningful to him. JudyM Feb 2023 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #11

Many years ago I was registering voters outside a busy CVS during evening rush hour JudyM Feb 2023 #15

I got the winner. Mawspam2 Feb 2023 #17

We may have to share the winner's circle. calimary Feb 2023 #18

In 1942 my mother went out to L.A. to live with her aunt dflprincess Feb 2023 #28

It can make a difference where you live. There are parts of SoCal where you're GOING TO see stars. calimary Feb 2023 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #20

So many wouldn't even recognize their reps. Sadly. live love laugh Feb 2023 #19

I was crossing a Dayton street once when a ma in a blue suit True Blue American Feb 2023 #21

I would, Mike Turner True Blue American Feb 2023 #22

He sounds unworthy of recognition. Yikes 😬 live love laugh Feb 2023 #23

I certainly would recognize my rep. Sadly, MTG's pic is everywhere, esp. online. japple Feb 2023 #25

My late husband and I were filling up with gas at a station next door to a McDonalds japple Feb 2023 #26

I thought you were True Blue American Feb 2023 #30

In the grocery store a few years back KS Toronado Feb 2023 #24

That's cool! geardaddy Feb 2023 #31

Those are both incredibly cool encounters! nt dflprincess Feb 2023 #33