Remember when I talked about the special event I was attending in Nashville? Well, I went to it and had a BLAST!!! And I ran into a famous personal finance personality too. Here I am with him (I'm on the left -- you can click the image to see it larger):
Here's how it happened:
I was walking to the event in downtown Nashville (my hotel was a few blocks away) and as I was going in the door, I saw him and his wife pull up. A few moments later I saw them in the crowd, walked up, and said, "Dave, I don't mean to be too much of a groupie, but would you be willing to take a picture with me?" He said that was fine, I handed my phone to a friend, and he snapped the pic above.
Pretty cool, huh? ;-)
Wow!
...well, I should be impressed, but I don't have a clue who he is.
Posted by: KaseyD | November 07, 2011 at 08:22 PM
KaseyD, I believe it's Dave Ramsey.
Posted by: Morp | November 07, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Dave Ramsey is awesome! I'm very jealous of you... It sounds like it was a great event, and you got to personally meet one of my heroes. Good Job!
Posted by: Joel | November 07, 2011 at 11:25 PM
FMF
I was a little curious to see what you looked like FMF.
Now I know. You have a green square head. ;-)
Posted by: billyjobob | November 08, 2011 at 07:59 AM
You've got a little something on your face. It's a shame your friend didn't tell you before taking your picture. Some friend! Sheesh.
:)
Posted by: Rich Schmidt | November 08, 2011 at 12:32 PM
FMF,
You are a tall man. No wonder you are such a high earner (height correlated with income)!
Like most in Michigan, the Scandinavian / Northern European genes make for some tall people!
Glad to see you could meet another famous author.
You are probably just as famous, as an anonymous blogger / charity giver. Maybe Dave has photos out with you without the face blocked!
-Mike
Posted by: Mike Hunt | November 09, 2011 at 01:30 AM
Mike --
Ha! That's a funny thought (Dave having pictures of me.)
I'm actually Italian -- and my dad is 6' 7" tall -- so I come by my height naturally. ;-)
Posted by: FMF | November 09, 2011 at 07:36 AM
Wow- I am 6'2" even though my Dad is 5'8". I figured it was due to better nutrition when I was growing up.
You are not over 6'7" are you?
-Mike
Posted by: Mike Hunt | November 09, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Mike --
I'm 6' 4".
Posted by: FMF | November 09, 2011 at 01:14 PM
Holy! That's a lot of height in the family. Bet your son will be just as if not taller!
Posted by: Eric | November 13, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Having met you in person I knew just how tall you are.. although at 6'4" myself, you didn't seem THAT tall. :)
I hope to meet Dave at some point too. I had some twitter correspondence with him, and he extended an invitation to come to his live show sometime if they come to Minneapolis. We'll see!
Posted by: Peter | April 02, 2012 at 01:58 PM