Same with me, doschicos. And I’m a woman, too.
I’m female and bad at it too.
But one of the things I like about most of New England is people do say Hi. (So counter to the rep.)
I just think he should have said hello. I do not care if he is the president. People should just be nice. (especially since he was there with his dad and there were people from high school) I am not into snobby people. How hard is it to be nice? not very.
Re: New England’s reputation, I think it differs a lot between small towns and the greater Boston area. Get outside the cities and more populated areas and people will be more open and chatty. It’s still different from the south though. As a New Englander, I was surprised spending some time down South how people wore their religion on their sleeves and questioned others about their beliefs, churches, etc. Where I grew up, it’s a more personal thing. Don’t want to generalize, but that was my impression.
Sometimes being nice is giving folks the benefit of doubt imo
My husband recognizes everyone. Especially if he’s seen them on TV. Like people who are in local commercials–he pointed out some woman from a local dentist’s TV ads once. Also a local lawyer who has ads on benches.
It’s a shame we don’t run across more famous people. We did end up on an airport shuttle with one of the Smothers brothers once. Didn’t even register with me. We got off and H is all “Was that him?” He was very nice, BTW. Chatted up our son who was 3-4 at the time.
So in my family, the men are much better at facial recognition. I am average at best.
…Yeah, Goldie Hawn stuck in my mind better than Kurt Russell did … I do recollect his name in relation to her, but I would have guessed director or agent or such.
I still don’t get why he should have “taken the time to look.” That still personalizes what was not a personal encounter. If people are yelling out “Hi, Famous Person” all day at him, he can’t possibly be taking the time to look to see if he knows them. That just doesn’t make sense. And since he didn’t, his non-reaction was not aimed at you. Why take it personally?
I think unless anyone here is in that position, we don’t really know what it feels like.
I was at a golf tournament many years ago and I thought Jack Nicklas was grumpy and rude, but the group swamping him was awful and he had to deal with it all the time. While the’regular’ golfers has 5 or so people asking for autographs, Jack had 50. I remember him sort of barking ’ walk with me’ as he signed autographs and tried to get to the tee. He had to be gruff, set the rules. He was working, but he’s still a celebrity who makes a lot of money off those people following him.
I just saw the ad for Deepwater Horizon and it’s on my list. H and I laugh about my crush on Kurt Russell. His is Heather Locklear.
Two are my family’s all-time favorites movies are Overboard and Captain Ron, both with Kurt in his mid to late 30’s heyday, though he does still look pretty darn good. I like these movies because I can watch them with my kids and not feel guilty.
Well, I wouldn’t say Russell’s Deepwater Horizon role is crush worthy but the acting is good and its a pretty interesting movie.
At my age, having a crush on anyone under 60 would be creepy…
I do think the topic of the movie is interesting.
Thanks for the mini review. I am now torn - both Deep Water Horizon and Sully are playing at the local movie theater. Hmmm… Kurt Russell or Tom Hanks?
I knew nothing about oil rigs. I got a little lost in the middle with the action/sequencing but I still recommend it.
I guess I’m creepy then because I’m not one for celebrity crushes but I do have a thing for Tom Hardy. Does a 14 year age difference make me a cougar? 
Prosopagnosia - lack of awareness of familiar faces https://prosopagnosiaresearch.org/index/information
No such conflict for me - it’s Kurt all the way. I know Tom Hanks is a fine actor but I still see him in “Bosom Buddies” and it’s hard to take him seriously.
Hardy not Hanks. Although I do like Hanks’ acting I don’t consider him eye candy. 
Hey, Tom Hanks is HOT. B-)
Back to our regular programming. 
Tom Hanks comes across as a nice regular guy. That is appealing, but not sexy.
I was commenting on Bunsen Burner’s dilemma of choosing between Deepwater with Kurt and Sully with Hanks. I respectfully disagree with BB on Tom Hanks’ hotness. However, that is a good thing. I learned as a teenager that the best way to keep your girlfriends is to have totally different taste in men!
I was not sure who Tom Hardy is, so I checked IMDB (one of my favorites websites - I love to watch an old movie while scrolling through it). He’s closer in age to my D than to me!
As for face blindness - I am usually pretty good at placing people, but there is one of my son’s friend’s mom who I can just never place. I confided in another friend so if we are together and this woman comes over, my friend will whisper to me - there’s Jane (not her real name).