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"lisa in mass." |
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31 Dec 2006 10:32:50 PM |
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my parents |
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood, and
probably before, they got together with my father's high school
friends and their wives every year. the group has been shrinking
over the years as people pass away, but they still hang out with
my father's high school friends every new year's eve. my father
will be 80 this week. his friends are still mostly high school
friends, a couple from college, and one or two from his first
job out of college. he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were from
college. i finally made another friend i think will be a keeper.
i won't be my father, making a set number of friends, then
slowly losing them over the years to death. it would be easy to
do, but this coming year i'm going to make an effort to increase
new friendships.
as good a resolution as any, i suppose.
-lisa
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
31 Dec 2006 10:59:06 PM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood, and
probably before, they got together with my father's high school
friends and their wives every year. the group has been shrinking
over the years as people pass away, but they still hang out with
my father's high school friends every new year's eve. my father
will be 80 this week. his friends are still mostly high school
friends, a couple from college, and one or two from his first
job out of college. he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were from
college. i finally made another friend i think will be a keeper.
i won't be my father, making a set number of friends, then
slowly losing them over the years to death. it would be easy to
do, but this coming year i'm going to make an effort to increase
new friendships.
as good a resolution as any, i suppose.
sounds like a good one to have lisa.
who cooked your wonderful dinner tonight, btw?
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
31 Dec 2006 11:48:02 PM |
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used2be wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood,
and probably before, they got together with my father's
high school friends and their wives every year. the group
has been shrinking over the years as people pass away, but
they still hang out with my father's high school friends
every new year's eve. my father will be 80 this week. his
friends are still mostly high school friends, a couple
from college, and one or two from his first job out of
college. he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will
be a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number of
friends, then slowly losing them over the years to death.
it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm going to
make an effort to increase new friendships.
as good a resolution as any, i suppose.
sounds like a good one to have lisa.
who cooked your wonderful dinner tonight, btw?
joe was in charge. dan and i made the cranberry chutney and
the dessert, and dan made the salad. joe did the soup, ducks,
and veg. i'm lucky to have married a good cook!
-lisa
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| User: "Bruce." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 08:22:18 AM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
it would be easy to
do, but this coming year i'm going to make an effort to increase
new friendships.
as good a resolution as any, i suppose.
Sounds like an excellent resolution Lisa. I'm very guilty of that as well.
Virtually all my friends are from my much younger years.
Bruce.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 11:29:16 AM |
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Bruce. wrote...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
it would be easy to
do, but this coming year i'm going to make an effort to
increase new friendships.
as good a resolution as any, i suppose.
Sounds like an excellent resolution Lisa. I'm very guilty
of that as well. Virtually all my friends are from my much
younger years.
Bruce.
to make matters worse, all but one of my old friends had drifted
out of this area, and this one friend is about an hour's drive
away. it makes for not much socializing outside of email and the
occasional phone call. it's time things changed.
-lisa
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| User: "Bruce." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 11:52:34 AM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98AB7F07E15F9mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
to make matters worse, all but one of my old friends had drifted
out of this area, and this one friend is about an hour's drive
away. it makes for not much socializing outside of email and the
occasional phone call. it's time things changed.
I'm in the same boat. I was a reclusive nerd growing up so I didn't have
many friends to begin with. Of those, most of them have moved too far away
to be easily reachable, or I've just lost track of them. Only one is less
than an hour away, but he has an very busy calendar and never sits still
long enough to visit with. The next good friend is an hour away.
Bruce.
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 02:57:21 PM |
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In message <Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>, lisa in mass.
<mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood, and
probably before, they got together with my father's high school
friends and their wives every year. the group has been shrinking
over the years as people pass away, but they still hang out with
my father's high school friends every new year's eve. my father
will be 80 this week. his friends are still mostly high school
friends, a couple from college, and one or two from his first
job out of college. he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were from
college. i finally made another friend i think will be a keeper.
i won't be my father, making a set number of friends, then
slowly losing them over the years to death. it would be easy to
do, but this coming year i'm going to make an effort to increase
new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 03:31:04 PM |
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Alan Harding wrote...
In message <Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>,
lisa in mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood,
and probably before, they got together with my father's
high school friends and their wives every year. the group
has been shrinking over the years as people pass away, but
they still hang out with my father's high school friends
every new year's eve. my father will be 80 this week. his
friends are still mostly high school friends, a couple from
college, and one or two from his first job out of college.
he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will be
a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number of
friends, then slowly losing them over the years to death.
it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm going to
make an effort to increase new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with you
even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like it, i
do need some real life companionship outside of my immediate
family.
-lisa
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 04:43:56 PM |
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In message <Xns98ABA80596433mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>, lisa in mass.
<mccats@rcn.com> writes
Alan Harding wrote...
In message <Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>,
lisa in mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood,
and probably before, they got together with my father's
high school friends and their wives every year. the group
has been shrinking over the years as people pass away, but
they still hang out with my father's high school friends
every new year's eve. my father will be 80 this week. his
friends are still mostly high school friends, a couple from
college, and one or two from his first job out of college.
he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will be
a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number of
friends, then slowly losing them over the years to death.
it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm going to
make an effort to increase new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with you
even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like it, i
do need some real life companionship outside of my immediate
family.
I suppose I have some, even if it's Hannah's friends rather than mine. I
actually phoned my both my sisters and my brother today; we don't do
that. I do see my wife's relatives (she has an uncle here in Leeds, so
it's hard not to), but it's a year or more since I saw any of mine.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
02 Jan 2007 06:41:00 PM |
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Alan Harding wrote...
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with you
even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like it,
i do need some real life companionship outside of my
immediate family.
I suppose I have some, even if it's Hannah's friends rather
than mine. I actually phoned my both my sisters and my
brother today; we don't do that. I do see my wife's
relatives (she has an uncle here in Leeds, so it's hard not
to), but it's a year or more since I saw any of mine.
my family gets together several times a year, usually at my
elder brother's house. he's a 2 1/2 hour drive from here, so
it's doable for a party on occasion. it's another hour's drive
to my parents' house. we're going there saturday for my father's
80th birthday party, and will stay overnight.
joe has one friend whom we see quite often, but i can barely
tolerate being in the same room with the guy, so he doesn't in
the least count as my friend.
-lisa
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| User: "purpleveggie" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 05:43:11 PM |
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lisa in mass. wrote:
Alan Harding wrote...
In message <Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>,
lisa in mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood,
and probably before, they got together with my father's
high school friends and their wives every year. the group
has been shrinking over the years as people pass away, but
they still hang out with my father's high school friends
every new year's eve. my father will be 80 this week. his
friends are still mostly high school friends, a couple from
college, and one or two from his first job out of college.
he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will be
a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number of
friends, then slowly losing them over the years to death.
it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm going to
make an effort to increase new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with you
even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like it, i
do need some real life companionship outside of my immediate
family.
-lisa
email me your address and i will send you some traditional british
nosh.
pigs ears
jellied eels
welks
shepherds pie + a dollop of HP sauce(do you get HP sauce over
there????)
toad in the hole(i take mine avec onion gravy)
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
02 Jan 2007 12:45:46 AM |
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In message <1167694990.978040.254720@h40g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
purpleveggie <purpleveggie@hotmail.com> writes
lisa in mass. wrote:
Alan Harding wrote...
In message <Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>,
lisa in mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my childhood,
and probably before, they got together with my father's
high school friends and their wives every year. the group
has been shrinking over the years as people pass away, but
they still hang out with my father's high school friends
every new year's eve. my father will be 80 this week. his
friends are still mostly high school friends, a couple from
college, and one or two from his first job out of college.
he never made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will be
a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number of
friends, then slowly losing them over the years to death.
it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm going to
make an effort to increase new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with you
even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like it, i
do need some real life companionship outside of my immediate
family.
email me your address and i will send you some traditional british
nosh.
pigs ears
jellied eels
welks
shepherds pie + a dollop of HP sauce(do you get HP sauce over
there????)
toad in the hole(i take mine avec onion gravy)
Traditional East End British? I like the idea of onion gravy with toad
in 't hole. You missed out proper chips and tomato ketchup. From a long
dead thread, baked beans on toast isn't a common dish over there either.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
01 Jan 2007 06:39:28 PM |
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purpleveggie wrote...
lisa in mass. wrote:
Alan Harding wrote...
In message
<Xns98AAEF7F0E25mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>, lisa in
mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes
are out at a new years eve party. throughout my
childhood, and probably before, they got together with
my father's high school friends and their wives every
year. the group has been shrinking over the years as
people pass away, but they still hang out with my
father's high school friends every new year's eve. my
father will be 80 this week. his friends are still
mostly high school friends, a couple from college, and
one or two from his first job out of college. he never
made any friends after that.
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will
be a keeper. i won't be my father, making a set number
of friends, then slowly losing them over the years to
death. it would be easy to do, but this coming year i'm
going to make an effort to increase new friendships.
So, cyberfriends don't count, then?
cyberfriends do count, but i can't go out to lunch with
you even occasionally. as much as i don't always feel like
it, i do need some real life companionship outside of my
immediate family.
-lisa
email me your address and i will send you some traditional
british nosh.
pigs ears
jellied eels
welks
shepherds pie + a dollop of HP sauce(do you get HP sauce
over there????)
toad in the hole(i take mine avec onion gravy)
i don't know about the pig's ears and jellied eels, and i
don't know what welks is. i've never heard of hp sauce, so i
guess we don't have it.
think you can get the food to me still hot? :-)
-lisa
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| User: "Bacon" |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
31 Dec 2006 10:58:37 PM |
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On 1 Jan 2007 04:32:50 GMT, "lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote:
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were from
college. i finally made another friend i think will be a keeper.
I was skimming that and had to do a double take because I thought you
said I think he will "be a bee keeper".
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: my parents |
31 Dec 2006 11:48:36 PM |
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Bacon wrote...
On 1 Jan 2007 04:32:50 GMT, "lisa in mass."
<mccats@rcn.com> wrote:
i have a new friend. until recently, all my friends were
from college. i finally made another friend i think will be
a keeper.
I was skimming that and had to do a double take because I
thought you said I think he will "be a bee keeper".
:-)
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