Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

I already covered that, but Fringey called me cruel.

is there an AARP group on facebook?

[dtb]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Geldings do race. If the horse has a bloodline, it won't be gelded, but if it's not a horse with a proven bloodline, unless it looks like it will be the next Seattle Slew, the potential stud fees won't be as big as the purses the unknown might win.

My horse's sire is still a stallion, and still firing up the stones for a fee. My horse, though (sadly, for him, I guess) is a gelding. Neither is a racer, however.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Then I guess it doesn't surprise me that the people who weren't that cool in HS seem to have the most friends on facebook...

Honest question, and I think I know the answer: do a lot of people still dwell on HS? It rarely even crosses my mind. It seems like another world that really wasn't all that great (and I was fairly popular). Now, college is a different story. I can relate to it and remember it well (and fondly), and I was probably less popular in college (if one can be "popular" in the college setting) than in HS.

I have the feeling someone on facebook is going to remind me of how much of a dick I was to him/her in HS, and I'm not going to remember who that person was/is.

For the record, I was a dick.

I have a few friends on facebook from high school, but I went to a pretty small school (just over 100 in my graduating class). I'm glad to have caught up with them and to know what's going on in their lives. But I am engaged to marry the guy who took me to my senior prom, so maybe my perspective is all fucked up.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Then I guess it doesn't surprise me that the people who weren't that cool in HS seem to have the most friends on facebook...

Honest question, and I think I know the answer: do a lot of people still dwell on HS? It rarely even crosses my mind. It seems like another world that really wasn't all that great (and I was fairly popular). Now, college is a different story. I can relate to it and remember it well (and fondly), and I was probably less popular in college (if one can be "popular" in the college setting) than in HS.

I have the feeling someone on facebook is going to remind me of how much of a dick I was to him/her in HS, and I'm not going to remember who that person was/is.

For the record, I was a dick.

A friend recently noted that within minutes of signing up for facebook, she was immediately barraged with messages from a chick she went to grammar school with. My friend loathed this chick and everyone else who went to that school. Chick, apparently thinking that time heals wounds, banters on about everyone else who went to the school and gives updates. An excerpt from my friend's post on the subject:

And the best part? The BEST part? The kid who was the biggest asshole in the group and made my life hell? DIED.

DIED.

I am such a horrible person, but my first thought was actually, "Take THAT Joey!" Yes, he died young, very sad, very tragic.

But he was an asshole and made me cry almost every day for three years. So, seriously. Joey? I win.

Some people do hold on to shit.

[Atticus Grinch]

So my question about "Mad Men"? The one about Betty's unspoken motivations? About lunch with Arthur? The one that got no responses? Yeah, well, nevermind, I got my answer, no thanks to you lot.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I have a few friends on facebook from high school, but I went to a pretty small school (just over 100 in my graduating class). I'm glad to have caught up with them and to know what's going on in their lives. But I am engaged to marry the guy who took me to my senior prom, so maybe my perspective is all fucked up.

Of the people I have befriended on Facebook, most are people who I know from the last 10 years. I didn't use the thing at all until recently, and it seems like there has been a big move of people in my circles getting onto Facebook just lately.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

A friend recently noted that within minutes of signing up for facebook, she was immediately barraged with messages from a chick she went to grammar school with. My friend loathed this chick and everyone else who went to that school. Chick, apparently thinking that time heals wounds, banters on about everyone else who went to the school and gives updates. An excerpt from my friend's post on the subject:

Some people do hold on to shit.

Wow. Hank has made me cry almost every day for more than three years. Indeed, the pain of trying to make sense of some of his posts has, at times, caused me to let loose prolonged and blood-curdling wails of despair. But I still don't think I would rejoice in his tragic death.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Of the people I have befriended on Facebook, most are people who I know from the last 10 years. I didn't use the thing at all until recently, and it seems like there has been a big move of people in my circles getting onto Facebook just lately.

You have circles?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I have a few friends on facebook from high school, but I went to a pretty small school (just over 100 in my graduating class). I'm glad to have caught up with them and to know what's going on in their lives. But I am engaged to marry the guy who took me to my senior prom, so maybe my perspective is all fucked up.

How did you take the news about Joey?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

So my question about "Mad Men"? The one about Betty's unspoken motivations? About lunch with Arthur? The one that got no responses? Yeah, well, nevermind, I got my answer, no thanks to you lot.

give a man a fish,,,,,,,,

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I have a few friends on facebook from high school, but I went to a pretty small school (just over 100 in my graduating class). I'm glad to have caught up with them and to know what's going on in their lives. But I am engaged to marry the guy who took me to my senior prom, so maybe my perspective is all fucked up.

Depends. My wife uses it to catch up with her HS friends, but she grew up in a tiny little town and a small HS.

I, however, have not run into any HS friends on Facebook, and that's just fine, because I don't really give a shit about my high school years.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Then I guess it doesn't surprise me that the people who weren't that cool in HS seem to have the most friends on facebook...

Honest question, and I think I know the answer: do a lot of people still dwell on HS? It rarely even crosses my mind. It seems like another world that really wasn't all that great (and I was fairly popular). Now, college is a different story. I can relate to it and remember it well (and fondly), and I was probably less popular in college (if one can be "popular" in the college setting) than in HS.

I have the feeling someone on facebook is going to remind me of how much of a dick I was to him/her in HS, and I'm not going to remember who that person was/is.

For the record, I was a dick.

I was at a party a few months back with a couple dudes who made silly, silly cash on the sale of an internet start-up and they still talked about being geeks in HS. Dwelled on it almost at times. I was tempted to say, "Dude, you won. I mean, really, REALLY, won the game. You can do anything you want. Why on earth would you even think about HS?"

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Holy crap. Less took out ads.

ETA: This has nothing to do with facebook. I hit reply to the post instead of the generic reply.

Hint to Coltrane: make it so you don't get e-mails from facebook. Makes for a happier time on there. And ignore mercilessly.

If the ad says "There's Probably No God," wouldn't the advertiser be an agnostic, and not an atheist? I know, I know, Google is my friend. But I am lazy.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Gattigap

I, however, have not run into any HS friends on Facebook, and that's just fine, because I don't really give a shit about my high school years.

my high school doesn't even seem to have a group on Facebook. it closed 10 years ago, but still I would think there would be some people there.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

How did you take the news about Joey?

Actually, no. But I did find out about John. It made me cry.