Some times the oddest things happen to me... - Page 2

BarTopDancer · 12-08-2005, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I just got a note passed on to me from a friend I had when I was 8. He saw me mentioned in one of Disney Daniel's photos - I think this is a record for me - probably 35 years have passed since I last saw him.

Back when I was running BR I was helping this customer who kept looking at me funny.. Since we saw a lot of strange people I just blew it off. Until she said "are you [my full name]?". I said yes.... you are.....? Turns out she was the mom of someone I went to pre-school with.

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-08-2005, 07:17 AM

In a somewhat similar situation to E's...

When I moved to CA I got a temp job working for the company I happen to work for now, though there was time in between. During this first job, I was miserable. I was not long out of an awful relationship, I was far away from my family and friends, and I had a hard time making friends as a temp.

For a few months, I shared a desk with someone on swing shift, who arrived just as I departed. We saw each other very little, but I sort of had a grasp on who he was because his office space was decorated with pictures of his kids at Disneyland, his computer wallpaper featured rotating pictures of the park. Since Disneyland had become the salve to my loneliness, I found his office space very comforting in the small amount of time I spent there.

At the beginning of MiceAge, when I posted more there, I followed somebody's link to their Disney pictures, and lo and behold, it was that same person I shared a desk with. Feeling it was too weird a coincidence, I PMed him to ask him if we'd shared a desk. He did acknowledge that he worked for that company, on the floor I used to work on, but he had no memory of me so he must have thought I was a stalker or something. But I just wanted to thank him for the comforting Disney pictures in his office since they sort of helped me through a rough patch. I don't think he ever grasped this.

blueerica · 12-08-2005, 10:43 AM

LMAO CP!

I have bizarro things happen to me all the time. I notice that if I go a while without something really strange happening, the strange thing that happens is proportionately stranger with the larger gap size.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-08-2005, 07:48 PM

5 years ago, as we prepared to go to Italy, we went to the foreign currency exchange place in DTD. I pulled out my check book to write a check, the lady helping us asked me for ID. Unfortunately, the address on my license didn't match the address on my checks. So CP had to pay instead.

Noticing that my license address was from the Valley, she started chatting about where we were from. She mentioned that she graduated from Monroe High, and I said, "What a coincicence, so did my mom, and she teaches there now." She asked what year my mom graduated and I said, "Umm, it must have been 1965," to which she said, "[My mom's name]? No, it was 1956, we were best friends."

If only we had had that conversation 5 minutes before I wouldn't have had to tear up a check.

12-08-2005, 07:17 AM	#2
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	In a somewhat similar situation to E's... When I moved to CA I got a temp job working for the company I happen to work for now, though there was time in between. During this first job, I was miserable. I was not long out of an awful relationship, I was far away from my family and friends, and I had a hard time making friends as a temp. For a few months, I shared a desk with someone on swing shift, who arrived just as I departed. We saw each other very little, but I sort of had a grasp on who he was because his office space was decorated with pictures of his kids at Disneyland, his computer wallpaper featured rotating pictures of the park. Since Disneyland had become the salve to my loneliness, I found his office space very comforting in the small amount of time I spent there. At the beginning of MiceAge, when I posted more there, I followed somebody's link to their Disney pictures, and lo and behold, it was that same person I shared a desk with. Feeling it was too weird a coincidence, I PMed him to ask him if we'd shared a desk. He did acknowledge that he worked for that company, on the floor I used to work on, but he had no memory of me so he must have thought I was a stalker or something. But I just wanted to thank him for the comforting Disney pictures in his office since they sort of helped me through a rough patch. I don't think he ever grasped this.
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12-08-2005, 10:43 AM	#3
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	LMAO CP! I have bizarro things happen to me all the time. I notice that if I go a while without something really strange happening, the strange thing that happens is proportionately stranger with the larger gap size. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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12-08-2005, 07:48 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	5 years ago, as we prepared to go to Italy, we went to the foreign currency exchange place in DTD. I pulled out my check book to write a check, the lady helping us asked me for ID. Unfortunately, the address on my license didn't match the address on my checks. So CP had to pay instead. Noticing that my license address was from the Valley, she started chatting about where we were from. She mentioned that she graduated from Monroe High, and I said, "What a coincicence, so did my mom, and she teaches there now." She asked what year my mom graduated and I said, "Umm, it must have been 1965," to which she said, "[My mom's name]? No, it was 1956, we were best friends." If only we had had that conversation 5 minutes before I wouldn't have had to tear up a check. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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