Aug 20
*sigh* Nice. I’ve been stitched up by my Mrs who sent me a link to the Facebook app Yes or No (link). Now, I thought it was like Am I Hot or Not and started merrily clicking away. You know how it works…..
She looks nice
*click*
Yeesh!
*click*
Grrrr….
*click*
You are not 31.
*click*
etc.
It was only after I had been clicking for a while that it dawned on me.
This is a dating application.
All these people are going to know who I am and expect…..something!
Oh, pants!
Then it also dawned on me that they will also see
- what I look like and
- that I am married.
Saved!
Popularity: 23% [?]
Aug 12
I’ve had a couple of messages over the past week from old friends from my Haven & Pontin’s days where I’ve been referred to as Johno. The following keeps popping up in my head…….
Me: Johno? Johno… Now, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time… A long time.
Junior: I think my uncle knows him. He said he was dead.
Me: Oh, he’s not dead… Not yet anyway.
Junior: You know him?
Me: Of course I know him….He’s me!
*pauses*
Me: I haven’t gone by the name of Johno since before you were born.
*looks away reflecting on the past…at Camber and Littlesea*
Me: I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn’t allow it. He feared you might follow old Johno on some damn fool idealistic summer season show like your father did. It’s your father’s jacket. This is the weapon of a BlueCoat. Not as clumsy or as random as a Red Coat, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the BlueCoats were the guardians of fun and laughter in the Old Holiday Camps. Before the dark times. Before Ibiza.
But I am an old man and my powers are weak….
Popularity: 27% [?]
Aug 12
As only some family and friends are aware, my great-great-grandfather changed his name from Sepke Ykema to Charlie Ikel when he emigrated from Friesland in the north of the Netherlands (Holland) as he thought it would be easier for the English to pronounce. How wrong he was! Incidentally, he chose Charlie as that was his nick-name on the docks. None of his East London co-workers could say Sepke correctly, so they called him Charlie instead and it stuck.
Anyway, did a quick search on Facebook for Ykema to see how common it is. There are LOADS of them in the US and Canada, but I am guessing that they are probably not related. Having said that, I don’t know about much about Charlie’s brothers or sisters so it may be possible.
Popularity: 26% [?]
Aug 09
I am ever so slightly addicted to Facebook and have decided to get 110% into the spirit of the thing and add everyone I can find (and who I remember) from my entire life. People from all my schools whose name I can remember, both friends and enemies, and everyone listed in old address books from past friends and co-workers to pen pals and acquaintances I can vaguely remember. There have only been two exceptions so far: the first is someone who was once a close friend but who ended up taking me hostage at knife point for several hours and threatened to kill me; and the second are my ex-girlfriends.
And this is where the moral dilemma of Facebook comes in: Is it OK to find these old flames, and add them? (The psycho’s really go without saying I feel.)
On the one hand, you have all these people who were a key part of your life for a time and who helped in some small part to mould you into the person that you are. On the other, it could be thought of as stalking! Now, I’m not a stalker but there are huge chunks of my life not covered fully in my Social Time-line. If you look under the We dated
category of Facebook, it appears to accommodate these badly ending relationships by giving you the option to state that you are no longer on speaking terms. So how on earth does that work when trying to add people?
Hi! Remember me? We went out for six months and then I treated you like shit and dumped you for a stupid reason? Want to be my friend?
Yeah, that’ll work. No problem. Guess the only way to find out is to test the water…..
Popularity: 25% [?]
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