Well, Well, Well ...

[Arthur Little]

... now ain't this AMAZING!


... "what is?" I can almost hear you ask.

Well ... in the "wee sma' hours" of this morning - lo~ng after my wife, Myrna had gone to bed - I was looking through facebook to see what my [other] nearest and dearest had been up to in the past few days.

Now ... ... I knew my daughter and family were away touring in their caravan over the Easter Holidays (the schools being off and my son-in-law being a teacher). So I clicked on my son Alastair's page ... or thought I had ... then discovered to my embarrassment, I'd gone and inadvertently clicked on the name of another Alastair altogether ... a bloke whom I last saw back in *1979 when he was a Social Worker at the Perth Prison Welfare Unit where I had worked for so many years as Records Officer.

Anyway, this Alastair transferred to Edinburgh Social Services around September *that year ... nearly 31/2 decades ago. Now the cause of my discomfiture, can be attributed to me being a nosy old bugger and, as such, I'd been curious to ascertain whether this was, indeed, the same guy I had worked beside ... and, in my haste, ended up clicking on the part requesting friendship.

Well ... lo and behold this afternoon, I received his response in the form of a mobile phone text message that said it was nice (if a bit of a shock ) to hear from me after so long, and inviting me to keep in touch.

Forgive my rush of overexcitement! But I simply couldn't wait to share this happy coincidence with my forum friends.

[Michael Parnham]

Fantastic Arthur, I'm so pleased for you also a little envious because when Maritess is at work I have no one at all to see or speak to or even call or text!

[stevewool]

you see if used properly facebook can be very good,

[KeithD]

At least this is the 'right' person eh .... not like that funeral a few years ago

[Doc Alan]

Well, well, well ... if you search Facebook under " Find all people named "Arthur Little" " there are " over 100 "

But we all know there's only ONE Arthur Little on the Forum ... our trusted friendly moderator

[KeithD]

Well, well, well ... if you search Facebook under " Find all people named "Arthur Little" " there are " over 100 "

OMG... He's been cloned

I was supposed to have been cloned by a dyslexic.... but I ended up being clowned

[bigmac]

i found my son on a facebook search--all i found was his name and approx location. no photos--no information. i hadnt had any contact with him for over 25 years. it took a while to gradually establish some form of a relationship.

last september i attended his second wedding. in november he ( and his lovely bride ) met my fiancee.

i doubt i would ever have seen him again if it wasnt for facebook.

[Arthur Little]

Fantastic Arthur, I'm so pleased for you also a little envious because when Maritess is at work I have no one at all to see or speak to or even call or text!

Thanks, Michael. But dare I say, I'm also a little envious of you ... since you've still a full "thatch" on top, all (or most) of your own teeth and manage to maintain an exceptional level of fitness on a daily basis.

[Arthur Little]

At least this is the 'right' person eh .... not like that funeral a few years ago

Quite!

...................................................................... !

... just as well !

[Arthur Little]

Well, well, well ... if you search Facebook under Find " all people named Arthur Little " there are over 100

So I've since discovered, Alan ... and - believe it or not - on perusing the full list, I even uncovered a lookalike in the process.

Spooky!

But we all know there's only ONE Arthur Little on the Forum ... our trusted friendly moderator

Ah ... kind of you to say so,

[Arthur Little]

OMG... He's been cloned

So I've since discovered, Alan ... and - believe it or not - on perusing the full list, I even uncovered a lookalike in the process.

Cloned? Well ... ... there you go, Keith ... !

[Arthur Little]

i found my son on a facebook search--all i found was his name and approx location. no photos--no information. i hadnt had any contact with him for over 25 years. it took a while to gradually establish some form of a relationship.

last september i attended his second wedding. in november he ( and his lovely bride ) met my fiancee.

i doubt i would ever have seen him again if it wasnt for facebook.

Heartwarming story, BIG MAC ... we really appreciate your sharing it with us.

[Arthur Little]

... judging by the number of posts I've crammed into this thread in rapid succession over the last 60 minutes or so, it does rather look as if I have, indeed, been cloned!

Well, well, well.

[Doc Alan]

... judging by the number of posts I've crammed into this thread in rapid succession over the last 60 minutes or so, it does rather look as if I have, indeed, been cloned!

Well, well, well.

... and reached 17,000 posts ... well, well, well done Arthur

[Arthur Little]

... and reached 17,000 posts ... well, well, well done Arthur

Thanks, Alan ... I seem to've contributed a lot fewer posts than usual on the forum lately, and was beginning to wonder if I'd ever get much beyond the 16,000s.