Saturday, August 26, 2006

Small world

I met up with a friend for dinner last night. We know each other from university but haven’t seen each other for a bit. The last time we met up was last year some time, so we were having a bit of a catch up and she was talking about various men she has met up with through an internet dating site. I have another friend who has been using the same internet dating site and as the conversation went on yesterday evening I began to have a slightly odd feeling, as though there was something very familiar in what I was hearing.

Suddenly the penny dropped and I realised that both these friends, both of whom I know through university, although they only vaguely know each other, had each been having a bit of a thing with the same chap. I don’t think they were both seeing him at the same time, although they were doing the ‘getting to know you’ e-mailing bit of it at the same time. It was really odd hearing different accounts of what the chap is like and after I got over my amusement at this turn of events, I broke the news of this weird coincidence – and then texted my other friend to explain it too and laughed some more. That’s the weird wide web for you I suppose, it makes the world a very small place.

My landlady told me yesterday that she has got a starting date for her new job in Cardiff. So that means regardless of whether it is because I have moved out or because my landlady has moved away that by the middle of August my sanity will be restored and my underwear should be free of interference.

Anyway, I’ve decided to put the stripping on hold for today and am instead going to meet up with my sister and nephew and go to a model village. I suspect it might mean dodging the raindrops, but they know how disappointed I’ll *cough* my nephew will be if we don’t go. We’ll have to learn to run fast.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Model village,sounds intriguing

Random Reflections said...

Sadly not models in the sense of human models, but lots of model houses and trains and so on. It was very good and my nephew loved it, but I guess he must have found it surprising to be bigger than a house and so on!

In fact this is the place:

http://www.bekonscot.com/

Hope your holiday was good.

Anonymous said...

My trip was just grand thanks. The 'Ring of Kerry' is so beautiful, I thought I had died and gone to heaven .....

Try www.saga.co.uk for a car insurance quote for your mum, discounts apply on-line. TF

Random Reflections said...

Sounds like a good trip - see, you didn't need my planning skills after all.

I would need to get my mum to admit she is old enough for her to use Saga - I had to personally escort her to the Post Office to make her get her OAP pass to travel for free on public transport. I'll try and persuade her though, after all it is my inheritance she is wasting!

Anonymous said...

Saga is for the over 50's, so no need to queue up at the post office. Then again, maybe your mum is under 50 ......

Random Reflections said...

Despite what my mother may claim, she is definitely over 50. I'll check Saga out for her at some point soon.