[snowman]

Who do you know? Its an interesting question. Ever wonder how you end up meeting someone you know, or someone that knows someone you know? Its a very big world out there, so how is this possible.

How is it possible that I can go to NYC and run into someone that I know from Indiana? Like I mean NYC is a very big place.

How is it possible for a Porsche nut to go to almost anywhere and meet people that know someone that they also know?

I first thought of this when looking at my ansestory. Like I am related to about 50 percent of the founders of this country. Family has been here a long time, but how is it possible that the group is so small?

I have heard that there is some kind of theory about this kind of thing, but I haven't actually seen it myself, so, is it real?

It goes like this. Certain groups of people have common interests. Those common interests sort out and reduce the people to small groups, small enough that everyone knows someone. For example, Ham radio. Ham radio has only a few hundred thousand members nationwide. If you further sort this group to the ones that like a certain ham band, a certain kind of radio communication, you get groups that are only a few thousand, spread over the nation. People in this group communicate and meet each other, and thus Know each other.

I understand this also goes for political groups and so forth. Like there are only so many left leaning wacos in the world and consequently they all know each other. Its like they met in court, defending themselves for drowning their girlfirend, while driving drunk.

Whats your experience?