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Originally Posted by rcooled
This facet of FB use (reconnecting with long-lost friends) is always brought up by the faithful in any discussion of the site's usefulness. This seems a bit overblown to me. Since the advent of e-mail, I've hooked up with quite a few people from my past, and at first, it's interesting to see how their lives have turned out. But after sharing some photos and telling your own life story, there's not too much more to it. After the initial flurry of exchanges, most have once again faded back into the past. I don't have the time, or the interest, in keeping up with the goings-on of people I haven't seen in 20 years...unless I'm trying to sell them something.
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Well, I have a lot of very far-flung, old friends. I'm typing at the moment in the house of a friend whose family hosted me as an exchange student in 1988. I've kept in touch with him and his folks since then. But plenty of others I knew well back then and on subsequent visits have gotten married and changed their names or use a different first name now and that was all long before email. I love catching up with old friends. Tomorrow I'm going to a gathering at the high school where I was an exchange student 24 yrs. ago. I can't even remember all the teachers' names, but I sure look forward to seeing everyone.
My last trip to Germany was free because an old college buddy, with whom I did not keep in contact, offered to loan me 20k miles on Continental when I put the word out on FB. I just needed to borrow 20k miles for a few weeks before I had them on account to repay. This guy came out of the woodwork and just gave me the whole ticket because he can't use all the miles he has, doesn't want them repaid. Thanks FB.