I'm Sitting Here and You're Sitting There

By Val

@valmnz (17097)

New Zealand

December 14, 2018 3:35pm CST

I love connecting in real time with people I've come to know a little here on myLot. Every now and then I manage to strike it lucky and exchange a few comments in real time with those of you on the other side of the world. Such moments make the world seem all that closer. It's hard to believe I'm sitting here and you're sitting there, looking at our screens and responding at the same time. We may be thousands of kilometres apart and in different time zones but we're making real connections. This photo has nothing to do with making connections, but we have so many sheep in New Zealand - about forty million and only four and a half million people - I thought I'd let you know the sheep are sitting here looking at you too.

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@nela13 (58807)

• Portugal

14 Dec 18

It Is really nice speak with so many people from different places at the same time.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

14 Dec 18

As I'm in New Zealand many people ar asleep when I'm awake

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

@nela13 the southern hemisphere is in a completely different time zone.

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@nela13 (58807)

• Portugal

14 Dec 18

@valmnz I am in Portugal, even those That live in US don't have the same schedule.

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

14 Dec 18

Val where have you been I missed you.Glad to see you. I love the photo and the sheep.Happy to see you.Have a good one Val

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

14 Dec 18

Summer here now Alfedo, I'm not in at the computer so much. Was away in Wellington for a few days - see previous post

but thank you, glad people notice when I'm not here!

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@marlina (154129)

• Canada

15 Dec 18

@valmnz , Yes, I have noticed that you were not here very often, but glad that you are here now, connecting.

@marlina (154129)

• Canada

15 Dec 18

So many sheep! Yes, I am sitting here in front of my desktop computer and saluting you and the sheep.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

Nice to know you're there

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

17 Dec 18

@marlina hi Marlins. And I imagine your Christmas will be much colder and very different to mine.

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@marlina (154129)

• Canada

17 Dec 18

@valmnz , And now, it is December 17th, and I am here again to salute you all the way from Canada!

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@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Dec 18

You Kiwis better hope there is no sheep rebellion!

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

14 Dec 18

A sheep rebellion would be hillarious. They tend to follow each other in a line, one behind the other. What a sight forty million sheep following their leader would be

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@sunrisefan (28524)

• Philippines

15 Dec 18

What a great timing! I just opened my Mylot and was reading your discussion when suddenly your response/comments suddenly popped up :)

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

So there you are :-) I've been away for about an hour, so imagine you're not there anymore.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

@sunrisefan and left here after making that last comment to wash the dinner dishes :-) catch you again sometime.

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@sunrisefan (28524)

• Philippines

15 Dec 18

@valmnz I'm still here LOL and will be out for church later :) You must have taken your dinner on time :)

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@TJGray (291)

• Hallettsville, Texas

14 Dec 18

Back when i was on here years ago i made some great connections. I've lost those connections in one way or another along the way. I hope to make some connections now. Interesting fact about the sheep

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

14 Dec 18

People do tend to keep popping up

when I started here I discovered many I'd lost contact with on previous sites. Nice to meet you

or have we met before and I've forgotten?

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

14 Dec 18

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• Hallettsville, Texas

14 Dec 18

@valmnz i was wondering if we have met before but i have terrible memory. So let's just start here. What do ya say?

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@maximax8 (31044)

• United Kingdom

15 Dec 18

I am amazed how many sheep you have in New Zealand. I think New Zealand has such a small population compared to the United Kingdom where I live. Time zones can be very interesting. We will never forget taking a train from Belarus at 17.00 and arriving at 15.00. It has only been a 10 minute journey. We are all making real connections in the different countries we live in. Yes, it makes the world feel closer together.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

You'll definitely see lots of sheep and green open spaces in NZ!

@1hopefulman (45114)

• Canada

14 Dec 18

I'll remember these sheep if I have a hard time falling asleep tonight. Here it is 5:45 PM and these? Isn't it funny that all the dinosaurs have disappeared and yet these seeming defenceless sheep have taken over New Zealand?

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@1hopefulman (45114)

• Canada

16 Dec 18

@valmnz I used to be a customer at one time but now I am mostly vegetarian for health reasons.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

They've been one of our major international trade income earners for over a hundred years. Well, not this particular little group in particular

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@much2say (57209)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Dec 18

That's what I love about this place . . . technology and this site make it all happen with our friends here! So different from the snail mail pen pal days where we'd have to wait for weeks or months. Real time communication anywhere around the world is pretty nifty. Ohhh, that's A LOT of sheep!

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@much2say (57209)

• Los Angeles, California

16 Dec 18

@valmnz That must be quite a sight!

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

17 Dec 18

@much2say seems normal to me

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

I never really think about sheep numbers, but they do tend to dominate he rural farming landscape. That and dairy cows.

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@LadyDuck (472500)

• Switzerland

15 Dec 18

I like when I can have an discussion in real time with some users. We are all on different time zones, but sometimes it happens.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

Not very often but it's nice when it does.

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@LadyDuck (472500)

• Switzerland

16 Dec 18

@valmnz It does not happen often.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

15 Dec 18

the sheep are very tech savvy. Hi there @valmnz. Though we have many hours between us, I remember we were able to chat live about three2or four times, pretty cool. Have a blessed December.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

Thanks Catherine, it's nice when that happens.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318848)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

15 Dec 18

Well, two of them are. The others found something else to interest them.

It's great to connect in real time around the world. It does bring the world closer.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

Ha, ha, so true!

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@JudyEv (346668)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Dec 18

I enjoy this too and just occasionally if I'm on here early or late enough I connect with a few too. It's always a fun time and a bit amazing too.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

17 Dec 18

I must work out the time difference between NZ and WA

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

17 Dec 18

@JudyEv ok, thanks. Yes, I do catch a few Before they go to bed if I come on hee in the morning - but I don't do that often.

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@JudyEv (346668)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec 18

@valmnz It is 1.33 pm here and 6.33 pm in Wellington so you're five hours ahead of us. I'm ahead of most (all?) of our friends in the US so I guess you're even more so.

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@fluffy69 (4955)

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15 Dec 18

Internet makes it so possible. Just imagine life without internet, we would never meet these people who are worlds apart from us.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

So true.

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@allknowing (141065)

• India

14 Dec 18

I try to do that by hooking on to recent discusioins when I know there are users lurking around. Good thought

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

Yes, I find recent discussions and recent activity is the best place to go.

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@wolfgirl569 (111842)

• Marion, Ohio

15 Dec 18

I love it when it happens too.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

It is fun isn't it!

@xFiacre (13218)

• Ireland

14 Dec 18

@valmnz That's a lot of sheep for each person. Do they all have names?

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

Yep - they're all called Sheep

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@Marilynda1225 (83777)

• United States

14 Dec 18

It's always the highlight of my day when I'm chatting on myLot.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

16 Dec 18

I don't get to interact with others in real time that often, so appreciate it when I do,

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (62902)

• Centralia, Washington

15 Dec 18

It is amazing. Curious me: does your country just have the white handsome sheep or the black faced sheep, too?

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

15 Dec 18

mainly the white sheep shown here, but down south there are places that breed the black faced ones too.

@DianneN (247183)

• United States

15 Dec 18

It was wonderful chatting with you in real time today. Now, I’m going to bed and you are already enjoying tomorrow. Those sheep are so darn cute!

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