Finding friends from the past
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342088)
Rockingham, Australia
May 8, 2020 8:17pm CST
MyLotter Kharla Jolly (@kobesbuddy), in her discussion, https://www.mylot.com/post/3366891/looking-up-a-high-school-friend-on-facebook mentioned that she is going to try to get in touch with an old school friend via Facebook.
Several of our towns here FB sites called Lost (insert name of town here). People put up old photos of themselves, maybe school photos and street scenes and share reminiscences. Former residents might add their memories and share photos.
There is a lot of ‘Does anyone know what happened to so-and-so?’ or ‘does anyone remember the day it snowed’. These ‘Lost’ sites have reunited a lot of people with friends from their past.
Vince is a member of the Lost Narrogin group. Narrogin is our old home town which I wrote about yesterday. The photo is of my sister’s garden in Narrogin.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 May 20
Your sister has a lovely garden and I guess those are roses. It sounds like a wonderful way to find lost friends. I have found most of my friends through FB but still a few are missing that I would want to get in touch with.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 May 20
@arunima25 As far as I know, they are looking after the garden very nicely.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
9 May 20
@JudyEv Oh! lucky tenants. They get such a pretty garden. Hope they are fond of it and do a good job to maintain it.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 May 20
And Vince is definitely enjoying membership, with the Lost Narrogin group:) This was a great idea, from whoever organized the site! In the U.S. it's hard to find some of our schoolmates, if they haven't joined Facebook, Twitter, or another social group.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 May 20
@kobesbuddy I know what you're saying and the girls I envied because of their looks have all put on a bit of weight - just like me!! 
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 May 20
@JudyEv Some of the boys I had a crush on and dreamed they'd ask me out. Now when I see them, I laugh(within my head)! LOL
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
9 May 20
Just one week back one of friends created a group on Whatsapp for our school friends... it was really amazing.... I got chance to connect with friends whom I have not met for nearly 30 years.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 May 20
It's really nice to catch up again after so many years. Have you seen photos of your friends? Have they changed much?
@snowy22315 (182175)
• United States
9 May 20
I haven't heard of anything like that, but it seems a neat way to keep track of people, like the garden shot.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 May 20
It's been good for all the old residents who spent many years there.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 May 20
Social media is a great tool for finding people. But I wonder why I couldn't find the person I am looking for. Not a trace.
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@ptrikha_2 (47069)
• India
9 May 20
@Alexandoy
Some people do not reveal their true identity on social media, so they are not detectable easily.
Yet, sometimes it is safer not to reveal the true identity on social media.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 May 20
@JudyEv but for the young, they should be in Facebook.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 May 20
What a pretty garden! She takes very good care of it from the looks of it.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 May 20
@JudyEv I used to love gardening as well, as it was something my mother and father loved to do, but over the years I got away from it as I either didn't have the time, or didn't have the space. I've really been wanting to get back into it, as I have the space now, but my problem I need to overcome is that my entire front and back yard are completely shaded from large oak and pine trees, so I do not get enough sunlight peeking through to be suitable enough to grow fruits, vegetables and flowering plants.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 May 20
@moffittjc There are shade-loving plants but the soil is probably a bit depleted too with big trees around.
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@ptrikha_2 (47069)
• India
9 May 20
I too caught up with some older friends on Facebook. Yet I am not too active and not so visible.
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@ptrikha_2 (47069)
• India
10 May 20
@JudyEv
Yes sometimes some of our older friends are more memorable than others.
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@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 May 20
I still have people from my past who I wonder what happened to. I have looked them up before on Facebook but haven't found them
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
9 May 20
Social media have been of a great help in getting back in touch with lost friends. I checked several of my old friends, but as almost all of them I married, I think they are registered with their husband last name, that I do not know. Very pretty garden.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 May 20
There is a friend from elementary school, and one from high school (2 now), that I wonder about. Would be lovely to connect again
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 May 20
@JudyEv that is SUPER cool
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@ptrikha_2 (47069)
• India
9 May 20
@JudyEv
That is quite interesting- older times sometimes rekindle quite a lot of things and memories.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
9 May 20
That's nice, I feel the nostalgia when I remember the school days but after so many years I'm not sure I would have anything to talk to them, I mean ... where would I start. I am in contact with only two people from that period
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
9 May 20
@JudyEv Yes, I did and that would be it, sort of like too long a period was made to re-establish contact, commitments also make lives preoccupied
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
9 May 20
I have managed to reconnect with some dear friends that I left behind in Miami, Florida. It's good to talk to them again.
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@wolfgirl569 (108126)
• Marion, Ohio
9 May 20
I have seen a couple of those groups here too.
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@JESSY3236 (20041)
• United States
12 May 20
pretty garden. I have reconnected with some friends from high school and grammar school.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
9 May 20
It's a beautiful garden with lots of flowers! Your group is interesting!
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@LindaOHio (181721)
• United States
9 May 20
Beautiful garden. I've gotten in touch with a lot of people that I've met on other sites such as writing sties, survey sites, sites like MyLot, etc.
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@JudyEv (342088)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 May 20
He has caught up more of the kids who were in the same class as he was.
