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Post by cbgb77 on Feb 28, 2020 5:08:33 GMT
My Mum and Dad met as Pen pals when he was in the Army. He popped to Germany to see her in late 50's blah blah ended up in Singapore with my Dad serving there and she had house maids(slaves) so she did the work and they played with my sister lol. But my Maw was brought up in Gorbals beating the hell out of carpets and 1 of 12. It was just something to keep her busy and didn't like the whole slave thing one bit. My first wife was my pen pal. She lived in Japan then and lives there now. Our son is going to visit her in the Spring. He was born in Japan and with be 29 in May. I met her through a penpal ad she had placed in Kerrang! Magazine in 1987. I wrote to her because I wanted a friend in Japan to send me Pink Lady records
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Post by cbgb77 on Feb 28, 2020 5:20:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2020 10:59:47 GMT
My Mum and Dad met as Pen pals when he was in the Army. He popped to Germany to see her in late 50's blah blah ended up in Singapore with my Dad serving there and she had house maids(slaves) so she did the work and they played with my sister lol. But my Maw was brought up in Gorbals beating the hell out of carpets and 1 of 12. It was just something to keep her busy and didn't like the whole slave thing one bit. My first wife was my pen pal. She lived in Japan then and lives there now. Our son is going to visit her in the Spring. He was born in Japan and with be 29 in May. I met her through a penpal ad she had placed in Kerrang! Magazine in 1987. I wrote to her because I wanted a friend in Japan to send me Pink Lady records
It is amazing how such a simple thing can lead to live changing events. Definitely, The butterfly effect in many instances in my life. If I had done one thing different in many instances. My life would be very different.
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Post by cbgb77 on Feb 29, 2020 4:29:56 GMT
Thanks spectravision,that is a really cool story about your mom and dad. Where is Gorbals?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2020 15:57:46 GMT
Thanks spectravision,that is a really cool story about your mom and dad. Where is Gorbals? It is a part of Glasgow in Scotland. A bit of info :)
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Post by cbgb77 on Mar 1, 2020 5:37:35 GMT
Thanks spectravision,that is a really cool story about your mom and dad. Where is Gorbals? It is a part of Glasgow in Scotland. A bit of info :)
Wow! How did your mom and dad become pen pals? I used to have many penpals in the 80s when I worked in a record store.I found all of them through ads they had placed in magazines like Keranng! and Flipside. I had pen pals in Japan,England,Finland,California and other places. I also sent alot of fan mail to bands who would sometimes write back or even come visit me at the record store when they played in town.It was great to get letters every week(sometimes every day) from all over the world.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 14:55:03 GMT
It is a part of Glasgow in Scotland. A bit of info :)
Wow! How did your mom and dad become pen pals? I used to have many penpals in the 80s when I worked in a record store.I found all of them through ads they had placed in magazines like Keranng! and Flipside. I had pen pals in Japan,England,Finland,California and other places. I also sent alot of fan mail to bands who would sometimes write back or even come visit me at the record store when they played in town.It was great to get letters every week(sometimes every day) from all over the world.
Yeah, I bet it was exciting receiving them on a regular basis and getting visits too sound awesome. Things have definitely changed for the worst these days. Today, I've seen a Women and 3 kids when out. They were all following her glued to their phones.
I'm hazy on fine details regarding my mum and dad. My mum started writing to him while he was serving in the Army and she was in Switzerland at the time recovering from TB for the 2nd time. They then got together back in the UK when both were back in the UK. He went to Germany and My mum joined him there. Bun in the oven with my sisters happened they got married.
My Sister was nearly born in Germany. But they managed to just get back to Edinburgh and she popped out. Off back to Germany then of to Singapore. I'm sure a lot more detail. But thats what I can remember at the moment as been long time since I heard about it all.
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Post by cbgb77 on Mar 1, 2020 16:54:34 GMT
Wow that is so cool,where was your dad born? Where did you grow up Spectravision?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 17:06:19 GMT
Wow that is so cool,where was your dad born? Where did you grow up Spectravision? Me and my pops were both born in Scotland. I grew up in Scotland then moved around from Scotland to England, then settled down here in England.
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Post by cbgb77 on Mar 1, 2020 20:25:47 GMT
Wow that is so cool,where was your dad born? Where did you grow up Spectravision? Me and my pops were both born in Scotland. I grew up in Scotland then moved around from Scotland to England, then settled down here in England. Cool!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 20:28:02 GMT
Hehe, I remember that song
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 21:40:58 GMT
'Close' Friends---seems a thing of the past. Masks, socially distancing----gatherings discouraged, etc. You know the drill.
This is just to say I really miss my book club, my standing weekly movie date, my family, just the casualness of hanging out together, shopping in stores, talking to random strangers, being a 'social being'.
Saw a Joe Biden for Prez ad on TV today. Proclaiming how when he is elected Prez, he immediately is going to make masks mandatory, the law of the land! Socially distancing enforced. OMG. My jaw dropped. I fear for my sanity.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 22:19:36 GMT
'Close' Friends---seems a thing of the past. Masks, socially distancing----gatherings discouraged, etc. You know the drill. This is just to say I really miss my book club, my standing weekly movie date, my family, just the casualness of hanging out together, shopping in stores, talking to random strangers, being a 'social being'. Saw a Joe Biden for Prez ad on TV today. Proclaiming how when he is elected Prez, he immediately is going to make masks mandatory, the law of the land! Socially distancing enforced. OMG. My jaw dropped. I fear for my sanity. I think like yourself. A lot of people feel disconnected at the moment :( Its weird I couldn't care less before pandemic. Now, I'm kind off wanting what I think I can't have. Hmm
I was reading today how new mothers don't have the support network that they would have had pre pandemic. Mental health is hard for a lot of people, atm.
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Post by bendingbough19 on Sept 5, 2020 23:54:22 GMT
'Close' Friends---seems a thing of the past. Masks, socially distancing----gatherings discouraged, etc. You know the drill. This is just to say I really miss my book club, my standing weekly movie date, my family, just the casualness of hanging out together, shopping in stores, talking to random strangers, being a 'social being'. Saw a Joe Biden for Prez ad on TV today. Proclaiming how when he is elected Prez, he immediately is going to make masks mandatory, the law of the land! Socially distancing enforced. OMG. My jaw dropped. I fear for my sanity. I feel for you Just me. I am that annoying person who will talk you up should we land in the same elevator, on the same escalator, or in the same line up. Now I stand at an appropriate distance with my gd mask hoping the person in front of me will turn and start shouting a conversation at me haha. It will come to an end eventually. And I plan on petting and licking random strangers when it does!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 9:41:51 GMT
'Close' Friends---seems a thing of the past. Masks, socially distancing----gatherings discouraged, etc. You know the drill. This is just to say I really miss my book club, my standing weekly movie date, my family, just the casualness of hanging out together, shopping in stores, talking to random strangers, being a 'social being'. Saw a Joe Biden for Prez ad on TV today. Proclaiming how when he is elected Prez, he immediately is going to make masks mandatory, the law of the land! Socially distancing enforced. OMG. My jaw dropped. I fear for my sanity. I feel for you Just me. I am that annoying person who will talk you up should we land in the same elevator, on the same escalator, or in the same line up. Now I stand at an appropriate distance with my gd mask hoping the person in front of me will turn and start shouting a conversation at me haha. It will come to an end eventually. And I plan on petting and licking random strangers when it does!!! Petting and licking strangers haha. Made my day that.
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