Friends Reunited.
May 20th 2004, 9:47 am
#16
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Re: Friends Reunited.
I found some Aussie 'school friends' sites a few weeks ago.
Problem is, to send messages, you have to pay money
So, the trick is to put your email in code(or sometimes just put the @ in brackets, like this: [@]. )
So, I've seen some people from Highschool(96) in Bridgetown, and some from Primary School in Kalamunda(90), but I'll have to wait untill they see my email address in my bit.
BUT, my teacher at Nullagine Primary(92), she had put her email in! So I emailed her, and she mailed back. Remembered me and my brother, she only stayed there a year(like us) and it was her first teaching job. Then moved to Newman, and met her husband there. Now she's still there, and just went back to teaching after having 2 kids.
And she never went back to Nullagine, even though she only lives 200km from it, and it's been 12 years!!!(though, I guess there isn't really a reason to)
I helped mum register to a Dutch site, and she saw a few people who she remembered, and was VERY excited about it! lol. Last week someone emailed her, who she didn't remember well, but now does!
Problem is, to send messages, you have to pay money
So, the trick is to put your email in code(or sometimes just put the @ in brackets, like this: [@]. )
So, I've seen some people from Highschool(96) in Bridgetown, and some from Primary School in Kalamunda(90), but I'll have to wait untill they see my email address in my bit.
BUT, my teacher at Nullagine Primary(92), she had put her email in! So I emailed her, and she mailed back. Remembered me and my brother, she only stayed there a year(like us) and it was her first teaching job. Then moved to Newman, and met her husband there. Now she's still there, and just went back to teaching after having 2 kids.
And she never went back to Nullagine, even though she only lives 200km from it, and it's been 12 years!!!(though, I guess there isn't really a reason to)
I helped mum register to a Dutch site, and she saw a few people who she remembered, and was VERY excited about it! lol. Last week someone emailed her, who she didn't remember well, but now does!
May 20th 2004, 9:47 am
#17
What's happening dudes?
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Originally posted by koala_mac
um, yep! My language abilities don't extend past the romantics. I may have to copy and paste into an online translator (there must be one somewhere...) if you don't fess up
um, yep! My language abilities don't extend past the romantics. I may have to copy and paste into an online translator (there must be one somewhere...) if you don't fess up
May 20th 2004, 9:48 am
#18
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okay, so you got me - pic files rather than text (or something my laptop doesn't support) - can't copy and paste 
Why am I so nosey?! If it's v naughty, good on you for the last laugh, heh heh
Why am I so nosey?! If it's v naughty, good on you for the last laugh, heh heh
May 20th 2004, 9:51 am
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Originally posted by wmoore
I've never found one (although I've never looked that hard). I do have a good book on it though. It's called ******* for Busy People
I've never found one (although I've never looked that hard). I do have a good book on it though. It's called ******* for Busy People
alta vista's babel fish (geddit? Hitchhiker's Guide) is a not bad translator and claims to do Japanese and Korean
http://world.altavista.com/
May 20th 2004, 9:54 am
#20
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Originally posted by koala_mac
alta vista's babel fish (geddit? Hitchhiker's Guide) is a not bad translator and claims to do Japanese and Korean
http://world.altavista.com/
alta vista's babel fish (geddit? Hitchhiker's Guide) is a not bad translator and claims to do Japanese and Korean
http://world.altavista.com/
May 20th 2004, 9:59 am
#21
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Originally posted by wmoore
And I thought I was being really clever. I use the Altavista toolbar because it has the translator but didn't realise it did Ja ..... ooh, nearly spilled the beans
And I thought I was being really clever. I use the Altavista toolbar because it has the translator but didn't realise it did Ja ..... ooh, nearly spilled the beans
okay, okay, you win I'm going to bed. Take this as a (temporary) victory for Yorkshire.
In the words of Arnie, I'll be back (but maybe not for a while). I'll be watching for any little slip, heh heh
May 20th 2004, 10:01 am
#22
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Originally posted by koala_mac
okay, okay, you win
I'm going to bed. Take this as a (temporary) victory for Yorkshire.
In the words of Arnie, I'll be back (but maybe not for a while). I'll be watching for any little slip, heh heh
okay, okay, you win I'm going to bed. Take this as a (temporary) victory for Yorkshire.
In the words of Arnie, I'll be back (but maybe not for a while). I'll be watching for any little slip, heh heh
May 20th 2004, 10:06 am
#23
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Originally posted by wmoore
I just tried the translator there and it gives me a totally different 'foreign' translation to what I had. But there, there are usually about 10 different ways to say the same thing in this language
I just tried the translator there and it gives me a totally different 'foreign' translation to what I had. But there, there are usually about 10 different ways to say the same thing in this language
i really am going to bed now
K_M
May 20th 2004, 10:11 am
#24
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Originally posted by koala_mac
So... "the cherry blossom drifts gently on the pom immigrant" came out wrong?
i really am going to bed now
K_M
So... "the cherry blossom drifts gently on the pom immigrant" came out wrong?
i really am going to bed now
K_M
May 20th 2004, 10:13 am
#25
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So much for old friends getting together.
May 20th 2004, 10:15 am
#26
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Originally posted by Ulujain
So much for old friends getting together.
So much for old friends getting together.
May 20th 2004, 10:20 am
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Re: Friends Reunited.
Originally posted by Bordy
Just wondering if anyone has found any of there Ex School Mates through this site. I found an old mate I used to pal about with at Primary school & got in touch & found out he now lived in Melbourne to, small world.
Just wondering if anyone has found any of there Ex School Mates through this site. I found an old mate I used to pal about with at Primary school & got in touch & found out he now lived in Melbourne to, small world.
May 20th 2004, 4:02 pm
#28
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Re: Friends Reunited.
Originally posted by helinuk
Bordy I contacted my "first boyfriend" through F R . He married an Aussie girl has 3 kids and lives in Melbourne! The girl I sat next to at school also married an Aussie and lives in Sydney. (our daughters are the same age - they are email penpals) Must have been something in the Aylesbury air, it sent everyone overseas!!
Bordy I contacted my "first boyfriend" through F R . He married an Aussie girl has 3 kids and lives in Melbourne! The girl I sat next to at school also married an Aussie and lives in Sydney. (our daughters are the same age - they are email penpals) Must have been something in the Aylesbury air, it sent everyone overseas!!
It was probably an overdose of Friars, the beautiful council offices and London's ex-slummies coming to stay.
May 20th 2004, 5:07 pm
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Re: Friends Reunited.
Originally posted by helinuk
Bordy I contacted my "first boyfriend" through F R . He married an Aussie girl has 3 kids and lives in Melbourne! The girl I sat next to at school also married an Aussie and lives in Sydney. (our daughters are the same age - they are email penpals) Must have been something in the Aylesbury air, it sent everyone overseas!!
Bordy I contacted my "first boyfriend" through F R . He married an Aussie girl has 3 kids and lives in Melbourne! The girl I sat next to at school also married an Aussie and lives in Sydney. (our daughters are the same age - they are email penpals) Must have been something in the Aylesbury air, it sent everyone overseas!!
Sounds like your Destiny is Australia Helen, I'm sure hubby will come to his senses one day.
May 20th 2004, 9:45 pm
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Re: Friends Reunited.
Originally posted by pleasancefamily
Too right! Works for me.
It was probably an overdose of Friars, the beautiful council offices and London's ex-slummies coming to stay.
Too right! Works for me.
It was probably an overdose of Friars, the beautiful council offices and London's ex-slummies coming to stay.
re friars- I only remember going to see David Bowie , but aparently the old BF says the trick was to sculk around until the interval then get in for free?!
oh and of course John Otway was at the same school as me so we went to see him "perform" in the drama studio at lunch times. :scared:
