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Buzzy--Bee Jan 19th 2008 4:09 pm

It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
At my last job in London, I spent a lot of time quizzing a girl who worked with me who came from Melbourne about what it was like living there, she was the only person I knew who had lived in Melbourne. She returned to live in Melbourne about 1 year before we moved down under ourselves, and we lost touch.

Today in a cafe in Mordialloc, Melbourne I bumped into her.

Turns out she lives -

- In the same suburb as us
- In the same street as us
- 11 doors down :ohmy::ohmy:

It is a seriously small world.

Buzzy

moneypenny20 Jan 19th 2008 4:12 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee (Post 5812571)
At my last job in London, I spent a lot of time quizzing a girl who worked with me who came from Melbourne about what it was like living there, she was the only person I knew who had lived in Melbourne. She returned to live in Melbourne about 1 year before we moved down under ourselves, and we lost touch.

Today in a cafe in Mordialloc, Melbourne I bumped into her.

Turns out she lives -

- In the same suburb as us
- In the same street as us
- 11 doors down :ohmy::ohmy:

It is a seriously small world.

Buzzy

Yeah, you've told your wife what an amazing coincidence it is haven't you ;) Does she believe you ;)

DrWho Jan 19th 2008 4:13 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 5812579)
Yeah, you've told your wife what an amazing coincidence it is haven't you ;) Does she believe you ;)

:eek::lol:

The OH Jan 19th 2008 4:15 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee (Post 5812571)
At my last job in London, I spent a lot of time quizzing a girl who worked with me who came from Melbourne about what it was like living there, she was the only person I knew who had lived in Melbourne. She returned to live in Melbourne about 1 year before we moved down under ourselves, and we lost touch.

Today in a cafe in Mordialloc, Melbourne I bumped into her.

Turns out she lives -

- In the same suburb as us
- In the same street as us
- 11 doors down :ohmy::ohmy:

It is a seriously small world.

Buzzy

SSSSCHPOOKY

All I can say its a good job you didn't give her one whilst in quizzing mode;) are you sure she's not stalking your Buzzy-Bee?:ohmy:

Buzzy--Bee Jan 19th 2008 4:16 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 5812579)
Yeah, you've told your wife what an amazing coincidence it is haven't you ;) Does she believe you ;)

Funny, I would never have thought of it like that.

Buzzy

Kapri Jan 19th 2008 8:17 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
As a teenager I lived in a small village in Ireland.
At the time my Dad was living in Steatham, South London. While visiting him I went into a fish and chip shop and bumped into a lad from our village who had moved to London the year before.

It is a small world :D

Bernieboy Jan 19th 2008 8:25 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
In 1999 i was involved in a road traffic accident in the outback,and i mean in the middle of bloody nowhere.In 2005 while on holiday in switzerland i walk into a bar in Zurich and the only other customer is the aussie driver of the bus that nearly sent me to heaven(or hell),you should have seen the look on his face and mine come to think of it.Turns out he met a swiss girl on that bus and moved to Zurich,it REALLY is a small world:eek:

Kapri Jan 19th 2008 8:32 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by Bernieboy (Post 5813025)
In 1999 i was involved in a road traffic accident in the outback,and i mean in the middle of bloody nowhere.In 2005 while on holiday in switzerland i walk into a bar in Zurich and the only other customer is the aussie driver of the bus that nearly sent me to heaven(or hell),you should have seen the look on his face and mine come to think of it.Turns out he met a swiss girl on that bus and moved to Zurich,it REALLY is a small world:eek:

:eek: Don't know if anyone will top that story :lol:
That's mad!

Luke I Amyofath Jan 19th 2008 8:32 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
I moved to Canada in 82, when I was 20. I lived in Toronto for 7 yrs during the 80's then moved around canada for a further 12 yrs.

On a visit to the uk I was chatting with an old school friend one day and found out that my first ever girlfriend from junior school had moved to canada in the 80's and was living about 40km away from toronto. We keep in touch now however, by the time I found outI was living 3000km away in newfoundland.

Yes, its a small world.............

Bernieboy Jan 19th 2008 8:35 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 5813048)
:eek: Don't know if anyone will top that story :lol:
That's mad!

Tell me about it still freaks me out to this day,was beginning to think he was sent from above to take me out and finally caught up with me after coming close in oz,jeasus now im freaked:ohmy::eek:

sarah-jayne Jan 19th 2008 8:57 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
I bumped in to an old college teacher 10 years after i had left whilst on holiday in Bulgaria. She was staying in the same hotel.

brissydeb Jan 19th 2008 9:16 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
After my first year at uni I went to work in America for a few months, on my way back at JFK airport I bumped into a girl that I went to school with (there was only 36 in my year) who was on the same flight. When I got on the plane the guy that sat next to me was in my course at uni!
The following year I worked in a hotel on a small island off the coast of Cape Cod where I checked the parents of the girl I had bumped into at JFK airport.

Bernieboy Jan 19th 2008 9:23 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 

Originally Posted by brissydeb (Post 5813220)
After my first year at uni I went to work in America for a few months, on my way back at JFK airport I bumped into a girl that I went to school with (there was only 36 in my year) who was on the same flight. When I got on the plane the guy that sat next to me was in my course at uni!
The following year I worked in a hotel on a small island off the coast of Cape Cod where I checked the parents of the girl I had bumped into at JFK airport.

Me thinks she is stalking you:eek:

Vim Fuego Jan 19th 2008 9:29 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
I was drinking in the 'Pig And Whistle' in Brisbane the other day taking in a live English Premier League game and it was full of Brits on the piss!

It truely IS a small world.

Hutch Jan 19th 2008 9:30 pm

Re: It is a SERIOUSLY small world
 
Lost touch with my best mate from school for over 20 years. Out of the blue, he gets in touch with me via Friends Reunited. Turns out he emigrated to Oz about the same time as us and is living 90 minutes up the road in Sydney.

Was sat on the back seat of a bus outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York. Starting chatting to the girl sitting next to me. Turned out she'd been brought up in the same North Herts town as me and had, in fact, lived most of her life one street down from me.

Walked down the beach here at Gerroa and started chatting to one of the council lifeguards. Turned out he followed the summer and spent most summers in the UK working Fistral beach. Then it turned out that my best mate down there was his best man at his wedding.

My parents come along to my wedding. My new sister-in-law is there with her husband. My parents get talking to my new brother-in-law and it transpires he has a distinctive surname that they're familar with. My dad jokingly says in passing, "I don't suppose you know Flo" then - and he says, "Yes, she's my mum." The Flo in question was my mum's best mate back in Ireland (and indeed a Bridesmaid at my parent's wedding) - they had lost touch with each other and hadn't spoken for nearly 50 years. They remained in close contact until Flo died a year ago.


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