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Thread #21481   Message #229108
Posted By: Rick Fielding
16-May-00 - 09:21 PM
Thread Name: Advice: High School Reunions. Worth it?
Subject: RE: Advice: High School Reunions. Worth it?
A friend of mine who has the same kind of sense of humour as me (but far more guts) went to his renunion at Don Mills High (15th I think) and told everyone he was a famous athlete (Mike Palmateer actually....who's only famous if you followed Maple Leaf hockey a few years ago)

They (almost) all bought it. It sounded to me like he had some issues other than a joke going on there.

I guess in some ways so do I. One of the people who will be at the Mac High reunion is a guy who made life difficult for me, and I'm not sure what I'd want to say to him. On the other hand, if I'd had the nerve to drop the shyness and punch his lights out when I was 14, I absolutely KNOW my life would have gone a whole different direction. With more confidence, I would have been part of the rock'n roll culture, learned to dance, ask girls out, get better marks, go to college and probably not discover the "world" of folk music that I love so much.

Oh, from a somewhat humorous "Net" take on High School reunions: If you see the odd 50 year old guy NOT driving a Mercedes with a beautiful 25 year old on his arm...she ain't the "little woman", she's a hooker!

Rick (still thinking)