[kj] OT: My News / New Zealand

[uncle benny's magical bra & liquorice factory]

> Well, seeing as everyone else posts their own news and pics, thought I might

share a bit of mine.

We¹re a big happy (coughs) family here & good news is always welcome!

How fantastic!
That must be amazing.
Also good to see a photo of you, although if you don¹t mind me saying so,
you look nothing like Elvis
=:¬)



On 20/7/07 11:11, "Janean Lancaster" wrote:


> Well, seeing as everyone else posts their own news and pics, thought I might

> share a bit of mine.

>  

> A few years ago I placed an ad on a website for people who have lost touch, to

> try and find my dad who I¹d not seen since I was 12.  Heard nothing.  Thought

> little more about it. 

>  

> A few weeks ago I got an email from someone in New Zealand saying they¹d just

> seen my ad and thought they knew my dad.  He¹d asked them to try and find me

> via the internet.  I thought it might have been a scam ­ ³Send us £10 and

> we¹ll give you your dad back.²  Anyway, the next day I got an email from my

> long lost dad.  I knew it was him because his email address was his old car

> reg plate number he had back in the 70s/80s.  No-one else would have known it.

>  

> It was all bloody weird.  Anyway, I got another message about ³water under the

> bridge² and found out stuff I never knew.  (My mum never talks about the past

> or anything.)  The next morning he wrote again saying he was flying to the UK

> that weekend!  Two days later we met up, met his wife, he met my other half

> and we had a meal and loads of booze!  Within the space of five days I went

> from not knowing if he was alive or dead, to sitting drinking with him and

> chatting about old times.  (I also have 2 older half-brothers ­ I only ever

> knew about one.)

>  

> Anyway, he stayed in the UK for 3 weeks and we saw quite a bit of each other.

>  Discovered where I get some of my traits from ­ felt like a fog had shifted.

>  That¹s it, really.  I¹ll attach a pic ­ he¹s happier in it than he looks!  

>  

> Cheers,

> Janean

>  

> PS: So I¹m off to New Zealand next year for a visitŠ



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