Originally Posted by davestlouis

Tom W, that's a great story. I have been reconnecting with gradeschool friends on facebook lately, after 25 or so years of non-contact. I used to purposely avoid people I grew up with, but have hit a point where I'm reopening communication...it's kinda cool.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I have an observation. I moved away from the west side of Cincinnati at age 18 because I found it stultifying. The people I've reconnected with who still live there all go to the same restaurants, see the same people at the country club, remember all of our grade school teacher's names. Many of them send their kids to the same schools they attended. It's like a time warp they live in. I have found that the people who moved away are a lot more fun to talk to.