Boy it's not a transparent world is it? While I was loading up some pictures I found one of my...old best friends from Syracuse, New York. Joe and I were very competitive back in junior high. Yet for some reason we meshed. Joe was always wished to illustrate how far he was coming. In some ways Joe was a best friend when we competing for the New York State physical fitness Presidential Award. He had his focus on beating me. I knew overall that Joe was far stronger than me he was as agile as they came. Yet I just stuck to what I was doing as I would run at night, go to Aikido class and then it was the time where I was literally training and then heading down the street on Meadow Drive to hang out with another friend Rick as we nearly spent the entire summer in the pool.
Joe was always trying to engage me into a competition before class. Yet I would just shake my head - yet I knew he had strengths that were far surpassing mine. It's funny how competitions can bring about the manners, which took place. Yet Joe forgot to work on other things aside of just weights. When all was said and done - I beat Joe and it was within the 600-yard dash. When I left Syracuse - Jim was still teed off. He basically gave me the index finger. Well it didn’t seem that Jim was as great a friend after all.
Two years later at the age of 17. I took a flight back to Syracuse after grade 11, it was my own summer break and a chance to meet back up with five friends that included Jimbo. Jim was the most eager to meet up. This was different and then thereafter when I returned back I went to University and then was managing malls. I don't know back at that time how Jim had found me but my roommate handed me a letter. When I arrived home from work, and here it was from Jim. The letter took me by surprise as he sent pictures and wrote what he was doing as he was in California. What a surprise to say the least as I had wavered from everything except business and growing the mighty ladder. This was many years, so I decided to give him a call from my office and there after we kept in touch. This was around the age now of 24. There is one thing I will give Jim credit with is that he didn’t just do something - he really took on things. I mean not in a small manner but in a rather large on. Yeah this was Jim - just like in the days when we were kids how he could defy the odds physically he seemed to carry on ceaselessly.
Things came to a stop for what ever reasons - I remember calling his folks years ago and they had indicated to me that Joe had some problems. He was back living in North Syracuse near Oneida Lake. I don't know what happened with Jim yet my hopes are that I will have a response as when I was in my photo page there was one person whom is a friend from Michigan and there were pictures of Joe.
I do believe in relinquishing old friends - this would be a worthy one as although we where different there was something which had kept us together. I remember telling my five close Canadian friends that it would be the entirely awesome if there was some way that my chums from the States could meet with my chums from Canada it would be the most neatest thing. Unfortunately with the geography that never would happened.
But it will be certainly something if there is a recap between two old pals. It’s a small world on this Internet! And this was merely by means of a coincidence. 
it would be nice to meet up,,or hear on the net,,hhow your old friend is doing..jack,,hope you get in contact,,:)
ReplyDeleteThou' am not much in the internet things but from time to time read of how friends meet after a long time, I hope you get to see your friends again Jack
ReplyDeleteI do hope you are able to rekindle your old friendships.
ReplyDeleteSilver and gold, new friends and old.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've tried to renew a realtionship that went sour and was too late. I hope you have better luck Jack.
ReplyDeleteSomehow the past is frozen in our old pics, I had a close friend named Margarida, I lost her since my teen's times. I never heard anything about her.
ReplyDeleteWho knows? life takes many good things of us and gives other, that's life.
Today I found when I logged in that it was a wrong person. Pardon the pun but I don't pitch for the other team.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile we are getting a serious storm before I head into the city tomorrow.
With no doubts.
ReplyDeleteThis is philosophical yet yes it does.
ReplyDeleteVicki as one which lived half in one place and half in another. It does amaze me. There is a thought of making new friends and all but as well I believe in rekindling those if there is something that by coincidence makes it happen. Yet I never throw all the eggs in one basket. I know your words are an that of good will. Thus I thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis one is 3,000 miles away and resided on Onieda Lake in North Syracuse.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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