How many of you have met/ridden with other forum members you didn't already know?

[jessmarimba]

I have! I was even invited to Christmas by one very awesome TE member I've tried to get a bigger group of the Denver-area folks together but I don't have a road bike and I guess not too many of us mountain bike. Then again, I haven't done that much riding this summer, since I vowed to stay out of the hospital until after my marathon

[Amira]

I have! I was even invited to Christmas by one very awesome TE member I've tried to get a bigger group of the Denver-area folks together but I don't have a road bike and I guess not too many of us mountain bike. Then again, I haven't done that much riding this summer, since I vowed to stay out of the hospital until after my marathon

Oh, my sister used to live in the Denver area and would have loved that. She's not there any more, but they do spend a good part of the summer in Vail, so maybe next summer.......

[GLC1968]

I've met and ridden with quite a few TE'rs. First when I lived in NC and even more now that I'm in the PNW. I've even met other TE people when I've traveled (like to MA) even though there was not opportunity to bike with those lovely ladies. Honestly, a large % of the people I'm friends with locally I met through Susan, so had it not been for TE, I'd have a much smaller circle of friends even in real life.

I also have friends all over the country that I know in real life from other internet boards as well. And in some cases, the people from those boards have crossed over with people I knew/met in real life avenues (like when I ran into a board friend at my company or when a previous employee of mine identified herself to me on the board when she recognized a story I shared!). The internet has quite literally 'shrunk' an already small world!

[zoom-zoom]

I also have friends all over the country that I know in real life from other internet boards as well. And in some cases, the people from those boards have crossed over with people I knew/met in real life avenues (like when I ran into a board friend at my company or when a previous employee of mine identified herself to me on the board when she recognized a story I shared!). The internet has quite literally 'shrunk' an already small world!

We were just talking about all the weird "how the heck do YOU know THEM?!" things we've run into by virtue of FB. 6 degrees is a joke!

[GLC1968]

We were just talking about all the weird "how the heck do YOU know THEM?!" things we've run into by virtue of FB. 6 degrees is a joke!

No kidding!

I actually found out that my best friend from 2nd grade (whom I got back in contact with through a guy I work with), is friends with my college boyfriend. They work at the same school and I found that out because of FB. I don't think we ever would have realized that connection in any other way!

[Crankin]

Yes, I have seen some weird possible connections on FB. All from my older son's 1st grade class in AZ, because I am friends with the kids of my friend there. Those kids went to a different elementary school than my son, but they all became (real) friends in middle school and high school. It's weird that the same group of kids he was friends with at age 7 became very close friends of my close friend's kids when they were teens. I also have seen some names I haven't thought of in years, as I am friends with a few people from the high school I went to here in MA, before I moved. I didn't graduate from this school, and some of those connections go back to my own preschool days. I haven't connected with any of them, though.

[azfiddle]

I have met 5 (Dogmama, BadgerCat, Desert Tortoise, Owlie & 1 other), ridden with the first 3, and waved at one more riding in El Tour de Tucson....(itself).

Plus Madei