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  1. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:20pm)

    I found an old friend on there that I'd like to get in touch with, but apparently, you have to have a membership to contact someone. Does anyone know if they give you the person's email address, or if they send the message on your behalf? I'm assuming the latter. I hate to join just to contact one person (yes, I'm cheap, but it's like $20 bucks a month for crying out loud!). I know the name of the company he works for now, but I can't seem to find an employee directory with email addresses. Is it creepy to contact someone from there on a personal, rather than a business-related, basis? I don't want to be a creepy stalker :) Suggestions?
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:22pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    sometimes it's too easy....................I'll let OT do it for me though.......;)
  3. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:24pm) in reply to Mr323

    No, no. Please, go right ahead :) Am I a stalker? I kinda thought so anyway. Bleh.
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  4. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:25pm) in reply to ECUgirl

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:25pm) in reply to Niceguy

    Isn't your fiance a cop? Tell him to click buttons.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:26pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    Let's just say you left the door wide open :) So many ideas to burn you right now I can't focus.....I like you too much anyways.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:27pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

     
    Originally Posted by Moonlight Graham View Post

    Isn't your fiance a cop? Tell him to click buttons.

    I do not have a fiance'. I thought we already cleared that up in another thread ;)
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:28pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    :)
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:29pm) in reply to ECUgirl

     
    Originally Posted by ECUgirl View Post

    I do not have a fiance'. I thought we already cleared that up in another thread ;)


    Sorry, I know you prefer the term husband in waiting
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:33pm) in reply to dolphin13

    If it makes any difference, I'm like 99% sure my old friend is gay, lol. I just lost contact with him awhile ago, but I have fond memories of when we used to hang out and I'd like to say hello.

     
    Originally Posted by dolphin13 View Post

    Sorry, I know you prefer the term husband in waiting

    Yeah, don't have one of those either lol. Come on, nobody is going to actually help me?? Sad face.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:34pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    Easier by the minute.......
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:37pm) in reply to Mr323

    I'm giving you permission to say what's on your mind, 323 :) I won't get mad. If I've left myself open for it, then oh well... I'm sure there's some easy answer here that I'm missing.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:37pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    If he is an old friend, just ship a message. I'm sure he wont mind.
    Edited By: wantagolf Jul 13th, 2011 at 09:38 PM
     
  14. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:38pm) in reply to wantagolf

    Well, the only email address I have for him isn't working anymore :( Obviously, if I had that, I would use it. It's been a good ten years since I've talked to him.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:39pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    Sorry i misread your OP. Just ship the message off the web site.
    Edited By: wantagolf Jul 13th, 2011 at 09:39 PM
     
  16. ECUgirl ECUgirl is offline

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 9:44pm) in reply to wantagolf

    Yes, that's the thing. It costs $20 to join and send a message. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth it to pay the membership to send one message. I can't imagine I'd use the service for anything else. I was hoping there was another option, like someone who has a membership could just get his email address for me :) Or, if someone can think of a way to get his work email address without having to pay the fee. I looked at the company's website, but they don't have an employee directory listed. I'm not the world's best sleuth. Figured someone on here might know a way that I haven't thought of.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:15pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    Hmmmmmmm, 20 bucks for a old gay friend that you haven't spoken to for ten yrs. Snap call or fold?

    I'm just joking ITT, there are some good one liners based on what you wrote, but I heart you. :)
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:19pm) in reply to Mr323

    Pretty sure you can join for free. Linkedin has regular membership and premium membership. I know you can add people, and I'm pretty sure you can contact people with just a reg membership.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:20pm) in reply to ECUgirl

     
    Originally Posted by ECUgirl View Post

    someone who has a membership could just get his email address for me :)

    thief!
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:23pm) in reply to Mr323

    If you know the name of the company he works for couldn't you just directly call them and try to get his email that way? Pretend that you're a potential client or something. Or, you could snoop around and simply try to find one email address, it doesn't need to be his. It might be something generic like first initial last name@companyxyz.com. I personally, would call the company and try to procure information that way.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:28pm) in reply to Xmas32

    I got a page and a half written of one liners and stuff over this.

    Most of it is bleh but come on!

    :)

    thief! lol
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 10:32pm) in reply to Mr323

    Does onem know about this attempted affair you're trying to have or is this payback for eharmony
    :)
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 11:31pm) in reply to Mr323

     
    Originally Posted by Mr323 View Post

    Hmmmmmmm, 20 bucks for a old gay friend that you haven't spoken to for ten yrs. Snap call or fold?

    I'm just joking ITT, there are some good one liners based on what you wrote, but I heart you. :)

    <3 you too. But, I'm a good sport about that stuff anyway. It's difficult to piss me off :)

     
    Originally Posted by edwardt1988 View Post

    Pretty sure you can join for free. Linkedin has regular membership and premium membership. I know you can add people, and I'm pretty sure you can contact people with just a reg membership.

    You would think that, huh? I actually have a basic membership, but apparently that doesn't allow you to contact people. I guess you can add them to your contact list or whatever it is, but you can't send them a message. i don't want to just add him to my contacts. I want to send him a personal message, obviously. He's in a completely different profession from mine and, like I said, it's not a business contact anyway.

     
    Originally Posted by Xmas32 View Post

    If you know the name of the company he works for couldn't you just directly call them and try to get his email that way? Pretend that you're a potential client or something. Or, you could snoop around and simply try to find one email address, it doesn't need to be his. It might be something generic like first initial last name@companyxyz.com. I personally, would call the company and try to procure information that way.

    Yup, tried that too (the email address thing). The only address I could find was an info@ address. I just think it would be totally creepy to call the company, and trying way too hard. I'm already feeling like a stalker. If I went to that much trouble, I think it would be even more weird lol

    I might have to just remain in wonder about my old gay buddy. We did have some fun times together, though, including a trip to Cancun :)

     
    Originally Posted by Hank H1LL View Post

    thief!

    Uhm, I'll own that :) I just don't see paying $20 for a membership to a service I'll never, ever use again just to contact one person. How about we just call it resourceful? Not feeling so resourceful right about now, though... lol
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  24. Hank H1LL Hank H1LL is offline

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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 11:36pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    lol it's alright, just messing around. fyi if you posted his name/location OT would probably find his contact in <10 minutes.
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 11:52pm) in reply to Hank H1LL

    Yeah, that's sooooo not happening!! :P
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    Jul 13th, 2011 (7/13/2011 11:59pm) in reply to ECUgirl

    On a random sidenote, did anyone else ever find it kind of weird how obsessed OneM has always seemed to be with viewing himself as being an older man than he really was/is. Like, I remember back in the day when he was like 26 or 27 he would always say stuff like "And I mean, I was already in the military before _________ (insert random slightly-younger-than-OneM-person) had even started high school" or "I don't think people under the age of 25 should even be allowed to post on here" or something along those lines (when he was barely even older than that himself).

    And then, inevitably he of course ends up going out with a woman who's like a decade older than him, and I just remember loling to myself, cuz earlier I remember I had specifically thought to myself "I bet this guy is going to end up going out with a woman who is significantly older than him. This guy seriously thinks he's like 40 or something.... it's almost WEIRD how much older this guy seems to think he is than he actually is."

    Just to be clear, I'm not saying this as a diss or anything, like, I don't think there's anything wrong or tease-worthy or anything about being obsessed with feeling/seeming/whatevering older than you actually are, I just always found it kind of funny how blatant it was with him that like, you know, the same way how there's those people who are women, but on the inside they feel like they are a man, so they have a sex change, cuz what they feel like on the inside doesn't match what they physically are on the outside, it just always felt to me like OneM has something like that where it's like, on the inside he always felt like he was a 45 year old, but on the outside he was in his late 20's only still, so he was always trying to act/do stuff in a way that made him be able to view himself/think/feel as though he was a lot older than he actually was.

    Anyone else ever notice/semi-notice this?

    /noticing random weird stuff aments
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    Jul 14th, 2011 (7/14/2011 12:03am) in reply to bfactor

     
    Originally Posted by bfactor View Post

    On a random sidenote,


    lolololol
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    Jul 14th, 2011 (7/14/2011 12:05am) in reply to bfactor

    in before Ecu bitch slaps you for calling her an old broad
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    Jul 14th, 2011 (7/14/2011 12:10am) in reply to saxman

    Umm LinkedIn is free for basic membership and when you add someone and it tells you to enter email address I believe either a)the person has put this as their setting or b)you have tried to add too many people you do not know and they have replied-do not know. I think the number of people is 5 for this.

    You should just be able to make a profile and add him. If it requires his email address to add him then see above.
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    Jul 14th, 2011 (7/14/2011 12:12am) in reply to bfactor

    Oh for heaven's sake. Uhm, "significantly"? There's so much I could say, but I'll refrain :)
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