So how small is this world? How big is SAS’s reach?
Well I recently found out, and thought I would share.
Back on Saturday, October 30th, there was a little gathering in Washington DC, hosted by a couple of comedians from Comedy Central.
I was unable to go, so i watched it live on TV, and online with the Facebook crowd, exchanging thoughts about what we were witnessing.
That unto itself, was very eye-opening!
Monitoring the main conversation thread, I happen to notice that “Dana Culleney” was beginning to respond to my comments directly, and we began to “chat”, and by the end of the show, we had connected as “Friends” on Facebook.
Since that day, we have exchanged and commented on a few things, but today that changed.
About 2pm this afternoon, I posted on Facebook, that “Dead Poets Society” was about to start on HBO.
After watching the movie, and several hours later, I checked Facebook, and saw this comment:
Dana Culleney – My husband went to school at that school– it is actually St. Andrew School in Delaware… He still has the school tie… š
from there, it continued…
Andrew Seymour – Are you serious? What year? I’m ’82!
Dana Culleney – Class of ’59– he’s an old dude… š His father also taught there…
Andrew Seymour – Does he remember the Quillin brothers?
Dana Culleney – Stu says ‘yeah, I remember JD.’ Stu’s dad George was in the first SAS graduating class, class of ’34. Small world, eh?!
Jeff Quillin – Hello, my name is Jeff Quillin, JD is my father and Michael is my uncle.
Dana Culleney – @Jeff– Stu says ‘hello’ to all the Quillins! We’re over here near Seattle…
Dana Culleney – @Jeff– Stu says, “It was long ago and far away.” He says your dad was a burly guy with short hair, a football player… š
Jeff Quillin – Stu, that is right my dad played football, he also wrestled and rowed crew. Dad was very into sports. He also was on the swim team.
Andrew Seymour – ?@Jeff – Thanks for jumping in! @Dana – Mike senior’s Boys (Mike Jr and David) were in my class, and Mike Jr. was my roommate Senior year… I also worked for both JD and Mike (Sr.) the summer out of SAS, and that is how I got to know Jeff! — Tis a VERY small world!
and if this were not enough, I got an eMail via the SAS website:
Andy,
Guess you and the spouse were chatting on face book. Small world.. I was in the class of ’59. The only quinlin that I knew was JD (’56). My dad, George W. Culleney was in the first graduating class in ’34. i was the first son of an alumnus to go there. We also lived there in 1944-1946, my dad taught english, latin and religion. i have many fond memories of the plac, both living there as a kid and going back to school there. have not been back since 1980. Traveled a lot for the navy (submarine service) and ended up here in Wa State in 1982.Worked for Johnson Controls for 3 yrs and Retired for good in ’92. Just leading the good life now.
stu
So how is that for showing the power of the internet to bring folks together!
Xtras!
If you happen to be on Facebook, you might be able to read the original thread!
or if you wish to read the original thread that started this all off from October 30th…
Note – Dana and I openly tried to start a “World Record” for the “Longest Thread”, but later we learned that the record is over 27,000+ entries! (Ours only got up to 2,200+ entries)
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