Three friends

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An old friend of mine contacted me on Facebook from a cable laying ship off Labrador to request online friendship and within a couple of hours of accepting, a friend of his who at that time was navigating a yacht out of Gozo also requested friendship. I had not at that time met the second friend but it turned out that the second friend was a close friend of our local pub landlord who is a good friend of mine. It made the World seem a very small place at the time, connected by Norwich Labrador and Gozo. We also bumped into a friend from Norwich on the small viewing platform at the top of Corfe Castle in Dorset.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:16:13 +0000Coincidence ID:5078