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Post by childfree23 on Nov 3, 2011 19:48:07 GMT -5
I've been a fan of The Waltons since its original airing in the 1970s. I heard you're in touch with David Harper, so I'm wondering if you could persuade him to start posting on this forum. We could sure us his wit and wisdom. I heard from Ryan James Littley -- he attended the recent reunion in Virginia -- that David won't do Facebook, but on the forum David could post under a pseudonym like so many of us do (including me).
Thanks in advance,
ChildFree23/Debby
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 3, 2011 20:17:10 GMT -5
I give up -- what is PING? Probably because I don't do facebook or tweet or anything like that -- took me forever to figure out LOL!
I, too, would like to know more about David. I wonder if he divulged much about his personal life when at the reunion. Is he married? Children? What has he been doing with himself? And so on.....
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Post by childfree23 on Nov 3, 2011 20:35:54 GMT -5
I give up -- what is PING? Probably because I don't do facebook or tweet or anything like that -- took me forever to figure out LOL! I, too, would like to know more about David. I wonder if he divulged much about his personal life when at the reunion. Is he married? Children? What has he been doing with himself? And so on..... Hi JeriJet! "PING" is a carryover from when people post on Usenet (like GoogleGroups), they post on a newsgroup and put "PING: <Someone's Name>" in the subject line so that person, usually a regular reader of the newsgroup, will be more likely to see their name and reply to the thread. Essentially, it's geek-talk for "HEY YOU!" I know a little about David Harper, but not much more than you do. He does NOT like being in the spotlight, but is a really nice guy. I know he never married or had kids. He said at the recent reunion in Virginia that he doesn't do Facebook -- Ryan James/Ryan J could fill you in, as he was in the room when David was asked about it. At one point, David worked for Eric Scott's courier service but I don't know if he still does. Facebook can be a lot of fun. There are a lot of us Waltons fans on there, like Ryan James, David McGill, and me. Mary McDonough, Kami Cotler, and Jon Walmsley have fan pages set up. Hope that helped! ChildFree23/Debby |
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 4, 2011 6:57:19 GMT -5
Thanks, Debby!
Facebook would just never "do" it for me ('tho I did try it for a while).... even this forum is difficult for a person who mostly requires real face-to-face interaction and communication. Anything else is a poor substitute! I AM A DINOSAUR!
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Post by markb on Nov 4, 2011 8:49:56 GMT -5
Too funny, JeriJet. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I also have decided to boycott facebook and like talking to people face to face too. Maybe you're right that we are dinosaurs, but dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years and I suppose we might have some years left too.
Enjoy the weekend
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 5, 2011 0:21:10 GMT -5
Since I will never meet the actors that play Erin, Cora Beth, etc.... I do interact with them on Facebook. To me, it's better than nothing!
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 5, 2011 6:21:38 GMT -5
Too funny, JeriJet. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I also have decided to boycott facebook and like talking to people face to face too. Maybe you're right that we are dinosaurs, but dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years and I suppose we might have some years left too. Enjoy the weekend I guess I don't exactly boycott Facebook, it's just very hard for me to trust thiings "put out there" on the internet, where anyone can say anything..... one has to take everything with a grain of salt because there's no way to tell what is true or has relevance. I'll take a look at something on Facebook from time to time, especially when (as Marilyn says) it's the only channel, but I don't waste much time with it..... |
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Post by bmack14 on Nov 5, 2011 14:50:39 GMT -5
I was at the reunion and spent alot of time just chatting with David Harper. He's a pretty interesting guy. He is extremely knowledgeable about the Civil War, and politics as well as all history. He seems to be very private about his personal life and there's nothing wrong with that. Aren't most people ? I also refuse to Facebook. I watch my friends and my kids use it and I see that there is alot of misinterpertation on it which causes sadness and trouble for all involved. I don't care if the whole world does it, I won't cave in and join. LOL I would rather send a letter by mail.
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Post by childfree23 on Nov 5, 2011 16:42:59 GMT -5
I was at the reunion and spent alot of time just chatting with David Harper. He's a pretty interesting guy. He is extremely knowledgeable about the Civil War, and politics as well as all history. He seems to be very private about his personal life and there's nothing wrong with that. Aren't most people ? I also refuse to Facebook. I watch my friends and my kids use it and I see that there is alot of misinterpertation on it which causes sadness and trouble for all involved. I don't care if the whole world does it, I won't cave in and join. LOL I would rather send a letter by mail. Sure, I can understand that. I got into Facebook because my best friend sent me an invite a while back, and it turned out that all my childhood friends were on there so it's been nice for me. It's a matter of being careful and knowing the technology. Security settings should be "friends only." If one is direct in what they say on Facebook -- which I am, sometimes to a fault -- then that lessens the chances of misinterpretation and misunderstanding. Although, if David Harper doesn't want to sign up for this board either, he could create a "fake" twitter account like Grandama and Grandpa Walton have and post silly things as his "status" like they do. If I still lived in Allegany County, Maryland (I haven't since 1987) I would have gone to this year's reunion in Virginia. I figured that that David Harper is very intelligent -- most kids who had "alterntive schooling" like he did on the set turn out that way -- and would have loved to talk to him. ChldFree23/Debby |
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 5, 2011 18:47:35 GMT -5
Facebook is pretty much the same as this forum and many other forums. The beauty of Facebook is that only people you designate can see your posts, unless it's on a public page. FB is pretty safe.
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Post by bmack14 on Nov 6, 2011 9:32:09 GMT -5
Thank you childfree23 and Marilyn, I do understand about the security and friends only but I guess it is a matter of personal preference with me, I am still friends with my childhood friends including my best friend from first grade. I have always been diligent about keeping in contact with people that matter to me. I sill write back and forth with my 7th grade penpal that the nuns at school matched us up with in 1975. Crazy huh? Anyone else from my past who isn't in my life now wasn't meant to be in my life is the way I see it. I guess I just march to a different drummer.  |
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 6, 2011 11:45:07 GMT -5
I think there is nothing better than receiving a nice, hand-written letter. I keep that type of correspondence going as long as I can....
I just think that many people spend much too much time on things like Facebook, depleting the amount of time they have for what I call REAL COMMUNICATION..... Face-to-face or over the telephone ,,,, especially nice, long conversations. Seems like half the younger people I run into don't even know how to reply to, "Nice day, isn't it?" SAD.
Social networking is ruining the ability to be social!
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Post by Ryan James on Nov 7, 2011 12:29:30 GMT -5
Agree with you 100% Jet!! When I talk with people they always give me this shocked look when I tell them I still send letters through the mail and hand write them to boot! ;D I love emails and phone calls, but nothing beats a handwritten letter that's for sure! shows that person ACTUALLY took the time to sit down and write out their feelings or thoughts on paper instead of tapping at the keyboard for a few minutes.  RYAN-J  |
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Post by childfree23 on Nov 7, 2011 15:47:28 GMT -5
I agree. It is better to handwrite a personal note than to type it out on a computer. But if you were to see the penmanship of some people today, you'd understand why most correspondence is typed out. However, I do not speak for myself in this respect, because I went to public school my whole life (kindergarten through 12th grade) and wound up with "parochial school handwriting." Hmmm ... maybe it's because I'm left-handed?
Debby
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Post by JeriJet on Nov 7, 2011 16:23:33 GMT -5
I think that, with penmanship, it has much to do with the teachers you have during those important years -- I guess it would be grades 4-6.... Sadly, I doubt if much attention is paid to penmanship nowadays. I can remember trying out many, many "styles" during those years -- slanting forward, straight up, even a back-slant?! Making the letters very round, or almost square, or tall and skinny !!
One thing has always stuck in my mind: a classmate (somewhat of a "rival") explained the difference between drawing the letters and writing them. That was the secret -- so that your writing flows easily and hence quickly. Once I understood that, my handwriting developed into the typical "Palmer-method" style, used in both public and parochial schools back then.
Probably nobody cares about these rantings of mine!! That's okay.....
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