Just checking my emails from the past 3 weeks....

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   ryankettposted 13 years ago

   And I had an invitation to appear on a national, yes NATIONAL... BBC Radio show to discuss my hatred for Facebook.
   
   Absolutely gutted I missed it! Just typical that I have my first holiday in two and a half years and then miss out on that!
   
   It was all to do with my article about hating Facebook. Oh well!

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      IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Radio 4?

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         ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Not going to disclose the station, but they are all huge. It would have been 4th February.... that's the first time anything big has happened to me through Hubpages for a while now, damn!

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   IzzyMposted 13 years ago

   As my granny used to say "what's for you doesn't go by you". This time it was just not meant for you. You were in another country at the time for a reason, and your chance will come again, if it is meant to be. If not, well don't worry about it.
   
   Having said that, bad luck!

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I crave fortune rather than fame anyway There was no mention of payment, although no doubt the BBC would be overly generous with their expenses
      
      That said, I do have a face for the radio!

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      KCC Big Countryposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I like your granny's saying.  I've never quite heard it put that way, but I'm going to adopt it now.  It's catchy. 

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   Pcunixposted 13 years ago

   Well, do write to them to apologize so that they may think to invite you again another time.

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yep I did do that

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         Rafiniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         (bummer for missing it!)
         
         Good thing you contacted them when you found out - Hope they try again for you!

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      KCC Big Countryposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I agree.  I read that you already did that too.   Who knows, they may do a follow up and you'll be included in that one?!

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   But what a way to impress your in-laws!

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      So true! Although my popularity was up 22% that week anyway, seeing as my fiance/wife accompanied me courtesy of my own cash!

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   So what's her name?

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Claire, her new surname can easily be guessed We met at uni, 5 and a half years ago; started dating 4 years ago, got engaged 3 years ago.

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         IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         You're not one to rush things, are you?

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            ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Certainly not, better a long engagement than a short marriage

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         darksideposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Got your first pug 1 year ago.
         
         I need to know what you did together 2 years ago. Or did one of you decide to slow things down because everything was happening too fast?

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            ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            We were skint, living together in a tiny flat near to the University!

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   What does Claire do for a profession - I can drag this out of you one little tidbit at a time or you could just share!

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      She recently completed an MA in Management, want to get into a business development role, until that happens she is working in a shoe shop as a supervisor; not her dream position, but at least I don't have to sub her whilst she is working full time hours.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   What does "sub her" mean?
   
   Do you think she'll write a hub or two? It's so hard to get established these days. But it sounds like the two of you have really practical educational degrees, which should help a lot.

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      To be honest I think she is trying to make best use of her spare time to seek out employment opportunities, she is very specific about what she wants to do so it can be difficult finding the right opportunities - she wouldn't have enough time to dedicate to Hubpages to make it worthwhile. I own this flat outright so she doesn't have any rent to pay, just bills, so her job is suiting her fine just now... no major rush.
      
      "sub" is what us Brits sometimes say instead of "subsidise", when she was working part time I was paying a lot more than half of the bills... which I was happy to do for a period of course, but these are said to be my prime saving years, particularly if I ever had kids, so I am grateful that I can now stash that extra cash away

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   Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years ago

   Ryan,
   
   Repeat after me,
   
   1. I will check my emails on a daily basis...

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I was still in America at the time of the proposed show anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered; it wasn't flexible, as it landed on Facebook's 7th birthday.... but, maybe they will decide to celebrate its 8th birthday too

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         Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Well.
         
         Thats one item of info I didn't know myself, that Facebook has been around for 7 years.

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            ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            The researcher will probably get sacked by the time the 8th birthday arises, for inviting Mark Knowles on the show as an expert at in the area of Athiesm next time Jesus' birthday comes around again and subsequently fielding thousands of calls from pyschopathic religious extremists

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               Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               lmao,
               
               That is also within the realms of possibility Ryan.

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            IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I kinda knew that because of the movie....what's it called? The Social network or something like that. I was quite shocked to realise that some college kid could become a millionaire just for being a geek.

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               ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Lol, he was more than just a geeky college kid; he is effectively a hard working genius. And he is much more than a mere millionaire, he is the 35th richest person in the US (already richer than Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs).

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                  IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Well I hope he finally shared it with his college pal who put the money up to get his venture off the ground!

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               Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               You have just provided me with an idea for a Hub Izzy,
               
               Thankyou

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                  IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  you're very welcome
                  May it be highly successful and earn you a fortune

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