Re: Article~ Numan … My family values

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I used to date one of the keyboard players, in the early 1990's. My keyboard man was very sociable - he talked about the fact that he and other bandmembers did all the interviews for - being nervous around people and very 'tecchy' minded, more keen on his synthesisers than the people who played them for him, and he was shy around the fans who bought the music. Hence, I guess, 'are friends electric'? This was before my Road to Damascas days and I didnt know anything of AS. I remember thinking how odd that was so aloof and yet he put himself under the spotlight. It must have been strange for him, as he wasnt diagnosed for years after that. On another note: my keyboard man was a cad

and a bounder. This was in the early days of email, if you had 30 people in your contacts list, that was quite a feat, as few people outside of academia or business had private emails then . Keyboard Man, being technically minded, set me up with a PC the size of a small outbuilding, and an email facility so we could keep in touch. And he would send me emails about when and where we could meet up for dates, etc. I was in my early 40's then, and still a bit of a punk, but having worked in the music industry, knew the vagaries of the musical personages I was around... so luckily my heart didnt easily dent. Because.... One day Keyboard man REPLIED to an email of mine, which was sent in response to one from him detailing arrangements for a date, whereby I

had concurred that I was not able to see him on the forthcoming Wednesday night after all. This reply from him was odd; it appeared that it duplicated the same sentiment as was in the first email to me, detailing arrangements of a potential date on Wednesday night, but was it was clearly not intended as a REPLY to me. This one had the salutation 'Dear ' and I discovered that it was intended to have been FORWARDED to that dear lady with my name and reply taken off, with her address in TO in its stead. Apparently this was his modus operanda: to FORWARD all his requests for dates to a range of ladies until he struck oil. Whilst dating me. was a close friend of mine. I shall leave you to make your own

ending to the story. Judy B, not too old to boogie, just too knackered To: "aspires-relationships " <aspires-relationships > Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2012, 5:12 Subject: Article~ Numan

… My family values Numan … My family valuesThe musician talks about his family, IVF and living with Asperger's syndromehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/may/05/gary-numan-family-values-aspergers?newsfeed=true------------------------------------ "We each have our own way of living in the world, together we are like a symphony.Some are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony It all blends together, we are like a symphony, and each part is crucial.We all contribute to the song of life." ...Sondra We might not always agree; but TOGETHER we will make a difference. ASPIRES is a

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