Finding Your Old Classmates
Posted on May 23, 2008
Filed Under Finding Friends |
Skinned knees. Underwear wedged so far up your ass you can taste it. Impromptu face rinses in the toilet bowl at lunch break. Rock fights at the creek after school. These are the nostalgic playthings of schoolyard bliss, no matter how damaging they may have seemed at the time. And although you probably wouldn’t ever want to get back in touch with your childhood bullies, what about those snot-nosed little kids you called friends? They were there with you, through thick and thin, getting picked last right alongside you. They deserve to be contacted. Together, you can rekindle all those old memories of ritualistic hazing that, in the end, have made you better, stronger adults.
But how are you to find these old friends? For most of you, it’s been over twenty years since you’ve seen them. You’re lucky if you even remember their names. To find them, however, you will need to know some names. So if the memory’s shot in your old age, pull out the yearbooks. Scan the pictures until you find the people you’re thinking of. If you’re truly meant to reconnect with these guys, you’ll remember their faces. Trust me. If you haven’t got any yearbooks, you could always call up any friends with whom you do keep in touch and try to pick their brains. The point is this: wrack your brain, or someone else’s, and get those names! Once you have the names, the rest will fall into place with the help of a couple easy-to-use online tools.
With only a last name, you can use a people search engine to pull up public records and obtain addresses and phone numbers. Some promise free service, but what you end up with is inconsistent and inaccurate results. You’re better off using what the professionals use — try PrivateEye. Just like the name says, you’ll be accessing the very same info used by private investigators. Registration is quick and painless, and you’ll be reconnecting with old classmates in no time. Another top choice is Public Records Now. More popular with the regular citizenry, Public Records Now gives you access to governmental public records. Everyone can get access to them; Public Records Now is simply the best choice, with the easiest interface and a wide selection of records ready for access.
People search engines allow users to access public records and obtain phone numbers and addresses, but not all are created equal. Private Eye and Public Records Now will satisfy the needs of both the professional and the casual user, while offering the chance to reconnect people with their old classmates. And when you do finally meet up with old Billy Stewart from grade six for a drink, don’t worry about running into Butch Davis, that big bully with the crew-cut who used to rough you guys up after school. You see, bullies have this unfortunate habit of eventually running into even bigger, meaner bullies who teach them a bit of humility. Besides, he’ll probably be busing your tables. Toss him a couple coins as you and Billy chat about stock options, loving wives, and doting children. Laugh it up and move onto the rest of your life with your new pal, and let Butch clean up after you. After all, happiness is the best revenge.
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