I'm looking for a penpal around my age.I'm 12 and I'm a homeschooler Ilive in biddeford maine but i'm moving to parsonsfield eventually.I am getting into rabbits,Holland lops I'm getting my rabbits on the 20th I have an older brother and a younger sister.I am looking for a penpal because I just moved here and I don't have any friends yet,I don't care if my penpa is a boy or a girl.If interested E-mail me your address and I will e-mail you mine.Thank you.

Stephanie

-- Stephanie (aubrey56@maine.rr.com), October 09, 2001

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Response to I'm looking for a penpal

Not to scare you, sweetheart, but please be very careful to whom you write. You never know who you are actually corresponding with. The person could claim to be a twelve year old boy or girl, and actually be a thirty year old man. Maybe you could get your parents to give you some advice on this. I know parents are not necessarily whom you might want to ask about this, but that's what they are there for!

Good luck, Stephanie

JOJ, a 56 year old man.

-- jumpoff joe (jumpoff@ecoweb.net), October 09, 2001.

Response to I'm looking for a penpal

Hi, Stephanie! My 11-year-old daughter, Jessica, will be emailing you soon. She's looking forward to getting to know you. We homeschool also. Hope you two have fun.

-- Cheryl in KS (cherylmccoy@rocketmail.com), October 09, 2001.

Hi Stephanie! Is 9 yrs old too young? I homeschool my daughter, live in Maine, and will be getting rabbits soon too!

-- Epona (crystalepona2000@yahoo.com), October 10, 2001.

Dear Stephanie, I have a 10 year old homeschooled daughter who would like to write to you if you are still looking. We live in Washington State, but have always wanted to move to Maine. She also has a Holland Lop rabbit and has attended rabbit show

-- Toni Rakestraw (dabblmom@aol.com), October 10, 2001.

Hello Stephanie. I also am an old man only 47 but I wanted to tell you I like your choice of rabbits . My wife and I raise several breeds of rabbits and the Holland Lop is at the top of our list. We have pretty good stock and more my wife than me do alot of showing. Showing may be something that would intrest you. If so e-mail my wife Judi and she would be glad to tell you how to get started. You will soon have freinds in your new area. God bless

-- Don Amon (peacelane@certainty.net), October 10, 2001.

I hate - or at least have a distinct aversion to - Don Amon. I also hated Andrews and Andersons and particularly Aarons when I was young - they usurped my rightful first place in alphabetical order.

Stephanie, as a canterankous old git in training (well really I achieved canterankous in childhood - I'm now working on obstreporous), let me agree with JumpoffJoe. From what I've seen, your parents seem sensible - please be advised by them. The percentage of weirdos and whackos and plain straight-out nutters seems to be lower on this forum than elsewhere, but I'm afraid that on the Internet you are exposed/exposing yourself to the entire world (approximately 6,000,000,000 at last count; of whom up to half have access to the Internet), and there is some chance that some of the people who answer you may be just plain straight-out mentally ill - please run all correspondence past your parents before you actually send it. The young daughter of one of my former school-mates was badly hurt by one of these mentally sick men. Please be very careful.

Best wishes to you and your family.

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), October 10, 2001.

P.S. Not as terribly old as JumpOffJoe, but not as young as the abominable Don Amon (in fact, 52 and closing on 53).

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), October 10, 2001.