A Little Something About Nothing Inparticular

I was happily surprise the other day to see I had "1 new message" on my opera page. My first thought is who would want to message me, I'm so new here. Maybe it is one of those "Welcome to MyOpera" type messages. But, no, it was from another new member here at MyOpera who simply said, hi scootercat and the subject of the message was Cats. Well this intrigued me as I am an avid cat lover, so I wrote back.

I had to ask, why use a subject about cats and then not say anything about cats in the message? I then proceeded to tell my new friend about my cats. The response was interesting. My new friend said "cats are nice pets, and if I say dogs, how will you respond". I start wondering what kind of joker do I have texting me here.

So... I respond and tell my new friendabout my dog. I figure it is all harmless so what the heck. You see my new friend lives in South Africa. I like the idea of conversing with someone in another country. I want to share ideas and cultures, so I'm going to keep going.

We went from talking about pets to what is it like in our countries. I'm really looking forward to getting to know my new friend better and meeting more new friends from around the world.