Thursday, June 21, 2018

The Power of Social Media

I read Facebook daily.  I see lost pets, missing teens and seniors and many other interesting posts.  I check the lost posts to make sure they are current.  Many people re post lost people and the posts are over a year old!  If they are current and local, I usually share. Today I was reading Twitter when I saw an interesting post of a camera found in Victoria.  I have a lot of "cruise friends" on Facebook and thought maybe someone on a cruise may have lost their camera.  The post on Twitter was from the City of Victoria Police Department and I forwarded the post to my Facebook page.  A camera was found and turned in.  Because of digital technology they downloaded a nice picture of a young couple.
My friend Jean knows their mom.  She's contacted her and the camera will be returned to the nice couple.  How great is social media!  Now if all the lost pets can be relocated to their owners.

Starting to plan next year's vacation

With the Canadian Dollar/US Dollar exchange rate at 1.40 before the credit card surcharge, we've decided to stay in Canada next year.  W...