Nicholas de Stacpoole
I’d grown bored of virus questions. I’d tired of fixing the catalogue database, and plugging and unplugging network cables. I wanted a change. I wanted a challenge. I wanted to talk to a random call centre customer.
So, I answered the next call. I listened intently to his query, and politely asked him his name. “Nicholas de Stacpoole”.
Now, my surname isn’t common. Far from it. We had a book commissioned that was devoted to finding all the Stacpoole names it could. And I feel sure Nicholas de Stacpoole wasn’t on it. 20 minutes later, we were still chatting - he was a bit-part actor, had recently been on television, and was moving to Chelsea. He has three sisters, Virginia, Auriol and someone else. Here’s his particulars.
What are the chances of randomly picking up the phone and ending up talking to a distant relative I’ve never met, from a family that is sparse at best? Well, I was chuffed. Especially when it was hot on the heels of an email from another unknown relative, with EXACTLY the same first name and surname. We must be the only two in the world…
It was probably the last I’ll hear of them, of course.
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ooooh, he’s got your nose….
Are you calling him a thief?
no, are you?
what are you talking about?
Please spell my name correctly!! AURIOL
p.s so i’m not the only one in my immediate family to surf the net digging up long lost cousins. Will discuss with my brother, Nickolas, when we meet up next.
Hi Michael, this is your ‘talented??’ songwriter ‘cousin!!’ from downunder. I answered the phone a couple of years ago with ‘hello Lyle here’ and there was silence. appears the lady who rang, maiden name the marvelous Stacpoole, has a brother, yes thats right LYLE, he is Lyle Allen from further north in Oz and I am Lyle Arnold. So talking of namesakes there are two Lyle A Stacpooles here in the SAME STATE of Queensland, hope no-ones chasing him!!!! ARGHHH!!!
PS. I got my Bachelor of Arts mate!!
cheers
Lyle A Stacpoole .. the one from Bribie Island
Queensland Australia http://www.stacpoolemusic.com
well i also have the last name Stacpoole and am forever telling people that there is no ‘k’ and there is an ‘e’ on the end. there is a small clan scattered through out mid NSW and ACT in OZ. we have the a very present recessive gene of red hair in our clan- is this common in the Stacpoole wider clan i wonder.
Hi T,
I now tell everyone that OUR spelling is the ORIGINAL … except that we dropped the ‘de’ about 400 years ago, well some of us did anyway. I make people feel, well try to, that they SHOULD KNOW THIS ALREADY, great fun. Some of the reactions you get are “Oh I am sorry I didn’t know” etc. No red hair in our side of the family, the Victorian mob. My Dad met a Stacpoole from Lithgow during the war so you might be related to them hey??? Also there is a Stacpoole plays bass in a Sydney band, any relation?? My son plays bass in a band as well, very musical aren’t we all!!! his site is http://www.soulcoremusic.ws
cheers Lyle S.(no ‘k’.. ‘e’ on the end .. LOL)