Yes. I was on a Harley Davidson forum many years ago and there were members from around the world. Somehow, a few of us just clicked One was from Sarasota, Florida, one from San Diego, one from Detroit, one in the Air Force stationed in Germany, and me here in SC. A new moderator came in and immediately took a dislike to us and ended up banning us all.
We stayed in touch through My Space and emails. The guy in Germany emailed me and asked how far I was from Charleston and I told him less than 2 hours. He said he would be coming over to Charleston for 3 days and wanted to know if we could meet up. I figured if he could come from Germany I could come from Conway. I went down to meet him and it was like we had known each other forever. He ended up his career in the Air Force, retired, and moved to N Dakota. We still stay in touch.
The guy from Detroit moved to Jacksonville, FL. He and the guy from Sarasota and I met at St Marys, GA for a weekend. The guy from Jacksonville had a bad stroke and I went to visit him shortly after. We still stay in contact.
The guy from Sarasota has become my best friend. He has moved around some and is now in Fulshear, TX. He and I will meet up somewhere for a few days a couple of times a year and hang out. We've done this for 10 years now. I went to visit him in Texas back in June and hope to go back sometime this spring. I consider him a brother and I do not use that term for anyone else besides my two siblings.
The guy from San Diego has moved to Warsaw, MO and runs a restaurant and bar and doing well. We've never met face to face yet but we still stay in touch.
Getting banned from that forum has been a wonderful experience for me. I have made some great friends that I would never have known otherwise.