Thread: FB

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:38:48 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
> "Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:k4io5h$22k$[email protected]..
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> > "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
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> >> why is it so popular...
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> >
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> > I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>
> > whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find it
>
> > fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
>
> > every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
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>
>
> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance! Every
>
> time someone farted I received a notification.
>
> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly e-mail
>
> from them!
>
> You are wise to avoid it!
>
It's a simple setting change to never hear from them again. Obviously you didn't even delete your account properly http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-D...cebook-Account

jmcquown wrote:
> "Ophelia" wrote in message news:k4m8v5$ljc$[email protected]..
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> "John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:35 -0400, S Viemeister
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> On 10/4/2012 10:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> "graham" <[email protected]> wrote
>>>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>>>> Every time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>>>> e-mail from them!
>>>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>>>
>>>> As did I! A friend asked me to join, which I did. I lasted about one
>>>> week and said 'no more!'
>>>>
>>>> I didn't actually turn anything off, I got requests for a while and
>>>> then
>>>> it just stopped. This was a few years ago so maybe that it the
>>>> reason.
>>>> My children and grandchildren still try to persuade me to go back
>>>> on. No
>>>> chance!
>>>
>>> I turned off notifications - they didn't make it easy, but I eventually
>>> figured it out. Now, I look at FB when I want to, and am not
>>> bothered by
>>> constant emails.
>>
>> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
>> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
>> about every little thing!".
>
> lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)
After my father died - and we didn't post to RFC while we waited for his
body to be removed - we did easily remove his Facebook account. No
further notifications - simple stuff.

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:38:48 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
>> "Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:k4io5h$22k$[email protected]..
>>
>> > "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> > news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>>
>> >> why is it so popular...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>>
>> > whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find
>> > it
>>
>> > fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
>>
>> > every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>>
>>
>>
>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>> Every
>>
>> time someone farted I received a notification.
>>
>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>> e-mail
>>
>> from them!
>>
>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>
> It's a simple setting change to never hear from them again. Obviously you
> didn't even delete your account properly
> http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-D...cebook-Account
>
You will notice upthread that this was precisely the website I recommended
to Ophelia after I used it!

On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 06:52:13 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>>"Ophelia" wrote in message news:k4m8v5$ljc$[email protected]..



>>"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] ..

>>> That's all there is to it. I'm sure older people hated the phone in
>>> the beginning too. Croaky voice, bony finger in the air: "They call me
>>> about every little thing!".

>>lol well I might not like FB but I love Skype and my phone)

>******************
>As an "older" person, I'll bet "John John" doesn't remember a world without
>cell phones. LOL Used to be you had an operator to connect your phone
>calls. She was probably listening in on the call if you lived in a small
>town or village (yes, they called them villages in Ohio, US). The house
>had only one telephone and no one was allowed to use it for more than 10
>minutes at a time. Oh, and it was a phone with a cord... attached to socket
>in the wall. Imagine that, "John John". <G>

I'm an older person too. I have a vague recollection of smoke signals.

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"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 06:52:13 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>

>>As an "older" person, I'll bet "John John" doesn't remember a world
>>without
>>cell phones. LOL Used to be you had an operator to connect your phone
>>calls. She was probably listening in on the call if you lived in a small
>>town or village (yes, they called them villages in Ohio, US). The house
>>had only one telephone and no one was allowed to use it for more than 10
>>minutes at a time. Oh, and it was a phone with a cord... attached to
>>socket
>>in the wall. Imagine that, "John John". <G>
>
> I'm an older person too. I have a vague recollection of smoke signals.
>
> --
> John


I remember being able to discreetly pick up the phone and listen in on other
people's conversations... Can't do that with a celly.

"graham" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:38:48 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
>>> "Farm1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:k4io5h$22k$[email protected]..
>>>
>>> > "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>
>>> > news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>>>
>>> >> why is it so popular...
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it
>>>
>>> > whatsoever but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find
>>> > it
>>>
>>> > fascinating but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about
>>>
>>> > every burp of thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I joined at the behest of friends in the UK. What a bloody nuisance!
>>> Every
>>>
>>> time someone farted I received a notification.
>>>
>>> So, I quit the bloody thing but inspite of this, I still get a weekly
>>> e-mail
>>>
>>> from them!
>>>
>>> You are wise to avoid it!
>>>
>> It's a simple setting change to never hear from them again. Obviously
>> you didn't even delete your account properly
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-D...cebook-Account
>>
> You will notice upthread that this was precisely the website I recommended
> to Ophelia after I used it!

You did indeed!

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Farm1 wrote:
> "Somebody 1.0" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:k4htbg$r72$[email protected]..
>> why is it so popular...
>
> I've never been able to figure out why. Can't see any use for it whatsoever
> but I know I'm not alone in that. Yound peeps seem to find it fascinating
> but I'm not young any more and nor do I need to know about every burp of
> thought that seems to end up being put on FB.
>
>
Well, I sure have not been inclined to join FB, and twitter also
is unappealing. FB MIGHT be a tad more appealing if I didn't
value my privacy, but I do. If that makes me an old fogy, so be
it. I am happy to say that my daughter also thinks about privacy
issues. In fact she recently won a large amount of money, and the
folks wanted to take her pic with one of those huge checks. She
is negotiating with them about doing it in her anime costume, with
a mask.

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"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well, I sure have not been inclined to join FB, and twitter also is
> unappealing. FB MIGHT be a tad more appealing if I didn't value my
> privacy, but I do. If that makes me an old fogy, so be it. I am happy to
> say that my daughter also thinks about privacy issues. In fact she
> recently won a large amount of money, and the


I got a fortune cookie recently that said "you will inherit a large sum of
money"
Unfortunately, it didn't say when.

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
my daughter also thinks about privacy
> issues. In fact she recently won a large amount of money, and the folks
> wanted to take her pic with one of those huge checks. She is negotiating
> with them about doing it in her anime costume, with a mask.

Smart girl! Takes after her mother :-))

Farm1 wrote:
> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> my daughter also thinks about privacy
>> issues. In fact she recently won a large amount of money, and the folks
>> wanted to take her pic with one of those huge checks. She is negotiating
>> with them about doing it in her anime costume, with a mask.
>
> Smart girl! Takes after her mother :-))
>
>
She is herself, but there are elements of me... and of her father.

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