OT: (#(*@#*^@% Facebook Rant

I'll join you, Mary. Once or twice a day I get a message from Facebook that I've been invited to join. I can't begin to tell you the number of things I've been invited to join including credit cards to lower my interest rate, foreign rulers who want me to exchange their money and car dealers who threaten that my warranty is about to expire. I do not blog, twitter, text and very rarely bling. The world will just have to adjust. Polly

"Tia Mary" Rant time again. So, at least half the known world is signed up with

Well, I bling enough for about half the population of the Deep South. You don't have to worry about not blinging enough -- I got you covered on that one -- LOL! ciaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:26:22 -0400, Tia Mary wrote (in article ):

I don't know if this will help but I had/have the same problem. They never except my password. I found that I did not receive a reply when requesting to change my password that first time because I used the wrong email address. Since then, every time I want to go on FaceBook they don't except my password so I request a new one then just copy and paste the same old password into the box and everything is fine until the next time I want to sign in

The Key in my case was the email address..

Those youngsters that are giggling know what a blessing they have in you.

Lee

rarebirdyatverizondotnet

Park Ridge, NJ

The problem could be that replies from FB might be stacking up in your spam filter. Some spam filters just look at how many emails a sender sends in a day and automatically weeds out those that exceed a certain number. Check your email spam filter. I had problems with the same thing. It will be straightened out eventually and you'll be hooked on FB like everybody else. LOL

sunny

Nope -- I check my spam filter every time I check my e-mail. I one e-mail I did get from FB came to me directly -- didn't go into my spam filter. Also, when I go to the FB home page, they show my e-mail addy correctly. I'll just keep trying and keep sending the problem report thingies! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

Well, I just don't "get" Facebook. And I don't "get" most of the Twittering. Why do I need to know that someone's about to water her plants? I get blogs, though I don't follow any, and so many seem pretty narcissistic. Maybe I'm cranky because I can't imagine having the time to do all that

I *am looking forward to getting an iPhone when my current contract ends next month...

Nonetheless, I hope you get it worked out, Tia Maria. Password problems are just the pits.

--Heidi

OMG, Tia MARY!!! I apologize!

--Heidi

Maybe I'm cranky too, Heidi, but I need to know more about available phones. I have a few family members and friends who really *need* to visit on the phone for 30 or 40 minutes. One went back to work after surgery and wanted to tell me what was on her desk when she got back, one wanted to know how to clean the hood over her stove and another wanted to be talked out of strangling her DH. They just need to vent but I need to continue with my life. I wonder if there's some sort of comfortable head/ear/something set that I can just hook on and quilt? Polly

"heidi wrote> Well, I just don't "get" Facebook. And I don't "get" most of the

Just the plain old house phone, Taria. I need something that I can hook on my ear and mouth and keep loading the dishwasher or pinning the quilt. All I have to do after that is say 'really ?' or 'not really ?' now and then and the callers will be happy and I can not get antsy about the clock ticking. I know they need an ear but I can't do much of anything with a phone in my hand. You say > We purchased a hands free set for my dad's cordless home phone. > Is that a tricky techy challenge or reasonably simple? Polly

Pfft. Don't feel alone. I don't get it either. I do have a Facebook page, but don't quite understand all that is expected of me. I don't even know what Twittering is, yet, but it's on my agenda tofigure out. I've found most blogs *are* somewhat narcisstic. The ones I've read seem either like an exercise in creative writing (and that's fine, if that's your bag and you have time)....but others seem like little more than private diaries, only set for global perusal. Some of these bloggers, methinks, should go back to junior high days, when our most private innermost thoughts were penning in little locked diaries, the keys to which we wore on grubby strings around our necks.

Sherry

I like facebook for the casual kind of contact I don't have with a variety of people -- some relatives that I don't see often, some old friends, a few people from church, all people that I wouldn't be in touch with by regular e-mail, but with whom I like a little contact. I've learned to block the notes from the teenage great niece, but most of my contacts are older adults. One thing I do like is when people share what they're reading. I don't like all the 'so-and-so took the "what ____ are you?" quiz -- wish I could figure out how to generically block all those notes.

Julia > Well, I just don't "get" Facebook. And I don't "get" most of the

Have you looked to see if your phone has a "speakerphone" capability? Then you can put the phone down and keep doing your "stuff" without even having something in your ear.

DH has to have a headset on his phone, since he types his phone interview notes as he interviews. His headset is connected to the landline phone, so is not real mobile because of cords and such. If you have a portable handset you should be able to find a headset to go with it, carry the handset in a "holster" or pocket and you're ready to go. (I don't use his phone because I hate any kind of earphones/headsets. And the handset on the phone isn't even connected. All it does is control the active/inactive buttons. )

As far as Facebook and Twitter and blogs and such..... I haven't yet joined in the trend. But I do know that it is recommended for those who want to do teaching/designing and so on professionally. And, yes, they do tend to be a bit self centered... that is part of their purpose. Something that many of us have problems with..... promoting ourselves. Blogs are journals, but on line. Yes I think some people are a bit too open about some things on their blogs, but it also depends on why the person is blogging. There are blogs that are about illness/pain/etc. and there are more general blogs. But one reason given to "professionals" for blogging, is to allow potential clients/customers to see a bit of the more personal side of someone. Their website is supposed to be the professional,strictly business side, the blog allows a bit more insight into the person behind the business. I keep thinking that I should set up a blog, but again, the time factor is there. Perhaps in the next couple of months, or not.

Twitter, FB and some others are described as "social networking" sites. I look at them sort of as on line "happy hours" with the beverage of your choice. (For the kids they are like the "mixers' we used to have, but everyday instead of once in a while.) a way to make/ keep contact with others. I have a feeling that they are a case of you get out of them in proportion to what you put into them. And I do good to keep up here.

Have fun, Pati, in Phx