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« Reply #5460 on: 16:14:55, 10-11-2008 » |
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Then again, it may be best to step away from facebook - I only joined recently and it takes up MUCH too much of my time. Almost as much as this site!
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« Reply #5461 on: 16:18:19, 10-11-2008 » |
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I've never been wildly attracted by Facebook, even though some friends have been very enthusiastic about it, but ... there is someone that I trained with yonks ago that I lost touch with and I've really regretted it. Today I found them on Friends Reunited and have now sent a message. Don't know why I didn't think of it before  Whether she replies or not is another thing altogether ... Registering your details and searching isn't complicated. Even I could work it work  |
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« Reply #5462 on: 16:20:11, 10-11-2008 » |
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What I find a bit sinister is that you can deactivate a Facebook account but not delete it...
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« Reply #5463 on: 16:41:40, 10-11-2008 » |
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I've got s facebook account but rarely use it - lots of people send me requests etc. but I rarely take part in quizzes etc. I've got in touch with a few people through it though and it's useful for renewing old acquaintances (if they want to, that is).
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« Reply #5464 on: 16:54:28, 10-11-2008 » |
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I am on Facebook too, so add me if you like as well.
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« Reply #5465 on: 18:49:22, 10-11-2008 » |
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What I find a bit sinister is that you can deactivate a Facebook account but not delete it...
You can, but it's not easy. There's a group somewhere which gives you instructions on how to do it. If you're interested, I'll have a look. |
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« Reply #5466 on: 22:11:07, 10-11-2008 » |
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"Class year" in American-speak refers to the year you graduated (or would have expected to graduate). For example, I started school thinking I would have been graduating in 1987 but skipped forward a year, so I was in the class of 1986. Then I took a year off before university (which is 4 years for a typical undergraduate degree in the US), so rather than joining the class of 1990 I joined the class of 1991. I had a friend who started off with me in the class of 1991, but took a year off in the middle of her degree and ended up graduating with the class of 1992. Alles klar?
Thanks. I wonder why that isn't explained somewhere on the site though. Never mind. I think I'll have another look now. Is it not? I've never tried to put my school on or to search for anyone through it. I put my university on and it took a bit of searching to find the bit that explained whether the year I gave should be the year I matriculated or the year I graduated, but I did find that info in the end. I notice that quite a few people get it wrong, though, and quite a few of my contemporaries say "98" when they mean "01". I'm pretty sure you can delete yourself as well as simply deactivating yourself. |
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« Reply #5467 on: 07:45:38, 11-11-2008 » |
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Facebook has yet to give me a reason to not be paranoid.
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« Reply #5468 on: 07:48:08, 11-11-2008 » |
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Oh well. I'm on Facebook now so I'll just have to hope for the best.  |
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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« Reply #5469 on: 08:16:53, 11-11-2008 » |
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What I find a bit sinister is that you can deactivate a Facebook account but not delete it...
You can, but it's not easy. There's a group somewhere which gives you instructions on how to do it. If you're interested, I'll have a look. There's a group called 'How to permanently delete your Facebook account' which gives the following instructions: - - - - HOW TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT DELETION - - - - Go to this page: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_accountClick "Submit". Your account will be permanently deleted within a few days. This method is official and should be complete, i.e. no need to delete individual photos, comments, messages or items from your profile or anywhere else on Facebook! Never tried it myself (obviously) but the comments on the group seem to indicate that it works. |
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« Reply #5470 on: 09:08:11, 11-11-2008 » |
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I'm not on Facebook. I don't quite get the point - am I missing something? I'm in touch with the people I want to be in touch with.
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« Reply #5471 on: 09:12:18, 11-11-2008 » |
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I'm not on Facebook. I don't quite get the point - am I missing something? I'm in touch with the people I want to be in touch with.
I don't think you're missing much, but now I'm on, it is quite fun. I was pestered to join by a friend who had posted all the latest choir event photos on his page and wanted me to see them on there for some reason rather than just send them all to me by email. Anyway having had a mooch round the site, it looks ok. Some people have literally hundreds of friends!  One advantage is that you can look at all their friends and it lets you know if you have any mutual ones so you can add them on to yours as well. It is a site for the very young mainly I think, but there are a few of us older ones scattered about. |
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« Reply #5472 on: 19:12:00, 11-11-2008 » |
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We had no canned music.
The music at my son's wedding was not canned, DB. It was all played by students of the Royal Academy of Music, and very good they were. This thread moves on with so many interesting things, but I must say I am embarrassed at dismissing pre-recorded (canned) music at celebrations, and then realising that many of you have chosen just that. I have to say that my limited experience of recordings in these circumstances, they have always sounded tinny. That is a matter of the quality of the sound system, I expect and I hope registry offices have decent equipment. In any case, for a wedding or similar, the important thing is not how the ceremony goes, but how it the relationship goes afterwards... (There is a reason for getting a funeral right, and helping the process of mourning, but a funeral is usually at short notice when nobody involved can give the matter detached thought.) |
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« Reply #5473 on: 07:29:58, 15-11-2008 » |
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All rather quiet on this thread of late, I see. Still nevermind. Myself and brighton & Hove City Brass have our recording sessions this weekend for our cd!!
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« Reply #5474 on: 10:30:55, 15-11-2008 » |
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I was idly looking at holiday ideas on the internet yesterday in a brief lacuna between returning from a post-work pint, and starting work on the piano piece.
Thinking about Venice. Can anyone advise what Venice is like in late January? I have our inter-trimester week then so it would be a nice break.
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