[Boatanchors] Facebook

[The Pollacks]

Well said, Warren.  I'm a confirmed boat anchor guy, with lots of "state of
the ark" equipment in use daily.  I often turn off the AM nets and gathering
spots just because so many of us are so "cranky."  Let's all make a new
year's resolution to be more nurturing and friendly toward younger hams, if
for no other reason than to preserve the history and value of our precious
antiques.
Facebook, etc?  Who cares, use it or not.

Ron K2RP 

-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Warren Elly
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:03 PM
To: Todd, KA1KAQ
Cc: Boat Anchors List; Larry WA9VRH
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Facebook

Not to worry Todd with the old buzzard attitude we won't have to worry about
anyone wanting to continue our favorite aspect of the hobby
The next generation won't be hearing about it 
They don't even read  newspapers no less read qst
It's the closed minds and anger among the old doggies  that narrows ones
humanity and shortens lives 
So be it. We will, despite them, continue to work to be relevant in a modern
world and work to preserve the electric radios they chose to squander for
themselves
Heck, these are the same guys who fought computing and swore they'd never
own one 
73
Warren w1gud





On Dec 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Alex Whitaker <ehscott at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> 
>> Does that make it a bad tool for those who use it
>> judiciously?...no.
> 
> There's nothing bad in any of it, it's all in how or why you use it.
> I've found that simply reading one's Facebook comments tells volumes
> about the person.
> 
>> FB kind of is what you make it for yourself.  It can be
>> a tremendous time sink and an aggressive and shameless self
promoter.....or
>> it can be another useful way to communicate.
> 
> Precisely. You get to choose how to spend your time communicating: via
> the WWW or via the airwaves. I've been a member of Facebook since
> 2007. It's a very handy tool for finding old friends (social
> networking). Beyond that, it offers me nothing that I didn't already
> have (including ways to burn time). I have a throw-away email account
> associated with it and have never had any issues of privacy through
> using it. It works as designed, and as you say - it's whatcha make it.
> (o:
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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