[Boatanchors] All Good Things

[Brian Hemmis]

I’m nearly 68, been on FB since they opened it up to non-students several years ago. My experiences have been nothing but positive. Got reacquainted with several old friends and made a lot of new ones. There are so many interest groups there you won’t believe it. Just search about anything you can imagine and there’s probably a group there. I even set up and moderate a page for our DX club- NODXA. I think for many of you it’s the fear of the unknown. If you don’t want to use your full name you can alter it a bit. My daughter just uses her first and middle name-no last name. She posts occasional family photos and doesn’t want her full ID there. You can also add your call letters on the opening page. Ignore FB, hate it, whatever- it’s your loss…
73, Brian K3USC (since 1962)
> On Dec 15, 2015, at 1:00 AM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
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> I too hate facebook. But let me point out that if our hobbies such as BA gear, milsurplus gear, teletypes, etc are to ever stretch to the next generation, you may not want to bury it deep in the bowels of "older" technology, which we all agree works fine for all us old geezers.
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> Should the group seek a volunteer to set up a Facebook account that would point interested folks toward our reflectors? Or is there a way to add us as a resource at existing FB accounts (if there are any)?
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>>> I think there is something here of value to the younger generations. I may be wrong.
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> I volunteer at a WWI aviation museum. Recently made acquaintance with a young man (high school age) who was restoring a command car's RX & TX to operation and display appearance. I later found out he's restoring some even older radio sets! So, yeah, maybe there're some young folks out there who'd be interested in our hobbies.
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> Wayne
> WB4OGM
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