So I go off list for a while myself (my Swedish wife was here for all of July) and all kinds of interesting things happen while I'm away (glad to see you back Chuck!). The wife now has her green card after 18 months of trying (it really is green BTW) and with luck she'll be moving over in the Spring. Because of my long-distance relationships (a daughter in Calif. too) Facebook is the ideal way for me to keep in touch. I also think it would be a vast improvement over email for this list. The fact that you can upload photos directly from a smart phone is one good reason. I like getting the SLAS updates too, despite the fact that I haven't had time to take advantage of any so far (at least it's nice to be reminded). If you only have two friends on FB, the time you spend there is obviously going to be pretty minimal! (I have over 200, so I do sort thru a lot of stuff). But as was stated earlier, you spend as little or as much as you like (and FB posts can in turn trigger e-mail alerts if you prefer). It's been really fun to reconnect with folks I haven't seen or heard from in over 30 years. It's also been a good way to get better acquainted with guys like Joe Bauman as well, since I don't get to hang out with him in person very often, and am able to see some of his other photographic and personal interests that I did not know about! Anyway, apparently I'm the exception here -- but I love it. My $.02, FWIW./R --- On Wed, 8/3/11, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Utah Astronomy Group on Facebook (Chuck Hards) To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 6:44 AM On 8/2/11, Ann Blanchard <a.blanchard@ugs.utah.edu> wrote:
I'm with you and Chuck too. I asked a woman at work why she was (in this case texting) texting a friend to meet somewhere after work instead of calling and she replied, "Well if I call her, I'll have to hear her tone of voice, and if she sounds down or something, I'll have to ask why." I asked her wasn't that the point of being friend and she looked at me as though I were well and truly an idiot and said "no." Then again, that might be from our 25 year age difference.
Ann, I've noticed this with my own daughter. I think kids today (and many adults) don't know the meaning of the word "friend". They use it instead of the more appropriate term "acquaintance". With Facebook, most of the "friends" aren't even acquaintences. The meaning of the word "friend" has been considerably diluted. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php