My wife told me to look at FB and to click on Market Place.  I did and found another Craig's list type selling place. It automatically showed things for sale in my area. In some ways it is better than Craigs. I live in a very populated area and it has a big following. Check it out if you can, I found some wood close by. However, someone beat me to it

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Do you have to be registered on FB to use it? (Thanks, BTW)

can you use it w/o registering or letting FB get it's hooks into you???

16 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

can you use it w/o registering or letting FB get it's hooks into you???

 

I don't think you can. 

Phyl claims Facebook is the spawn of the devil. It's not allowed on our devices. 

We had it at one time. Then we were used by a scammer in an attempt to get $$ from one of Phyl's old school buddies. That was the end of Facebook for us.

We haven't noticed a diminished quality of life.

I was able to browse it but would bet one would have to register to use it.

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/103110623061884/hobbies

 

 

15 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Phyl claims Facebook is the spawn of the devil.

 

it's a handy place to sell your slaves or recruit for any agenda you have...

what could go wrong there..

run a search if you think I'm kidding...

2 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

it's a handy place to sell your slaves or recruit for any agenda you have...

what could go wrong there..

run a search if you think I'm kidding...

No re-search necessary. I believe you. 

We don't really need that cra# cluttering our lives. 

 

I think it's generational.  I joined FB thinking I would find Army and high school classmates.  No such, but once I saw how other people use it, just leaves me cold.  Haven't used it since forever, but it sure is a fav with my kids.  Clashes with my curmudgeon pledge.

No FB for me, too many unwanted " friends",and wannabe "Friends".

Herb

I'll check it out.

 

Facebook has provided me a way to keep in contact with old Navy buddies and former students. I will agree it is addictive and has its' landmines.

I do belong to some FB groups, a pyrography group and some turning groups. There are incredible artists I wouldn't know about otherwise. I stick mostly to closed groups, more because of all the political BS than anything. I have been targeted for scams but that can happen over the phone just as easily.

 

Steve

1 hour ago, PeteM said:

but it sure is a fav with my kids. 

 

w/ the content they have/allow and their censorship practices...

jeeeze,,,

1 hour ago, lew said:

a way to keep in contact with old Navy buddies and former students.

 

make contact and move to email and the telephone...

 

Just now, Stick486 said:

 

make contact and move to email and the telephone...

 

telephone!?!? who uses the telephone anymore?!?!

Do you remember the episode of MASH where the COL advises the doctors of the two rules of war:

1.  young men die

2.  doctors can't change rule 1

 

The same constraints insure that those of us "with age" will never understand the new venues.  It has always been thus, since Ancient Babylon, and before.  The time scale of change has become exponential ("hockey stick" is the comparison for those into charts).  We sit on the trash can of History.  We can bitch, but no one will listen.  What I found as a Scoutmaster:  all the teaching and warnings in the world do not obviate the need for each person to make their own mistakes.  What I finally realized about Scouting was that the youth WOULD make the mistakes, multiple times, before learning, but Scouting might mean they only made the mistake a couple times instead of five.  Judiciously, sometimes we can insert a lesson to shorten the process.  I guess FB is the equivalent of the corner Malt Shoppe?  Saddlery?  Tavern?  Hovel?

3 hours ago, lew said:

telephone!?!? who uses the telephone anymore?!?!

 

I do and I don't have a cell phone.  I get by just fine.

12 hours ago, Stick486 said:

 

it's a handy place to sell your slaves

 

 

Don't let SWMBO know about that. 

1 hour ago, p_toad said:

Don't let SWMBO know about that. 

 

will she try to sell herself???

3 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

will she try to sell herself???

SNORK!