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SteelBlue · 08-06-2008, 12:38 AM

I've long been one who thought facebook was for teenagers or at least people much younger than me. But, after some pestering from my brothers I decided to throw up a page and give it a try. The result is that I've made contact with several people that I haven't seen since high school. That's 20 years ago for those who are counting. As nerdy/creepy as it sounds for a 38 year old man to have a facebook page I'm glad I did it.

Commence mocking now.

il Padrino Ute · 08-06-2008, 12:45 AM

I'd love to mock, but there is not enough bandwidth on the entire world wide web to be able to do so.

SteelBlue · 08-06-2008, 12:49 AM

Hey, UtahDan has one and he's 45!

UtahDan · 08-06-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

I've long been one who thought facebook was for teenagers or at least people much younger than me. But, after some pestering from my brothers I decided to throw up a page and give it a try. The result is that I've made contact with several people that I haven't seen since high school. That's 20 years ago for those who are counting. As nerdy/creepy as it sounds for a 38 year old man to have a facebook page I'm glad I did it.

Commence mocking now.

I have reconnect with many lost friends and acquaintances as well. Its fun.

UtahDan · 08-06-2008, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Hey, UtahDan has one and he's 45!

Damn it........

ute4ever · 08-06-2008, 12:56 AM

When I joined in January, there were only 12 members of my high school graduating class on it. Now there's over 40. Since lifting its "college-only" restriction, Facebook has grown like a weed.

Surfah · 08-06-2008, 12:58 AM

I had one. Deleted it because all I ever used it for was to spy on Gidget and her ex-boyfriends.

marsupial · 08-06-2008, 01:15 AM

I too thought facebook was only for teenagers and pedophiles until my parents came to visit this past couple of weeks. My dad has a facebook page and he is 67. Most of his "friends" are old missionaries from the mission he and my mom went on a couple of years ago. But he has also connected with a few folks from his Class of 1959 and even a guy I was friends with in high school. I have been thinking about signing up.

TripletDaddy · 08-06-2008, 01:22 AM

It is an amazing networking tool, to be sure.

My only impediment is that I don't really care what people from my high school are doing these days. I have kept in touch with the ones that interest me.

I am probably solo in thinking that way.

SteelBlue · 08-06-2008, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

I too thought facebook was only for teenagers and pedophiles until my parents came to visit this past couple of weeks. My dad has a facebook page and he is 67. Most of his "friends" are old missionaries from the mission he and my mom went on a couple of years ago. But he has also connected with a few folks from his Class of 1959 and even a guy I was friends with in high school. I have been thinking about signing up.

I found one of my old Young Men's leaders who was very influential in my life. He was excommunicated while I was on my mission and I had totally lost contact with him since. He's 61, remarried and back in the church teaching gospel doctrine. It was worth signing up just to learn that.

08-06-2008, 12:38 AM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Facebook I've long been one who thought facebook was for teenagers or at least people much younger than me. But, after some pestering from my brothers I decided to throw up a page and give it a try. The result is that I've made contact with several people that I haven't seen since high school. That's 20 years ago for those who are counting. As nerdy/creepy as it sounds for a 38 year old man to have a facebook page I'm glad I did it. Commence mocking now.

08-06-2008, 12:45 AM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I'd love to mock, but there is not enough bandwidth on the entire world wide web to be able to do so. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

08-06-2008, 12:58 AM	#7
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	I had one. Deleted it because all I ever used it for was to spy on Gidget and her ex-boyfriends. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

08-06-2008, 01:15 AM	#8
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	I too thought facebook was only for teenagers and pedophiles until my parents came to visit this past couple of weeks. My dad has a facebook page and he is 67. Most of his "friends" are old missionaries from the mission he and my mom went on a couple of years ago. But he has also connected with a few folks from his Class of 1959 and even a guy I was friends with in high school. I have been thinking about signing up. __________________ "Mormon men are inherently sexy..." -Archaea

08-06-2008, 01:22 AM	#9
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	It is an amazing networking tool, to be sure. My only impediment is that I don't really care what people from my high school are doing these days. I have kept in touch with the ones that interest me. I am probably solo in thinking that way. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

08-06-2008, 12:49 AM	#3
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Hey, UtahDan has one and he's 45!

08-06-2008, 12:56 AM	#6
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	When I joined in January, there were only 12 members of my high school graduating class on it. Now there's over 40. Since lifting its "college-only" restriction, Facebook has grown like a weed.