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chitowndad 01-16-2009 02:53 PM

Facebook
 
Is there a Facebook group for friends of 986forum.com or would that be weird?

Jeph 01-16-2009 03:20 PM

Na, not weird. I'd join the group. Wait, I'll go ahead and start it.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62927141110

chitowndad 01-16-2009 03:45 PM

Cool, thanks. I just joined!

986FortyEight 01-16-2009 04:48 PM

weird since we have all the room for discussion in the world on these pages... but I joined anyway! :-P

JAAY 01-16-2009 05:51 PM

<<<<<<<<<<Dork..


I joined also.
:dance:

9eighty6 01-16-2009 06:10 PM

I will definitely join your group.

Also, FYI

I am the creator for the group called "Porsche Boxster" ... about 580 members. Feel free to join mine too!

bmx672 01-16-2009 07:48 PM

I'm IN! My wife is addicted to FB... and she's got me going on it :(

AUDIOGUY 01-17-2009 04:49 AM

Ok boys, I'm in... now what?

unklekraker 01-17-2009 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 986FortyEight
weird since we have all the room for discussion in the world on these pages... but I joined anyway! :-P


hahahaha...good one :D :D :D

I joined and already started a topic :cheers:

trimblej3 01-17-2009 06:55 AM

I joined, good idea.

Adam 01-17-2009 08:22 AM

Just joined up. :cheers:

gregdacat 01-17-2009 01:52 PM

I'm in :)

Rick V 01-17-2009 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmx672
I'm IN! My wife is addicted to FB... and she's got me going on it :(

Beware, my wife and daughter talked me into joining FB. I closed my acct when I had to justify all the "friends" that I had, that were female, that I went to school with, that I have known longer than my wife...................................Just sayin'

PWebRPH 01-17-2009 07:23 PM

Just joined. I thought the whole fb thing was pretty girly at first but it is pretty addictive...

AUDIOGUY 01-18-2009 05:43 AM

Quote:

"I'm IN! My wife is addicted to FB... and she's got me going on it "

Originally Posted by bmx672

Beware, my wife and daughter talked me into joining FB. I closed my acct when I had to justify all the "friends" that I had, that were female, that I went to school with, that I have known longer than my wife...................................Just sayin'

Rick, I strongly believe that Facebook was a major contributing factor to the downfall of my marriage. Not on my end... on the wifes. Not saying there is anything going on, but beware of spouses reconnecting with old friends. The "grass is greener" scenario will most certainly always immerge.

Brucelee 01-18-2009 06:50 AM

Interesting. I don't belong to FB but I will follow this thread.

Rick V 01-18-2009 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AUDIOGUY
Quote:

"I'm IN! My wife is addicted to FB... and she's got me going on it "

Originally Posted by bmx672

Beware, my wife and daughter talked me into joining FB. I closed my acct when I had to justify all the "friends" that I had, that were female, that I went to school with, that I have known longer than my wife...................................Just sayin'

Rick, I strongly believe that Facebook was a major contributing factor to the downfall of my marriage. Not on my end... on the wifes. Not saying there is anything going on, but beware of spouses reconnecting with old friends. The "grass is greener" scenario will most certainly always immerge.

Well I have no interest in connecting with these folks 25 years ago when I was in school I certainly have no intention of doing t now. But they were people that I knew from yesterday, that I was friendly with. It was easier for me to just close my acct. Yanno.
I am sorry to hear of your issue, and am sure you understand what my wife feels, even though it is unfounded here.

fragdude 01-18-2009 09:26 AM

joined hopefully will be as much fun as the forum

RandallNeighbour 01-18-2009 04:02 PM

I'm in too! :cheers:

TriGem2k 01-18-2009 06:58 PM

Ok fine don't twist my arm........I Joined :dance:

bmx672 01-19-2009 04:30 AM

I get the same feeling about Facebook too. Most of the people on their that my wife is friends with I've never even heard of. All-in-all I don't trust it. Although it is fun... but like other people have said here, if i'm not currently friends with people right now from the past what's the point? I only have so many hours in a day for my own family let alone people from the past.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick V
Well I have no interest in connecting with these folks 25 years ago when I was in school I certainly have no intention of doing t now. But they were people that I knew from yesterday, that I was friendly with. It was easier for me to just close my acct. Yanno.
I am sorry to hear of your issue, and am sure you understand what my wife feels, even though it is unfounded here.


RandallNeighbour 01-19-2009 06:27 AM

I just got a friendship request on FB from a guy I grew up with 30 years ago. He talked me into doing all sorts of bad things as a kid and grew up to be a very abrasive person I would never spend time with today.

The nice thing about FB is that you can simply click the "ignore" button and the other person will never know you did it and will probably assume you don't log into your FB account much if at all.

I clicked "ignore" on this guy and I've done it to a couple of other people I used to know... one was an old flame I have no reason to connect with any longer (happily married for 22 years and fighting hard to keep it that way).

Ah, personal boundaries. It's great to have them and use them online as well as offline.

SF986S 01-19-2009 07:32 AM

Im new here:) I am in!
thanks

super66 01-19-2009 11:17 AM

Hey SF986S -

That's a pretty unique exhaust set up there....pretty cool....maybe they'll make one for mine if I ever ditch the single pipe it comes with :D

Fletch986 01-19-2009 07:12 PM

i'm in

Fletch

FTD 01-20-2009 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AUDIOGUY
Ok boys, I'm in... now what?

Ditto. Now what?

Jeph 01-20-2009 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FTD
Ditto. Now what?

Facebook can be used for organizing events, like regional get togethers.
It's also convenient for getting know people beyond our forum monikers.

There's not really that much you can do there that we can't do here... but it's another way to mess about while at work. Ha!

SF986S 01-20-2009 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by super66
Hey SF986S -

That's a pretty unique exhaust set up there....pretty cool....maybe they'll make one for mine if I ever ditch the single pipe it comes with :D

Thanks man :cheers:
I custom made my own straight triple exhaust....You never want it (Crazy Loud) :confused:

986FortyEight 01-20-2009 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FTD
Ditto. Now what?

Now back to 986forum! ha! :dance:

Stunin_Stud 01-21-2009 04:35 PM

Im joining now!

LoveBunny 01-21-2009 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
I just got a friendship request on FB from a guy I grew up with 30 years ago. He talked me into doing all sorts of bad things as a kid and grew up to be a very abrasive person I would never spend time with today.

The nice thing about FB is that you can simply click the "ignore" button and the other person will never know you did it and will probably assume you don't log into your FB account much if at all.

I clicked "ignore" on this guy and I've done it to a couple of other people I used to know... one was an old flame I have no reason to connect with any longer (happily married for 22 years and fighting hard to keep it that way).

Ah, personal boundaries. It's great to have them and use them online as well as offline.


I'm glad to know that they don't know if you hit ignore. It hasn't gotten bad yet, but what I liked about facebook is I didn't have just random people just adding me like on MySpace, and thankfully I haven't gotten any "hey baby u r sexy" messages yet on facebook either. It seems a little more "real." I am getting a couple here and there though that I'm like who is this person? They seem to have no common interests and I have no clue where they found me. One guy's profile isn't even in English, in fact, isn't even in the same alphabet. It's farsi or something.

unklekraker 01-21-2009 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FTD
Ditto. Now what?

post any random stuff..like what I did :D

jrblackbox 03-08-2009 06:26 AM

Facebook
 
just joined the 986forum group!

bkiersz 03-08-2009 12:25 PM

I have a friend that can't undertand why I don't sign up for these social networking sites. The main reason is a lack of interest. It just doesn't appeal to me.

I'd much rather spend my online time here!

:cheers:

Lil bastard 03-08-2009 01:36 PM

Interesting, I just read an Internet Security report that I get monthly citing Social Networking Groups and Facebook in particular as prime targets for hackers.

Facebook boasts over 175M members and where are the cyber nare-do-wells gonna find a better 'feeding ground' than that?

All they need is to get one (out of 175M) unsuspecting member to open their email and they can then propagate their viruses, trojans and worms through that member's address book where it spreads .

The report went on to say that this is where the majority of the newer virilent viruses have been traced to. The ones which invade your root files and are therefore immune to any AV software you may be running. These can also self-replicate and mutate. In most cases, the only fix is to wipe your HDD.

So as much as I love you guys, I'm taking a pass on Facebook.

BTW, if you do any online purchasing or banking, then a major concern to you should be the danger of someone invading your system and keylogging it. Keylogging is where they can uncover your keystrokes and from these recover your logins, passwords, CC #s and such.

Trend Micro has a nifty little free program to foil these guys. It's called Transaction Guard. Basically, you download a virtual keyboard and type your sensitive data to it with a mouse. Then you go to your banking site, vendor or even an ISP and cut & paste the info to the site from the virtual keyboard. This way, there are no keystrokes for a hacker to log. While it is a bit more cumbersome than using your keyboard, it does offer absolute protection from keylogging. See it here: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/transaction_guard#

987gator 03-10-2009 07:30 AM

Me too - I am in

Quickurt 03-11-2009 10:38 AM

I'm in too, but what about screen names? I use my name in facebook.

Quickurt 03-11-2009 10:47 AM

Okay, so too much fun.
Let's have a contest, sort of, to match facebook names with their "true" identity here!!
Some are obvious from things like avatars or Randall Neighbor using the same name both places.
Others, like Jeph, have some unique spelling and some, like Love Bunny, have posted pics of themselves in the frunk......
So let the fun begin!!


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