Comments on: Yo’ Momma?

By: SYLVIA RESNICK

SYLVIA RESNICK — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:07:06 +0000

P.S.
Your attempt to humorize your comments are not funny Andy. Grow up now. Later it mayl be too late!!

By: SYLVIA RESNICK

SYLVIA RESNICK — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:58:36 +0000

Well isn’t it too bad that you feel intimidated and/or threatened by your mother being on Facebook. I am in the age of grandmothers and my grandsons think it is so cool that I can make my way around the computer complete with social networking sites. I do this with friends and incidentally with family members, but I only ask for help when I really need it to untangle a real problem. Get with the program my dear and bless the fact that your mother has all of her mental faculties and wants to be a part of the computer community.One day you too will have children of an age and how will you like it when they lament the fact that you are learning a new “thing” that may interfere with their life in one way or another. It will happen, believe me!!

By: Maxine

Maxine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:13:06 +0000

I agree with Sharon….”chill out and live a little.” I’m not as old as Sharon; but I’m getting there….

By: Maxine

Maxine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:11:06 +0000

So true! You shouldn’t put info on facebook that you wouldn’t want “your moma” to know….If you want to communicate privately, use the facebook in box. It works for me! and I am one of those “moma”, s….(smile) I love facebook because it has helped me reconnect with so many folks that I hadn’t heard from in years….Makes you pick up the phone and have a “real” conversation from time to time also. I am a grandmother who is “friends” with her children and grandchildren. When I see “stuff” on there that I don’t necessarily approve of from them, I just ignore it…..They are old enough to make their own decisions. It keeps me in the loop without interferring….

By: Creakyjane

Creakyjane — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:45:25 +0000

Oh Andy, it could be worse! You could be the computer teacher at an AFC Home that has wireless, webcams, 6 online computers and 2 scanners in a computer lab that’s open 24-7. A bad day there is when the system is down and no one can get the e-mail from the websites. The ‘walker wars’ over a new game was so bad they ended up putting it on another computer! I can only volunteer there once a week with my work schedule but wouldn’t miss it for the world. Old folks are not dumb…they can be dangerous on a computer. I sympathize about the FB. Right now everything on my farm has died and I am not too worried about it. I grew up on a farm and frankly its too clean of a virtual farm to have me worry too much about it. So don’t feel bad about not being on a social web site. Now, my parents want to learn how to twitter! I could be much worse for you. Good Luck!

By: Kicknbak

Kicknbak — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:03:18 +0000

Hi Andy, I’ve been a member of FB twice now, presently going thru’ it all again. It must be a generation clash, as it’s really not that difficult to figure it out, but even after I did, “I just don’t get it”. I just rolled past the 70 landmark. I do it because my kids and grandkids think it’s neat that such an old geezer could be ‘one of the boys’ so to speak. What is the draw, what is the attraction, where is the reasoning that all these folks are willing to spend so much time ‘baring all’, and seemingly the less sense they make, the better it is?

In the meantime my email has also gotten corrupted just because of all the prompts to go check out replies or friend requests on FB. I have also concluded to the fact that there’s nothing on there that I couldn’t have said in email to begin with. I find it’s a special time waster fantasy world for those unwilling to get outside and enjoy the real virtual world. But alas and alack, I am now a bonified, yet reticent member of the cyber hoopla until the next fad comes along. I can sit back and relax now, and I really do like most of folks that seem to think this rounds out my character in the new age.

By: Lobster

Lobster — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:45:01 +0000

My mother did this (whos 7 children range from 30-50) within a month she was gone from facebook world…she couldnt figure out why her granchilds (my 16 yr old) teacher wanted to be her friend and thought they were spying on her so she left (turns out it was a friend suggestion…but she wouldnt go back)

By: radioman

radioman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:44 +0000

Seriously now, you wouldn’t even think of doing this to your own mother now, WOULD YOU?

I think you’ll just have to grin and bear it my man.

By: Deveron Sheffield

Deveron Sheffield — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:57:17 +0000

I just read the comment about FB being a waste of time. I have found old friends from high school and am enjoying a brand new relationship with them. The best of all is my second oldest granddaughter was adopted away as an infant. She found us through FB and even though I sometimes get upset with the goings on, I will be forever grateful. FB is a lot of things, but a waste of time, not so much.

By: Deveron Sheffield

Deveron Sheffield — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:52:02 +0000

As a techno savvy granny, I had to giggle at your blog. The best part of my day is horrorizing my grandkids. One day my daughter was horrorizing her son and I joined in. he politely told us he wished we wouldn’t leave embarrassing comments on his FB. Does that mean me too, I whined at him. He private messaged us that he was just kidding.

Maybe you shouldn’t take yourself so seriously.