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StephenKingman wrote:^ Facebook is good to keep in touch with mates you dont see very often whom you otherwise may have drifted away from and its fun to see the photos and comments of your mates but using it all day every day is a waste of time in my view..
Exactly, I visit it about once a day to check for notifications or rarely have a long chat with my friends.
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I guess that rumor about Facebook charging money is a scam. I talked to my daughter today and she said she checked into it and said it is bs. So maqybe they wont but who knows? It coul;d happen sometime.

Edit. I just got an e mail from Ask Leo, he puts out a computer newsletter every week, he said Facebook charging is a hoax. It will never happen. So you Facebook junkies will be ok.
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Damn.. That sucks, now I'm going to have to keep using Facebook...
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Has the edit button vanished or do I need to go to Specsavers? :?
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Yeah that thing about facebook charging is not true. I saw a joke one the other day that said:
"September 31st 2013 facebook will start charging you for your account. To avoid this, you MUST get NAKED, Stand on your dining room table and do the Macarena, all while singing "I will survive" then and only then, will Mark Zuckerberg come down your chimney to tell you that your account will stay free. Pass it on. It must be true because someone on facebook I hardly know told me."
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I tried that but my dining room table collapsed and my neighbors heard me singing and called the local animal control and said there were some wild animal noises coming from my house. Besides that, I dont have a chimney. Guess Im SOL.
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You certainly painted a vivid picture there, Bighuey!

Our neighbours all have dogs of various breeds and ages and usually they are quiet and well-controlled but a puppy has been introduced into the mix and its running wild. Daily chaos reigns; it digs under fences, jumps on outdoor furniture, frightens other animals, terrorises birds, barks at anything and anyone and it definitely needs firm obedience training - which does not appear to be forthcoming. Someone is going to get a knock on the door from an irate neighbour very soon.
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Where I live everyone here has half a dozen dogs and sometimes something will set them off, and they all start barking at once. It gets pretty noisy. I only have 2 dogs now, but when I moved here there were 5 dogs that came with the house and that gave me a total of 7. The lady who used to live here was sick and moved in with her daughter but her daughter told her you can live here but not the dogs, she had 5 of her own. So I was stuck with them. But one died, two ran off or were stolen, one was stolen for sure, I helped the guy steal her, so I was left with just one. 2 dogs is all I can afford to feed.
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Got up at 6am to watch the Rugby & bloody hell the Welsh beat us. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Decided to go back to bed for an hour or so & woke up just now with a dam headache & my head feels all stuffy .... and I know for a fact if we'd won I'd be feeling just fine!
Now I feel miserable, the OH is disappointed & in a bad mood & I look out and it's all overcast, foggy & miserable.
Now I'm going to have some breakfast & then wrap myself up & force myself out of the house for a walk. Hopefully a walk on the beach & some Atlantic air might clear the woozy head & hopefully I'll come back feeling more human
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
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Fran wrote:Got up at 6am to watch the Rugby & bloody hell the Welsh beat us.
Don't worry, Fran, it's only a game.

Get better soon.
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Fran wrote:Got up at 6am to watch the Rugby & bloody hell the Welsh beat us. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Decided to go back to bed for an hour or so & woke up just now with a dam headache & my head feels all stuffy .... and I know for a fact if we'd won I'd be feeling just fine!
Now I feel miserable, the OH is disappointed & in a bad mood & I look out and it's all overcast, foggy & miserable.
Now I'm going to have some breakfast & then wrap myself up & force myself out of the house for a walk. Hopefully a walk on the beach & some Atlantic air might clear the woozy head & hopefully I'll come back feeling more human
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Yeah its a shame that they went out. I didnt get up to see it, not that interested, but i feel sorry for all the hardcore fans who did, there will be a lot of people heading to bed early later...maybe next time.
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Sorry, Fran. Maybe your team will win next time.
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Fran wrote:Got up at 6am to watch the Rugby & bloody hell the Welsh beat us. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Decided to go back to bed for an hour or so & woke up just now with a dam headache & my head feels all stuffy .... and I know for a fact if we'd won I'd be feeling just fine!
Now I feel miserable, the OH is disappointed & in a bad mood & I look out and it's all overcast, foggy & miserable.
Now I'm going to have some breakfast & then wrap myself up & force myself out of the house for a walk. Hopefully a walk on the beach & some Atlantic air might clear the woozy head & hopefully I'll come back feeling more human
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Don't worry Fran at least you beat us. :)
Hope you have a great walk, the Atlantic air will clear your head you will clear the wooziness(i think thats a word) and you will come back to us feeling great and more human. Trust me.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Gannon wrote:
Fran wrote:Got up at 6am to watch the Rugby & bloody hell the Welsh beat us. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Decided to go back to bed for an hour or so & woke up just now with a dam headache & my head feels all stuffy .... and I know for a fact if we'd won I'd be feeling just fine!
Now I feel miserable, the OH is disappointed & in a bad mood & I look out and it's all overcast, foggy & miserable.
Now I'm going to have some breakfast & then wrap myself up & force myself out of the house for a walk. Hopefully a walk on the beach & some Atlantic air might clear the woozy head & hopefully I'll come back feeling more human
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Don't worry Fran at least you beat us. :)
Hope you have a great walk, the Atlantic air will clear your head you will clear the wooziness(i think thats a word) and you will come back to us feeling great and more human. Trust me.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
@Gannon
Well at least it was the Welsh .... so much worse if it was the Brits beat us (that would have us in a depression for the next four years!). Being beaten by our fellow Celts we can come to terms with .... eventually!!!!
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WHY is it worse if the Brits beat you, surely a defeat is a defeat?
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