I have to say that I have been 8 years free of ALL Social Media (LinkedIn aside), and have never missed it one jot.

I find it sad that people in my village cannot come out for a beer like they used to on a Friday without checking their phone every 5 minutes, not joining in any conversations. I have noticed that the modern day obsession with checking your 'status' or 'likes' has come at the expense of good old Friday night banter.

Next time you are in a pub or restaurant, have a look round you and look at how many lemmings are sat welded to their phones instead of engaging with those around them......it's a sad state of affairs.

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Spot on Sperly, I have never used any social media and feel all the better for it, when someone starts a conversation with Facebook blah blah blah it leaves me cold so i simply stop listening and nod every now and then.
Pubs are for drinking and chatting with pals not gawping at phones. 94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

The only social media Im on is car forums like this  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

I'm on this social media and I have a WhatsApp list with 3 on it








Thought it was neighbours who rang 999 about shouting and smashing in Miss Flacks house !!? If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

If we are including forums then I suppose that I use social media  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

Don't have much choice out here, the whole SBA runs on FB which I find strange as it is not the best security, even if you close down FB to the tightest security each added friend reduces your security by 50% by the time you have 20 "Friends" your security id worthless, any old hacker can get in via one of your friends lax security. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

RIP John. A fine actor

https://news.sky.com/story/john-shrapnel-n...s-11938290 LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

That’s a shame, he really had something about him.

For any readers of The Oldie, Wilfred De'ath died today

Michel Roux, 79

*****BREAKING NEWS! *****

Sadly news has just reached us saying that the first member of this group has sadly died because of the Coronavirus.

In his house they found 500 cans of assorted food, 100kg of pasta, 75kg of rice, 200 toilet rolls and 30L of hand sanitiser which he had panic bought from Aldi “just in case!”.

The whole lot collapsed and buried the daft bastard! MY13 HSE Lux Santorini Black Gone
MY11 HSE Santorini Black Gone
MY08 SE Blue, Gone
Alfa Romeo GT Gone
Alfa Romeo 156 Space wagon Gone
Volvo V40 Gone
Volvo 480ES Gone
VW Sirocco GTX Gone

 94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
96 Defender 300 TDI Gone...Should have kept it.
2003 Freelander ES TD4 Gone
2002 Defender TD5 Gone
2005 Freelander HSE TD4 Gone
2015 Freelander 2 Metropolis Keeping for now!

Genesis P Orridge. RIP

( Look her/him up ). If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Common-sense, Rationale, Joined-up Thinking, Patience and Decency.

Died March 2020. RIP.