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[mercia]

a cousin's daughter's father in law

this complicated relationship has reminded me of when I was a little choirboy, getting rather bored during sermons and reading that page in the back of The Book of Common Prayer where they list all the people one is not allowed to marry - I think cousin's daughter's father-in-law may have been one of them

[Nick Armstrong]

this complicated relationshship has reminded me of when I was a little choirboy, getting rather bored during sermons and reading that page in the back of The Book of Common Prayer where they list all the people one is not allowed to marry - I think cousin's daughter's father-in-law may have been one of them

[Zucchini]

Dreadful name. Confrontational.
R3 may be capable of self-improvement but does't need rescuing.

[french frank]

Dreadful name. Confrontational.
R3 may be capable of self-improvement but does't need rescuing.

I didn't choose it - and was told 'Friends of Radio 3' was a dreadful name because it gave the impression we had no complaints

Perhaps you'd like to have a shot at an answer to the questions in my previous post?

[Frances_iom]

I wouldn't touch it with the proverbial Bargepole.

Some years ago a cousin's daughter's father in law put him on Facebook and even I, no connection, got rubbish through that link.

Scary stuff.

Salymap - this is a common route by which many who avoid farcebook etc lose privacy by the misguided actions of others 'informing' on them - those tagged photos etc are mined to determine relationships between the tagger and others in a photo - remember the USA has no privacy laws so companies like Facebook build up huge databases - interestingly the founder is now much keener on his own privacy..

[salymap]

this complicated relationship has reminded me of when I was a little choirboy, getting rather bored during sermons and reading that page in the back of The Book of Common Prayer where they list all the people one is not allowed to marry - I think cousin's daughter's father-in-law may have been one of them

Quite possibly. A he's married, B. I've never met him. I suppose they got into my cousin's emails to me, that's the only 'link'. He soon got off Facebook too.

[BBMmk2]

Facebook is easy as sinch! Log out button on the top right page! I'm on there to! Yoiu can quite easi8ly block out spam and anybody yoiu dont want to gain access toy our page or wall, etc.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Dreadful name. Confrontational.

Trespassing on your manor, Squashy?

[amateur51]

Trespassing on your manor, Squashy?

[mercia]

that page in the back of The Book of Common Prayer where they list all the people one is not allowed to marry

the table of kindred and affinity - such fun

http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570145.html

[french frank]

The main idea is to reach an audience (the Facebook crowd) whom we don't reach at present. So I'm not urging anyone to open an account if they don't already have one. I abominate the idea but have been landed with it. It will, potentially, be a way of getting the FoR3 arguments beyond this forum and beyond our own website. And yes, I think there is a sense in which Radio 3 needs to be 'rescued' regardless of the fact that there are those who still, predominantly, enjoy the output.

I believe it's going in the wrong direction if it aims to become an upmarket (hence 'distinctive') - and more expensive - version of Classic FM, targeting 'the broader public' without the seriousness, specialist expertise and challenge that used to be the educative rationale of Radio 3.

[salymap]

Best of British luck, ff, I hope it helps as you wish it to.

[Flosshilde]

this complicated relationship has reminded me of when I was a little choirboy, getting rather bored during sermons and reading that page in the back of The Book of Common Prayer where they list all the people one is not allowed to marry - I think cousin's daughter's father-in-law may have been one of them

I'm sure it will be allowed under Gay Marriage legislation

[french frank]

As you were! I was conned into taking on what I didn't want to do - thrown back in the face of AN Other to do what he likes with.

[Anna]

When R3 started their FaceBook page it was possible to read it without signing up. When they changed that I did sign up but was wary about the privacy issue (and reports of spam) so I joined using my grandmother's name and set up a Yahoo email account in her name. I think I posted about half a dozen messages but then, when I tried to login, I was asked for my phone number which I was reluctant to give.

Seeing this thread I decided to login but received the message that my account was disabled because I was using a fake identity. How do they know I am not my grandmother!! So, although I would like to join and Rescue R3 singlehandedly, I'm not happy about signing up. Obviously I appreciate social networking sites not wanting to have people pretending to be who they are to weed out the perverts but I do find FB rather creepy.