Sorry all you FB fans but I loathe Facebook. Most of the stuff I've seen, on the couple of occasions I've been persuaded to join, is such puerile rubbish - just a meaningless waste of time. In my opinion its akin to watching Big Brother, another pastime that makes watching paint dry preferable.
I love Skype though and see my grandchildren most weeks on it. My sons and I natter and gossip and the little ones come in and go out and back in again..its great and its private to us. I also occasionally share a coffee break with my girlfriends in England. Thats lovely too.
One of my neighbours was aghast when his friend rang him one Sunday morning and said,'do you know what time your daughter got in this morning?' My neighbour (not on FB) said, 'no, and I don't want to know thankyou very much, she's 35!'