chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
> My sprog is still a bit too young for the silliness of Facebook
> (thankfully) and I doubt I would allow it.

I have one, because...

>  The spouse has an account,

of this. She Who Will Be Obeyed told me to get one so I could verify things
on her page (settings and such.) She spends most of her time complaining
about the lack of privacy (on a medium designed to be public, and 
voluntarily joined). I update whenever she needs to verify something
or other. 

> You'd have thought the school would have issued a parental permission
> slip requirement for signing up for FB.  At the very least, I would

Facebook still wouldn't allow it.

Mike