Are you on Facebook? No? You're not? 'Cause you're too old?

Now that's just silly.

Two years ago, the social media Web site changed from college students-only to something anyone could join - no matter how many gray hairs they might have.

Facebook is no longer just for kids, but people with kids - even grandkids.

But yet, you hesitate.

If you're like a lot of folks older than 40, you e-mail, you love getting family photos online, but you avoid the social networking thing.

According to a recent JWT Boom/Third Age study of boomers and their online activity, about 53 percent said they weren't using anything like Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. But about 22 percent were. And another 26 percent said they might try it.

Web experts predict Facebook will soon reflect the demographics of the Internet, where, according to a recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 70 percent of people ages 50 to 64 roam happily online.

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