(No, I am not setting out to rival ian42 but making a point on a thread which nobody responds to, then somebody else says something similar and everybody goes "Good point, whoever" - like a voice in the wilderness, I sometimes wonder what is the point of commenting.
Thanks Jacey, I too was up late last night, but think I was up a bit early and grumpy and whiney and fell into this thread which pandered to my mood! Am fine now,sorry for being so miserable, am a jolly soul most of the time
Stansgran 
No, Dolores is very glam and sexy and rather naughty 
while Hilda is very staid,prim and boring.
Never know which one it's going to be but it's not so often Dolores these days! 
Yes I did GoldenGran [crown] it may have been well over 2hrs after you posted ...but some of us were up late last night 
...and others have since commented too!! [crown]
Have a great timejeni 
. butter great post. I am one who has to struggle against feeling ignored,but I do realise that it isn't intentional and sometimes thing slip by and people move on to other threads. Iam also slightly shy of adding comments as people have often got there first and said it in a much more eloquent way than I. I do love it though and will try and be more bold. Nobody commented on my Jubilee thing, there have said it, off to hide now.
Ouch.
We are sailing, we are sailing,
Oh hear us when we cry to Thee------
jeni enjoy vodka vodka.Sea ? you soon
butter lovely post, well said 
Butternut, that was a lovely post. It sums up so much of what we all feel. 
Take care, Greatnan - look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Seconded! Well said, butty . Cheers , everyone!
Well said indeed, butter. You have expressed my sentiments exactly, but in a much better way than I could - I'm sure Grossi and others perhaps lurking at the fringes will be encouraged by your post.
I guess because I tend to be serious, and want to go for what lies underneath comments, I definitely hang back from saying anything, to the point that I end up by saying very little. I'm also aware that I am uneducated in certain fields and so do not have the depth of knowledge that some GN-ers have, so lack confidence in joining in some debates.
I do love to encourage and celebrate though!
I feel awkward joining in the banter - can't seem to do that too well - and yet there has been such warmth and understanding from GN-ers that I often feel very held. It's a contrary business, I find, this virtual way of developing friendships, but I wouldn't be without it.
I think the best way of being with GN is accepting that it takes time to find one's feet, and looking at what one's expectations are of this very different way of developing friendships. It takes confidence which not everyone has, but it can be a good place to start.
There I go again, too serious!!
We all communicate because as Jess said quite some time ago on another thread, maybe we all have a space in our lives that needs to be filled.
It's in the filling of that space that sensitivities can become hurt, or that feelings/comments are ignored, but never have I felt that it has been intentional.
You'll be fine, jeni, because you're a ☆ !
Grumpy old neighbour might be transformed on board...
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