To wish that posters would read what others have said

You were just reinforcing your point in case no-one was listening first time around

I have an unfortunate habit of repeating myself but I blame DH because he never appears to be listening and doesn't acknowledge what I say.

It freaks me out a bit when that happens Anno.

I was about to make a comment on a thread a few weeks ago when I thought it sounded familiar. It was indeed. I'd already made that comment on the same - now resurrected - thread, about two years previously.

On each one of my school reports, plus 'must try harder'.

Daydreaming rather than anything else

Well said,margaret. It took me back to my schooldays. It was the 'paying attention' bit.
I can still hear several teachers screaming, Geraldine La Roche, are you paying attention.

Nicely put Margaret

Never apologise, never explain. Didn't the Duchess of Windsor say that? She also said you can never be too thin!

If you have repeated something that someone else has said then readers can skip that. Or the original poster can say "yes I said that on whenever, glad you agree!"

I am beginning to realise that I cannot be perfect but who can? And at my age I refuse to be treated like a naughty schoolgirl. I have spent too many years apologising just for being me.
By the time I type and post this someone may have said it already. If you have - I agree.

Several times i have thought that i have read all the posts before i say anything, then realise when my post appears that there were several more pages that i somehow missed.
Other times my skim reading of existing replies on long threds lets me down and someone's comment draws my attention to the fact that i must have missed something.
Then there's the fact that it often takes me so long to type my post that a load more people whose responses i haven't seen have posted by the time i press enter! (embarassed and apologetic emoticon)

And do ... * Elegran*!!

That's how it often goes, Bags - round and round the mulberry bush, getting nowhere.

At least that thread did not descend into abuse back and forth for holding different views, as so many did.

The recent giraffe thread was a typical example of where the discussion repeated itself several times. I think I noticed at least three repetitions of the salient points on both sides of the discussion. This doesn't bother me in the least though I can understand that some people find it irritating.

margaretm74

Having been married to DH for umpteen years I am used to someone not listening to a word I say.

Having spent my working life in a classroom where not listening/asking questions someone else asked a minute ago/not concentrating/going off the point was the status quo, it doesn't bother me at all.

Elsewhere I've asked GN for a delete (or post-posting edit button) so that those of us who sometimes make a hash of posts can at least get rid of the evidence! However, it seems that some prefer our mistakes are left intact for all to see on the basis that deleted posts ruin the flow... what you are saying here is that sometimes there is no flow, its disjointed and annoying if people duplicate and miss the point etc. Would it help if threads could be edited post-posting?

It doesn't really bother me.

I have to say I do find there are so many 'blued' references to newspapers I don't read most of them. To me I prefer to know what the poster thinks and see their point/question in their own words. Lazy on my part, maybe, but I have seen some threads rely purely on the argument between two or three papers and I think that's a shame as it is like arguing against the Daily Mail or the Guardian or Another instead of debating with other GN's.

When the 'blued' newspaper reference is put up by somebody who delights in declaring they never read that paper, then I just think , hypocrit.

I usually read other people's previous comments before posting, but I have to admit that sometimes, if a thread is very long, I skip through to get the gist of things.

You are not confused, Dragonfly. There are no cryptic references or hidden agendas, just general grousing.

Well just for once I've read every post. And it's exhausting. I won't be doing that again in a hurry!

No, you are not, Dragonfly. Certainly there were no particular posters I had in mind when I responded to the OP - just a general gripe some of us obviously share!

Elegran and Ana - I'm really very confused. Am I being thick?

I will try that, roses, although I have a feeling he may never say it again (enough said).

Margaret when your DH asks ' haven't you anything better to do' reply, 'No, I have more important things to do but nothing BETTER' that will silence him.

Sometimes the answer to their question is in the OP.