What was the outcome for these GN's.

JenniferEccles I miss Gabriella, she was always so happy with her lot

Her descriptive posts were a joy to read.

I miss GSM she was kind and helpful to those in need.

Does grannyactivist still post? She was lovely.

I occasionally think of EllanVannin our lovely crumpet queen. A Liverpool Lass who shouldered much anxiety over her grandchild who went away to (?) Yorkshire for residential education and care. A much loved poster. Very forthright which didn’t suit some. She got banned in the end.
👋 if you’re reading lady. x

I miss EllenVannin too - always interesting and I feel really sorry for those who can’t accept that not everyone thinks the same. Some very narrow minded and limited people around.

petra

Fancythat
There’s more chance of Putin ending the war than GSM grovelling. And why should someone grovel 🤷‍♀️

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

EllenVannin brightened my day.

EllenVannin was a lovely poster who shouldered a huge burden with family.
She seemed to cope with different generations if I remember correctly.
She also fostered an old cat which endeared her to me.
I could never understand why she fell foul of administration.
So many who seemed innocuous to me got banned at one time.
There were others who were universally liked who I actually found difficult to take to, however that was probably more my personal judgement than anything they did.
How good it is that we are not all alike .

Jaxjacky

EllenVannin brightened my day.

Mine too.

Phoenix was extremely kind to me when I was in a worrying situation some years ago.
I also miss some if these posters who seem to have gone.
I stopped posting for quite some time because I always felt as though my posts were ignored. Probably just me feeling a bit sensitive but I've been back a while now and enjoying the threads

A lot of these 'old' names have brought back the memories - posters who are much missed. Even if I didn't always agree with them, I always enjoyed reading their posts.

I don’t think Phoenix is with us anymore. She has gone to a better place 😢 .

kittylester

Was that our lovely phoenix? Sounds as though it could have been.

She was banned for getting stuck into a person who lives under a bridge.

The mind boggles at that comment!
Posters on here often make me laugh. They are often funny and mostly lovely!

It almost seems as if the most interesting people who can also be forthright and controversial, are the ones sadly who end up being banned.

How great to hear your are improving ferry23, I too often think of particular GN's who disappear and you never know how they are doing. I sometimes miss a couple of days and then wonder if I have missed the update from a poster that I have been following too. I too am grateful for all the response I get from GN's especially when things are tough and I am wide awake and in pain at about 4am. It is good to be able to come on here and read about other peoples lives and how they are coping with things and I am grateful for good suggestions from other people. Long may GN's carry on and wonder if we could do a thread where people could just send that post , not necessarily in detail, but just saying hopefully , things much improved, or things mended or improved in whatever way . Anyway very good to hear that ferry23 is in a better place.

The quote function on my phone is intermittent (is that true for others?) but this is in reply to Allira asking Norah about her comments on GSM.

Norah will tell me if I am wrong, but I assume she means that whenever GSM is mentioned it is to say she is missed because she gave free legal advice, not because people miss her as a person. I have said the same in the past. If I were GSM I would feel quite hurt about that, and yes - it does seem that those wanting a lawyer on tap are rather self-serving (I don’t think Norah meant to apply that to GSM, but to those who only seem to miss the free advice).

It’s difficult when people just vanish without explanation, particularly when they have friends on here. HQ are anything but transparent about moderation, which doesn’t help, and nor does the ‘spirit of Gransnet’ thing, as it’s incredibly vague, and leads to accusations of unevenly applied bannings. All the same, if they explained every time they would end up constantly defending themselves, and explanations could easily get personal and difficult to do without repeating whatever was said to cause the ban in the first place.

I don’t know why GSM was banned - the last thing I remember was the shocking ‘green trouser suit’ thread, but she survived that, so goodness knows. I would prefer to see suspensions rather than bans - maybe a three strikes and you’re out’ policy - but HQ has to protect GN from legal action. I too would like to see GSM return (I thought she had at one point) because she did offer a different perspective. Rather than attacking politicians personally (well, apart from AR, obviously!) which gets so tedious, she argued about policies, which is so much more constructive. I rarely agreed with her views (although I sometimes did) but found the discussions interesting. Legal advice is a bonus, but I would like her to know that she is missed for more than that.

A thoughtful post Doodledog.

Norah

crazyH

GSM was very helpful to many of us with her legal advice. I certainly miss her.

GSM was a kind, polite, helpful person.

I'd not say I miss her for her advice, which to me is self serving.

I miss her because she's lovely.

Sadly Phoenix died but she will always be remembered for her poetry.
I just sent a copy of one of her poems to my DD who is having a dreadful time at present.
Gillybob lives about twenty minutes from me and at the time my DH and I offered help but it was declined. I did have a lovely private message from her when DH died four years ago.

I wonder what happened to Lemongrove. She disappeared around five years ago when I was in a very dark place, suffering from grief and lockdown rage and wasn't here very much.
I seem to remember that her husband had been very ill but was on the mend. Her sense of humour brightened my days and I miss her.
I also miss Gabriella who could be sparky and controversial but always provided food for thought and subjects to debate. I think she announced she was leaving after a spate of unpleasantness from others who didn't like her PoV.
And, yes, Gillybob, EllenVannin, BigLouis, where are you now?

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Jaxjacky

EllenVannin brightened my day.

Mine too.

Mine too! EllenVannin always felt like a friendly neighbour.

I also recognise several of the others mentioned.

I liked GSM, ( anyone with connections to Norfolk must be good!).

I’m sure BigLouis posted recently

I'd not say I miss her for her advice, which to me is self serving.
it does seem that those wanting a lawyer on tap are rather self-serving (I don’t think Norah meant to apply that to GSM, but to those who only seem to miss the free advice).

If I misunderstood Norah's comment then I apologise. Perhaps the semantics were rather confused.

harrigran

Sadly Phoenix died but she will always be remembered for her poetry.
I just sent a copy of one of her poems to my DD who is having a dreadful time at present.
Gillybob lives about twenty minutes from me and at the time my DH and I offered help but it was declined. I did have a lovely private message from her when DH died four years ago.

Aw, how kind of you to offer help to Gillybob, I was so worried about her. Here's hoping she's in a much better place now and her life has improved.