Recognising other Gransnetters

Thought for a moment this thread had gone down the vajazzling route...!

I will be staying with my sister in Swinton, Manchester, from 15th to 20th May, before bringing her back to France with me. Anybody live around there?

The what, Anagram?

Now, Annobel, don't pretend you don't know what she means!

I'm on the other side, Greatnan, in Poynton. I'll pm you my phone number if you would like to meet up.

Greatnan and Anagram, I have found a gap in my education, but wiki has sorted that out.

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing!

I had to do a bit of "googling" too Annobel. And I thought I was quite well informed about such things

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Greatnan and I read the same papers.....

As I have noticed we have another thread on the awfulness of children's behaviour today, I am adding more criteria to my gnetter spotting:

a woman of a certain age sitting in a cafe/restaurant glaring at any unruly children who might be there and muttering about how appalled she is by other people's 'brats'. As an added indication, she will be accompanied by a number of perfectly behaved little ones

That's a bit wide of the mark petallus. In my experience, children are children and will get up to mischief, know when to push it and when to toe the line, and my Gransnet grandkids are typical. This morning, before we all go out for lunch, they'll let off steam at home, have a mad half hour, and will then have a little pep talk about staying on their chairs and being polite, otherwise they'll be looking around for something to get up to. I will be too busy looking at them to notice what the others are up to, unless they run off to play with other children in the ball pool, which is fine with us.

Carol I was motivated in my comments by particular new thread 'Eating out with Grandchildren'

Yes, I know, but those were a few comments - we don't all go round tutting at other people's children, and I don't see how Gransnetters can be stereotyped like that - we are all so very different.

Good morning petallus. You've rumbled me and obviously recognised the absolute perfection of my 10month old GS

Of course Carol I don't mean we are all the same. And I did put a grin by my comments.

back at yer Petallus

Carol and Petallus That's better!

I have just been catching up with this thread having been away for over a week.
I thought that I spotted a Gransnetter at the secc in Glasgow on 9th March at a spinning demonstration but I felt too shy to say anything incase I was wrong!!
By the way the red hat idea made me laugh- have you ever heard the saying "Red hat no knickers?!!!

Yes I've heard it in which case can be wait for the warmer weather before we go with the red hats?

Good idea.

I've only heard the phrase "All fur coat and no knickers", so perhaps that would cover us for the winter months?

My great gran was a real (pathological) miser and she'd do anything to save money. I was told she once made herself some knickers out of an old fur coat and I've always wondered whether she turned the fur inwards or outwards.

I thought it was red shoes, no knickers. I'm rather partial to red shoes...

red dress, no knickers. used my my grandad's grandma, who also said to her 'son's intended - "tha'll ave many a cowd arse for want of warm petticoat if tha' marries im'!