Can I just warn any lurkers out there...........

jingle just need a piece of cake that will cheer her up

I'll second soop's remark. I like jings' straightforwardness, even though I had to learn to get used to it. I'll add that I don't think it's altogether polite to talk about jings like this; different if you were talking to her

Well, she is getting attention now, which I think is something she really enjoys. Otherwise, she wouldn't post something like the OP , would she? I hope it didn't put off any potential new posters.

Yes, glass, or the GC's sweeties

Ach, the OP is only a bit of harmless teasing

I agree with Bags, that it's not really on to talk about jingl behind her back, as it were. You wouldn't discuss any other member like that!

for Jingle. I don't think it is polite to discuss anyone, would you do it if a person was chatting to you in real life. Yes my ex MIL would, she would say to my ex FIL 'hark at her Jack,' about me. She was very rude and my ex husband warned me that his mother was spiteful. She was...

I like Jings' straightforwardness too, and I was in fact, talking to her even though I referred to her as "she" - sorry, I was always told as a child that "she " is the cat's grandmother.

I imagine she is looking at this, even though she has not posted again, and I hope she sees that she is indeed valued a great deal - and comes back refreshed and less jaded than she has been the last few days.

The Klingon has been detected and is about to be deleted from the starboard bow. I hope this doesn't cause further upset. Some grannies are just too soft-hearted. I am appallingly gullible and tend to take things at face value (that's why it's so easy to take the p– out of me) but I am probably fundamentally nasty so don't get deluded into offering sympathy and understanding to incubi Klingons.

How can a public forum be talking about someone behind their back? Or asking them a direct question?

I'm intrigued - Gransnet is a commercial enterprise, when you have decided amongst yourselves the content, frequency and wording of the posts, not to mention standards of grammar and spelling, who is going to enforce the rules?

Gransnet, to be financially viable depends on numbers. If standards are too high, surely you will harm the business as new members will be put off.

When I first joined, one of the first threads I read was headed 'do you feel intimidated' or something similar. That was a long thread and it was fairly apparent that many people did indeed feel intimidated. From what I have read since I can see there is a genuine core of posters who are supportive and helpful. That's wonderful to see. Some, however I would describe as prigs.

Possibly my post is actually saying exactly the same as Jo5

I often write things in the heat of the moment and usually think better of it and don't post them, as I expect most of us do anyway.

Sel; there aren't standards of spelling and grammar; if there were I wouldn't be here .

crimson my spelling & grammar are good enough for me, standards are another matter though

And if all else fails, one can always lower one's standards

..some of us are lying in the gutter etc etc....

SEL like it .

Nowt to do with this post, but what the heck...mr soop has appointment for surgery to fix his hernia. The drainage needs attention. Mentioned in passing to our friend, without further ado, three strapping chaps have turned up and are dealing with the problem for the price of a wee dram. That's kindness for you. It's heartwarming stuff...

sel i've just googled prig and agree. most are very welcoming .but a do some times hold back in posting just incase am been judged x

I thought you meany mr soop's drainage . london; no one is going to judge you .

I think I have seen only one instance of a poster commenting on the grammar of another since I joined Gransnet and it was quietly pointed out to her that this is in breach of forum etiquette. My tendency to type in chords has provoked more than one poster to mock me for some very strange spellings – but I think we all know how easy it is to miss a typo until after the damn thing has been posted. Besides, I see it it is quite acceptable to joke about spelling mistakes made by someone who regularly – even frequently – posts in Pedants' Corner. It would be quite a different matter in the case of a poster who was a little unfamiliar with typing and/or expressing their thoughts.

soop hope they sort out Mr soop's pipes - all of them!!!

Isn't it wonderful how so many different characters appear on here during the average day and, despite everyone's different foibles, we all look forward to seeing what each one has posted and to see where things lead

And, my mother would never have thought any thing good about me let alone written it, so I really envy those of you who had such mothers.

When someone very rudely commented on something I'd written as not being gramatically correct, it was jingle who pointed out that it was GNet etiquette not to criticise another poster's grammar. Personally, I couldn't give a shit damn but it was nice of her to do so.

Blimey! All this while I was out Xmas shopping.

Went on my bike. Hands freezing as did not take gloves. Ears glowing now th0ugh.

River's high!

I thought it was mr S drainage too