Will my mum like Gransnet?

I spent this morning in church – Thinking Day Service.

The best bit was a story told by an eighty+ year old Norwegian about his dog – the one his mum knitted for him over eighty uears ago and which his dad stuffed with sawdust from the wood-chopping, which now lives in a drawer except when the GKs visit and grandpa tells them a bedtime story. Then the Norwegian dog comes out to listen to the story as well.

My teddy, Timothy, was stuffed with straw. He lost his squeak after my brother jumped on him once too often, but he lived to tell the tale (my brother, I mean). He said it was CPR, after he'd buried Timothy alive .

(bro became a doctor)

I go into a church twice a year for scouty stuff. Mr Bags thinks he has been in a church twice in his life – once for his christening and once for his brother's wedding. Can anyone beat that?

Except to look at architecture, of course, but those don't count.

No way! Not me. DD and grandsons do. Perhaps if I lived closer I'd go to their church. It's a United Reform church. Very friendly and over community minded.

Not over!!! Very!

Used to go when I was a kid. To flirt with the choir boys. Used to like Evening Prayer. That was c of e.

Something very calming about the old Evening Prayer service.

Stansgran Of course I haven't forgotten Galen but I was listing people in the plural and I don't know of any other Gransnet doctors. If we have any, they're keeping very quiet about it. (Ditto the only known Gransnet dentist.)

Stansgran not jut yet. (patting on the head)

In fact, I don't think I'll ever want that.

Jingle's having a Jangle .. isn't it fun.

What about matron

Thank you all for your posts. I will introduce Mum to GN and of course she'll make her own mind up if she likes it. I do know her quite well though.... And I know that, for example, she'd not enjoy an awful lot of MN, mainly because of swearing. I certainly wouldn't vet her posts and wouldn't want to know her user name, nor would I want her to know mine. I just think that it would open up a new world to someone who's interested in life but is quite lonely. Haven't checked in for a few days so thanks again.

There's not very much swearing on G'net as far as I can make out, TG. Where have you been looking?

Was comparing GN with MN, I haven't really looked at GN at all to be honest. I'll see if she wants to give it a whirl. However I will know her user name as I know she'll want me to do all the set up etc. wouldn't peek though!

Think TG was referring to Mumsnet as regards the swearing, anno

Sorry, crossed posts!

Go on. Be a devil. Let her loose. (we can take it)

My dd suggested it to me when I became (much to my surprise) a gran.
I can't thank her enough

Sorry - I hadn't read your post carefully enough Tiger!