Would you add anything to this list?

I presume you'd apply that to reading the DM online Greatnan?

I can't see the problem - if you are not interested in something, just don't read it. There is no need to say anything unpleasant about it.

Elegran you said that with a note of authority

As with anyone else's lists, some drivel, some funny. He seems older than 60.

He's quite right when he observes that you still get spam after you are dead.

Well, in support of flowerfriend, I couldn't be bothered to read to the end of the list either, though I did like number one, the less/fewer one, the ten minute care journey, and the one about still getting spam after you've died. No idea what number I got to but it wasn't near the end.

Not saying this was drivel, though it wasn't enough to my taste to finish reading the list, but I also think the Guardian publishes a fair amount of drivel, as do most daily newspapers.

I liked it and so did DH. So there!

Well, she's entitled to her opinion of course, even though it could have been expressed in less inflamatory terms.

You have go it, Ana. Flowerfriend was the only person who appeared not to have enjoyed the article. Pehaps irony does not come over very well in print!

Or (and more likely) I have got the wrong end of the stick completely and it's flowerfriend who's the cause of these confusing posts....

What's going on here? Why do you seem to be having a go at hummingbird, Elegran?

It might corrupt our writing style.

I am bemused. Why would hummingbird have to be trendy to have a good sense of humour?

Bless. Whatever we do, let's avoid drivel.

Trendy? Sadly not! I liked the list, and it resonated with me as both an older woman (person?) and a gran. That's all, really.

Ella!

Makes a change from having a pop at the DM.

If we ignore everything someone adds a link to in case it is trendy, we could miss some gems. We can always stop before the end if it turns out not to be on our wavelength.

Are you trendy, hummingbird ? Or just a standard gran like the rest of us? I don't know you well enough to add a derogatory label. The list in the link was interesting, that is what matters, and I don't doubt that was what made you post it.

I am chastened, too, Greatnan! Am I your peer, do you think??? Oh, the power...

I immediately thought of Gransnet when I read the less-fewer remark!

I,d like to add " be careful what you wish for "

I am chastened by flowerfriend's post. I really enjoyed the article and did not realise that I was only reading it because my 'peers' (who the heck are they?) had made it obligatory.

I really liked his list, except his dislike of pets. I loved his abiding memory of the happiness he felt during a 10 minute car trip many years ago.

I would add:

That I must remember I'll always be a smoker - even when I'm not.

That power never concedes power graciously.

That talking about "a good innings" after someone's death is often unhelpful.

Hmm...

I agree with you, Mamie - that's my favourite!

I want to add that reading the drivel in the Guardian item is not obligatory, so I gave up at about no. 18 or 19. I have learnt that it is possible to have the freedom to decide on things like this and not feel that because it is something vaunted by one's peers that one has to read to the bitter end!

A beloved old friend is like a comfy pair of slippers. A beloved new friend is like a comfy pair of slippers.