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Are our views always entrenched?

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Greatnan Wed 19-Jun-13 09:51:57

Somebody said to me recently that she thought people's views on such matters as politics and religion were so entrenched by a certain age that nothing would change them.
Well, I have had my own views on religion very much modified by a certain member of Gransnet, who has answered all the questions I have wanted to ask for years, with infinite patience, kindness and warmth, never taking offence.
No, Gransnet is not my Road to Damascus - I will always be an atheist and she certainly has not tried to convert me. What she has done is show me how much her church means to her and some of the good it is doing throughout the world. Oh, she agrees that there is much that needs changing, but she explains that it is like having a family member that does things you don't like, but you still love them. Change is taking place at grass roots level and she hopes it will filter up to the men at the top (yes, they are all men!).
When she first joined GN, I would never have envisaged that we could become such close friends and I thank her for not giving up on me!

Notso Sun 23-Jun-13 18:28:53

I feel sick. Bends with unfenced 100' drops? In reverse? Vertigo kicks in just reading about it!

annodomini Sun 23-Jun-13 18:21:05

Who are you calling a wimp?

Greatnan Sun 23-Jun-13 18:13:37

But you will be back, in Summer, you wimp!

annodomini Sun 23-Jun-13 18:03:55

Yes, Greatnan, but won't reveal how much it cost you to persuade me... grin

Greatnan Sun 23-Jun-13 17:54:45

Anno will testify to my skill on mountain roads! She hasn't been with me in Winter, when I am driving on roads with about 6" to spare on either side and suddenly encounter a 7' high snowdrift blocking the road. It can be quite tricky trying to turn and reversing round bends with an unfenced 100' drop is not my party trick!

gracesmum Sun 23-Jun-13 17:41:37

confused

Aka Sun 23-Jun-13 17:36:54

OMG

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 17:27:42

In fact, it made me hit the enter key twice.

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 17:27:11

Love it, Greatnan that made me hoot...grin

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 17:26:23

Love it, Greatnan that made me hoot...grin

Greatnan Sun 23-Jun-13 16:45:53

Excellent, Merlot. flowers

I have the same problem as Rory - get into tight corners on the mountain roads and have trouble backing out (my best was a 17-point turn!)

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:41:00

Must send him into other dark corners, Ella46...clever idea of yours.

Ella46 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:28:02

He's obviously trying to help with the dusting! smile

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:25:18

Rory went on a brief adventure under the computer desk. Reached the end and found it very tricky to turn around or reverse. Has then shot out from the dark corner with fur on end and a cobweb draped becomingly over one ear. grin

Nonu Sun 23-Jun-13 15:22:07

MERLOT , you are very witty .

JO8 , I know you didn"t.

No sunshine here now ,

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:21:57

jingle....you may be many things, but rude [in this isolated incident] you are NOT! grin

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:20:23

So, where are the flapjacks? If that Bags spent more time in the kitchen [not the garden] she'd have had us all round for tea...

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:19:16

shock I did n' t mean that rudely!

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:18:51

merlotgran I do believe we have a poetess in our midst. flowers

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:18:19

Gransnet's Poet Laureate strikes again. grin

nanaej Sun 23-Jun-13 15:15:23

boom boom! grin

ps I have just made a tray of flapjacks to take over to SiL for tea!

merlotgran Sun 23-Jun-13 15:03:47

Whether squabbles are major or minor,
They shouldn't endanger a thread.
Let's abandon the slow boat to China
And all have a flapjack instead. grin

Elegran Sun 23-Jun-13 14:50:44

A titter ran round the room. . . (Ken Dodd)

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 14:16:52

...or should it be, Nana's naughty titters...
What do we Gransnetters think? wink grin sunshine

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 14:15:24

Naughty Nana titters...