Tributes for Carol

This will be a difficult Christmas for Carol's family but I hope they can find comfort in the memory of happier holidays they shared.

The reaction to Greatnan's death encapsulates, for me, what Gransnet is all about. Most of us had not met Carol but we felt a connection with her as we do with each other. If anyone had told me that I would 'miss' someone whose comments I read online, I would never have believed it. But I do miss Carol: I'd formed an impression of her, warm and endearing - feisty, of course, but always reaching out to others. It turned out that she looked pretty much how I'd imagined too. It's good to know that others feel this way too, so at this sad time for Carol's family, let's just take a moment to value what this forum means to us! Happy Christmas!

Greatnan has left a large space here on Gransnet. All of us who 'met' her at the beginning and those who came to know her as the forum grew will never really forget her. When I think of her, I see her smiling from the photos taken of her, and also of the places she loved so much.

jingl - welcome back. It's good to see you here with us again.

reading Greatnans posts was always interesting, she was intelligent and her posts were well thought out. She seemed to have a very varied and active lifestyle that belied her real age.I was very sorry to hear about her death, and presume it to be a accident in her much loved French Alps walking/climbing countryside....... and there are worse ways to go, as she loved this kind of lifestyle. I think she will be missed by a lot of people as well as her own family, and I can think of no better tribute than that.

Yes, thoughts definitely with Greatnan' s family. Such a sad Christmas for them.

Thoughts and prayers with Greatnan's family. I didn't know her personally and disagreed with her on a lot of things but she was always interesting - I was thinking of her yesterday and when I logged on found this thread had started up again.

Thoughts are with Greatnan's family, it is sure to be especially difficult right now. She is a big miss with all of us here on Gransnet and as usual, Elegran has put it succinctly

Nice to see you Jings! Glad you have returned.

A warm welcome back jingl.

jingl Welcome back, you have been missed

Yes, welcome back Jingl

Good to see you jingle

Nice to see you again, Jingl!

Glad you're back, Jingl.

I don't think you've upset anyone, jingl There seem to be a lot of new IDs popping up and I can't work them out so I'm glad you've cleared up any mystery surrounding your name.

Welcome back

I am so sorry this has happened. I never dreamed this could ever be taken amiss. Yes, "yourusername123" is/was me, j08. I just posted under the username I had at the time, in response to Granjura's sad post.

My sentiment expressed on here is, of course, entirely genuine.

Apologies again to anyone I have upset.

Indeed Whenim. Carol's impact was huge. As long as this forum, those who debated with her and those to whom she sent messages of support are here, we can be sure her spirit will live on in our hearts.

Thank you, Elegran. Just loving comments and memories are all that are needed here. We continue to miss Carol and chat about her elsewhere, too, but it's good to see her mentioned every now and again.

As ever, Elegran, you have expressed it so well. Thank you. I hesitated to come back here, but am glad I did.

We all miss Carol. She was one of the backbones of this forum, and even those who did not always agree with her have paid tributes to her and lamented her sudden early death. Granjura, you yourself have been most affected by the loss of this friend, with whom you had many skirmishes in the past.

We also care about one another, and we are interested to hear a new username saying that they miss her too, and wonder what connection they have with her.

To spoil a thread, it has to become the scene of acerbic and unwanted comments. This one is free of such debris, so I don't think we need worry about it staying a suitable tribute.

Who cares? Nothing to do with the sentiments behind this return to the thread.

youruser could be a friend of Greatnan's from another site. A number of her friends from other forums came this way.

Who's spoiling anything, GJ?
Not being aware of any posts by yourusername123 on any of the threads relating to Greatnan or any threads before Greatnan's tragic accident, I merely wondered whether she is a member who has returned under a new name or someone who reads the posts but doesn't usually contribute. "Lurking" is not necessarily a pejorative epithet, it means someone who watches from the sidelines and doesn't say a lot.
It is difficult to miss someone you have never known.

What a shame to spoil this... what is the point, really?

Clearly a reincarnation yourusername123 or have you been lurking for years and years???