Homeless Mumsnetters - come this way!

Ooh, I guess I can be persuaded to stay for a little longer.

ooh i wasnt crafting but now you mention it
zips off into the distance
they are bugging me today because aparently the sound of music is too boring for them
bah like i really enjoy hours of zac and blinkin quack

Refugee I was born a few months before the NHS came into being you can Google that one if you do not know.

I actually do want to know what you think of this site given the differences in the age and the way society has changed.

I am sure there are bigger gaps now between how we as children and teenagers were with our parents and you "our childrens" generation and how we were with you.

There could be a PHd here for someone if anyone could be bothered.

If GN goes down I hope you will provide tea and cakes for us.

Thanks Gransnet for letting us in.
Can I just ask any stray MNers, is the site working for you? Or is it just me it hates?

nope its not working for me

It took a while but seems to be ok now.

Thanks for having us GNetters

Of course we will provide cake. sorry but the tea comes in a mug. we do have wine though.

you may need to bring your eyebleach though. the language can be a bit ... anglosaxon.

Aaaw. Just hates me then.( Has it sorted for you Shion?)

Nope still can post but i can view it

blackeyedsusan I have been drinking from mugs for about 50 yrs.
I no longer raise my little finger in the air whilst drinking a cup of Earl Grey in the family heirloom Sevres bone china with the family crest on it.
I have to confess that my teaspoons don't even match.

Well all the apostles were different so they can't match can they!

Thanks very much for having us Gransnetters



Pop over for a visit sometime & we'll break out the and gin

As promised - do help yourselves!!

Nellie - there's always & (except we have BIG cakes!) over at MN for any Gransnetters - you are always welcome, you don't have to wait for a crisis!

You say you do really want to know what we think of the site. OK <just remember, you asked!! I wouldn't be so rude to criticise unbidden!>

- There are lots of 'bits' that we have on MN that you don't have here and I don't really know why not (is it choice/money spent on the site/other?) and I would miss them - (though feel free to tell me if you have them and I'm just too dim to have found them!!)

- Being able to highlight the OPs & your own posts.
- Inbox lighting up when you have a message.
- A column to tell you who started the thread
- Not being able to change the colour (I find the pink a bit sickly)

- There aren't many 'General Interest' threads, the do seem to be mostly 'age' focussed, but that maybe just that there aren't many threads... (which leads me to....)

- There aren't many threads!!

- It's so slow threads don't get posted on for weeks - let alone days, hours, minutes I think on MN the 30 or so 'Active Conversations' are 'rolled over' within an hour at a slow time and within 5 minutes when it's busy. Which of course has it's disadvantages too - but you can always look at the appropriate boards (cooking/gardening/diy/camping - whatever).

- It's very polite over here, even when you are insulting each other it's all 'golly gosh' I prefer the MN 'Oh FFS'

- In all seriousness, when you spend a lot of time with children, it's quite nice to have a space when you can vent with a few swear words thrown in for good measure and not have to worry about little ears or anyone else who might be offended.

- There just isn't enough going on over here. At one stage this morning I was the 'last poster' on about 5 threads and I was doing other stuff at the same time! I would end up dominating the boards if I came over here all the time.... then hanging around waiting for someone to reply. I feel like I'm invading Gransnet singlehandedly!!

However, it's a lovely place, you all seem happy with it and it must be nice to have a space away from MN which is more 'specialised'. I posted here a while ago when the Gransnetter went missing and it was a very lovely community with a lot of very wise, confident, positive women posting. By the time Gransnet is more my bag, I hope it's grown a bit bigger - and I think it will as I think many of us will migrate over!!

I have always felt like Gransnet is a board on Mumsnet - like Dadsnet, Gardening, Camping... it doesn't feel like a whole different site - and that's nice

Thank you so much for hosting us today!

I was dragged out to shops by dh so had to leave suddenly and couldn't say goodbye. I could sing you a farewell, but you wouldn't thank me.

I do rather like the slimmer topic list. I think the MN topics have gone a bit crazy. Mind you, I'm getting on a bit at 56, but dd's only 15, so I'm not a gran yet, just older than the average(?); as I've told her she's not allowed to have sex until she's 35, I may not ever be a gran

Thanks for your observations, Chippingin. GN has become very slow recently - it seems to be in a bit of a transition period!

There used to be a lot more swearing and outspoken comments a year or so ago, but newer members seem to disapprove so we've had to put the brakes on. Or, some of us have!

Fifa is used here as well!

B iPad. Ffs is used here as well. I have to be really narked to use it though, although some use it quite often

We are actually allowed to use Proper Swear Words as well, although not many do. GNHQ doesn't censor them!

Goodness (or ffs), I've just noticed we haven't even scraped through the 24 hour mark on the Active page.

It's a new low - and that's with all the extra temporary members we've had on today!

Have they gone?

Thank you all for being so welcoming.

Blimey. Someone had a lot to say for herself. again.

I would n't want that one visiting my house!

Oh Shite! Thought they'd all gone.