What a lot of miserable old buggers some of you are!

Beautifully articulated Anya!

Maryeliza is trying to cheer you up, on another thread.

I read the title to the thread and thought I wonder who said that, whilst having a quiet giggle.

I then saw it was my old mucker Anya and yet again thought, this is going to be a fun thread. ?

.....and to make a point, in RL a conversation could start off on say the price of butter, meander on to OHs bad habits and end up on the imminent gas boiler check. See what I mean?

Yes but we are all part of life's rich tapestry with our quirks and pettiness and wisdom and ........but I am not old!.Grumpy sometimes (usually justifiably so!) but I have this mixture of exasperation and affection for everyone on GN. On my wedding day, someone said to me that I was now a respectable married woman,I replied that 2 out of 3 wasn't bad. So I am now 2 out of 3 on the grumpy old woman scale. I hope

Well I hope Anya feels better forgetting that off her chest, but to be fair she does raise valid criticism and I for one can't dispute most of what she says. I can't take offence except like most of you don't see myself as old. So let's all be more tolerant, express your true thoughts but don't run down others for doing the same. And maybe a bit less moaning over things that don't really matter. Just saying.

I am just polishing my halo! I am in the clear as this is my first post today.

Now, can I pour oil on troubled waters anywhere ? Heh heh!

Day6 save the oil for any political thread?

Brilliant Anya, you've hit the nail on the head,do you think we allow our dark side to come out just because we don't know each other & will never meet , it's like the anonymity let's us behave badly. I certainly end up feeling a bit down at times & wonder why I bother.

Oh heck lemon! I have to gird my loins before going in there!

I have to be in the right frame of mind too. There are some days when I just cannot be bothered to interrupt the conversation of the regulars.

Today I have a guilty conscience about all the stuff I must decide what to do with and all the jobs I really must get round to but can't be bothered doing. Arguing current affairs/politics isn't on the radar today. Sometimes it's just too much like hard work and seems like a waste of energy bothering posting anything. If this was newspaper instead of a screen all our efforts would be tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers, wouldn't they? (If we still wrapped chips in newspaper that is.)

I need to summon up the energy to dig out the vacuum cleaner. No, I don't think it's going to happen today.

Yes, this is all virtual fish and chip paper, and will be binned before long.

Oh Anya I agree and in particular:
"And of course, extremely irritating, those who don’t read the thread and other posts and say exactly what I’ve just said as if they had just had the most amazing idea. And even more irritating those who comment on that post ‘that’s a great idea why didn’t someone else think if thst?’ (they did - me ?) making it a double whammy. Grrrr..."

It sometimes feels like I have been in a conversation, said my important bit and no on took any notice as soon after they brought up exactly my point.

I don't spend as much time on gn as some so when I look in 'Last hour' if I see a thread has loads of posts I simply don't read it as I won't want to read through it all and wouldn't feel it fair to comment if I haven't. There is a recent exception where, rather than read all the posts, I simply PM'd the OP with my message.

Looking at your first line, should I expect a visit?

I have come across some Very Grumpy People in RL recently - and all have been male!!

No doubt the men on GN will soon be here to defend themselves and tell us that they are always positive, optimistic and helpful in a non-partisan way

Gillybob My husbands idea of of some clutter is "this womans" nightmare of a hoarder.

I can relate to some of your comments Anya and I am sure I am guilty of some of the misdemeanours. It would be boring if we were all relentlessly cheerful, but hope misery does not prevail. Hey ho soon be the festive season ?

What's a black-cator?

black-cator
but then I admit I haven't read all the posts

As they say Anya....it takes all sorts. I don't think anyone is right or wrong with what they say.... Its all individual perception.

No two people will ever agree 100 pc with each other on every subject, even the best of friends!

That's what makes us so unique!

The ability to 'listen' is probably the best gift anyone can have, much better than the ability to speak.

I don't think anybody needs to feel superior or inferior and yes, some people get on my nerves and some I understand to a point, some I will NEVER understand ...but why worry..... Everyone, jogs along regardless and some people really ARE happy being miserable

Just be you

Fish and chips is just not the same without lemon

ah Alima mentioned black-cators

got it now

A black catter is someone who will always claim to be better than or able to outdo you. As in 'if I had a black cat, he'd have a blacker one'.

Note that it says he

Well! Relating to the op, I'm peed off. Some people are repeating what I said and then other people are crediting them with a good idea.

And I'm feeling really nowty about it!

Thanks Jalima!

Well....interesting reactions. Oddly enough those who are examining themselves and wondering ‘was she talkng about me?’ by in large are in the not-guilty box - simply because they are wondering.

In reply to Maw I usually do distance myself from you, don’t I! ?

What I can’t believe is that the majority of those I’m talking about were growing up in the 60s, but it seems to have passed them by entirely.

What happened to the generation that spawned the Rolling Stones, or the Beatles? Those who marched in support of CND, demanded the USA stop using napalm in Vietnam, insisted that the colour of a persons skin did not matter?

What happened to generation who bought Vesta Chow Mein, wore American Tan tights with bright pink mini skirts, and clung onto the back of the boyfriends scooter or motor bike if you were a rocker?

Have we really becoming a generation of moaning Minnies, castigating the younger generation and drawing up the drawbridge so we can wither away into a grumpy old age?

Not me Anya, I hope and, as point of information, I wasn't a rocker!

But I'm still peed off about being ignored!

No , we are here, finding ways to enjoy ourselves, and meeting other interesting people. And also helping following generations learn musical instruments etc.
But I tell you this I spent the Sixties straitening my hair, and I am not going to waste another decade doing that.