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BlueBelle Tue 04-Dec-18 05:30:21

I think we have an infiltration of ‘jokers’ on the threads at the moment Well of course it may be the same person with a variety of names but I have noticed four (at least) new names who are ‘ having fun’ with us
I presume reporting them and letting Gransnet sort them out is the only way forward
Has anyone else noticed ?
We need a sin bin

Fennel Wed 26-Dec-18 19:25:20

Another one [angry}.
As I've said before, sadly, these open forums aren't the place to ask for advice on personal/family problems.
They should be, because many of us want to give helpful advice, and can, from years of experience.
I posted on that thread, can't remember what I said now.

holdingontometeeth Wed 26-Dec-18 19:36:00

It’s open to all oldbatty
You would be the first to object if you were refused because of your sex or ethnicity.
There are dodgy ones appearing daily but as I have said before you lot of failed detective Clueless’s cannot distinguish between genuine and downright fantasy ( Evil sometimes as they are. )
No matter how outlandish they are they are well contributed to.

Anniebach Wed 26-Dec-18 19:40:09

posters are clueless ? No. Posters are caring ? Yes

oldbatty Wed 26-Dec-18 19:41:53

" you would be the first", how rude. I am all for equality but my understanding of this forum is it is called Gransnet, a place for older ladies to meet up and chat. God knows we are excluded from most places.

It is not a place for 10 year olds to show off about what Santa brought them or fantasists to share tales of peadophilia.

Cherrytree59 Wed 26-Dec-18 19:51:09

"You lot"??
Said with such disdain Hotmt

I believe you don't actually like women!

Not the first time you have made such a remark.hmm

Chewbacca Wed 26-Dec-18 19:53:01

In the past few months, GN has become a forum where I'm increasingly wary of posting anything unless I know and recognise the name of the OP. So many sickos, making up horrible tales, is ruining GN.

holdingontometeeth Wed 26-Dec-18 20:08:29

It didn’t stop you suggesting that I bite my 5 year old granddaughter to teach her a lesson, did it Chewbacca ?

oldbatty Wed 26-Dec-18 20:11:22

Oh go ahead bite a five year old, bite the head off a jelly baby, bite a neck. Nobody cares.

Elegran Wed 26-Dec-18 20:12:30

The If all posts about genuine problems were humdrum and trivial, and all dodgy posts were full of stories of unusual and sometimes lethal situations, how easy it would befor "you lot" to divide the sheep from the goats and draw a hard line in the sand! No hurt feelings from worried genuine posters, no further posts from the jokers as they would be wiped clean from the forum.

If you have a foolproofsystem, Hotmt I do hope you are employing it.

BlueBelle Wed 26-Dec-18 21:45:28

Oh for crying out loud Holding sing another tune you come across as arrogant and distainful angry and actually not at all pleasant
You said you were going to concentrate on the games threads please do
I m not sure if you are really of this character or you just enjoy winding people up or even if you are a genuine poster at all but you aren’t doing yourself any favours with your attitude on here

SueDonim Wed 26-Dec-18 21:59:00

Thanks for mansplaining our collective failings to us, Hotmt.

Chewbacca Wed 26-Dec-18 22:25:13

Now here's the thing holdingontometeeth; I don't happen to think it's funny or cute when a 5 year old bites someone. I think it's a behavioural problem that needs to be addressed, pronto. In fact, I wouldn't stand for a 2 year old biting another child, let a lone a 5 year who should have grown out of it by now. And it would appear that I'm not alone in thinking that way. Have a look at how young mum's feel about their children biting: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/2371266-5-year-old-wont-stop-biting-at-school

Or this one, in which a a professional nursery deems biting, in a 17 month-old to be so unacceptable that he was excluded. Note, 17 months old. Not 5 years old.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/nurseries/1607454-Nursery-excluding-a-17-month-old-for-biting-WWYD

But you seem to think that a 5 year old who bites is cute, funny, makes an amusing anecdote. It's not. And I can assure you that the parents of a bitten child wont find it cute, funny or endearing either. But, putting things into perspective, I really don't give a toss whether you bite your GD; give her a pat on the back or send her to join the Foreign Legion; it matters not one jot to me. But if not addressed, it will, at some point, matter to your GD.

holdingontometeeth Wed 26-Dec-18 22:41:12

There was no bite. you jumped in head first to deliver your hateful suggestion.
I too am not bothered by your pleas of justification.
You talked on a thread about kindness.
That's what I call a special kind of kindness.

Chewbacca Wed 26-Dec-18 22:50:59

There was no bite? Strange. That's not what you said in your OK. But who cares now?

Do what you like with your GD holdingontometeeth, I'm beyond caring. But woe betide any child that bit me or one of mine!

Marydoll Wed 26-Dec-18 23:24:33

I have to support Chewy here. Holdingontomyteeth , You did say she bit and said " Bless", in response to her saying she didn't bite, it was her teeth that did it . I'm not sure of the exact words.
I'm remember thinking at the time, who finds it amusing that a child bites.
I wasn't sure if you were trying to be amusing, but if you were, it has backfired. ☹️

Jalima1108 Wed 26-Dec-18 23:30:04

there was no bite
That's like saying 'there was no drone'.

I thought her teeth did it?
You were presumably holding on to yours hotmt - were you waving yours around in your hand like a weapon?
Conjures up quite a picture

Bless

holdingontometeeth Wed 26-Dec-18 23:50:04

Her teenage brother alleged that she bit him whilst they were play fighting. Marydoll
There wasn’t a mark on him but her innocent excuse showed that she tried.
All the nastiness was spewed forth without the facts.
I found some of the posters comments abhorrent.
You are correct. I was hoping that her comment would be seen as innocent humour but I was encouraged to vilify a 5 year old.
Such posters and others who have agreed with them are indeed a credit to themselves.

Marydoll Wed 26-Dec-18 23:57:41

holdingontometeeth, the problem is that, sometimes we try to be humourous or ironic in the written word, but that doesn't always come across, as it would in speech

Perhaps it would be better to lay this to rest and move on.
We are not all as nasty as you seem to think. You do have a tendency to rub some of us up the wrong way.?

Cherrytree59 Thu 27-Dec-18 00:00:16

Agree Marydoll, I'm sure hotmt was trying to be amusing.

But it was the OPs Thread title that I found rather odd.
Not something (imho) that under normal circumstances a Grandmother would write.

Another young lady who can't control her mouth

However if wrote by a man could be deemed as quite a sexist remark.

As this is a thread about a thread I expect that my post will probably disappear quite soon tchsmile

Jalima1108 Thu 27-Dec-18 11:48:01

www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk

Must be chilly up there on the moral high ground.

Jalima1108 Thu 27-Dec-18 11:55:46

ps that was for holdingontomyteeth btw.

Marydoll Thu 27-Dec-18 11:58:02

Jalima1108, I was going to post exactly the same thing! grin

Jalima1108 Thu 27-Dec-18 12:23:27

especially in the snow and ice which means you could slip and may not have a leg to stand on.

holdingontometeeth Thu 27-Dec-18 13:51:15

I will refrain from clicking on the link provided.
Who knows, it may be connected to Malware as we have been previously warned.

Marydoll Thu 27-Dec-18 13:55:47

Touché, Holding! grin
Glad to see you DO have a sense of humour.
It's OK to look. As a kind and caring Gransnetter, I've checked it out for you. It's safe! Or then again, perhaps I'm trying to trick you. confused