Hello, Aliceharper1, RBond, bhoughton723 and Lily3, and welcome to Gransnet, all of you!
This thread seems to have gone very quiet, and I've just noticed that you're all sitting here dangling. I hope I can help those of you who need it in some way.
RBond, lovely to meet another poster from New Zealand. We have at least one regular poster on here from your country, BradfordLass, who I'm sure you'll come across as you get to know the site.
Aliceharper1, bhoughton723 and Lily3, I'm afraid the people you need to reply to your posts won't see them if you post on here. It's not a thread that many people look at.
If you look up at the top of the page, to where it says Gransnet Forums, you'll be able to choose to look at all the active threads, or ones that have been posted on in the last day, or the last hour. This is where you'll see threads that might be relevant to your questions and comments.
If you click on one of them, you can add your comment at the end of the thread by typing it in the Add your message here box, and someone should pick up on it and advise you. Make sure you find the end of the thread first though - I'm sure we've all at some time made the mistake of posting something relating to the thread at the bottom of page 1, when it turns out there are another 3 pages of comments to look at!
If you don't think there is a thread relevant to what you want to discuss, you can start a thread of your own by going into Active discussions and clicking on the dropdown for Start a new discussion. You can then choose which forum, or area of interest, you want to chat in.
I hope this helps. It all sounds a bit complicated, but will be second nature after a while. I hope you're all coping well in these difficult times, and look forward to seeing your posts all over the site!