News from OZ, missing regular poster.

I too sent a PM which appeared to ‘go’. Rufus usually replies so very worrying this time. There have been many posters on GM that ‘disappeared’ and no news, not many of us have anyone who would file the gap when there’s computer break down or unavailability so look forward to Rufus’s come back soon.

Sorry, we're about 150/160km to Marysville.

Yabbie, that's not a fair thing to say about Gladys and Scott. It's a very trying time for everyone.

And Yabbie, I'm in Sydney and have never heard our Premier referred to as Bin Chicken. Perhaps you are just unable to pronounce her surname. As I said, not nice.

I’ve never heard that term,either. Not nice. I feel sorry for the lot of them just now. I don’t particularly like Dan but this time round I think he is doing the right thing. Problem is, he seems to just love being dictatorial and puts me in mind of Xi jinping . Guess that is where he gets advice from.

Elspeth45

And Yabbie, I'm in Sydney and have never heard our Premier referred to as Bin Chicken. Perhaps you are just unable to pronounce her surname. As I said, not nice.

If you google it there are many references to it……

Maybe we can leave the politics and consider why this threads was started to see if there was news about a 94 year old poster

Start your own thread about Australian politics if you want yabbie

I find this one of the most upsetting things about forums when someone disappears and we never know whether they are ok or not

Some years ago I made a friend on a local forum we never swapped emails just talked on the forum I didn’t even ask her a real name but I liked her, we had a lot in common, one day she just stopped posting and from that day to this I have never known if she died, became ill, lost interest ( I doubt) or what
It’s not a nice feeling to be hanging there is space with no end story

GNHQ said yesterday they could not help with any information on Rufus. I think they tried. Sad.

Oh no. Thanks Jacky

It is a problem when posters you like disappear, especially if they are older. I’m thinking of Alexa and Bijou for instance, if you message and the message doesn’t go, I guess it means they’ve left GN?

I'm very sorry if my references to the nicknames of our leaders caused offence. I included them solely because they are regarded by very many people as typical of Australian irreverent humour. These particular nicknames are commonly found in all Australian media and are generally employed with a certain degree of affection.
I had hoped to amuse rather than offend.

Yabbie it’s more the fact that we have been talking about our concerns for a missing friend; and your contributions were irrelevant to the conversation, and were impolite.

Bluesky Rufus hasn’t left GN the pm I sent to him went through but wasn’t answered which indicates he is ill or away from his computer and he usually tells us if he’s going away for a reason
He’s 94 so we obviously are concerned for his well being

I actually asked if people wanted me to give some "news from Oz" or if it was just news about a particular person that was being requested. I asked because I was unclear about the purpose of the thread, and not because I wanted to usurp or subvert the thread.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to notice that I asked, before responding as I did.
I rather resent my response being called irrelevant and impolite when I clearly asked if people wanted me to respond with some news from Australia and received a couple of replies which I interpreted as positive.
Believe me that I had no intention of being either irrelevant or impolite and I apologise.

Well here’s hoping he will be back soon and wondering what the fuss is about. He is in Melbourne I think- probably in hard lockdown unless he is out in the regions so maybe no access to internet ?

Rufus is probably having a whale of a time all these women concerned for him. Hope you’re ok Rufus.

Do they cut the Internet off when you go into lockdown nana8 he never seems to have had any trouble with his internet connection before so doubt he’s in a remote area

No they don’t cut it off but if it goes wrong it can be hard to get help during lockdown, no one can come in the house.

Oh Yabbie I encouraged you to come back and gives us some news about Australia, any news! Sorry if I’ve got you into trouble!

It’s okay Yabbie and BlueSky, don’t worry about it.
Yabbie please start threads with gay abandon, you are more than welcome.
But please stop posting on this particular thread so that it can continue to be about Rufus and his GN friends

BlueSky

Oh Yabbie I encouraged you to come back and gives us some news about Australia, any news! Sorry if I’ve got you into trouble!

Same from me!

Can we have a separate thread for those wanting to talk about Australia this is about a poster we are concerned about and keeps going off at a tangent

I agree this thread is about Rufus and needs to be kept on track.
I hope he is well and we hear some news soon.

Lets hope we hear from Rufus soon and hope he has just lost his internet connection for a short while .

Just so your thread is kept on track and these ladies don’t cop anymore flack - I’ll start a thread and call it “This is Australia” where we can discuss all things Australian and answer any Australiana questions.

Speaking of Australians, I do hope Rufus2 is back to say g’day soon.