Not sure if I am allowed to ask this on here.....

I crossed sauce with her a couple of times but enjoyed reading her comments…

Swords!! ?‍♀️

that was brilliant Shinamae.

There are some very knowledgeable posters on this forum who could teach me a lot about politics- an area I am embarrassed to say I have never paid much attention to BUT the way in which that information is often given can be very intimidating. I can understand people being passionate about their beliefs but there is no place for making belittling comments, offensive remarks to those who have different beliefs or who may be a bit naive. Far better to educate than alienate in my opinion. And that is just my opinion ?

I miss her too. I am quite a sensitive person but never found her intimidating at all wtf

What do you mean Lucca?

actually though, I don't find any of you intimidating - which is just as well, especially with all the crossing of sauce

Shinamae

I crossed sauce with her a couple of times but enjoyed reading her comments…

I honestly thought that this was an Essex thing!

I really miss Alegrias too. She is clever and funny.
I do hope that she comes back.
And yes, as Lucca says, it wasn’t because she was unable to take criticism

Marydoll

She has cancelled her account

Oh. That's a shame. I also found her (Algerias) well-informed and interesting.

Did she know anything about William Morris though?

JaneJudge

Did she know anything about William Morris though?

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I am going to be tarred with the WM brush forever?.

JaneJudge

actually though, I don't find any of you intimidating - which is just as well, especially with all the crossing of sauce

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we all bow to your superior knowledge

I am sorry that Lemongrove has left and Germanshepherds mum, I agree with you.

Libman, ?

I miss Alegrias very much. She was one of the few posters I would always read. Her comments were always well researched, clear and fairly concise. She never struck me as getting annoyed with alternative views, I think she enjoyed the arguments, but she did used to get annoyed about people not bothering to read the thread and take notice of what other people had posted. She could also be very funny. I hope she's doing something interesting.

Germanshepherdsmum

Lemongrove has disappeared too. I don’t know why but anyone who supports the Conservatives, as she does, like me, gets short shrift on here.

Oh, come off it!

Lemon is a long-standing member who can give as good as she gets - I hope she returns as she used to post on various subjects without rancour despite being a Tory

And I hope Alegrias also returns - she was baited and surprisingly rose to it.

Anyway, there's room for us all - it's only a chat forum for grannies and other oldies.

Lucca

Galaxy

Whatever the reason I will miss her contributions in particular in relation to covid .

I already do. She has left please let’s not continue to criticise her ! For the record there was a lot more to her decision than the SNP thread

Lucca, spot on!

I miss both Alegrias and Lemongrove. Opposite sides of many arguments but so what. It’s good to have different viewpoints expressed.

I assume that if a poster closes there account they can reregister if they change their mind? It's quite rare for long-standing and vociferous posters to disappear altogether.

Having said that, where is Chewbacca?

AAGGHH!! Their. Bloody autocorrect?

Yes, yes they can register again, but under a different, or slightly different, name

I think we would know if Alg came back. Her style is unique!

Try sending PMs. I just did. lem's seemed to go off just fine; Alegrias' didn't but the message that popped up suggested she had only temporarily withdrawn from GN.

In the past if someone has left and you try to send a PM a message saying there was no such poster would appear.

Algerias, scontacted me and said she had left.