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Where are the grandads on Gransnet?

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Rameses Tue 12-Apr-22 17:20:57

I have been an observing member for some time and rarely post, although I find many of the discussions interesting.

I have always been curious as to how few men seem to be on here. Maybe they are observing from afar too? wink

I have seen a very small number of posts from grandads and would love to know how they figure in proportion to the ladies. My guess is no more than 15% of total members. Does anybody know the figures?

Curlywhirly Wed 13-Apr-22 07:32:20

I think Grandad43 was banned and Rufus (from Australia) who signed off with Oru, just stopped posting (many GNs have mentioned their concern about what's happened to him). Mick as has been mentioned, still posts every day on the Good Morning thread.

Lilypops Wed 13-Apr-22 08:34:54

Curlywhirly, Thankyou for replying about the missing Grandads, I rather liked Grandad 1943 ,he was quite an interesting character , he seemed to have a great deal of knowledge about the shop floor politics,shame if he was banned, maybe a step too far !! and Rufus was always fun with his stories of Oz ,

lemsip Wed 13-Apr-22 08:57:21

Rameses This is where the grandads are!
www.gransnet.com/forums/grandads_shed/1305873-Whoever-goes-first

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 13-Apr-22 09:57:27

I had assumed that Rameses was a woman so was a bit shocked to discover otherwise. Yes I know, I shouldn’t be but I would prefer that men had obviously male usernames.

Callistemon21 Wed 13-Apr-22 10:17:31

The grim reaper seems to have carried off a few of us males (is it safe to use that word?) over the last couple of years
A lot of females too,grumppa sad

nanna8 Wed 13-Apr-22 10:21:07

Uh, gransnet. Not popsnet, not grandpa net. Maybe that might have something to do with it ? I don’t go to the mens’ shed, either. Just a thought.

Callistemon21 Wed 13-Apr-22 10:22:12

Germanshepherdsmum

I had assumed that Rameses was a woman so was a bit shocked to discover otherwise. Yes I know, I shouldn’t be but I would prefer that men had obviously male usernames.

Isn't Rameses a male name?

You must be getting on a bit now, Rameses so perhaps you'll bring great wisdom to GN.

Our Australian poster was very elderly and had visited hospital a few times and we never found out what happened to him.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 13-Apr-22 10:41:00

Yes Rameses is a male name but it's not immediately obvious (or not to me at least) in the way that a commonplace male name would be. You don't exactly come across it every day. I hadn't detected that he was a man from the few posts I'd read.

FannyCornforth Wed 13-Apr-22 10:57:01

I think that the general consensus is that Rufus sadly died towards the middle of last year.
He was in his 90s and in poor health. There were a couple of threads about him.
I know at least one regular poster was in regular contact with him.

FannyCornforth Wed 13-Apr-22 10:59:20

lemsip

Rameses This is where the grandads are!
www.gransnet.com/forums/grandads_shed/1305873-Whoever-goes-first

They are all women on there apart from op.

FannyCornforth Wed 13-Apr-22 11:00:20

? anyone remember Spangler??

gillgran Wed 13-Apr-22 14:07:05

FannyCornforth

? anyone remember Spangler??

Was it he, who used to talk about his (vintage?) car? FannyCornforth?

Polly73 Wed 13-Apr-22 14:08:34

And his dapper dressing…..

Esspee Wed 13-Apr-22 14:29:01

Germanshepherdsmum

I had assumed that Rameses was a woman so was a bit shocked to discover otherwise. Yes I know, I shouldn’t be but I would prefer that men had obviously male usernames.

Rameses is the name of a very famous line of kings and a most masculine name.
I therefore can’t imagine why anyone would be shocked to discover he was a man. My user name doesn’t indicate my sex, just my lack of imagination.
I wish there were more men posting on here, it would add a bit of balance to Gransnet.
Welcome Ramses, begotten of Ra. Hope you are Ramses the second.

BlueSky Wed 13-Apr-22 16:10:25

Yes still missing Rufus as I’ve got family in Oz, so a sort of connection. Sadly like other social sites like fb, you get used to virtual friends and miss them like real life ones. sad

FannyCornforth Wed 13-Apr-22 16:10:48

Polly73

And his dapper dressing…..

And his (younger) missus…
(And on one memorable occasion - his cruet set…)

Jaxjacky Wed 13-Apr-22 16:19:24

I don’t mind if users names reflect their sex or not, makes no difference to what I say.
I miss Rufus we had good chats about football as well as other topics, I’ll think of him if MC win the cup.
I remember Spangler posted some lovely pictures, one in particular at the Montague Arms in the New Forest, an old haunt of mine.

Callistemon21 Wed 13-Apr-22 16:46:59

and a most masculine name
Didn't he father over 100 children Esspee?

Riverwalk Wed 13-Apr-22 16:49:24

(And on one memorable occasion - his cruet set…)

Full frontal?

Jaberwok Wed 13-Apr-22 18:00:02

I remember Grandad1943, he posted a lot on the Politics thread. He was pretty definite in his views but I grew to like him. I wondered what had happened to him and had no idea he had been banned! Wonder what for as I quite missed him.

Callistemon21 Wed 13-Apr-22 18:03:09

Jaberwok

I remember Grandad1943, he posted a lot on the Politics thread. He was pretty definite in his views but I grew to like him. I wondered what had happened to him and had no idea he had been banned! Wonder what for as I quite missed him.

Oh, I assumed he had left because he got fed up with our supposed misandry.

We're not at all, Rameses!
Some of us even like men ?

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 13-Apr-22 18:15:05

I just like to know if I'm talking to or reading views of a man or a woman. Doubtless IABU.

BlueSky Wed 13-Apr-22 18:26:09

Yes Germanshepperd we could all portray to be women when we are in fact men! grin

joannapiano Wed 13-Apr-22 18:57:59

Anyone else remember Frank, and his dog, way back at the beginning of GN? And his lovely stories about the bums and tums class he used to go to !

BlueSky Wed 13-Apr-22 19:16:51

Sad that Atqui felt she had to have her harmless thread deleted. It won’t encourage contribution to the site.