Typical Gransnetter

watermeadow

Typical Gransnetter? Think 1960s. Tea cosy, perm, Daily Express, knitting, net curtains, a good neighbour, a loving Nana.

More drugs,sex and rock and roll?

It’s been an interesting read and while I can tick a few boxes in the aforementioned list, I certainly don’t tick them all. I read Gransnet and find out useful information on certain topics such as gardening, House and home, medical issues etc. I’ve found many of these very helpful. I occasionally post on threads and enjoy the this morning chat thread. I have posted on some of the contentious topics and had aggressive responses but I don’t get upset by them. I know I’d never mix with those people in real life, so it doesn’t get to me.

I like Seasalt, BonMarche, M&S, Boden, Jaeger - a real mix in there. Jo Malone, yes another tick. I do read the Daily Mail but also the Telegraph and the Sun online. Again, a real mixture.

Like others, my life has been a mix of ups and downs, with mostly good times. Health wise, some bad times. Smugness and complacency is never any value as we never know what’s round the corner. I try to hope for the best.

I like Gransnet.

Anniel, you have another ten years to reach Bijou, who is 99. I love her contributions as she is so erudite and opens a window on a world that has long gone. A true lady of living history.

My first thought when I started reading the posts on GN was "does everyone on here live in a bloody village?" the talk always seemed to be about the Fete, the Church, the bus service, the bunting, I started wondering if anyone else lived in a boring suburb like me.

The ones who live in boring suburbs know that no-one is interested to read about their boring environments - they don't even find them interesting themselves.

Gransnetters serve a very valuable purpose when they post about their problems. Too many women of my acquaintance never speak the truth about their problems as if they are something to be ashamed of, that inhibits those of us with problems from seeking solace from them. I can guarantee that on Gransnet you can get sympathy for your woes. Up with the sisterhood.

Elegran

The ones who live in boring suburbs know that no-one is interested to read about their boring environments - they don't even find them interesting themselves.

That made me laugh Elegran

We lived in a "boring London suburb" but we called it a village 😁

I expect it was a village once until more boring houses were built joining it up to other villages.

I live in a boring suburb and I never shut up

I live in a boring village, I thought absolutely everything went on in the suburbs!

dolphindaisy

My first thought when I started reading the posts on GN was "does everyone on here live in a bloody village?" the talk always seemed to be about the Fete, the Church, the bus service, the bunting, I started wondering if anyone else lived in a boring suburb like me.

They have fêtes, churches, bunting and rubbish bus services in suburbs too.

Musicgirl
Thank you for telling me about Bijou. I will look out for her posts. Is there any way of searching for particular posters on GRANSNET?

I am sho ked that anyone who reads The Telegraph, The Sun and The Daily Mail could ever think that this is a "broad mix"

They are all right wing propaganda. No balance at all.

NotSpaghetti

Doodledog - are you able to say why a group of "same sort" of people were brought together?
This sounds both quite weird and intriguing!

Yes, but it’s not as exciting as it sounds

At the time I shopped with Tesco Online, and the service was quite new. The research was to find out about what people liked and disliked about the whole thing - Tesco itself, home delivery and the website. I was in one of numerous groups, each chosen from a different demographic based on our spending patterns (we all had points cards). I was paid £50 (and this was about 25 years ago, so it was decent money) to go to a hotel and chat about it all for an hour after work over tea and sandwiches. When I got there, there were six or so women of my age. We all had the equivalent of a Seasalt coat, all had similar hairstyles and shoes, and all lived in different but similar towns, based on house prices, rural/city/suburb balance, and the measures in those Acorn profiles of the time. We all had professional jobs, had two children of roughly the same age as my two, and even had similar names (both us and our children). We ate similar things, spent money on eating out as a family once a week or so, were interested in healthy food and home cooking, and more.

It was very strange, and there will have been groups of young men who lived in the city centre in riverside apartments and liked football, and old ladies who had cats and perms and drank gin being interviewed in other rooms elsewhere .

Sorry, no international spies involved

Anniel

Musicgirl
Thank you for telling me about Bijou. I will look out for her posts. Is there any way of searching for particular posters on GRANSNET?

Yes - put their username into the Gransnet search box which is up near the top of the page, at the right-hand side. When the list of results comes up, you can sort it by date, and see the latest posts first.

varian

I am sho ked that anyone who reads The Telegraph, The Sun and The Daily Mail could ever think that this is a "broad mix"

They are all right wing propaganda. No balance at all.

That’s clearly a little dig at me since I posted those three newspapers. As I’ve said on a different thread, I also dip into The Guardian online so I hope that’s balanced enough for you. I also look at online news sites too. And then, like most balanced people, I form my own opinion. But, I’m never smug or contemptuous of others.

I'm with Bluebell on the description criteria. Can't find myself in there at all.

There is no such thing as a typical gransnetter, unless it is someone who reads without ever posting, but occasionally tells those who do post that they are doing it all wrong.

Variant....l hope you have the gist of Gransnet by the horrible comments made at you....steer clear and dont comment. Let the sharks attack each other and be grateful you're not like them

I think the ones who say there aren’t typical gransnetters are the ones I think of as typical gransnetters.
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

Thanks Elegran, very helpful advice!

Well I can safely say I don't read any British papers because we can't get them here! I'd just have to read the Daily Mail out of sheer curiosity, though. Is it really that bad? I am going to google it....

I think we’re all intelligent people.

I am not always sure about that.

I've had a flipin hard life. My story would fill a book. It's not for public titillation though so it will stop private. I count my blessing because in the words of Desiterata, "for all its shams, broken promises and dreams, it is still a beautiful world"

Is there a scientific profile of the typical (median) Gransnetter? I expect the owner or manager of the website has one so the website can be efficiently marketed.
Without such a profile to hand all we have are subjective impressions.