Bee in your Bonnet?

10 year old thread.

jinglbellsfrocks

If RealGranddad was in the Battle of Britain, he'd be about ninetyfive. Perhaps he is.

Battle of Britain was in 1940.

If his legs were long enough to reach the pedals of his plane in 1940, he must have been born around 1924.

You made a slight mistake…
You’re, rather than your

Reported.

Who knows MiniMouse. It was a personal question after all .

Pogs the same thought crossed my mind, too! Perhaps Realgrandad has decided to test the water from a different angle?

Granddaughter

I have noted your user name, political thought and style of writing not only on this thread but on others you have posted on emulate Realgranddad .

I can't help but note you started posting the moment Realgranddad seemed to disappear.

Are you two by any chance related or a pure coincidence. I am not being rude nor am I trying to 'frighten you away' as you mentioned in a previous post. Simply asking an honest question which you have absolutely no pressure to reply to.

Granddaughter never did get back to us, did she? How annoying!

There are plenty of places where the input is valuable and welcomed, but inevitably there are far more posts from female posters than male ones - women do more chatting in Real Life too. It is unrealistic to imagine the forum being artificially manipulated to be any different, people post what they want, and reply to what they want.

I think some grandads start to feel outnumbered. Some (probably the ones who talk a lot offline too) do continue to post, but others lose interest.

Grandaughter I can't understand your post there. Can you try again?

If RealGranddad was in the Battle of Britain, he'd be about ninetyfive. Perhaps he is.

Ana, a wide range pf view is fantastic and most welcome. Its when they get out of hand and insulting as they have during the last few weeks, Kitty RealGD etc

I enjoy many of yours post even when they are snappynot able to .

Just ask why are we able to keep Granddads on the Net ?

The average age in not really relevant - we certainly have posters whose ages range from well under 50 to almost 100 - a range of fifty years or so, so there is no such thing as a "typical" age. Posters of the same age differ widely in their views, too, just as in Real Life.

Incidentally, if Realgrandad spent some of the 1940s dodging flak in the cockpit of a fighter plane, then he is about 100.

How old are you, Granddaughter?

What's wrong with a wide range of views anyway?

If you want to collate the ages I am a regular poster and I am 78. One of the older GNers and posters.

I wonder what the avge age is on GN ? The views are so wide they must be many from different era's.

Many views are so catty they annoy me, yet many are considerate and respectful, but far to many seem to be wanting a squabble and take no notice of older citizen views. In fact, they are only one's they believe are right.

I would love to hear the views of granddads if they have not been frightened away.

stevepottinger.co.uk/no-one-likes-an-angry-poet/

This one is not on his website, but this is the one I saw first before I was given the book.

stevepottinger.co.uk/poems/comrade-osborne/

Another poem, Eloethan, which you will probably relate to. It's also a link to lots of others by him, some of which are in the book.

I can definitely relate it to DH, but I am still all sweetness and light

Should we stand by our beds?

I love that poem durhamjen and, sadly, I can relate to it

Well, that was short-lived!!

I think most of the posts consisted of kindly advice on how to join in non-gender-specific threads (which was, in the main, ignored).

Perhaps, I need to return to the world of academia for an upgrade
I did think you would manage to stay on here until at least the end of half-term Realgg.

And pompous!!!!

How rude!!!!!!!!