How can we ensure views on Gransnet are given a broader hearin?

certaintly does Jalima

Not quite sure what you mean by “camaraderie” Trisher aren’t we all basically pleasant and friendly on the whole?

That post indeed proves the point you are making trisher.

It also takes a great deal of effort to get through the 'camraderie' of some posters and post anything these days. In fact I would imagine many people are put off starting to post and some have cerainly left because of this. Especially I would think many men who would see much of what is posted as not only irrelevant, but noticably bitchy. It's a pity there isn't more variety in the posters.

They did, and not boring

Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough used to love a good gossip.

DH hasn't really got enough left to have highlights, lemongrove
Very stlish, though, with what's left.
Has it cut and combs it regularly.
I keep an eye out to make sure he doesn't wear holey jumpers to important events.

Some men are content with yes, no, bloody hot ,bloody cold and bloody rain. A minority can go on and on and on.

I don't think most men are interested in chatting, full stop. They think of it as gossiping, something that "old women" sit around and do.

Really Jalima that’s a shame, my DH is super stylish and is pondering having some pink highlights put in.

A lot of the men don't even know what topics there are, although there is a link to a list of them, which leads on to lists of threads under each topic. Strange, as they generally think that they are more internet savvy than women. But then, a lot of new women posters don't know about those lists either.

Absolutely right, Elegran, that's why I didn't know why most of the forum titles wouldn't appeal to men.

Even Style and Beauty
I know one or two older men who are quite stylish (although DH is not one of them)

There was indeed a shed, but the men don't seem to have continued to frequent it. Rufus2 posted that he wanted to talk to men and was directed there, but he was disappointed at the sparse habitation. Maybe they were no good at casual chatting, so interest in it faded.

If men don't start threads about their interests, there won't be anything for other men to join in with. What are these special interests, anyway? Cars, sports, machines, power tools?

A lot of things are common to men and women. Both sexes are affected by national and international political events. Men like to eat and drink, and most of them cook these days, they travel, they watch TV and films, they take photographs and paint (I know many excellent watercolourists who happen to be men) They own houses and decorate and furnish them, they have children and grandchildren. They have workmates who annoy them, family who are sometimes difficult, elderly parents to look after and worry about.

The problem with men posting and the suggestion of starting appropriate threads is probably a viscious circle. Most people start off on GN reading threads, they may then post in one or two. Progressing to actually initiating a thread takes time and the problem with men I would imagine is they read, they might post a couple of times but they find the female content too much and drop out before ever reaching the new thread stage.
Am I right in remembering there was at one point a "Grandad's shed" thread?

Apologies jaclovesdogs I was looking at your first post and had not updated the page.

Although jaclovesdogs your post kind of makes sense somehow!

jaclovesdogs, above post ?????!!

Sorry posted this on wrong thread lol

I would suggest that you both move into one of the houses (his or yours) and try this for a year to see if you will get on be happy and if it works you can go ahead and live together but once you have sold both houses there’s no going back so trial it first.

Jalima1108, I will look into that tomorrow.

Many thanks.

No, just a suggestion of how to let GNHQ know about your suggestions.

Jalima1108, reference to long post. That is the problem with mobilr speech recognition software you can easily get carried away as it is exactly as speaking it to someone on the phone

Apologies to anyone who found it too long :-)

You could just report your long post of earlier today which would bring it to the attention of GNHQ.
Add a little explanatory note, it wouldn't take a minute.

Elegran, I do not believe I am "nagging" anyone on the forum, just stating a point of view on a tread that was already started.

As I said I am still working full time (more than full time at present) and can only post on late afternoon or evenings, I simply do not have the time to PM others regarding any subject at the moment.

Elegran, I believe threads on men's health would be of interest if there were to be a greater male presence on this forum.

www.gransnet.com/forums/health

The forum title is not discriminatory, it is merely Health; however, I don't know how you would attract more men to post on there unless GN advertises.

Perhaps an advertising campaign?