Telling our sad stories

I like Greatnan. She says things that make me laugh.

Can this just be dropped now? Surely everything has already been said and there is no need to go over it ad infinitum. Talk about dogs with bones!

POGS sorry lotusflower - aren't you being just a little bit naughty on here?

I wouldn"t call Greatnans posts witty , apart from her daily "Joke"

lotusflower I have never posted on a thread without reading all of it first. I don't always remember every single post but I have a general view of what has been said. I have posted on both the threads you mention. I genuinely believe that you are mistaken in your viewpoint.

Oh for goodness sake. Can we drop these accusations and defences against cliques? I would bet my savings that there are not any real cliques (small group of people who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them) on Gransnet.

lotusflower you are being unfair. Greatnan's response was justified in my view. I hope all this nasty sniping is going to stop now.

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I support absent's post above. Greatnan engages in lively debate and keeps to forum etiquette. She is free to talk about whatever she wants, but it has been noticed that her posts are targeted and undermined quite often in the last year. By the way, I am not part of her clique (not that she has a clique), nor am I in anyone's pocket - this is my own opinion, having trawled through a number of threads and seen for myself how they have developed.

Oh dear, out of order lotusflower

And untrue.

lotusflower Hello again. I've slightly lost track of what has been said here and I am not sure that anyone has been requested to apologise. However, I am doubtful about your last sentence. A wide range of disagreements (healthy and what a forum is for) and a more limited number of problems (not what we want) have cropped up since May 2011. They simply cannot all be laid at Greatnan's door. That is a pretty absurd accusation.I feel sure you didn't mean that Greatnan's trenchant and informed (often witty and funny) postings were always causing distress.

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Why not just let each Gransnetter make up her/his own mind when to stop posting on this and related threads?

Otherwise there would have to be some sort of embargo which might leave some posters feeling they had unfinished business.

Oh Charlotta YES. Time to let it, and the interrelated threads, go, I think. But I do wonder if all our friends need still to work things out, or if, indeed, they can. I hope so.

If it has come to the point that the contents of private messages are brought onto a forum, then I have to say that that is definitely against internet etiquette.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to close this thread now? it has proved that there are undercurrents of bad feelings in GN and I for one am not really surprised.

Yes, it is nice to be retired and have time to chat almost every day.

I tend to just read the posts when I have time, not post everyday as some do.

How nice to see you posting again, Lotus Flower. I thought we had lost you.

Get over what ?