Bloody whinging Gransnetters

It is not what she says but the way that she says it
MOnica; Thanks for reminding me of Ella's song;
"It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it!"

I think the Royal Family must sustain criticism, as must anyone in public life.

What I find so distasteful is how nasty some people are about it. I have always found paddyann thoughtful and compassionate, until she writes about the Royal family, then there is so much venom and hate in her posts I instinctively react with revulsion. It is not what she says but the way that she says it.

Unfortunately the press & media don’t want them to go away, that’s how they make their money, swings & roundabouts !

Rufas we would get loster in most threads x
Annie; I reckon we would be more lostest if we hang about waiting for the heavyweights to roll in! Perhaps you could charge up Fred and with my faithful Freda we'd repel any hordes!
Slainte!

Rufas we would get loster in most threads x

I only have a smattering, sorry!
I could always ask the DGC for a translation though

nos da a breuddwydion melys
Callistemon^
Didn't realise you're Welsh too! You speaka da lingo sehr gut! Or should that be "da jawn"?
I think it's remarkable that we should be able to carry on an intelligent conversation inspite of all the whingeing flak flying overhead. Perhaps it's time to don tin hats or evacuate to a calmer thread!
What do you reckon Annie?

nos da a breuddwydion melys
Ah, sweet

Rufas I am puzzled, you say Wales has foreign language signposts, no we don’t, we have Welsh signposts.
Annie

Ooops, sorry we do have foreign language sign posts, they are in English
No!
I think both languages are official in Wales

trisher, yesterday:
"I don't criticise them. I don't care about them. I just wish they'd all go away and leave space in newspapers and TV for real news"
That's my attitude too. Except for our Queen, who somehow always manages to set a good example for our country.
She obviously knows about her family's various problems. As we all do about ours. But keeps quiet about them.

Some people easily confuse Free Speech with Hate Speech or I have To Have A Venom Filled Rant At Someone Speech.

But aren't you do the same thing?

an opinion is just that.

I don't hate them... I feel I can say what I want to as a citizen of UK.

And they exist as Royals because the public allows them to be Royal.
We could start demanding that they be removed. As long as we don't follow the French method why not?

I would prefer the culling like in Sweden

Spot on CleoPanda.
Sometimes when I read these comments, I am transported back to the village of my childhood, experiencing the lips pursed, arms folded ladies giving some poor unaware neighbour a verbal bashing .
I use to wonder why they didn’t care, & how they could sleep at night or look at themselves in a mirror. Sad to say I still don’t have the answer. But I did leave the village!
Mostly I get angry that folks can offer up opinions & criticism about MM & her father as if they had been privy to their entire relationship. No one knows but them & it’s not our business.
Exactly As Gonegirl says in her OP .

Annie; That's good to know! Helps to show English visitors the way out, otherwise they'd become even "loster."

"nos da a breuddwydion melys"

Crikey! You wouldn't find that on a signpost!

Four seasons in one day where you are though, so she said!
That's just an Urban Myth!; Now we get just 2 seasons in one year; Summer /Winter, each about 6 months long, so she'll find it easier to pack depending which one she picks.
Hong Kong type umbrellas are always recommended though, to keep out the rain or the fierce sun, but she'll be used to that!
Cheers

Rufas I am puzzled, you say Wales has foreign language signposts, no we don’t, we have Welsh signposts.

Ooops, sorry we do have foreign language sign posts, they are in English ?

Some people have to have someone to despise, criticise and complain about. It seems
Cleo; It seems to me, and I'm guessing here, that those "some people" are Grannies. You never get Grandads or DHs guilty of that of which you complain or are they told to sit down and shut up!?
Or. as my Mam was wont to say "has the cat got your tongue?"
Oh Happy Day

Even hotter where she is Rufus - in fact, becoming rather unbearable.

Four seasons in one day where you are though, so she said!

Gonegirl - totally agree with your original post.
Some people have to have someone to despise, criticise and complain about. It seems, if they can’t find a suitable outlet close to home, they pick an unknown person to rant about.
Ideally, it’s someone, they haven’t met, have never spoken to; don’t know. They take their “facts” from gutter press, hacks, tabloids and gossip mongers. They don’t care if any of the gossip is based on truth. They don’t see these people as “real”, just subjects for their bad humour to vent against.
I’m not a Royal “fan” but I find the vitriol and hate against them baffling and obnoxious.

I have got loster (is that a word?) in Wales than in Australia

Callistemon; Of course it is! Ernie Wise would have approved I imagine you'd be even more loster in Wales than in England, what with all those foreign language signposts!
Just a profound thought; does a GPS system in Wales issue directions in Welsh?
Btw Your friend should have been here today; very hot and 33C promised for tomorrow~! What's not to like, as we "moderns" like to say! OoRoo

I have got loster (is that a word?) in Wales than in Australia.

In Australia it seems to be " Take the highway, straight on until you reach a right turn after about 120k, the house will be on your left after 10k. You can't miss it."

No, Rufus, she had travelled from FNQ to Melbourne!

OK, someone else did ask why she hadn't consulted BOM

That was from someone who had visited your city grin and was "freezing cold" the whole time.
Callistemon; Your friend was obviously jet-lagged the whole time she was here! Remember, OZ is a big continent; easy to get lost.
I suggest she keeps away from these new 19 hour non-stop Qantas flights; must be soul-destroying!
Annie: you forget I spent the first half of my life in England and successfully avoided visiting mid-Wales, the rest of Wales, Scotland and Ireland!, but they all look marvellous on TV docs. We don't ever get snow here and now I confess to feeling sad at not being able ever to wake and look out on a Winter wonderland!
We can get to "Snowy" mountains, but only after several hours and it costs an arm and a leg when we get there! But it's no good feeling envious!
Cheers

I don’t even like looking at it

Exactly Beckett! I love looking out at the snow if I don’t actually have to go anywhere in it, otherwise it’s a nightmare