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LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 18-Aug-20 22:29:37

Hello
We wanted to clear a few things up:
1) We don't allow troll hunting on the forums. If you are worried someone may not be genuine, please email us directly or report any concerning posts to us. We will deal with it. Making accusations on the forums is not helpful and could, if incorrect, lead to possibly vulnerable people feeling victimised. We will have to delete threads that accuse other users of being trolls.
2) PMs. We take a very dim view of this being abused. If you receive an unwanted or unkind PM please report it to us. We can take a look and deal with it. You are also able to block other users so that they are no longer able to PM you. Please use this. And apologies in advance if this does happen to you. It's not nice and not what Gransnet is about at all.
3) Despite what it feels like tonight hmm we do not enjoy deleting threads. We have a handful of guidelines, all there with the purpose of making the threads better, and more welcoming for users. We are doing our best and rely on you to report things to us that seem concerning, so thank you for caring so much about the site and reporting anything that looks suspicious.

Thank you
GNHQ

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 18:59:04

Talking of funny pub names....a friend was once reminiscing about an event they celebrated in “The Wise Donkey”. I remembered howling with laughter and asking if it was next door to “The Stupid Ass......”
Ok you had to be there and a bit pie eyed too......

Doodle Fri 21-Aug-20 18:59:14

squiffy I’ll have yours if you don’t want it. That’s a triple Chablis please.
Only if I can come with you Lucca. Safety in numbers. ?

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 18:59:50

Marydoll

*Lucca*, if you stay silent, you should be OK. ??

Was that flying pig I just saw?

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 19:01:28

Calli. It can be whatever time of year you choose. ?. I will order another bottle in a minute if you would like to share. ?

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 19:02:29

Some of you have no shame! What happened to genteel old ladies? grin

Luckylegs Fri 21-Aug-20 19:02:49

I’m in the naughty corner as well, apparently had a thread removed!

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 19:03:51

Wow! A whole thread? That makes you a legend... or perhaps not! wink

Doodle Fri 21-Aug-20 19:04:25

If this carries on we’ll need a bigger naughty step. ?

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 19:07:38

Just remember:
Alcohol makes for loose lips and loose lips sink ships.
Would anyone like another? ?????

phoenix Fri 21-Aug-20 19:17:28

Oh, go on then Marydoll, same glass will do.

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 19:18:57

I’ve just started a bottle of wine and a bar of chocolate, however I have a good excuse.

Charleygirl5 Fri 21-Aug-20 19:20:53

I fancy going out clubbing later to a well known seaside resort. Anybody fancy coming? Where I have in mind the alcohol may well be expensive so maybe you had better drink yourselves to a stupor now.

I prefer coffee.

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 19:24:47

Charleygirl.....?

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 19:41:11

Oh, you are very brave, Charleygirl! ?

phoenix Fri 21-Aug-20 19:41:32

So my post of 16.10 has been deleted.

Getting seriously fed up with all this.

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 19:42:00

My lips are shealed Marydoll Honeshtly.

May be time for me to move on to coffee now Charley. Hic, hic. I was never a clubber so you will have to share some of your moves. ?

lemongrove Fri 21-Aug-20 20:30:59

Charleygirl5

I fancy going out clubbing later to a well known seaside resort. Anybody fancy coming? Where I have in mind the alcohol may well be expensive so maybe you had better drink yourselves to a stupor now.

I prefer coffee.

Come to The Argy ...it’s Hawaiian Nite and the pina coladas are flowing?????? .....it’s in Portsmouth, so sort of seasidey, although we are down by the docks.

Lisagran Fri 21-Aug-20 20:31:35

Ooh, sounds good, Marydoll - I’ll have to get someone to pop into Lidl for me wine

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 21:22:47

-HELP-

now to add in the extra dashes, right at the front, no spaces and one at the end ...

--HELP—

Urmstongran Fri 21-Aug-20 21:26:36

OOh BlueBelle you’ve got your work cut out with me.
How come the dashes at the back join together but at the front they maintain the tiny space?
I think that’s the secret but I don’t know how to crack it ...
Reminds me of the boating lake joke....
‘Come in number 16 your time is up.
Number 16!
Number 16?
Number 91 ... are you in trouble?’

Callistemon Fri 21-Aug-20 21:45:00

GNHQ: instead of deleting posts by long-established posters who do not like being deceived and taken for a ride, why not say to all of us something along the lines of:

"We have discovered some posters were not who they appeared to be and we have banned them".
It would restore some trust.

Thank you.

Callistemon Fri 21-Aug-20 21:46:18

A Chablis would be lovely, thank you Kalu ?

Merry August Bank Holiday

Callistemon Fri 21-Aug-20 21:51:47

If there is a poster called Sav Blanc would callistemon have her post deleted as she was being disingenuous to another poster?

After two NZ Sav Blancs I can't remember what disingenuous means.
Nor where New Zealand is, is it somewhere to the right of Australia? Down a bit from New Caledonia?

Doodle Fri 21-Aug-20 21:56:48

urmstrong that made me laugh ?. With your - at the end, up you need to insert the other - before the - you’ve already typed. If you see — you’ve not got it right.

Doodle Fri 21-Aug-20 22:00:49

callistemon I don’t think I knew what it meant in the beginning. I think my post was deleted because I mentioned a bar (By initials and not by name) that had the same name as a poster or should I say because a poster had taken the user name of a bar. I may just give up and call myself Argy Bargy.