GREATNAN

Hello, PollyAnn, and welcome. I am only 'famous' because I started the jokes thread and so far have posted almost 1500 jokes. One thread was closed when it reached 1,000 but we have Just Jokes to replace it and I try to post at least one joke a day. I have been in Manchester with my sister for three weeks and she does not have internet connection, but I am back home to my little Alpine ski resort tomorrow and normal service will be resumed. At the moment, I am staying with Juragran, who lives the other side of Lake Geneva from me and looks after my car when I am away.

I am now 72 and look it, as I lost two stone in two years by very strenuous mountain walking and I am told it does not suit me but it suits my blood pressure and my knee joints! I travel a lot, as I have a daughter and three of my ten grandchildren in New Zealand. My hobby apart from walking is snorkeling on coral, so I added on a week in Thailand last year and this lot persuaded me to do an elephant trek - never again!

(I am watching you, When, you have obviously got out of hand whilst I have been away!)

I have a great deal of respect for anyone who can learn a second language, especially a mongrel tongue like English. I have an appalling memory. I've tried learning French but never got beyond the second year (3 times). I recognise the words, but can I remember what they mean! Can I heck!

Where are you from Pollyann - I am Swiss and my mother-tongue is French.

Off to practice a bit of Spanish in Tenerife tomorrow - visiting our daughter for a couple of weeks

Hi Pollyann, nice to meet you. Congratulations on becoming the owner of an iPad AND joining Gransnet. You will find iPads and Gransnet make a addictive combination. Great chunks of your life can just vanish and you miss vital bits of TV dramas because of it.

Your written English is perfectly fine Pollyann. Can you tell us what your first language is? Nice to have someone who can share the views of their own culture on here

Hello Pollyann. You did reply on another thread a while back because I remember you, but missed your other post. I'll check it out now .

Thank you also Marelli I do worry that my English is not always good but I try hard to speak it often and now I'm trying to write it also. This will be a good place to try I hope. I need to go now.

Pollyann, sorry you didn't have many people reply on your thread - it doesn't mean that they didn't read it, though. Please feel welcome - it's lovely to have new people join us here. I'll look forward to seeing more of your posts.

Thank you also Ana that is my mothers name. She is the same age as greatnan

I joined after Christmas. I am the owner of an iPad now. Thank you whenim64

Pollyann I've just looked at the thread you mention and I can see why you felt ignored, but as it was about new things happening in 2013 I think everyone was so keen to get their news in that yours got lost, unfortunately! Congratulations, and welcome to Gransnet, I hope you'll carry on posting.

Well, a belated welcome Pollyann. I thought I had seen your name before. Yes, teasing, but only gently, I hope

I think you're teasing me whenim64 but that is nice. When I put on a heading about new grandchildren in 2013 that I was having a grandbaby in February everyone ignored me. Other people put their grandchildren in and were welcomed. I think it may be because my English is not my first language.

Pollyann only kidding.Greatnan likes a joke, otherwise I wouldn't dare be so cheeky. JO5 will have created this thread to get Greatnan's attention, because she has been on holiday and only looking in on Gransnet briefly

71 isn't a great age these days, when

I think she's about 104 Pollyann (ducks as block of ice whizzes past head!)

Happy New Year Greatnan, good to see you are back amongst the happy band again!

How old is she?

She's a bit of a national treasure Pollyann because of her great age!

Who is GREATNAN she is a very important lady so that she has a special heading just for her?

Nice to have you back Greatnan

Welcome back greatnan

And well fed!

Safely back, will be around GN soon, I bet

Love my soaps.