Peardrops
Arthur-itis.
“Good old days” ?
Going back to when I first became a Gran and joined GN shortly after (2011?) my impression was of genuine wit, lively discussion, some wonderful virtual parties, excellent advice, unfailing kindness and a good laugh from posters such as Jeni, absent, Ariadne,Penstemmon, Gadaboutgran, JessM, MiceElf, Annodomini, kittylester, glitabo, whenim64, iam64, Jingl (of sainted memory) Greatnan (RIP) soop and others - now some of these are still with us, but many others have left because they lost patience with the bickering and tedium which has characterised so many threads nowadays. I think it goes back to Brexit, or maybe the Scottish Referendum debate or the GE, but there has been a frequent SOH bypass and much more adversarial “discussion”. Tempers flare up all too readily and the insults fly from the fingers of the keyboard warriors.
There have also been the nameless ones who have tried our patience with threads about their dog Andy, or onesies and daps (quite funny until some of us found ourselves in the norty corner for mentioning billy goats) Some frankly ridiculous family sagas did and continue to try our credibility but HQ are insistent and there are still scenarios which are the same old, same old and abuse the genuine sympathy they engender.
It’s easy to be nostalgic - but that’s what I had in mind.