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grannylyn65 Mon 21-Mar-16 10:06:29

ann60
Jalima
OI C !!!!
Am really poorly with cold and throat, no energy to grump smile

annsixty Mon 21-Mar-16 10:05:48

,Anya sorry for my flippant remark sad. It was ill chosen.

Katek Mon 21-Mar-16 10:05:01

Don't hold back Anya!! Been feeling the same myself although I must confess I've probably added to the general air of gloom with my various ailments this month. Let's have some positivity! smile

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 10:04:53

Oh dear, norty me, pompa has started a nice thread and then I had a very gentle little dig blush
Smacked wrist J
Must be more like Pollyanna

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 10:03:42

That's a good one, must remember to tell DD

maturefloosy Mon 21-Mar-16 10:02:17

ThanksAnya - that sums it up beautifully! - Drains and radiators - I will remember that! smile cupcake

Anya Mon 21-Mar-16 09:59:03

You see maturefloosy (by the way love the name!) I also avoid people who steal my energy as it were. Drains and radiators. Negative and positive.

(Sorry to hear you had such a response to your post)

Anya Mon 21-Mar-16 09:56:11

do so

maturefloosy Mon 21-Mar-16 09:55:56

Anya I agree with you - - I came over recently from Mumsnet and posted a question about a fashion item I was thinking of buying - - and was immediately accused of advertising! - nice welcome.
Then everyone piled in moaning about designer names and how they would never buy anything with a name on it and would always stick to what they bought 20 years ago! -- I felt utterly deflated.
There seem to be a lot of people entrenched in their ways and outlook who like shooting people down because they think they are right! - as you say - reminds me of several people I have no more to do with these days as we have not a lot in common -- is GN for me I wonder now?. confused

Anya Mon 21-Mar-16 09:55:46

Blimey! How is a thread about grumpiness and negativity turning out to be do positive grin

note to self ....must try harder to offend

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 09:52:22

I could go on but as I've offended almost everyone by now I'd better stop
You haven't offended me (although I did get a bit grumpy yesterday blush)

Good idea N&G - except that a thread that could start off with sweetness and light will often degenerate into grumpy exchanges hmm

we've already misplaced/lost one of our friendly contributors
Granny L I expect she is just on one of her many short breaks.
But she's not allowed [grumpy emoticon]

Lona Mon 21-Mar-16 09:46:45

Sorry Anya should have been Grumpynet! Don't be grumpy with me please! wink

NanaandGrampy Mon 21-Mar-16 09:46:11

Maybe we need an icon for thread titles either a smiling or grumpy face to alert you before you read on whether you're going to find sweetness and light or grumpiness smile

Lona Mon 21-Mar-16 09:45:22

pompa sunshine

Lona Mon 21-Mar-16 09:43:30

I like the sound of Grumpynet! I'm feeling particularly grumpy lately for no specific reason.
Just fed up with politicians, ignorant young people, ignorant old people, the weather, my friend, the house,my tablet, and most of all, my body!
I feel better for that, so Grumpynet must be a good thing. ????

Anya Mon 21-Mar-16 09:42:44

Ann I was fine until I signed in to GN hmm

pompa Mon 21-Mar-16 09:42:27

Anya, say it like it is then! smile

I certainly find many of the threads depressing, argumentative or just boring (to me). Would love to see some cheerful, even amusing threads.
I do try to lighten up some threads, but usually fall foul of being called flippant or just plain rude and get shouted down.

So. lets have some funny stories (if you can't think of one, make it up, we won't know)

annsixty Mon 21-Mar-16 09:38:16

Granny L I expect she is just on one of her many short breaks.

grannylyn65 Mon 21-Mar-16 09:36:41

But am all for a Grumpynet !!!!

annsixty Mon 21-Mar-16 09:36:31

Oh you have got out of bed on the wrong side this morning ??

grannylyn65 Mon 21-Mar-16 09:35:37

Am not easily offended and we've already misplaced/lost one of our friendly contributors grin

obieone Mon 21-Mar-16 09:34:59

Personally I find the weeks leading up to Easter the worst of the year. So if I have added to the grumpiness, I apologise! smile and flowers to brighten up your day.

Anya Mon 21-Mar-16 09:30:14

Thinking this would be a better name for this site, I've never read such a load of grumpy, negative, twittering posts in my life. It makes depressing reading and remind me of my late MiL for whom nothing was ever right.

Don't want to contribute to a honeymoon because you had ten Pyrex dishes and six coffee pots and that's how it ought to be? Never mind that today's young people will have to both work (until they're 70 at this rate) and struggle to pay for child care, so this might be the last carefree holiday they have until they retire.

Don't approve of the NHS One You initiative because you know it all and anyway you've no intention of changing your lifestyle, while at the same time moaning that the NHS is not performing well (due to the population eating itself into obesity)

Can't think of one positive thing to say about this government forgetting that there was 'nothing left' as truly stated in the note from the outgoing last lot.

I could go on but as I've offended almost everyone by now I'd better stop.

FHS it's getting so depressing just signing in to GN and I wonder what GNHQ think about us. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to answer to most AIBU questions with a loud, resounding YES

lights the blue touch paper and retires