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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

pompa Tue 22-Mar-16 10:22:59

May I make a suggestion. Pointless question, as I going to make it anyway.

When some GNers try to lighten up a thread with a witty comment etc, they often get shouted down by the Grumps. There are so many of us that are AntiGrumps, we should dive in and support our AntiGrump mates.

Jalima Tue 22-Mar-16 10:17:40

Yes, there is a difference pompa smile
(just had to calm DH down a bit as he was grumping at the computer hmm)

pompa Tue 22-Mar-16 10:15:11

Imperfect27, glad to see you have left your grumpiness behind, go and buy your GC a little treat, go on, you know you want to, even if it's bad for them. That's what GP's do. smile

Had a great session at the ukulele club last night, still smiling this morning.

We have to be sad at today's news, but let's not be grumpy.

Jalima Tue 22-Mar-16 10:14:38

wot I hope they are safe flowers

Jalima Tue 22-Mar-16 10:13:34

MargaretX smile

Jalima Tue 22-Mar-16 10:12:29

oh the nastiness gets everywhere!

Perhaps GN should carry a health warning:

Gransnet is bad for your blood pressure

(how on earth can it get nasty on a gardening thread? If I look will it shoot my blood pressure up?)

roses sunshine and smile and a few flowers from my garden flowers - not much at this time of the year, should look like a bunch of daffodils.

MargaretX Tue 22-Mar-16 10:12:16

Has anyone thought that sitting on the sofa posting things on Gransnet and FB etc makes you grumpy?

Real life is outside and although parts of it might be disappointing it is real and better than talking to people we actually don't know.

Teetime Tue 22-Mar-16 09:55:35

Good Morning sunshine I haven't read every posting in this thread but I get the general gist. I read a book sometime ago about NLP which said you can decide to be happy. When I get down and grumpy which I do I try to think of that and its quite hard going at times. I don't join I the arguments in Gransnet although I do read them and see if I can see both sides. Some postings make me laugh out loud and some make me despair and I hope overall it wont be the death of this site because I think its a good and positive thing. So have a happy day today if you can. smile

Imperfect27 Tue 22-Mar-16 09:26:52

Thanks Anya. I was a grump yesterday - haven't caught up with my 'treats and rewards' thread yet, as I was out all day, but in I couldn't agree more and will try to limit my grumpiness to things that really matter grin.

morethan2 Tue 22-Mar-16 09:14:48

Hope your relatives are ok wot you must feel truly sick with the worry

wot Tue 22-Mar-16 08:39:28

Now worried sick about my relatives in Brussels. What's happening to our world????

rosesarered Mon 21-Mar-16 22:24:53

Because it's now gone into the garden centre thread I started........oh the nastiness gets everywhere!

Ana Mon 21-Mar-16 21:34:39

We couldn't possibly say, obieone...grin

obieone Mon 21-Mar-16 21:19:31

Do we think it is the political threads? That there are too many of them? Which make some of us a bit antsy?

Ana Mon 21-Mar-16 21:14:15

glass...wink

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 20:36:56

As Emilia Fox once said (not a quote but words to that effect): 'It is so difficult to get acting parts when you come from a famous family'
ROFL rather than grump!

wot Mon 21-Mar-16 20:36:10

Oh, ioved Haley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind!

glassortwo Mon 21-Mar-16 20:32:39

I knew you would nag grin

rosesarered Mon 21-Mar-16 20:32:25

That the problem with old films/tv programmes, you forget that the actors are now old, because they are forever young on screen.
I remember once thinking that Hayley Mills wasn't all that good ( at acting.)

Ana Mon 21-Mar-16 20:27:34

glass, I so agree...smile

pensionpat Mon 21-Mar-16 20:25:46

My husband is besotted with Hayley Mills. I have bought him The Family Way, his favourite film. It arrived today. Isn't it it sad to see how Hywel Bennett has aged. He was so handsome in his youth. But then we all were?

glassortwo Mon 21-Mar-16 20:23:12

pompa I agree with you - where has all the humour gone. In the early days we had a good mix of debate, moans etc but overall the humour shone through. What's happened to everyone grin sorry I am not around much at the moment so it could be said I have no right to comment... but thats what I think.
< ducking behind the sofa>

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 20:13:30

Hayley Mills did but, thank goodness, no longer (I used to see her quite often where we lived before).

Ana Mon 21-Mar-16 20:07:11

Does anyone suit the Hayley Mills pigtails and cheesy smile look? grin

Jalima Mon 21-Mar-16 20:02:36

for what I thought was a light-hearted comment,
ooh er, never be light-hearted badenkate shock

pensionpat Congratulations, that is great news
flowers and a smile

Right can we decide whether we are behind the barricade or in a hole please? I thought it was Les Miserables who manned the barricade? Do we want to be Miserables? Mais non!

annsixty imo that is a waste of NHS resources. But then, I have never worn a bikini so I don't miss wearing one smile

I will try not to be too Pollyannaish (doesn't suit me anyway grin)