What irritates you about other Gransnetters?

Baggs!!
Now I have 'Sultans of Swing' as an ear-worm

Baggs from one ordinary mortal to another - well said!

sorry, I will read it and digest properly without being distracted by Dire Straits.

Print is crap sometimes.
Very true.

The other thing about GN is that we could read an OP which is asking for solutions to a seemingly insoluble problem and our instinct is to offer help.

In a RL situation we could in fact sit and listen and let the person talk through the problem and, with some prompting, they could even come to a solution themselves which suits them and their situation. We can't just listen on GN because it would just be ignoring posts.

We can only do our best to help, to suggest, perhaps with experience gained from our own problems and good (or otherwise) solutions.

jalima, great guitar playing in that song ? ?

In the Men are from Mars etc book , I seem to recall the author saying that women just want to pour out their problems to a sympathetic ear with just the odd "poor you" or "No really" response, and men always want to solve the problem. As you say Baggs that would be a bit tricky on GN

Sorry did I mean Jalima

On Mumsnet, people can get quite annoyed if an OP seems to be "drip-feeding". i.e. people try to be helpful then the OP provides more info showing why that wouldn't/didn't help.

Sultans of Swing is one of my favourities. Now also running on a loop in my head, which is a Good Thing.

Nooooo! Not Sultans of Swing - please. That can hang around for days!!

Dire Straits are fab, but Money For Nothing is better than Sultans.Just saying.

It's that riff, it does persist in hanging around!

Yes, I agree Lemongrove, but that's the one that popped into my head first of all
OK then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoaBjHYsDAg
Brilliant drumming too

Real 'feel good' tune, that.
A chance to tune up the old air guitar!

DH is saying 'I'm trying to THINK here!'

"A poster states their problem situation and asks for advice. They may get some advice but they may also get a number of posts from (annoying) Gransnetters who just ramble on about their own lives in a completely unhelpful way." - Far North

I agree Far North...like when an OP asks for help/advice about a big problem in a relationship (eg with a daughter)
and are treated to detailed eulogies about other Gransnetters wonderful happy relationships with their daughters!! So helpful ...NOT!!