An embarrassment of riches?

Well glass they will have to eat their words now – and we can provide a just a smidgen of seasoning to accompany them.

I am a member of Mumsnet and counted the days down to the unveiling of GN.
We got a bit of stick from Mums netters who had popped over on the first day to see what was going on

When my DGD was born dd who is on mumsnet suggested I join this!

Eggzackly!

They proposed it on Mumsnet some time before they actually created this site. I seem to remember some kind of survey thing.

I didn't think it would work.

My GD (7) loves "what's your favourite" questions. The are quite taxing to answer at times, I find. What is your favourite bird nana? What is my favourite bird? So many birds. So hard to even choose the criteria. Let alone the bird.

No - let's not!

graces re the "T" word, should we say instead something like

"passing aquaintance of a family of male ovines who may have either a deep voice or be possessed of less than couth manners, conversationally"

I think DD told me about it, then I had a look, then....still here!

Go on, admit it Ella - you're an avid DM reader...

I must be the exception! not for the first time

Know what you mean about Jackie magazine, Phoenix! DGD tells me there is a website for teenagers full of "interesting questions to ask your friends". I am happy to say that she was quite disdainful about it!

There, you see! Inability to remember is one of the first requirements for membership, as evry fule nose.

First week, and I read about it in the Daily Mail!!!!

Not from the first day, but fairly early in its existence - I heard about it in the press or possibly Woman's Hour. Can't quite remember.

A few of you often say you have been with Gransnet from the first day. How did you find out about it. Were you already on Mumsnet and is that where it was promoted? Just wondering.

I didn't say Teddy!

We're allowed to say it...

riverwalk - you have used the t word!

phoenix Not just me then Thank goodness!

At the risk of seeming contentious, there have been times lately when I thought I had wandered into the pages of "Jackie" magazine and might be about to be asked what my favourite colour was.

JessM some very good points, and well made. (I think I'm often guilty of the titles thing )

I think there was a long patch in which most regular posters "knew" most of the other regular posters e.g. roughly where they lived, family issues etc. GN has recently grown too big for this to be possible unless one was on the site all day.
I think there is a lot to be said for resurrecting ('bumping') older threads as it there are often a lot of wise and witty sayings therein. Or we are repeating ourselves. For instance isnt there a previous thread about halogen ovens?
However it has to be said
1. the search engine on GN is about as much use as the search engine on the BBC
2. People very often do not put the subject of the thread in the title - which makes it a lot harder to find at a future date. Undisciplined bunch start threads with things like "Is this a good idea?" instead of something more specific bad GNners Go and stand in the corner!

There isn't much to say about motherhood and apple pie - and pink teddy bears- except, Aaah! lovely! GNHQ - perhaps you could create a teddy ikon and then we could just post it when we agree with the sentiments expressed?

I think there were some lovely threads around Christmas which ran for quite a while and a lot of people commented that it was much nicer. I don't remember any teddy bears of any colour though Then I don't read all threads.

Movedalot That was very daring – virtually all the controversial threads started since May 2011 have run and run. The let's all be nice to the whole world and think of pink teddy bears threads tend to peter out quite quickly. I wonder why?