All new members should have to undergo a probationary period...........

Or indeed all your family jewels Feetle - barring pearls of course, these are to be scattered before swine I believe.

Gin NOT bin!

It's diamonds you clean in bin, not pearls! Now if you'd put your tiara in the gin bath it would be lovely and sparkling now!

You say the sweetest things Nonu

Feetle let that be a lesson to you not to wear pearls when bathing in gin.

Oh Frank , Gerry is going to be heart broken if he learns you cannot even bring yourself to say his name.

He does so look up to you for all the advice you dish out . In fact I might even go so far as to say , you are his hero !!!

AKA ---- Piffle !!

Well, I'm not a grandparent - hell, I'm not even a parent, to the best of my knowledge, although I can lay claim to a step-daughter.

My twin set has shrunk in the wash, and the pearls dissolved when dropped into the gin in the bathtub - they're only made of oyster-spit anyway.

Can I stay?

Although I have it on good authority that I am 'rude and unreasonable'

Or indeed Ana

My point exactly, Aka!

But Frank there are lots of 'odd' people of GN, that's part of its problem diversity charm, not everyone can be as polite and reasonable as you and I

G***Y B*****Y.

AND who would that be Frank ??? LOL

Only one, Frank?

BTW Gransnet is not limited to grandparents.

I don't think people should be stopped from coming on this site as long as they are a grandparent.
There is however 1 very strange person on this site.

Frank

Ana

win?? Meant

That must be why he wants graduates to be exempt...[win]

Frank makes spelling mistakes..

B****r that Frank This non graduate dyslexic, then just a Gran to be, jumped into Gransnet with both large feet when DD told me she was pregnant.

I do not own any twinsets or pearls. Will my previously unannounced arrival mean I have to go back and serve an apprenticeship while my credentials are checked.

Could there be an amnesty for us?

No one's checked my credentials in years and I don't care!

peaches, you too. Welcome

Like it, whats! Dig in!

Shysal I am over qualified in the ' grumpy. ' department. I have been married to a 'grumpy ' for 40 years and brought up 3 teenagers so it takes a lot to frighten me.

I think you have passed the test peaches, your contribution has been approved!
My ability to spell is declining, the dictionary is in daily use. How many mistakes are allowed before I am expelled?

Well I'm fairly new, do I have to take a test? Spelling, content, etc