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Whatever happened to Rachel - one of the original Mumnset 'three'?

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Legacy · 04/11/2009 19:32

Whenever I see stuff about the Mumsnet Founders, Justine and Carrie (as per the feature about the Red Award today...) I always think 'What happened to Rachel?' so I thought I'd ask.....

I'm sure when MN was set up there were three 'founders' weren't there?

So what happened? Do tell....

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morningpaper · 05/11/2009 15:40

Big Tech and Morningpaper

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BigTech · 05/11/2009 15:37

Gruffalo - If this is what you mean then yes.....

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Legacy · 05/11/2009 15:13

Ah - Rachel - glad you're here.. (and not under the patio...)

I think I met you at one of the early events - was it the champagne reception in Covent Garden?

Yes - I remember the days when it seemed like every other post was from you (and we accused the MN team of name-changing and posting to themselves, just to keep the threads going )

Ah yes, those were the days....

I was someone else then of course

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ABetaDad · 05/11/2009 14:39

Is that really her?

She has a very nice manicure and a pretty headscarf I notice.

BitOfFun · 05/11/2009 12:51

I can see why Gordon was a bit recalcitrant tbh- was that after Rachel handed him the bourbons or whatever?

BitOfFun · 05/11/2009 12:49
Shock
morningpaper · 05/11/2009 10:49

If you do a google image search for Rachel Mumsnet then this comes up

Swedes2Turnips0 · 05/11/2009 10:44

I think we need to see a photo of Rachel holding a copy of today's Daily Mail, to be certain.

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RachelMumsnet · 05/11/2009 10:39

This thread has made me laugh this morning. I am very much alive and well, just busy beavering away behind the scenes to make sure the site is ticking along nicely. Pleased you remember me from the old days, Legacy, when I used to post more, largely cos there was no-one else around to do it!

morningpaper · 05/11/2009 09:16

I mean he's sort of big and hairy

he didn't have actual yellow horns when I met him and wasn't licking his chops at the thought of gobbling me up

not in a HUNGRY way anyway

ABetaDad · 05/11/2009 09:11

I bet he will go when he reads that though!

morningpaper · 05/11/2009 08:59

He is more like a Gruffalo who can type

ABetaDad · 05/11/2009 08:37

Isn't he a bronzed hunk highly qualified Australian IT student on his gap year.

Am I close?

alwayslookingforanswers · 05/11/2009 08:30

"My mum getting all over excited at being in the same room as people from the the Telly."

morningpaper · 05/11/2009 08:20

Is Big Tech a Red Hot Woman?

MmeGuisingt · 05/11/2009 08:09

The Red Hot Women Award, Riven.

Sticky about it at the top of active conversations.

We are all Red Hot Women, dontcha know.

sarah293 · 05/11/2009 08:03

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MmeGuisingt · 05/11/2009 08:00

Hmm, I suspect it would not have been quite the same party with all of us MNetters there, Justine. Be careful of what you wish for.

NormaStanleyFletcher · 05/11/2009 07:45

Oh that sounds good. Well done on the award.

Do you have something indescribable made of glass and granite to put on he mantlepiece in mn towers?

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JustineMumsnet · 04/11/2009 23:16

It was really fun actually - a big fat girly love-in with scones and jam.

Jo Wiley and Jools Oliver all chic in towering heels. Me and Caz teetering in our flats. Lovely Sarah Brown with her stunning eyes and sagely gravitas. My mum getting all over excited at being in the same room as people from the the Telly.

Wish you all could have been there!

NormaStanleyFletcher · 04/11/2009 23:00

Justine - did you have a good night at the awards thing?

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JustineMumsnet · 04/11/2009 22:58

Oi geezers Rachel is definitely still around - she's our reviews editor in fact, but not and never a founder - she joined about a year and a half in when Carrie was on maternity leave and has been locked in ever since...

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HelenMumsnet · 04/11/2009 22:24

Too right, Norma!

I dunno, you go watch Spooks and come back to 2400 threads about biscuits...

BitOfFun · 04/11/2009 22:20

Is Rachel the one on the left in the logo? Perhaps the baby shot her?

Swedes2Turnips0 · 04/11/2009 22:19

Rachel is going to be the weather girl on Mumsnet TV.

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