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Anyone still around from the olden days ??

681 replies

TheOriginalNutty · 06/01/2019 15:57

i think I joined when Ds was around 9 months old, so 2003, and then stopped posting around 2013/14 ish maybe, not too sure.

Seems like a life time ago and was just sat here wondering if anyone from then was still around, or if we all buggered off.

OP posts:
smartiecake · 08/01/2019 19:20

I have been here since 2005 but had a load of names.
I also think about posters like OJ, Maude's mum, and biscuitsandbandages amongst others. I have had so much support from the SN boards so thanks to everyone who helped me over the years FlowersWine

Sparklingbrook · 08/01/2019 19:20

I think it was Stratters with the pet raven/crow.

Smeeeeeee · 08/01/2019 19:23

Yes Stratters!

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 08/01/2019 19:27

@QOD I remember you too!

Ilovewhippets · 08/01/2019 19:30

If people are banned can they get a reprieve? and if so how?

AhCheeses · 08/01/2019 19:36

@QOD , I remember you! Often wondered what QOD stood for but never got around to asking!? 😳😊

UrsulaPandress · 08/01/2019 20:44

Yes it was Stratters with Mortimer the raven who turned out to be female.

UrsulaPandress · 08/01/2019 20:45

Presume banned posters can revregister hence all the PBP deletion messages.

fruitpastille · 08/01/2019 21:54

@Saisong, me too! I thought you meant some kind of secret forum spin off and I was feeling a bit miffed abut the possibility of such a thing as I was quite a prolific poster on there :-) Phew! I should have a little faith as it was such a lovely community.

QOD · 08/01/2019 22:24

😁😚
@ahCheeses ... I went on a school trip with dd when she was about 5. The kids kept saying ‘Mrs X Mrs X can you/can I/etc’ and shrieking my name.
I said oh my word, can you all stop calling me Mrs X! (I meant stfu keep yelling my name over and over to get my attention)
Innocent 5 yr old replies ‘well what shall we call you then?’
I stupidly said (groan big mistake) just call me your majesty

What are you the Queen of? Says another.

Darkness. Darkness my child

So I am QOD. Queen of Darkness

WuzzAndBuddy · 08/01/2019 22:25

Ooh, this thread prompted me to find my old usernames and I thought I'd try this one on again!
I think it's the only thing from 2005 I own that still fits! 😁

OhTheRoses · 08/01/2019 22:31

I think I have spent years confused by stratters and mortimer. MrsMortimer the dentist.

OhTheRoses · 08/01/2019 22:34

And Quint where's Quint. And Fru, Frankwhippery, MrsDeVere, Portofino, Blondes, Ledkr,

Serin · 08/01/2019 22:44

I joined in 2006 but was serin with a small s then. Mumsnet has been amazingly supportive to me. I have learned so much and the phrase "that doesn't work for me" is my default setting now Grin

ssd · 08/01/2019 22:52

whatever happened to welshboris?

AvonCallingBarksdale · 08/01/2019 22:53

I think Rhubarb and Custardo were cousins 😀.

WuzzAndBuddy · 08/01/2019 22:58

QOD, that's fab!
I hate being called Mrs X on school trips...
One little boy in DS class shouts 'hi Mrs X' everyone he sees me now after being in my group on a school trip. It's cute but it makes me feel so old! 😁

(It's me, AhCheeses by the way!)

GiantKitten · 08/01/2019 23:22

I think Rhubarb and Custardo were cousins

no, they weren't

they both came from Oldham though. Is that the same thing?

BIWI · 08/01/2019 23:58

I remember you @QOD!

Greensleeves · 09/01/2019 00:00

Friends, not cousins iirc.

endofthelinefinally · 09/01/2019 02:31

Is custardo still here?

Tiredemma · 09/01/2019 07:00

@ssd I'm friends with Welshboris on FB. She has two gorgeous little boys in addition to her daughter ( now a teenager).

UrsulaPandress · 09/01/2019 07:10

You see, I was sure I'd read that they were from Oldham, but when I commented on a thread once about bunnies Rhubarb gave me a Hmm and said she had no idea what I was talking about.

iklboo · 09/01/2019 07:17

Course I remembers you QOD Grin

FruOla · 09/01/2019 07:40

"And Quint where's Quint. And Fru, Frankwhippery, MrsDeVere, Portofino, Blondes, Ledkr,"

OhTheRoses, I posted upthread - also missing Quint! I think she did post a few times after her permanent move back to N, but I haven't seen her around for yonks now.

Starters renamed Mortimer to Morticia after 'he' laid an egg Grin