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CamperVan79 · 2021-08-23T00:00:01+00:00

It's the lady from the chutney threads. I read all her threads and kept up with her son being born and all the other things that happened and I often think of her and wonder if she's ok. He must be at least 8 by now

changingsheets · 25/08/2021 00:41

Zombie ❤️

Scottishmummy, I think that was her name.
Who remembers the user who used to come on just to wind people up? That's going back to the early days

Jackthementalkitten · 25/08/2021 00:55

Does anybody know what happened to the poster -who write the thread about eating the hamster? I know it was a wind up, written by someone called green ( something) way back in 2006 I think.

stillvicarinatutu · 25/08/2021 01:27

slightlyjaded

Glad I could help . I'm still in the job . I love it and hate it now in equal measure!

I really do miss the sense of community this place had back then .

Anyway ! I digress! It's
Lovely to be appreciated. Xxx

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 25/08/2021 04:47

Nice to see you, Vicar!

@Wardrobes123 - so glad your DH is still with you and improving. Presumably he's on a waiting list for a kidney transplant now? I hope that he continues to improve.

Last time I heard from Stratters she was on good form, still rescuing mad birds when needed, and tryng to persuade me that having chickens was a Good Thing (I have mean attack chickens, I don't like them).

Haywirecity · 25/08/2021 07:10

@Wardrobes123
I'm so glad to hear that Mr W is home but so sorry about the impact covid has had on your entire family. I hope the future has much better things in store for you all.

Haywirecity · 25/08/2021 07:19

@JadeSeahorse
I thought @PurpleUnicorns was one of the loveliest posters ever. She was so lovely to other people but I felt she didn't always get the support back. I wanted to go on the thread and say something but obviously I couldn't. I never get emotional at the threads but I cried when she died. (And when Leslie died too.) Unicorns had it so tough in the months before she died but she never lost her sense of humour. She was a special woman.

GinPin2 · 25/08/2021 07:35

I am so glad to have read this thread.
Just recently I have found that people have been so unkind to each other on other threads on MN, and have mis interpreted other people's comments ( that is to my way of reading them anyway) and have been really nasty . Also trying to outdo each other in the vocab that they use.
This thread has been really refreshing, thank you everyone

queenrollo · 25/08/2021 07:42

@FitYeDaeinYeMadRadge i remember Stratters too, as a fellow Lincolnshire dweller we chatted a little via PM but I never met her.

@stillvicarinatutu I joined around 2003 I think, and there were a few years there when it definitely felt like a supportive community and Friday night (bum sex! ) was always a bit of a riot.

JadeSeahorse · 25/08/2021 07:49

She certainly was @Haywirecity! I cried too - so, so cruel!

I have remembered another post which plagued me for years. Unfortunately, I can't recall the lady's posting name but Her posts really struck a chord with me and i thought about her a great deal for years.

It must have been about 7 years ago now. She was pretty young - late twenties I think - and she had a toddler and was about 30 weeks pregnant with her second. Very happily married! They lived in a village in the Midlands and her husband owned a car sales garage.

He was out on the road with work one afternoon when a car pulled out in front of him from a side road - I believe the other driver was using his mobile phone - and her husband was killed instantly.

Her posts were devastating! I recall her husband was buried in the local village church garden and he had left her financially very well provided for but the poor girl had to face all this and give birth alone just a few weeks later. I would love to know how she is doing now and that both her and her girls are well. This was the first post that ever reduced me to tears and I have never forgotten her. 😢

Dartsplayer · 25/08/2021 08:42

I often think of Nicknamegoeshere or something like that. She had a horribly abusive ex, the kids were starting to become like him and she had a baby with her current partner. Her ex was trying to take the kids away. I often wonder how she's doing

charliebear78 · 25/08/2021 09:45

I think of Leslie too.
A few years ago I had HA very badly and posted asking for advice in the general health board..
She always took the time to reassure me and was always kind and helpful.never judgemental
Once I found out what she was going through I was embarrassed about my own unfounded worries.
So I do remember her and wish I could have told her how she helped me back then when I was in a mess.

thatfuckingtent · 25/08/2021 09:57

@everythingcrossed

I remember a few years ago, a woman who lived in the Channel Islands and who was a single mum. She had had a whirlwind romance and married someone, become pregnant straight away and, a few months down the line, found him googling "late term abortions". She had the baby alone and seemed to be coping just fine but then got back with him and became pregnant again - it was very sad, she had been ok on her own but he seemed to have some sort of power over her and she wanted the happy-ever-after. I don't think she was a troll - she gave enough details to make herself very easy to identify.

Wavesandsmiles?

bruffin · 25/08/2021 09:57

@opaleyes2

There was a lady who had an abusive ex who was alienating hers sons against her to the point she considered a termination of her baby with the new DP. Last I saw there was a custody battle in Court and it was costing thousands. I wonder whether she got the outcome she hoped for.

I think she is seriously mentally ill, she was very good at changing her story, she was banned from MN in the end A poster claimed to be the ex's new wife posted on MN on another thread and told a very different story.

PropertyFlipper · 25/08/2021 10:09

@Odisia

Also MrsKoala. Although she always seemed to have her hands full I found her threads about her family life and issues so interesting. I always thought I'd rather like her as a friend in real life.

She's still around and posts frequently. Doesn't seem to be lurching from catastrophe to catastrophe as much anymore. Appears to have split from the DH. He always sounded a bit useless although I think she liked the drama of it all.

VeryLongBeeeeep · 25/08/2021 10:26

[quote TheBuggerlugs]@VeryLongBeeeeep I was a BESH for a few years too. I won my baby in the end. Lost my DH (cheating bastard) but that's all ok.

I often think of Pinot and her kittens. [/quote]
I remember you Buggerlugs, and I'm delighted you and some of the other BESHes here had successful wins. Sorry to hear about GP though...you guys always sounded so strong together when you talked about him. I guess he turned out to be a pig in more ways than one.
Very much his loss, and glad you're okay.

H0neylove · 25/08/2021 10:30

I just read the old threads by biscuitsandbandages, truly tragic. It’s slightly strange reading a thread like that from the start and reading someones journey and what they go through. It’s all capsulated in time. What an inspiring person she seemed and how she adored her children. It did make me give mine an extra tight hug this morning.
I hope one day they can read how she fought so hard for them and that they were her light on her darkest days.

morningwaffles · 25/08/2021 10:32

@romdowa

I often think about the woman and her ducks! That thread has been one of my absolute favourites on here.

I follow her on Instagram ayearonthepond

Lanique · 25/08/2021 10:34

I was sad to only recently find out about BOF - she was such a warm, witty character and despite her popularity on MN still interacted with all the 'unknowns' such as me and treated everyone the same, royalty or not. Such a good egg.

I also wonder about Gglimpopo (sp?) and her family.

There was one poster who had terminal cancer and she was so young. She used to post on here about her fears of dying and it brought the reality of living with terminal illness and facing death home to me. I hope she's at peace now, wherever she is.

WalkingInTheAir13 · 25/08/2021 10:51

@DoveOfPiss

I think that was NoCapes and her Green-Eyed Gardener, aka GEG.

QuimReaper · 25/08/2021 11:14

Does anyone remember the poster who had that visitor in her house from another country who wouldn't leave, and decided to fake a pregnancy to try and stay in the country? I especially remember the poster tried to conceal the details by trying to change all the countries involved, but eventually told the real story. I wonder what happened there.

Also, there was a long time where we weren't allowed to mention 'the bovine poster' without the thread getting zapped Anyone remember that? I never understood that situation or why the poster had so much sway over MNHQ.

MedusasBadHairDay · 25/08/2021 11:25

@QuimReaper

Does anyone remember the poster who had that visitor in her house from another country who wouldn't leave, and decided to fake a pregnancy to try and stay in the country? I especially remember the poster tried to conceal the details by trying to change all the countries involved, but eventually told the real story. I wonder what happened there.

Also, there was a long time where we weren't allowed to mention 'the bovine poster' without the thread getting zapped Anyone remember that? I never understood that situation or why the poster had so much sway over MNHQ.

I remember the fuss about not mentioning them, but can't remember how that all came about? Didn't it become a tactic to deliberately get threads shut down at one point?

QuimReaper · 25/08/2021 11:57

Medusa someone did once explain it to me but it was bizarre. Apparently the poster claimed to have been conducting an experiment of some kind, either with MNHQ's cooperation or at their behest, although I forget what they claimed to be the point of it (and I never understood it in the first place). Someone who was in the thick of it might be able to explain it!

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 25/08/2021 12:16

Ah, you mean the one who rhymes with witcoo.
Yes, it was fascinating how that set off the big klaxon at MNHQ!

BillinaTheChickenQueen · 25/08/2021 14:05

@ThumbWitchesAbroad

Ah, you mean the one who rhymes with witcoo. Yes, it was fascinating how that set off the big klaxon at MNHQ!

This doesn’t seem to work anymore. I posted her name on a thread a while back and Nadda. Does anyone remember the hippyish plaster, she had red hair and lived on a boat ?

MedusasBadHairDay · 25/08/2021 14:13

@ThumbWitchesAbroad

Ah, you mean the one who rhymes with witcoo. Yes, it was fascinating how that set off the big klaxon at MNHQ!

Decided to search to see if I could find what started it all and found posts discussing it 10 years ago 😲 Didn't realise it was that long ago!