To think MN is fucking lovely, actually (NOT just thread-about-thread)

[LoudRowdyDuck]

I know there's a whiny thread too, but I've been meaning to post this for ages. So:

I think MN is lovely.

I've been on here about a year (and namechanged about a month ago). People on here constantly give good advice, cheer me up, walk me through all the stuff I don't know how to tackle and distract me from all the stuff I don't want to tackle. People are intelligent and funny and frequently make me cackle like a demented crone.

It is excellent.

DH refers to MN as 'the hive mind' for the number of times I've posted a bizarre query and had dozens of solutions posted back in minutes.

So, it's nearly Christmas (don't flame me for saying so!), and I want to say thank you all.*

• You bunch of cunts. There, I knew you needed some proper MN tough love in there!

Ah, I think it must be the Seville orange marmalade wot done it... The enamel in mine is in a terrible state- all pitted and rough. The youngest one among them is at least 15 years old though.

Nice to know it's quite study then - I did wonder, as my late granny had some and it was in an unusable state when I saw it (clearing out her house ) - but then, she'd not been well and I've no idea what she'd done to it.

Incidentally, I do wish I'd known about MN when she was ill - it was fucking terrifying and NHS direct were useless, I bet there'd have been people on here who could have helped or at least cheered me up.

Oh lrd :(

Oh, wow, I didn't mean that to come across quite so depressingly!

I just meant, I'm very aware of the sort of real support and help MN can provide - I've not (thankfully) had to rely on it myself, but I've seen how good it can be. That's really all I meant.

That's why I think all the silliness and the daft jokes and so on are important - I'm someone who comes on here mostly to snigger at AIBU and occasionally to chat to like-minded people who do the same stuff as me, but I know exactly where I would go if I were really struggling with something like my granny's illness again. I know there'd be people on here who'd have been through exactly the same and who could talk me through it. It's a very comforting thought.

Eek ... hope I didn't just kill me own thread!