If you (still) feel the need to discuss Moldies, please do it here so folks can hide this if they want to.

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Well hopefully the title says it all. There's been a suggestion, and we agree, that as we did with Baby P and the Mc Canns we just have one thread where anyone who feels they still have anything to add on this subject can post and those who'd rather move on can hide it away.

It feels strange to put this thread in site stuff as we are definitely not wanting to encourage further discussion of Moldies (we have presents to wrap too you know ) but we weren't sure where else to put it.

We will delete any new Moldies threads that are started, so please feel free to report them in case we miss any (what with wrapping the presents and all...)

And if you do want to carry on the discussion please remember that Mumsnet's here to make everyone's lives easier and not the reverse, and that Christmas is a time of goodwill to all mumsnetters past, present and future

Thanks,
MNHQ

and that should of course be nr not with a g at the end

Having peered fearfully into the freezers full of S African fare in Nigeria, Expat, may I just say.....rather you than me!

Ha ha! I've had a post deleted!
Funny that happening tonight, when I was just saying I've never had a post deleted.
Thanks Justine.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY

I wrapped all of my Christmas presents . You mean I didnt need to?

I have lost one of mine. Saw it 2 days ago, cant remember what I did with it. dd assures me it isn't among the stocking presents which I had carefully hidden in the cellar.

GOOD POST REV

Our children will talk about the Great Christmas Truce of 2008

signing off for christmas now

have a good one, all

rev - do you know the sussmans webiste - they sell all manner of South African stuff, including Biltong.

They sell biltong in my local leisure centre cafe.

ahh yes - the butchers in town that does the Boerwoers does biltong too - but the Sussmans stuff is lekker (South African for extremely nice

FFS don't you lot sleep?????

Stocking presents must be wrapped, my kids would be really dissapointed if they weren't and the more they are wrapped the longer they take to open them while I still try to sleep

On the subject of Moldies, this is my first and last post on it as I feel it would really affect my RL if I let it so I won't

TBH i think people posting about OP have missed the point that this thread has happily become a completely irrelevant thread

and hurrah for that

I'm just wondering if we'll get a card off them on Christmas day...

Will have to start calling them the 'Down from Moldies'. DFM's.

How does that sound?

Happy Christmas Moldies by the way...in case Six hasn't passed on my message.

I am feeling all Christmassy.

This thread cheered me up last night Cheers to all that unknowingly helped to lift my christmas spirit! Hope you're feeling a bit more christmassy today FAQ!

WTF? I cant actually be arsed reading through whole thread.

What the hell is all this about the moldies?

Nah, don't bother mamadiva...it ain't worth the time it'd take you...plus the other 5 1000+ threads!!

thanks cornsilk, I'm trying - DS's are very excited that it's Christmas Eve, I'm still pretending to be excited and Christmassy so I don't let them down.

Unfortunately most of today is going to be filled with very mundane boring stuff (like tidying) - although I've put a Christmassy spin on it by telling them they'll have to help me (either by picking bits up, or playing with DS3 to keep him occupied) so that it's easier for FC to creep in and put the presents under the tree.

Morning all; you all cheered me up last night Have a fab day!

I need to go and do Christmas in RL now so am signing off for a couple of days.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

To Moldies - have a good one and remember to come back often.

To the rest - Let's remember MN is still a good place to come and moan, laugh and give and receive support.

To MNHQ - Thanks for providing a platform for the above!

Now off to wrap and get squiffy

I am trying to do real life but moving will mean I have to clean the cooker

Ok here I go.....................................

Thank you Flihgtattendant - sorry I missed it first time around but will pass it on.

And a very happy Christmas to all!

YAY its Christmas Eve.........! ONE more sleep

Merry Christmas Moldies and Mnetters

OK can I ask a very sane level question about something I don't understand?

Think of Moldies as an organic corner shop and MN as Waitrose
(rather apt IMO LOL)

Now Waitrose ain't gonna care if said corner sho opens and will likely ignore it and remain unaffected

And so indeed the Moldies have a complete right to exista s a separate website

What I don't understand is this

The cherry picking recruitment metod smacks of corner shop standing in waitrose foyer with leaflets

Now I understand that MN makes 'cash' by advertisinga n selling its demographiic

the demographic, from the trading partners listed, is a certain kiddle class affluent type represented by boden / white company / GLTC

The Moldies seem to me to be on the whole theat demographic (we shall henceforth call them boden-shaggers but in a light hearted way).

So what happens as MN's main demographioc falls? Do we end up with a site instead sponsored by SMA and Cow & Gate?

In which case people like myslef, tiktok and VS (I suspect- only a guess) will vanish

I shall refer to us the 'New Look-shaggers )

Seriously- is ther e a clause in mn user agreement about not contacting contacts made through mn for marketing of products including rival websites? If nt ten I suggest it might be a consideration?

So glad that my stocking present wrapping wasnt in vein.

Peachy - I dont think that the demographic of MN will alter significantly. What % of MN users do the Moldies represent. Obviously most were prolific posters but the vacuum will be filled with new prolific posters, many of whom I expect will be a similar demographic. And FWIW - I received BF advice from you and TikTok many moons ago and I remain grateful

it's christmas eve....we'll get the lawyers in on jan 2nd....