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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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Legacy · 04/11/2009 19:33

Too bad I can't spell Mumsnet.... (too much wone, and it's only 7.30 p.m. !)

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cornsilkwearscorsets · 04/11/2009 19:34

Didn't she elope with Ross?

bonfirewithaheartofgold · 04/11/2009 19:34

is there a patio at mn towers?

Legacy · 04/11/2009 19:34

Too much wine.... aargH!

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PerryPlatypus · 04/11/2009 20:16

Did Justine and Carrie leave the gate open when they let original Tech out to NY?

Or was she offered up as a human sacrifice when all the SWMNBN business was going on?

AitchTwoToTangOh · 04/11/2009 20:20

they're on a break.

SquirrelTrap · 04/11/2009 20:22

She has gone canoeing

EyeballsintheSky · 04/11/2009 20:27

Maybe she runs the website On The Other Side

HelenMumsnet · 04/11/2009 20:28

Hello. And lol at patio question.

Rachel is still very much here. In fact, she was in MN Towers today gossiping with the rest of us working on very important, high-level stuff.

SquirrelTrap · 04/11/2009 20:33

Mmmmmm Rather a quick retort for my liking

HelenMumsnet · 04/11/2009 20:35
Biscuit
PerryPlatypus · 04/11/2009 20:38

I'm picturing a "Home Alone" scene with the rest of MNHQ moving a cardboard cutout of Rachel in front of the window to make it look as though she's still there.

Legacy · 04/11/2009 22:05

It's just that she used to be on all the photos.... and well.... now she's sort of disappeared....
LOL too at the patio question!

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ABetaDad · 04/11/2009 22:09

They had an architect spotted in MNHQ recently. Helen admitted it HERE

GertieGumboyle · 04/11/2009 22:11

I think you will wake up in the shower and it will all have been a dream.

HelenMumsnet · 04/11/2009 22:13

How else do you think we built the patio, ABetaDad?

NormaStanleyFletcher · 04/11/2009 22:16

lol

Helen
Are you finding site stuff a little busy tonight?

Swedes2Turnips0 · 04/11/2009 22:19

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

BitOfFun · 04/11/2009 22:20

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

HelenMumsnet · 04/11/2009 22:24

Too right, Norma!

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

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...

NormaStanleyFletcher · 04/11/2009 23:00

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

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 · 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?

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.

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