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[GrannyMac]

Didn't Akbuk make an appearance here recently?

I must have missed him!  He's normally a decent poster.

[klondike]

Well, I have just done that, and this forum didn't appear in the Google search.  I can't explain why other than, perhaps, this site has made changes to protect itself?  That, of course, would be a good thing: keep the baddies out!

I gave the reason whey here...

Any search for a pensioners forum will simply find the other place as it has been there almost a couple of decades before us. Then come umpteen council forums because they are council's.

We used to be top here but I'm uncertain if we still are

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Friendly+pensioner+forum&hl=en

The problem is nobody searches for that phrase

[ansu]

Living across the Channel, i.e. in an EU country, I am sometimes a bit surprised about your moaning. Maybe in your opinion your government could be better, but compared to other governments, i.e. Russia, Northern Corea etc. etc. you are on the "happy side", you can express your opinion freely without having to be afraid of ending in prison and as I always told my mother when she was moaning "you have a roof upon your head and every day something to eat". 
Time is difficult at the moment with all those crises and wars and no one knows what has to be expected in future, maybe the number of refugees will increase, too.  
Here in Germany, for instance the costs of living have increased enormously and jobs are no longer as sure as before. Our government is still in the probation period - so let's wait and see. 

[klondike]

you can express your opinion freely without having to be afraid of ending in prison

You clearly are a bit behind on UK news. In this country even middle aged women can end up in jail for a couple of years for making injudicious posts on Facebook.

Hurty things on Twitter = jail here now if those hurty things are about certain sectors of the community.