Off topic

[Raven]

No not really about my hair, I know some people believe that older ladies should only have short hair, my mother was one and we had some real rows about it. She never used to say hello to me, I was always greeted with "not got that bloody hair cut yet" I guess it's left me more than a bit iffy about the subject. 

As for the rest, it's been happening for several years, not every post/thread but enough. I know being a Scot and also a Highlander makes me different, different culture, different opinions. Some people don't like that.

Do you remember on the mother ship a member called Bee? She was active during the Brexit referendum, she was not wanting to leave the EU and felt driven to leave the forum because she was getting it from all sides, it's not easy being different. But different I am, being from the Isles originally has me sometimes at odds with mainland Scots (usually lowlanders) as again we are a different culture, do and think so much differently.

But, love me or loathe me, I'm me and I can't change, nor do I want too. ☺️

[JBR]

That is so cruel.. Poor fox...

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[Scrumpy]

Scrumps,  like most things,  there's two ways of looking at it.

I know when someone is talking it can suddenly jog your memory about another matter altogether.
Fair enough.  Most people would probably say 'Sorry,  what were you saying'?  and get back on topic,  but it often occurs on forums that once the topic is broken,  it never gets back on course.

In other words,  imagine you were talking to me about something serious like a health problem or finances or something that was worrying you,  and I suddenly changed the subject to my new shoes, or how much it costs to go to Majorca, or whether to cut the grass or not,    how would you feel?

And if this happened every time you tried again,  well I can well imagine anyone feeling pretty pee'd off. 

I'm just trying to see both sides.

I have better manners then to make foolish comments on threads that are serious.. 
I respect those that have or are going through any sadness be it over a pet .. friend.. partner..

[klondike]

Ah yes confusion. This is what happens when threads that go off topic get split into separate ones.

I think I'll revert to my usual way of tackling such things  - shrugging my shoulders and ignoring it all.

[Mups]

I have better manners then to make foolish comments on threads that are serious..
I respect those that have or are going through any sadness be it over a pet .. friend.. partner..

Yes I know you do, Scumpy.  x

[muddy]

Most people do .🙂

[GrannyMac]

Like Alex, I haven't a clue what this is about!  Hopefully I haven't been rude to anyone?  

All our experiences in life are different, although I'm also a Scot like Raven, I'm not from the highlands, and I no longer live there.  Mike, on'tother hand, is a Southerner who does live in Scotland.   We all may have quite different views about politics, but I've never known it become toxic on here unlike the original PF, especially in my early days.