People not seen for a while?

Not Born Yesterday wrote:She left at Christmas 2014 if I remember rightly.

Gosh was it that long ago?

The last date of logging in doesn't give the year but it was Friday, 12th December so that has to be 2014.

flower wrote:It's actually amazing that nearly 9 years after the event that there are still so many people commenting on Madeleine. I very rarely leave a comment these days but still look in on a regular basis. Perhaps there are many more like me who appear to be absent but are still very much interested in what's going on. I perhaps should make more of an effort as if forums such as this disappeared I for one would be lost!!

Best Wishes to you all!

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I remeber justiceforallkids aka carlymichelle. She was very disabled. I hope she is AOK.

comperedna wrote:I remeber justiceforallkids aka carlymichelle. She was very disabled. I hope she is AOK.

She's fine, busy on Facebook most days.

Thanks for that AnnaEsse. I confess I don't post on either Facebook or Twitter as, until my daughter comes over to tell me how to prevent 'nasty' responses, I can't stand it. Ideally I would like to tune in to both services and have NO FOLLOWERS. Maybe this is possible. I must ask Tess.

I avoid Twitter like the plague but Facebook is great.

I mostly post in groups - mainly nothing to do with the McCanns - and any abusive posters get removed by Admin. You can also block people who harass you personally but that has never happened to me.

AnnaEsse I am curious as to how many of our number on here are retired and female. We do not know. We only get hints. I guess it is a lot, and their motivation is likely to be the arrival of their own small grandchildren... It certainly is with me. Right now next door I can hear the jolly chatter of my youngest granddaughter aged 2 going 3... eating her fish fingers, peas and chips...Sometimes it breaks me up. As I've said before... There is no-one so vulnerable as a pre-school child.

I fit into that category like a glove though I only have grand-bunnies not grandchildren!

comperedna wrote:Thanks for that AnnaEsse. I confess I don't post on either Facebook or Twitter as, until my daughter comes over to tell me how to prevent 'nasty' responses, I can't stand it. Ideally I would like to tune in to both services and have NO FOLLOWERS. Maybe this is possible. I must ask Tess.

There are a few good Madeleine pages on Facebook. You could set your account on the highest level of privacy and only accept friend requests from people you know from elsewhere and then from people who have mutual friends. I've never had any nasty responses on Facebook though I've had Pamela Gurney respond on Twitter!

comperedna wrote:AnnaEsse I am curious as to how many of our number on here are retired and female. We do not know. We only get hints. I guess it is a lot, and their motivation is likely to be the arrival of their own small grandchildren... It certainly is with me. Right now next door I can hear the jolly chatter of my youngest granddaughter aged 2 going 3... eating her fish fingers, peas and chips...Sometimes it breaks me up. As I've said before... There is no-one so vulnerable as a pre-school child.

I am retired and I have two grandsons, aged 9 and 5.

comperedna wrote:Thanks for that AnnaEsse. I confess I don't post on either Facebook or Twitter as, until my daughter comes over to tell me how to prevent 'nasty' responses, I can't stand it. Ideally I would like to tune in to both services and have NO FOLLOWERS. Maybe this is possible. I must ask Tess.

If you join Facebook, send me your Facebook ID here by PM and I'll send you a friend request on Facebook.

I've got a grandson aged 10 and four grandaughters: twins aged 7, another lass aged 5 and Winnie next door who is two. The last two belong to my son who lives here in England, and the first threre live in Australia and have triple nationality Austalian/Bristish/ Irish... I see them once a year.

I've got my first grandson last September, he's lovely, obviously still back in Portugal, but we are going again for almost three weeks next Tuesday week.
I love Facebook, like Anna said, there are some good very informative groups, just don't add people you aren't sure about, then you will be fine.

I've got my first grandson last September, he's lovely, obviously still back in Portugal, but we are going again for almost three weeks next Tuesday week.
I love Facebook, like Anna said, there are some good very informative groups, just don't add people you aren't sure about, then you will be fine.

Agree great to hear all those memorable names again ! time flies by...i dont visit so much these days. Disabled Rights keep me busy- for my son 27 now

ok anna dragged me here kicking and screaming LOL im not missing i dont need a search party lmao im on fb and i post on the justcice forum but i will try and come back here more oftern now

Justiceforallkids wrote:  ok anna  dragged   me here kicking and screaming  LOL   im   not  missing i dont need a  search party lmao   im on fb and   i post on the justcice  forum   but i  will try and come back here more oftern now  

winjoy wrote:

flower wrote:It's actually amazing that nearly 9 years after the event that there are still so many people commenting on Madeleine. I very rarely leave a comment these days but still look in on a regular basis. Perhaps there are many more like me who appear to be absent but are still very much interested in what's going on. I perhaps should make more of an effort as if forums such as this disappeared I for one would be lost!!

Best Wishes to you all!

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Nice to hear from you again... justiceforallkids.

You can always guarantee I'll pop up during a thunderstorm!

Not a whisper of thunder and lightning in the outer London area but what a night with the wind and rain.

I hope that it's safe now for you saloon girl to come out from under the table.

I still look here several times a day. I think it's good to see that this case is NOT just going to fade away. More people are taking an interest now than in 2007. It's what gives me hope.

squeaker wrote:I still look here several times a day. I think it's good to see that this case is NOT just going to fade away. More people are taking an interest now than in 2007. It's what gives me hope.

We're here until Maddie and Gonçalo get justice!

It's lovely to see people here again. Lets see if we can get the forum back to it's old self again with plenty of posters, that would be nice.