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Am wonderng whether the time has come to ask Genes to unpin the threads now ,


What do others think ??

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Thank you both

I was hesitant to post this as didnt want to cause any hurt or offence to anyone

I knew BC as met her many times at London Meets and we got on great
A really lovely lady , i miss her enormously too but do think she may say Let it go now and just remember me

So yes no disrespect to her or her friends but it may be time now to let go .

same for the other loved members who had their close friends on here too

sad we have lost them <3 <3 <3

I agree wholeheartedly, particularly when they have not been added to for some considerable time (three months in the case of one!).

Shirley - I was considering making a similar request and so back you up totally.

No disrespect to any of our deceased members or their families but we do currently have four such threads at the top of the board which should be allowed over time to slowly move down the board although people's thoughts and memories will of course never fade.

I wish you would. I feel uncomfortable that the one I started has been stickied (I didn't ask for it to be)

I'd feel a bit awkward just deleting it but I wish it was unstickied.

I would go along with that, I'm sure that those who knew them will have seen the posts by now.

Maybe there is a case for Genes to have a facility for finding out why members do not reply to posts, either because they have left, or in the sad cases like this that they are no longer with us.

Agreed. I had asked GR a month ago, but the request was rejected at that time.

As others have said, with the exception of Dutch's which (in my opinion) should remain pinned for a bit longer, those who wish to add posts will already have the thread in their 'my threads' list.

To my mind, it would be good if GR would automatically put a time limit on pinned obituary threads, say 4-6 weeks.

Guinevere, I'm sure GR would unpin it if you asked them.

I've emailed support.

sounds very reasonable

Strange I was only thinking the same thing a couple of days ago. we all miss BC and many of us miss Berona and Stella but we will go on missing them no matter how long they are stickied.

And please leave Dutch's up for a while.

I suggested this a couple of days ago, but GR support stated the bereavement threads would stay because they could see people were still viewing them.

In that case, may be the only solution is for the Opening Poster to ask?

The boards have been so quiet of late, that its not surprising that 'new' people are looking.

Well I find this thread bad taste,

Gr remove the stickies when they see fit like they always have done, and like we come to expect,

but for people to mail them n ask for them unstickied to me seems a bit disrespectful, :-(

I think it's about time they were removed. Leave Dutch's for a few weeks and then remove. These people will never be forgotten by the people who knew and loved them.

<3 Hayley

Hayley <3

BCs dying wish was for her stick to be at the top of the board
and rightly so where it belongs
she was the most loved and respected member of GR
It makes me smile just writing her name :-D :-D

But No you lot begrudge this lovely lovely lady her moment of glory


How would you feel if it was your thread :-( :-( :-(

I feel the same as Hayley if GR just un pinned it fare play, but to ASK for it unpinned, disgusting!!!

I may be wrong but I thought that after
a respectable amount of time GR unpinned them.

The fact people are asking for it too be taken down,

Shirley asked for peoples opinions well she's got them

Emma GR have left it because
its the most read thread on the boards

some of us read at least part of it everyday <3 <3