Comments for Blackberry Village Times http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com Life and times of a Mum and Businesswoman in Rural Ireland! Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Kids these days… The Generation Game! by Helen Clarke http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/kids-these-days%e2%80%a6-my-lightbulb-moment/#comment-12 Helen Clarke Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:31:50 +0000 http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/kids-these-days%e2%80%a6-my-lightbulb-moment/#comment-12 I so agree with you. We have to live for today and let our kids do the same. As a mammy of two small boys (3 and a half years and 22 months old) I would love them to have all the "nice" bits of my childhood and all the "nice" bits of their own childhood! This I figure is not going to be possible so it is far better to teach them to enjoy every day as it comes, to appreciate the simple things as well as the modern, highly technical things and to just be nice! I so agree with you. We have to live for today and let our kids do the same. As a mammy of two small boys (3 and a half years and 22 months old) I would love them to have all the “nice” bits of my childhood and all the “nice” bits of their own childhood! This I figure is not going to be possible so it is far better to teach them to enjoy every day as it comes, to appreciate the simple things as well as the modern, highly technical things and to just be nice!

]]> Comment on The price of a pack of Tayto! by Emma Eustace http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-price-of-a-pack-of-tayto/#comment-11 Emma Eustace Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:58:37 +0000 http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-price-of-a-pack-of-tayto/#comment-11 Hey, I can remember when Tayto were 2p! Then they printed a black square over where the price was so that they could print the increased price in white over that again, I think the next increase was to 21/2p. I'm giving away way too much about my age but so be it! Hey, I can remember when Tayto were 2p! Then they printed a black square over where the price was so that they could print the increased price in white over that again, I think the next increase was to 21/2p. I’m giving away way too much about my age but so be it!

]]> Comment on About me! by Maire http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/about/#comment-10 Maire Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:40:51 +0000 #comment-10 well done Cris.......love the blog (and what a life you've led so far!!)... looking forward to doing a bit of shopping for Christmas.......and who knows, maybe this Christmas we'll manage to meet up hugs Máire (Dungarvan) well done Cris…….love the blog (and what a life you’ve led so far!!)…

looking forward to doing a bit of shopping for Christmas…….and who knows, maybe this Christmas we’ll manage to meet up

hugs

Máire (Dungarvan)

]]> Comment on Kids these days… The Generation Game! by Anne Hannan http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/kids-these-days%e2%80%a6-my-lightbulb-moment/#comment-9 Anne Hannan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:41:21 +0000 http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/kids-these-days%e2%80%a6-my-lightbulb-moment/#comment-9 Well said Cris, I am frequently astonished at the sophistication of my 9 year old daughter. Like your boy, she knows the names of all the dinosaurs, their diets and their habitats, she knows words like carnivore, herbivore etc. She can get instant feedback for her insatiable curiousity thanks to the internet and the magic of discovery channel etc. I sometimes panic that she spends too much time online, on her DS, in front of the TV etc. and yet despite her knowledge and vocabulary which is way beyond anything I would have used at her age she is still just a 9 year old girl. She is not 'too mature' or interested in things that shouldn't interest a 9 year old if you know what I mean. In some respects she has more freedom than previous generations had because the world is available to her through technology. True she isn't as free to go out into the world as much as we could but thinking back on some episodes of all our childhoods perhaps we never should have had that freedom. Well said Cris, I am frequently astonished at the sophistication of my 9 year old daughter. Like your boy, she knows the names of all the dinosaurs, their diets and their habitats, she knows words like carnivore, herbivore etc. She can get instant feedback for her insatiable curiousity thanks to the internet and the magic of discovery channel etc. I sometimes panic that she spends too much time online, on her DS, in front of the TV etc. and yet despite her knowledge and vocabulary which is way beyond anything I would have used at her age she is still just a 9 year old girl. She is not ‘too mature’ or interested in things that shouldn’t interest a 9 year old if you know what I mean. In some respects she has more freedom than previous generations had because the world is available to her through technology. True she isn’t as free to go out into the world as much as we could but thinking back on some episodes of all our childhoods perhaps we never should have had that freedom.

]]> Comment on The price of a pack of Tayto! by Anne Hannan http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-price-of-a-pack-of-tayto/#comment-8 Anne Hannan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:29:39 +0000 http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-price-of-a-pack-of-tayto/#comment-8 I can remember when Taytos were 2p. I moved here from the states in 1973 and for 5p I could buy a bag of Taytos and a bar of dairy milk - the full size one not the small one. Wow I'm old. I can remember when Taytos were 2p. I moved here from the states in 1973 and for 5p I could buy a bag of Taytos and a bar of dairy milk – the full size one not the small one. Wow I’m old.

]]> Comment on Hello out there! by blackberryvillage http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-7 blackberryvillage Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:39:22 +0000 #comment-7 Thanks Annette and Claire. Ye convinced me. Ye didn't quite tell me how addictive it was though! Thanks Annette and Claire. Ye convinced me. Ye didn’t quite tell me how addictive it was though!

]]> Comment on Hello out there! by Claire http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-6 Claire Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:02:40 +0000 #comment-6 Cris, Congratulations on the new blog, already some great posts too! I'll be adding you to my blogroll :) Cris, Congratulations on the new blog, already some great posts too! I’ll be adding you to my blogroll :)

]]> Comment on Hello out there! by annette http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-5 annette Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:09:31 +0000 #comment-5 welcome to the far side Cris! welcome to the far side Cris!

]]> Comment on Hello out there! by blackberryvillage http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-4 blackberryvillage Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:10:03 +0000 #comment-4 Thanks for your kind words Frank and Deborah!! It's great to get a bit of feedback on my first venture into the blogosphere. I wasn't sure how it would work out but I am very happy with the outcome. Deborah, sure we were almost neighbours! It is a lovely part of the world! I'll be looking forward to some nice Christmas cooking ideas from you. Thanks for your kind words Frank and Deborah!! It’s great to get a bit of feedback on my first venture into the blogosphere. I wasn’t sure how it would work out but I am very happy with the outcome.

Deborah, sure we were almost neighbours! It is a lovely part of the world! I’ll be looking forward to some nice Christmas cooking ideas from you.

]]> Comment on Hello out there! by Deborah http://blackberryvillage.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/hello-world/#comment-3 Deborah Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:54:25 +0000 #comment-3 Welcome to the blogosphere and thank you for the link! I've browsed Blackberry village many a time. Beautiful stuff!!! Will be by for some Xmas shopping I fear! ;-) We used to live in Ballina and miss the sea - you're lucky!!! Best of luck, look forward to reading more! Welcome to the blogosphere and thank you for the link! I’ve browsed Blackberry village many a time. Beautiful stuff!!! Will be by for some Xmas shopping I fear! ;-) We used to live in Ballina and miss the sea – you’re lucky!!! Best of luck, look forward to reading more!

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