tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post4454427366874950515..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Halloween - the perfect night for the pubThe Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-18276345833746355682010-11-01T16:14:32.486+00:002010-11-01T16:14:32.486+00:00Thanks for that Max.
I suppose it's no surp...Thanks for that Max. <br /><br />I suppose it's no surprise that prices have dropped, but the question is why that particular site?The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-43783390769913325042010-11-01T13:43:28.332+00:002010-11-01T13:43:28.332+00:00One for the next entry ?http://www.independent.ie/...One for the next entry ?http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gilmore-wife-got-euro525000-for-school-site-now-worth-just-euro100000-2402122.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-54722171509750826752010-11-01T01:31:10.143+00:002010-11-01T01:31:10.143+00:00yesyes GM what an a amazing ,facinating unique,ra...yesyes GM what an a amazing ,facinating unique,rational open minded brilliant, little nation such a sucess story-BHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-17202275166390074212010-10-31T22:58:00.522+00:002010-10-31T22:58:00.522+00:00@ Dakota. Yep. Thanks for that link...says it all...@ Dakota. Yep. Thanks for that link...says it all, really. <br /><br />@ Ponyboy. Little House on the Prairie, ha ha. Never had you down as a Mr Ingles!!! Great nebula pic, by the way. <br /><br />@ Ella. Sure the whole country was l'orealed out there for a while. At least so they thought...The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-27322937875884201092010-10-31T21:09:05.408+00:002010-10-31T21:09:05.408+00:00Hi GM, I echo PB's sentiments about your post....Hi GM, I echo PB's sentiments about your post. <br /><br />Agreed too, great link from Dakota. The pampered tiger cubs and their parents were and still are suffering from the the l'oreal effect, "because I'm worth it" syndrome.Ellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-25319953325766462602010-10-31T20:29:35.404+00:002010-10-31T20:29:35.404+00:00Nice post GM and great link Dakota. I often wonder...Nice post GM and great link Dakota. I often wonder where the decent people have gone to as well and am sadly aware of what parents are capable of creating through misguided parenting in this age of plenty. As a parent it always made sense to me to treat my children as equals and steer them as far away from the notion that they were the centre of the universe around whom everybody else circled at their beck and call. There was other stuff too of course that went into the blend, including finding non catholic schools for them in the Dublin of the 80's. Ours wasn't some sickly sweet Little House on the Prairie household but we all had a lot of fun and the nice thing now is to see their children with that same sense of normality - a kind of old fashioned politeness that includes the use of endangered expressions like "Thank you" and "I'll clear the table". Sorry to bang on so but I see a generation of Spoilt Bastards (I love Viz) whose parents shelled out for whatever was demanded and never thought to educate their offspring as to where they were on the hierarchial ladder. Jesus I'd better stop - i really do feel strongly about this though. I see a generation of them out there. As to the Halloween farce - I locked the main gates myself at tea time and the dogs were unleashed twenty minutes later (unfed). i must get out and see what I can find on the driveway by way of gnawed junior fib and tibs and shredded ghoulish costumes. HA HA Happy Halloween and do a google on "APOD" for a nice astronomy shot of a celestial witch (Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula)Ponyboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-79385788911680553552010-10-31T17:21:01.861+00:002010-10-31T17:21:01.861+00:00GM you're on the money. At that level there is...GM you're on the money. At that level there is only two tyes, the Skanger/Chav and the spoiled Brat (Mummy and Daddy lets me do whatever the hell I like. Or the slight variation, the world owes me and I'm going to use my kids to get up your nose, just for spite, type). <br />What the hell happened to this excuse of a city? Even the kids are way more aggressive and loud then they were. Was it the explosion of cheap money, (shopping trips to Paris for eight year olds, (see below) 50 foot Limousines, helicopters, all for First Communions) the media or mummy and Daddy not being there for them? Or was it, as you mentioned GM, just a contiunation of flawed characteristics from generation to generation? The celtic tiger has a lot to answer for....<br /><br />http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2008/02/05/story54363.aspDakotanoreply@blogger.com