Mammy
Mum
Mother

Only need one more!

Granny Welcome back! Where have you been? Is Grandad still hogging the laptop?
Time you gave us another weird and wonderful post.

We’ll have to find you a few more names so that you’ll have enough for a rugby team!

It’s decided. Weird is now officially added to my list of names! They include:

Dan’s daughter
Mammy’s name, well since my mother and sister had the same name, people didn’t bother to try and remember mine Not using the name out of respect for my sister.
Mary Kate, a nickname my father called me at times
Mags )
Nag ) names my brothers called me
Grannymar
Jack’s wife
Elly’s mother
Mrs P
Speckled
Weird

Eleven names, thats enough for a football team. Don’t call me all of them at the same time, or early on a the morning!

Grannymar is how I like to be known.

You stood up for something you believed in

Elly and you obviously have a great - and adult - relationship where you can talk about these things in this way and not be offended. It really appeals to me that you have this because it’s similar in ways to the relationship I have with my mum especially when she tries to ask me techie things.

You’re dead right - this is a whole new - post techie - world for a lot of people. I really admire people who can master it - I still struggle to find my feet. But as Elly has said, Marie was trying to do a nice thing giving it coverage, when she didn’t need to. Every day I read about bloggers frustrated with mainstream media in that it’s impossible to get their voice heard and I’m sure your blog benefitted from at least a few vsisitors thanks to the article.

It is a very unfortunate headline to write but I think you do have to recognise that it is a little “weird” to know that there are people from all ages and backgrounds out there giving their opinions, not just the computer geeks, and more power to them. In one sense by the title of your blog you have set yourself up as a “blogging granny” and so that label will stick. Personally i think it’s something you should be proud of!

I’m rapidly learning there are ways and means of approaching people, of getting them on side, on choosing your arguments and of blogging wisely. While I appreciate the update on it I’m also glad you’re able to laugh it off too. That’s just what it deserves.

It was a fantastic post and comments, and I’m really grateful you’ve posted about it.

‘Weird’ isn’t such a bad description though. To quote from ‘Stand by me’:
‘Do you think I’m weird?’
‘Sure! But who isn’t?’

Without weirdness the world would be extremely boring.

Thanks Paddy

The young folk at times forget that we come from a pre ‘teckie age’. Only thirty one years ago when I left Dublin, a computer was like a large built-in wardrobe and housed in a dirt free room and few people knew how to use them. We learned to overcome the language involved and cope with the constant changes and updates. Most of all we learned to have fun at our fingertips.