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by **RedRaven** » 29 Sep 2007 18:50

Not much happenin here tonight...the gaffer must be havin the weekly bath or he out to dinner with the missus!!!

by **Eddie** » 29 Sep 2007 19:03

Probably the bath. :s023:

by **Eddie** » 29 Sep 2007 19:17

Hey Wayne have you heard anything from the rad man? How's our baby doing man? :s002:

by **drewcrane** » 29 Sep 2007 22:11

its after noon here lol but was up? in dublin?

by **RedRaven** » 29 Sep 2007 22:34

airfuelEddie wrote:Hey Wayne have you heard anything from the rad man? How's our baby doing man?

Still in surgery mate..soon she be kickin...

by **RedRaven** » 29 Sep 2007 22:37

drewcrane wrote::sleepy: its after noon here lol but was up? in dublin?

Dublins good at the minute, not too cold- not too warm, how bout where you are- I guess up in the Tyne its well cold and the lads be out with the lassies drinkin brown ale..with their tops off...now its up to you to decide who the lads or the lassies... :mrgreen:

by **drewcrane** » 29 Sep 2007 23:41

im an irish lad here in colorado drinkin tiquila with me bro and my wife, lassie lol man a guy in dublin s how cool is that ! :thumbsup:

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 10:15

drewcrane wrote:im an irish lad here in colorado drinkin tiquila with me bro and my wife, lassie lol man a guy in dublin s how cool is that !

Kool where in Ireland are you connected to?

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2007 12:14

Hey Wayne, my wife is Irish! On St. Paddys day she makes boiled cabbage and ham. It's the only time she drinks as well. It's usually some sweet sickening drink with an umbrella on top. I told her if she was truely Irish she would guzzle on a bottle of Killians or Bushmills! :s024:

Drew, ever drink that Mexican Tequila,(te killya), called RoJos Mescal? it's got the worm in it. I ate three of those little buggers once in school! A dare put on me by my buds. I kept em down too! :biggrin:

(I thought I was pretty dapper and cool then) Idiot! :hmmm:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 13:39

my great , great, grandfather, was from limerick,and on my dads sise they were from someplace in scotland,dont know where, but on my moms side they came from limerick, to novascotia, then to george town colorado fro the silver rush , we lost some family to those mines but we are still here, how have you lived in dublin? where are your roots?

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 13:40

o btw dave i have had the mescal worm had a dirt taste in my mouth since then lol :roll:

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2007 13:52

drewcrane wrote:o btw dave i have had the mescal worm had a dirt taste in my mouth since then lol

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 14:32

airfuelEddie wrote:Hey Wayne, my wife is Irish! On St. Paddys day she makes boiled cabbage and ham. It's the only time she drinks as well. It's usually some sweet sickening drink with an umbrella on top. I told her if she was truely Irish she would guzzle on a bottle of Killians or Bushmills! Drew, ever drink that Mexican Tequila,(te killya), called RoJos Mescal? it's got the worm in it. I ate three of those little buggers once in school! A dare put on me by my buds. I kept em down too! (I thought I was pretty dapper and cool then) Idiot!

Ha Ha no wonder you got trouble on yer hands eddie...You should try poitin(Irish moonshine)...you can run your car on this stuff ha ha...

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 14:40

drewcrane wrote:my great , great, grandfather, was from limerick,and on my dads sise they were from someplace in scotland,dont know where, but on my moms side they came from limerick, to novascotia, then to george town colorado fro the silver rush , we lost some family to those mines but we are still here, how have you lived in dublin? where are your roots?

Well I was dragged up kicking and screaming in Dublin as were my parents and theirs before them, my family name is Byrne(O Brion) which in Dave tongue means Raven...Im have a tint of red in my hair hence RedRaven...Anyway ever think of head to Ireland to check out the auld roots ...I know Daves been here a couple of time...infact there is still stories of the half naked Tynesider waving a bottle of brown ale. as them folk usually do.(wy eye man)!!! :mrgreen:

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2007 15:14

RedRaven wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:Hey Wayne, my wife is Irish! On St. Paddys day she makes boiled cabbage and ham. It's the only time she drinks as well. It's usually some sweet sickening drink with an umbrella on top. I told her if she was truely Irish she would guzzle on a bottle of Killians or Bushmills! Drew, ever drink that Mexican Tequila,(te killya), called RoJos Mescal? it's got the worm in it. I ate three of those little buggers once in school! A dare put on me by my buds. I kept em down too! (I thought I was pretty dapper and cool then) Idiot!

Ha Ha no wonder you got trouble on yer hands eddie...You should try poitin(Irish moonshine)...you can run your car on this stuff ha ha...

What grain is it drived from Wayne? Our heritage as "moonshiners" in this country is due to the Early English,Scottish,Irish,German settlers who brewed/distilled their family recipes. Then the govt. became ignorant and wanted to tax them and take their land, they fled into the foothills and distilled their liquor in the light of the moon, hence the name "moonshiners". It was on the history channel late the other night, and there was nothing else on, I thought it was going to show the moonshine cars, it didnt. sucked but pretty interesting nonetheless :s004:

by **dave-r** » 30 Sep 2007 15:38

I love the way Americans call themselves "Irish" or whatever even generations later. :lol:

It just shows how proud people are of their roots.

My family have lived in this same general area for 1000 years. Mixture of Pict, Saxon, Celt. Viking and Roman blood.
Which one shall I call myself? :lol:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 15:50

man ive always been envious of all of you guys across the pond cause you have deep roots, that says alot about americans i agreeg with you dave cause im 5 generations removed from europe, and im pretty much american my wife is native american , and spanish , some people call em mexicans, when they are indegenous to this land long before columbus sailed the seas, as far as what you are gosh thats alot of ancestry what do you call your self? an englishman?

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2007 15:58

I know my mothers background but my father? I asked him once and he mentioned first to shut my mouth and he was an an american 100%,(He is a war vet), I asked my mother and she told me to shut my mouth as well, I think I heard them say he was some french/greek/syrian blood once but that was when I was a kid. :lol:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 16:00

ya know ed we are mutts , this country is a big melting pot we have dogs with more pedigree than my self :lol:

by **Eddie** » 30 Sep 2007 16:34

Tell me about it. Everywhere I go Drew, people complain about that doglike smell. I know they mean my dogs and not me personally. :mrgreen:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 16:51

by **dave-r** » 30 Sep 2007 17:22

drewcrane wrote:as far as what you are gosh thats alot of ancestry what do you call your self? an englishman?

Well this area has been part of the Roman Empire once and after they went and "civilization" collapsed we were part of England and then Scotland for hundreds of years. Finally England. So I am English. But the Scottish boarder is just a 1/2 hour drive away. The wall across the country that the Romans built to keep the Scottish out runs right through the center of my town.

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 19:25

airfuelEddie wrote:
RedRaven wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:Hey Wayne, my wife is Irish! On St. Paddys day she makes boiled cabbage and ham. It's the only time she drinks as well. It's usually some sweet sickening drink with an umbrella on top. I told her if she was truely Irish she would guzzle on a bottle of Killians or Bushmills! Drew, ever drink that Mexican Tequila,(te killya), called RoJos Mescal? it's got the worm in it. I ate three of those little buggers once in school! A dare put on me by my buds. I kept em down too! (I thought I was pretty dapper and cool then) Idiot!

Ha Ha no wonder you got trouble on yer hands eddie...You should try poitin(Irish moonshine)...you can run your car on this stuff ha ha...
What grain is it drived from Wayne? Our heritage as "moonshiners" in this country is due to the Early English,Scottish,Irish,German settlers who brewed/distilled their family recipes. Then the govt. became ignorant and wanted to tax them and take their land, they fled into the foothills and distilled their liquor in the light of the moon, hence the name "moonshiners". It was on the history channel late the other night, and there was nothing else on, I thought it was going to show the moonshine cars, it didnt. sucked but pretty interesting nonetheless

SPUDS MY MAN ITS MADE FROM SPUDS!!! :twisted:

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 19:28

dave-r wrote:
drewcrane wrote:as far as what you are gosh thats alot of ancestry what do you call your self? an englishman?

Well this area has been part of the Roman Empire once and after they went and "civilization" collapsed we were part of England and then Scotland for hundreds of years. Finally England. So I am English. But the Scottish boarder is just a 1/2 hour drive away. The wall across the country that the Romans built to keep the Scottish out runs right through the center of my town.

Dave do you really rekon Hadrian was a brickie...!!! :mrgreen:

by **drewcrane** » 30 Sep 2007 23:13

how old is that wall 1/2 hour away?

by **RedRaven** » 30 Sep 2007 23:27

drewcrane wrote:how old is that wall 1/2 hour away?

Its really old the romans built it to keep the scots out...a roudy lot!!!

Dave should know how old, heck he was probably a brickies apprentice on the site!!! :mrgreen:

by **drewcrane** » 01 Oct 2007 2:00

so older than dirt :lol:

man that some rich both you and dave have we have nothing on that :s024:

by **RedRaven** » 01 Oct 2007 7:37

drewcrane wrote:so older than dirt man that some rich both you and dave have we have nothing on that

Google hadrians wall, it will tell ya all about it!!

by **dave-r** » 01 Oct 2007 8:29

Around 120AD-130AD I think the existing stone wall was built. So getting on for 1900 years old.

The Scottish border is now a diagonal line just a few miles to the North of the wall in the West and about 70 miles to the North in the East where I live. But because the border is a diagonal if I travel North West I am in Scotland within a half hour.

The people the Romans couldn't tame in the North were called the Picts. These days Scotland is mainly made up of a mixture of Picts and Celts I think.

The wall was used as a free source of building materials until the start of the 20th century so it only stands a few feet high for the main part. Many farm buildings in the area are built from the stone.

by **RedRaven** » 01 Oct 2007 10:16

I knew it Dave you did work on the wall!!! :mrgreen:

Was the foreman a tosser??