Re: Back from Ireland

2011-07-18 Thread Chris Mitchell
Then we were in Belfast on July 12... that's a whole new level of public drunkenness. Quite unbelievable. (Then again, we got the impression that youth + stupidity + alcohol in combination are more responsible for the sectarian violence than religion or politics these days, so that may be an

Back from Ireland

2011-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
... in case you hadn't noticed a couple of posts today. We got in around 4:00 yesterday afternoon after two weeks in the Emerald Isle. Very nice weeks, I might add, with only one day of significant rain(!) I've just downloaded a couple of thousand photos that made it through the on-the-fly cull.

Re: Back from Ireland

2011-07-17 Thread Cotty
On 17/7/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: For now, I'm tired from jet lag and a hard 45-mile bike ride this morning so I'll give it a rest here unless someone posts something truly provocative later. ;-) Ireland would be a lovely country if it weren't for the Irish. -- Cheers,

Re: Back from Ireland

2011-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 17/7/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: For now, I'm tired from jet lag and a hard 45-mile bike ride this morning so I'll give it a rest here unless someone posts something truly provocative later. ;-) Ireland would be a lovely country if it weren't for the Irish.

Re: Back from Ireland

2011-07-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Welcome home! I spent a week in Dublin in 2008. Despite the incredible amount of public drunkenness and the urban environment, I had a grand time. Can't wait to get back there for another visit. I have friends who live in Cork and Galway (?sp). On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Mark Roberts