Adam - what a beautiful country Ireland is! Thanks for sharing the pics! Sounds like such fun!

Max - You lucky dog! Take pictures and post ‘em.

wow… what fun…

AND HOW FUN YOU GET TO MEET MAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’d love to meet Max…he is such a goooood kid.

Oh yeah,
we do want to see pics you two!!!

Oh Adam these photos are gorgeous!! The tombstones are amazing! And you even got a picture of a street in Galway with the buildings on it!!!

This was a good slide!!

Hi Tamera! Adam, your Mom is so sweet!

Can’t wait for more pictures, Adam.

Tell Tamera I said, “Hi!”

Have a great time and don’t let Max get you into trouble……..

***ROBERT***

Adam said that you’re going embed tomorrow. That means that you’ll have some sort of uniform on. I strongly suggest you get a photo taken while wearing it and post the picture, please.

Oh, and be safe, you’re making me very nervous.

Wheeeeeee!!! We get to hear behinds the scenes info on Iraq! Can’t wait.

Wellllll…..

I think anytime dear Adam comes to any of our towns….

we should meet up for a Starbucks or Baskin Robbins… and post on the blog!

John- regarding your 2:56 post. ha ha! that was great! However, it could happen that if the PM of Iraq read the blog they would think there are hidden meanings in peeps in the microwave, beer and panty hose to keep one warm and punching bags to lighten the stress.

Hello Adam and Tamera. Great pics. I really want to go to Ireland now. It is beautiful.

So excited you are going to meet Max.

Looking forward to more photos!

I could be be very happy living there– it is so pretty—-

Looks like you had a nice dinner (?) with the Lanes– What was for dinner?

And I am thrilled you are taking the time out to pay our friend Max a visit! Have fun!

Don’t be shy to post pictures after pictures– Do you think the Irish will like me if I decide to move there?

Tamera– I bet you are having the time of your life—– I am so envious!

xxxx

#4 and #6 are I think my favorites– and of course the picture of you, Tamera, and the Lanes!

Please give Max a hug from me–

xxxxx

I like Kinvarra too– number 7-

LDG–

History lesson– Dunguaire Castle? (spelling? )

xxxx

LDG—

I also left you a question on the Robert blog–

xxxxx

Adam–

I had to look- embed- up– because my embedding definition would not have made sense-

journalist traveling with military unit: a journalist who has been officially assigned to travel with a military unit during a war and report freely any information that does not jeopardize national security

LDG– This was the question I left you on the other thread–

Hi Mrs. Housley–

You have been absent!

Hope you are well–

Susan

Great pics!!……Hope you are having good weather.

Adam~~~~~Did you forget your razor? Or is that a vacation tradition?

Max……………………….

Oh yeah, and thanks……now I have that song in my head again~~
It’s a small world after all………..???

@Susan-AZ

“History lesson– Dunguaire Castle?”

16th century works, out near Kinvarra. Fulfills LDG’s-General-Rule-of-Castle-Ruins: Intact castles were rarely important militarily. This site is stupendously famous in modern times. Every postcard set and photo calendar of Ireland has about a 50-50 shot of having a picture of it. I think it is a Shannon-owned tourist site now.

Today’s ‘hey, did you notice?’: Most all the castle sites are named similarly, because a ‘Dun’ is a…

also
@Susan-AZ

Replied to your embed question over in that thread.

@Jen S

“……now I have that song in my head again~~”

Oh, and you just had to share, didn’t you? You *know* that song is pure EVIL:

“la-la-la-LA-la-la…”

((grins at Jen S))

Hannity Association himself With White Supremacist. He is NeoNazi

hannity is a neo-nazi? I wonder if him and my brother attend the same meetings? I wonder if they even have meetings?

I learn new things on this blog every day

I like the look of Clonmacnoise.
I think Gallaway was one of the places i visited

Terri: my door is always open to you. But it’s more likely that i’ll see you nearer than there.

I will take photos if i can get a camera working.

FYI…Adam’s Mom in the “Northern Ireland” thread wants to know about us.

hmmmmm..wants to know about us?

I am adams alter-ego, he keeps me stored in a big trunk and only lets me out when he is bored.

I was never born, I just began to exist one day.

I like tamera, she is nice and doesn’t let adam beat me.

or does she want the REAL story?

Derek! *L*

Now I have the image of the twilight zone episode, where the ventriloquist’s dummy was “alive”!

Adam…the pictures are beautiful! Thanks for sharing you and tamera’s trip with us!
Places I will never see in real life…that cemetery is awesome!

21st, 10:35 a.m. new Robert Shaffer thread posted.

hi ho and over we go.

We loved having you both in Tara!It was a lovely evening. Sorry to have missed you in B.Ts yesterday.Hope you get something out of the book Tamera,and enjoy the rest of your hols.

Lisa and Rory and Paddy.

Adam, your Mom “insisted” I sign on to check out your blog. Love the pics! Sounds like everyone is having a great time.
Where will you & Tamera spend Easter? We will miss you here — no one to hunt eggs this year for probably the first time in 30 something years. But, more ham for your Dad & Tony!!
Derek, if you really want to know the scoop on Adam, I am the one you need to talk to —

I am Adam’s “other” mother.

Happy Easter

Welcome Adam’s “other mom” (Karen-napa)
Ohhhhhhhh we are gonna like you!

Adam–

Your mom is cool– hmmm? You must have learned something at home as a youngster?

xxxxx

LDG–

WHAT IS A DUN?

Susan: A castle.

@Susan-AZ

your reward for reading every post in this thread is:

“…A DUN?”

A Dun was originally a fort made by piling earth and rocks in a wall (usually -> )around the top of a hill. Celtic “Duns” can be found all across Europe, from Ireland to Macedonia, but the modern Gaelic word “Dun” has come to mean ‘Castle’ in Ireland.

..which can create some silly sounding names if you use Dun AND Castle in the same name. ‘Dunluce Castle’ sounds about as silly as ‘City of Phoenix City’ would sound to you.

@Max

sorry, cross-posted you. Thanks for helping though.

LDG: your explaination was more informative than mine.

Hey Adam!

Your pictures are great. Yes Derek (Karen-Napa) & I both have lots on Adam-
but……… We will miss the easter egg hunt this year with all the kids and you
and Tamera too! Adam told me Avi is in Israel, Max is in England, Susan had
pictures of Adam and her friends in AZ. Where is LDG & Derek from? How did
you all get to blogging?

This is fun-back from being under the weather. Going to Karen-Napa’s for Easter
tomorrow so a Happy Easter to everyone!

@Mom

“…Where is LDG & Derek from? How did you all get to blogging?”

As far as myself, please see the introductions over in the other thread.

I know its Easter weekend & everyone is busy too! Adam
just checked in & is busy but having a wonderful time!
He is going to try to blog as soon as he gets some time.

I am sure he will have some more pictures to share!

Thanks for the ferris wheel info-sure looks like the London Wheel!

LDG-can’t quite get the real you!

I am a little confused. Is each story
a thread? and do you blog from thread
to thread or each day a different thread.

I am so new at this-can’t quite keep up
with you all!

OK you guys!

I am getting lost in threads?

Help

Love Mom

@Mom

“I am getting lost in threads?”

Apparently, yes. ((smile))

Your question about who is here was over in *this* thread (thread = original post, story or topic; the one our good host here creates), and seems the manner here to answer where a question is asked:

http://housley.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/northern-ireland/

As to where people usually post (post = comment; entry in a thread, someone’s typing here) it seems the manner here is to post only in the most current thread by any author unless pulled back by a question to an older thread.

We don’t have “forum” software here, as per se. We can’t see a new post in a thread without going back and checking by hand (unless RSS feed is on and has updated). The main page does have post counts for each thread, but who remembers how many posts are in each thread?

If I may, I would suggest following the most current A. Housley thread and the most current R.Shaffer thread and leave all the older ones as history.

LDG Thanks for the great info.
Will try to keep current. I do have
a few jobs to do so I will probably
jump in and out & per you-use the
current story (thread)

Patty: Thanks for your info too.
I will catch on - hopefully soon.

Adam always loved history-even
when we traveled when he & his
brother were young. Followed the
guides around asking the questions.

Avi: Adam told me you are in Israel.
What a beautiful country you have. We
have been there-I just hope peace comes
to Israel & of course around the world.

Everyone else thanks for being so patient.