G'day from Ireland

[Ed Reiss]

Hi Mark, welcome to the asylum

LOML is Irish, and I think some has rubbed off on me...for instance, on St Paddy's day I like to drink beer

Woodwould...story about Bushmills. When I was in high school a bunch of us guys would hang out, drink beer, smoke cigarettes, typical teenage BS stuff.
Once an older guy consented to get us a bottle of Old Busmill's. Between the five of us it took 2 weeks to down that stuff...man it was strong

[munruben]

Wash your mouth out! That's Scottish swill.

[Woodwould]

Any whiskey is better than none.

[WoodenHeart]

top of the morning! im half irish myself but have never spent more then 3 days a year in ireland lol

Hi there, got a bit of Irish in me myself. Dads Irish, from Culley Backey in Northern Ireland, County Antrim. We all lived there, went from NZ in about 1967, went to the Diamond Primary for a while.
Lived in country areas. remember being snowed in once when the lane was about a couple of foot in snow, seemed like it anyway when i was about 9.
Anyway hope you can ditch the crutches in the near future.
Have fun on the site.

Catchya

[mccreamark]

Thanks alot, I have to say I,ve been know to drink anything.
My grandad was from Inverness
Mark

[Manuka Jock]

Thanks alot, I have to say I,ve been know to drink anything.
My grandad was from Inverness
Mark

Failte Mark ,
You've come to the right place alrighty .
Some of my line come from around Inverness and Strathpey .
The other side comes from Fermoy , Cork.
That all goes back a few generations tho .

slainte mhath ,
Jock

[Old farmer]

I add my welcome to you, Mark. Am sorry you are on crutches but admire your spirit.
Am fairly sure you will get something from here.
Thanks to all you coves above for wonderful posts.

[Captain Cain]

... had a couple of spills in 2005/6 I am now on crutches

I'm guessing bike.
Beauty of open road - feeling the air in your face.
Like sailing.

Wood's good.

Welcome.

[Gary_H]

Whats the craic Mark, another paddy here too! I'm from Dublin. Came over here as a backpacker, met an aussie bird and never left! I'm now a 3rd yr apprentice carpenter. It's a grand spot, but I tell ya, I do miss the social life of the pubs, not the same here. But it's still a sound spot none the less. Plus the government gives out free money for doing nothing! They just handed out $900 to everyone! Lovely!

Nothing more satisfying than physically making something yourself, then standing back and admiring your hard work. Keep it up mate



Slan

Gary

[recordcollector]

Hello
I,m from Ireland Ihave browsed this site on and off for a few years and thought I'd join up.I see that you guys have similar tool brands like Sheppach/Triton that are rare on the US forums.I like how you guys do things.
I was a painter/decorator but had a couple of spills in 2005/6 I am now on crutches and working my way back to walking unaided.
I had set up a pretty good workshop before my accident as I was hoping to expand my business to include some woodwork.I built a 20x14 small shed in the back garden Christmas 2004, with a good range small tools and my main machine is a Felder combo(I love this machine).I,m lucky I have all this stuff now as I,m pretty broke not having worked since 2006.
I can only do an hour at a go and then have to rest but I have built some nice things mainly loudspeakers and my bench and some small pieces of furniture but I am pretty slow.
Anyway' sorry for the long post but I don,t get out much
Mark

G'Day Mark
Nice to see some one from Ireland on the fourm. I am from Co Meath and I have been in Australia 35 years. I am a bit like yourself and had an accident 6 years ago and like yourself very slow. You are lucky you can do about an hour I can only do about 20 to 30 min. Then rest. I have been collecting Record Tools for about 40 years so with a lot of time on hand what can I do so with a lot of help from my son we set up a web site on The History of Record hand Plane and how to date them. You can find me at www.recordhandplanes.com
Have a good one
Slán Leat
David
www.recordhandplanes.com

[Christos]

Hello
I,m from Ireland

No one's perfect.

[Woodwould]

No one's perfect.

... but a hell of a lot closer to perfection than most here!

[jerryc]

Welcome Mark,

It's a great forum and covers much more than wood work.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people claim links to Ireland. I can understand it because the principal export of Ireland used to be people.

I was born a (true) Cockney. That is one born in the sound of Bow Bells in the City of London and NOT the east end Bow bells. However it's not going to stop me claiming an Irish connexion, "Begorrah- Top of the Morning ter ye " - and other pseudo Irish exclamations. I didn't even drink Irish Whiskey or sink a Guinness. In the days when I was allowed to drink, I was an Islay fanatic.

However got to get in the act. My MIL was born in County Cork in what used to be called Queenstown. So LOML has dark hair and Irish eyes. As long as you Irish geezers don't start speaking that garlick stuff we'll get on fine

Jerry

[Christos]

Yeah. It is an interesting thing to have St Patrick day celebrated here in Australia and a big day at that.