LIVELINE Thread - (05/10/11 to 14/02/2012)

Jaysoose

If that chair is still there by the weekend i would be surprised...well done joe and his hill walking buddy.

Paparazzo

Expect this chair to be removed and found half melted down at the nearest halting site by the end of the week.

dulpit

Paparazzo wrote: »

Cool memorial in fairness!

Agreed. Although why is the first dude being so secretive?

Lapin

He nearly said good afternoon to Mary O'Rourke just there.

ThisRegard

So Mary is a member of the Irish Ramblers Association and not one of them ever tried googling this ? It's the first result that came back for me.

JonathanAnon

Tomorrow's show...

"I cant believe somebody stole it Joe.. We heard a hiace van drove up and three men lifted it out, and brought it off to be melted down"

Skid

Hi Joe!

syklops

randy hickey wrote: »

This chair's days are numbered..........."Throw it in de back a de van dare boss.."

Unfortunately this may be the case.

What was that idiot thinking calling up the national airwaves telling everyone about it?

Sounds like a very private and personal thing that should not on the radio.

vicwatson

Another nothing story on liveline... the thick plottens :rolleyes:

dulpit

Is Joe reading this thread? Just mentioned people robbing it :pac:

SEPT 23 1989

He is reading the thread:D

dvcireland

thanks Joe, you wouldnt have the GPS co-ordinates for this chair:

Big Daddy Cool

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Tomorrow's show...

"I cant believe somebody stole it Joe.. We heard a hiace van drove up and three men lifted it out, and brought it off to be melted down"

i think you'll find white transit vans is the way to travel now

syklops

Jaysoose wrote: »

If that chair is still there by the weekend i would be surprised...well done joe and his hill walking buddy.

What a muppet.

Not you obviously.

signostic

dvcireland wrote: »

http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=747whats with the secrecy? did this fella never here of google?

Whats in the background? - holy stones of Clonrichert - class 2 relic 1

syklops

The 2.54 ad break is now.....

randy hickey

syklops wrote: »

Unfortunately this may be the case.

What was that idiot thinking calling up the national airwaves telling everyone about it?

Sounds like a very private and personal thing that should not on the radio.

I believe this was purely an exercise in plugging his hill-walking website.

dulpit

syklops wrote: »

The 2.54 ad break is now.....

Doesn't look like it...

syklops

syklops wrote: »

The 2.54 ad break is now.....

Maybe not.

Weird.

Paparazzo

randy hickey wrote: »

I believe this was purely an exercise in plugging his hill-walking website.

"We're getting record internet traffic. 10 hits in the last hour alone"

dulpit

Really hope they find those fishermen...

europa11

Caller --- "This guy had a lot of knowledge in his head".

No shlt Sherlock!:eek:

SEPT 23 1989

Think the garda should set up a sting operation using the chair and the bear

randy hickey

I vote Mountain Teddy to take over at the Office Of The Director Of Corporate Enforcement!

JonathanAnon

I'm only going if I can bring my cage..

bijapos

randy hickey wrote: »

I believe this was purely an exercise in plugging his hill-walking website.

I use it a lot, its actually a decent site for hillwalkers, never knew about that chair though.

I discovered that Dan Clancy grew up on the side of Slievecorragh. Dan and his many siblings spent many happy childhood days there, and often went up in the evening to watch the sun set as they discussed all the things that children do. Dan eventually grew up and moved to New York. Whenever he returned to Wicklow he would climb Slievecorragh with his brothers and sisters where they spent many hours in conversation, just as they had done as children. Their special connection with this hill and each other was reaffirmed each time they enjoyed watching the sunset from its summit once again.

Dan became terminally ill with cancer in New York. One of his brothers, Andrew who is a Sculptor, spent a lot of time with him in New York in his final months. They talked about their childhood and Andrew frankly discussed with Dan how he would like to commemorate him in some way. The idea of the chair was born. It was based on an old chair that both men remembered as boys in the corner of their kitchen, and it symbolised a warm and happy childhood spent growing up on the slopes of Slievecorragh. From an old photograph Andrew had a wooden model of the chair made, and he used this to cast the bronze chair that we see on Slievecorragh today. Dan passed away on 4th February 2004 at the age of 31. A few months later Dan’s family and friends gathered on Slievecorragh to bring the chair to the summit and set it into the ground. Since then, each year on the anniversary of Dan’s death, his family gather once more to climb the hill and remember Dan Clancy.

This is the story of the little green chair on Slievecorragh. So if you ever find yourself up there, you now know the story behind the curious chair and the teddy that have sat there watching the sun set night after night for many years now.

dulpit

"Diving clubs probably meet on a Tuesday to organise themselves".

What???

Lapin

Yes I always associate Tuesday evenings with diver club meetings.

europa11

13 houses, 4 street lamps.

That's her problem?

delta_bravo

dulpit wrote: »

"Diving clubs probably meet on a Tuesday to organise themselves".

What???

Don't question Joe. Joe knows