Listowel Thread

SandhillRoad

WARBOY: job well done. Thank you

Cherry Tree

Will you for God's sake put us all out of our misery and name these people. I only recognise two, Toddy Enright and John O'Flaherty, mainly because they have not changed a bit.

SandhillRoad

Cherry Tree wrote:

Will you for God's sake put us all out of our misery and name these people. I only recognise two, Toddy Enright and John O'Flaherty, mainly because they have not changed a bit.

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I don't know if it was the plea in your quill , or the frantic pounding on the keyboard that touched my heart to divulge such serious information.You don't see JUNIOR ? There is even a man of the collar on board ! Also a teacher , a law maker and possibly a law breaker.There is fish, maybe chips and something like onion.3 sets of brothers ( with one brother to spare ),2 Main street boys side by side,with nary a care.

snow scorpion

gee, there's an awful lot of Irish guys on that team.


*rimshot*

Cherry Tree

Thank you , Sandhill. Didn't I think it was Junior there in the front. I never knew him with so much hair!
Now Snow Scorpion, what on earth is rimshot?

snow scorpion

Cherry Tree wrote:

Thank you , Sandhill. Didn't I think it was Junior there in the front. I never knew him with so much hair!
Now Snow Scorpion, what on earth is rimshot?

In old comedies when a comic would tell a stupid joke, the drummer would hit the drums making the sound ba-dump-bump and then hit the cymbals. That was the audiences' cue to laugh.

Rimshot
The term is erroneously used to refer to the sting played by the drummer in cabaret shows to accentuate the punchline of a joke. As a result, a particularly obvious laugh line is sometimes called a rimshot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimshot

That takes us to the link for a sting:

A sting is a short sequence played by a drummer to punctuate a joke, especially an obvious or slapstick one. A sting is often used as accompaniment during cabaret- or circus-style shows. It is often erroneously called a rimshot.

Figures may take the form of a short roll followed by crash cymbal and kick drum, a flam, or a rimshot.

It is often spoken as "badum-CHING!" or similar, in response to hearing a particularly corny joke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_%28percussion%29

SandhillRoad

Cherry Tree: Mission Impossible ?

SandhillRoad

Originally Posted by Cherry Tree :
Thank you , Sandhill. Didn't I think it was Junior there in the front.

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On Junior's right is a guy who celebrates his 61st Birthday today, March 22nd.Happy Birthday old stock !

snow scorpion

How come these guys don't have Kerry jerseys on? You know...

"Fifteen men dressed up in green and gold."

Cherry Tree

snow scorpion wrote:

In old comedies when a comic would tell a stupid joke, the drummer would hit the drums making the sound ba-dump-bump and then hit the cymbals. That was the audiences' cue to laugh.

Well, I learn something new every day. Thanks.

Cherry Tree

Mission not 100% impossible anyway.
I recognise Vincent Carmody, John Hartnett and Tadhg Moriarty. Is that Den Stack at the back and maybe Paddy Horgan R.I. P. in front. maybe John Croghan on left. I'm struggling now.
How was the birthday party?

warboy

Cherry Tree wrote:

Mission not 100% impossible anyway.
I recognise Vincent Carmody, John Hartnett and Tadhg Moriarty. Is that Den Stack at the back and maybe Paddy Horgan R.I. P. in front. maybe John Croghan on left. I'm struggling now.
How was the birthday party?

Complete guess, is that Tommy Dalton and Mike Dalton holding the cup?

SandhillRoad

Ok guys, I don't want you to struggle any longer or to strain your eyes any more. You pass the test. Congrats.
Cherry Tree: as a non drinker I had my fill of lemonade at the party, my feet are sore from the dancing and I got to embrace my twin !!

WARBOY: You are right . Did you see the photo of Bunny Dalton in an earlier thread ?

martinaoe2

anyone actually from listowel look me up

Progen

martinaoe2 wrote:

anyone actually from listowel look me up

I'm from listowel. Bit of a photographer so if anyone wants any photos of certain places, let me know and I'll be more than happy to contribute

snow scorpion

Canon EOS 300D DSLR -- Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5 -- Sigma 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 DG -- Possibly Canon 430EX Speedlite** -- Hama Tripod -- BGE-1 Grip -- Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime hopefully!

"Bit" of a photographer?

"if anyone wants any photos of certain places"

Well, there's a little village 9 miles northwest of Listowel. And sometime if you happen to be going in that direction anyway ....


P.S. Welcome to northwest Kerry's corner of boards.ie.

Progen

snow scorpion wrote:

"Bit" of a photographer?

"if anyone wants any photos of certain places"

Well, there's a little village 9 miles northwest of Listowel. And sometime if you happen to be going in that direction anyway ....


P.S. Welcome to northwest Kerry's corner of boards.ie.

Ballybunion? I've a couple.
Cheers for the welcome

Cherry Tree

Lovely photos. Did you take any of this year's Paddy's Day parade? Too cold for me!

Progen

Wasn't in Ireland for paddys day unfortunately, I went for a short brake to Blackpool... Nightlife was green over there for Paddys day to! Lot's of celebrating!

snow scorpion

Progen, you do know your way around a camera. Anytime a photographer starts can get someone to notice beautiful lightning, you know the photogrpaher is no beginner.

warboy

snow scorpion wrote:

Progen, you do know your way around a camera. Anytime a photographer starts can get someone to notice beautiful lightning, you know the photogrpaher is no beginner.

Really great photos. Well done Progen. I think Snow Scopion put the finger on it with "you know your way around a camera". Keep it up.

Progen

Thanks for the comments people, really nice to see someone appriciates a photo or two.

There not my best by all means, a tad underexposed.. They actually looked brighter on the LCD, but once home on the laptop, they were slightly under. Not that it botheres me that much, I tend to bracket most of the sundown's a stop under and over. Anyway, I appriciate the comments

No doubt I'll contribute a few more 'better' ones now I've found the Listowel thread

snow scorpion

snow scorpion wrote:

Anytime a photographer starts can get someone to notice .

That's a lovely bit of grammar, isn't it? Thank God the nuns who taught me English aren't around to see it.

Blame it on cutting and re-writing posts to make them better. I do the same thing when I'm talking: I start a sentence, then half-way through I think of a better way to say it, and I end up saying the first half of one sentence and the second half of another sentence.:o

SandhillRoad

Listowel Horse Fair in Market Street, April 2006

SandhillRoad

Listowel Horse Fair, April 2006

Thanks to our roving reporter in the Kingdom of Kerry for these great images.

snow scorpion

I want the pony!!

SandhillRoad

Who remembers the 'monkey tree' ?




Remember the ONLY girl who reached the top of the castle ???

SandhillRoad

Is that you out there ????????
















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SandhillRoad

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>>
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SandhillRoad

Happy Easter to all.