My father writes peculiar emails.  Here is one he sent today during his trip to Ireland with Mom.

Tonight we are in Limerick, Ireland.  We are having a great time.  The countryside is beautiful and we are really enjoying the scenery.  A couple of days ago we saw lots and lots of Holstein cows.  The following day we saw lots and lots of sheep.  We have also seen some goats, but not nearly as many as the cows and sheep.

Earlier this week as we were touring a centuries old castle a person yelled War Eagle at me.  I had forgotten that I had on an Auburn cap at the time.  I was so surprised that I just yelled, “War Eagle,” back and kept on walking.  I immediately regretted not stopping to talk to the guy–at least to learn where he lived.  The following day at another castle (the one that has the blarney stone) this same guy stopped me.  I found out that he lived in North Carolina.  He did not go to Auburn but he said that his dad graduated from Auburn in 1955 and that he could not wait to tell his dad about running into me in Ireland.  I did not tell him that Linda graduated from Bama.  His dad probably would not have been very impressed with that.

Speaking of the Blarney stone, we decided that with all of the Haynie and Hardaway blood running in our veins that there was no need  to risk an overload of the “gift of gab” so we did not kiss the blarney stone.

A couple of nights ago we i-chatted with Cooper and Jim.  Last night we i-chatted with Jim.  Cooper was still taking his afternoon nap.  Mother would have had a hard time understanding how we could be in Ireland and i-chat with Cooper and Jim in High Point.  In fact it is hard for me to comprehend but I know from experience that it works.  It would have been nice to have been able to have done that when Linda and I were on our 10 month honeymoon in Norway back in the early 1970’s.

Yesterday afternoon our tour director announced as we were riding in the countryside that a lake was coming up ahead on our left at which leprechauns were known to hang around.  She encouraged us to see if we could see any, but she warned us that one could see a leprechaun only if they had a clear conscience.  Well to make a long story short I saw TWO and no one else on the bus saw any!!!

Later, yesterday afternoon, we took a ride in a wagon pulled by a horse named Robert.  We enjoyed it but Linda decided she needed a bath immediately upon returning to our hotel.

Our driver asked us if we had seen the Guinness beer brewery, when we were in Dublin earlier in the week.  When we replied that we had, he said that drinking a pint of Guinness will make you see double and act single.

A couple of nights ago we spent the night in Waterford.  Believe it or not but the Waterford Crystal factory there has closed due to economic issues.  This was obviously bad news for the city of Waterford and the 1000 people that lost their jobs, but it was GREAT news for the Trammells.

Since we are staying tonight in Limerick, Linda has been writing a few new ones to add to her repertoire.

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