I guess I should have started here...

• I guess I should have started here... by Blagadan on 21 Dec, 2006 16:39
• Hello all,
  
  I'm a wee baldy from the Emerald Isle (hence my handle, it's Irish for baldy), just found your forum today while searching for hair trimmers. 
  I have to say i'm quite pleased with the welcome I received so far, such nice folk around here.  Looking forward to reading all your stories and finding out more about how my fellow baldies deal with the various balding related issues!
  
  Take care!
  -B-
• #1 by Robmeister on 21 Dec, 2006 16:42
• Glad to have ya.  I'm a second generation Irishman, here in the U.S.  My grampa immigrated here from Galway.
  
  Welcome!
• #2 by BaldRob on 21 Dec, 2006 16:43
• Hi and welcome B (I'm not even going to try to type or say it!)
  
  What's the reaction you get being a bald Irish guy (BIG)?  Are there a lot of BIGs?  How do the Irish women like it?
• #3 by Blagadan on 21 Dec, 2006 16:49
• Thanks guys.
  
  Robmeister ... i'm just a couple of hours north of Galway, good city.  Lot of emigration from the west over the years (centuries).
  
  
  There's a lot of bald/receding guys here BaldRob. I've never really noticed anybody's reaction to me being bald ... other than friends commenting on the shine etc  
  The girlfriend likes it, that's all that matters to me
• #4 by Clay on 21 Dec, 2006 17:31
• Welcome to the site Blagadán!  I'm glad you found it.  My last name is of Irish origin... but no red  hair....
• #5 by PBurke on 21 Dec, 2006 18:34
• welcome b!!!!! my family name is traced back to ireland or scotland. but anyway. enjoy the site. if you have questions just ask away. someone will help you. or at least give you a good laugh. later.
• #6 by Blagadan on 22 Dec, 2006 02:01
• Thanks Clay, pburke!  There are a lot of Irish names in the US I guess.  At least when I visited (in Michigan) it seemed like every second person I met was a Kelly 
  
  Burke is a common name here ... some history for you... "Burke is one of the Anglo-Norman names that came to Ireland in the 12th century. The surname Burke is derived from the Old English word "burh," which is derived from the Old German word "burg," the common Germanic word for a fortification. It seems likely that the first family to bear this surname would have lived in or near a prehistoric fort situated on a hill"
  
  Take care!
• #7 by PBurke on 22 Dec, 2006 02:50
• hah, bald rob can't mess with a fortifacation. j/k bro. thanks for the info buddy. that is interesting.
• #8 by wpruitt on 22 Dec, 2006 04:55
• Blagadán - Welcome.  I suspect that 2 out of 3 Americans can find some Irish blood somewhere in them!
  
  Shave looks good!
• #9 by Robmeister on 22 Dec, 2006 06:25
• Quote from: Blagadán on 22 Dec, 2006 02:01

  Burke is a common name here ... some history for you

  
  How'bout "Blackmore"?  My grampa from Galway was "Micky Blackmore"
• #10 by chadoweasel on 22 Dec, 2006 11:31
• Welcome Blagadán.
  
  Im yet another US born, Irish breed..as I guess so many of us baldies here can relate. I guess I have those damn ancestors from Antrim County to thank for this male pattern baldness.
  
  I have a extremely detailed family tree going back to the late 16th century, with so many surnames entwined I would think I am related to just about everybody in N. Ireland. Haha  Oddly enough for me though, my name Green seems to have come from S.Scottland and wound up in Ireland with the 'Bells' in Ulster.
• #11 by ar3inc on 22 Dec, 2006 12:06
• Again, welcome to the site, Blagadán.  Sorry, no Irish here, unless you count all the Guinness and Irish cream I drank.  Oh love Notre Dame If you have any questions, we are all here to help each other.
  How would we pronounce Blagadán?
  
• #12 by Professor Melon on 24 Dec, 2006 02:12
•  ;DFailte and Merry Christmas, Blagadan. Like so many others, I'm half Irish, actually Scots-Irish, an important immigrant group in the history of the USA. My mother, RIP, was a Johnston, distantly related to the Johnston-Mooney-O'Brien bakers of Dublin. They have always been RC, but came to Eire from Dumfries, in Scotland, in the 17th century,  when Calvinism/Presbyterianism  made it difficult to thrive, or even survive in Britain proper. And, yes, I get the gift of baldness from my Irish grandfather. Ireland may be homogenizing very quickly now that she has joined the EU, but you'll find traditional, mordant Irish wit alive and well at SBGs. Professor Melon
• #13 by Noner on 26 Dec, 2006 15:04
• Quote from: Blagadán on 21 Dec, 2006 16:49

  The girlfriend likes it, that's all that matters to me
  

  
  
  AMEN!
  
  Welcome to slybaldguys. Congrats on being bald and proud!
  
  
  I happen to know that Irish women love bald guys becuase my lay-day is Irish and she can't keep her hands off me.