Living Lightly - RTE 1 Tuesdays 7:00 pm

deelite · 08-09-2009, 20:23

I watched this show this evening hoping to be "enlightened" somewhat as to how to make some more "cutbacks". I must say I came away feeling very downtrodden after watching. The three families in question don't appear to be run of the mill families - I mean family number one from Longford had 2 kids in boarding school in Dublin, family number two had a fab house in Stepaside he's an out of work sparks who used to take home 5K a month, and family number three he's an ex banker and she's a pilot from Howth.

Has anybody else got any views on this show?

dresden8 · 08-09-2009, 20:26

Some sympathy for the electrician, the other two can crash and burn (apart from the pilot bit).

Maybe schadenfreude is the purpose of this show.

deelite · 08-09-2009, 20:28

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Originally Posted by dresden8

Some sympathy for the electrician, the other two can crash and burn (apart from the pilot bit).

Maybe schadenfreude is the purpose of this show.

The show was a rehash of Eddie's Show Me The Money.

dresden8 · 08-09-2009, 20:42

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Originally Posted by deelite

The show was a rehash of Eddie's Show Me The Money.

Indeed, Eddie made his reputation as the nation's saviour by telling people who earn 30 grand a year that they shouldn't spend 36 grand a year.

Wow Eddie, really?

Lorco2009 · 09-09-2009, 09:32

RTE again show how they are not in touch with viewers and the normal person on the street. Living Lightly literally made me sick and angry actually. Do the 3 families really represent the norm in irish society? I don't think so! Come on , a Civil Servant with 2 kids in a snobby Prodestant Boarding school, 1600 a month on Food , How much does this man actually earn, to support this he must be taking home a small fortune of Tax paying money. Familiy Number 2 , the wife is completely dellusional with notions of grandure. I can go on and on , the bottom line is ....This Show is a disgrace in this current climate when half teh country is living on teh breadline with no future. Please please please take it of the air!

Lorco2009 · 09-09-2009, 09:35

RTE again show how they are not in touch with viewers and the normal person on the street. Living Lightly literally made me sick and angry actually. Do the 3 families really represent the norm in irish society? I don't think so! Come on , a Civil Servant with 2 kids in a snobby Prodestant Boarding school, 1600 a month on Food , How much does this man actually earn, to support this he must be taking home a small fortune of Tax paying money. Familiy Number 2 , the wife is completely dellusional with notions of grandure. I can go on and on , the bottom line is ....This Show is a disgrace in this current climate when half the country is living on the breadline with no future. Please please please take it of the air!

MrJetlag · 09-09-2009, 09:35

If it was up to me - Id just take RTE,Network 2, TV3 and Tna G off the air

Lemlin · 09-09-2009, 11:49

I'll keep watching but I'd agree with the sentiments on here. It's not very hard to tell someone who is spending €1600 a month on food that they need to curb that expenditure.

What the hell is the woman buying anyway? Two of the kids are in boarding school all week so 4 of them are eating a hundred quid worth of food each?

As for the second family in Stepaside. They want to risk everything to move 3 miles. What happened to this recession the media are telling us about every day? They seem to have missed it! And they were worried about their house dropping 45k in value. I know people whose homes have dropped about 100k in value, and they are families who really can't afford it, unlike that couple.

The third couple were just in cuckoo land. She works three days a week and still wants to take 12 months maternity leave. And the 'expert' has to tell her a few home truths next week by announcing to her that she can't do that - no sh*t sherlock.

Some real people with real financial worries should have been sought if this show was to be taken seriously. The tips the financial experts are giving (curb your expenditure, keep a spending diary etc.) are nothing we haven't heard or seen before.

It'll be interesting to see how it develops over the next few weeks but it has started very badly.

deelite · 09-09-2009, 12:01

With regards to the last couple (pilot and ex-banker who both own various properties around the City) are in a good position for both to go to work full-time - and get a childminder.

I would like to have seen a "genuine" couple struggling to make ends meet - none of the couples shown are the regular "Joe Soaps" you'd meet in the shops or wherever...

Lemlin · 09-09-2009, 12:24

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Originally Posted by deelite

With regards to the last couple (pilot and ex-banker who both own various properties around the City) are in a good position for both to go to work full-time - and get a childminder.

I would like to have seen a "genuine" couple struggling to make ends meet - none of the couples shown are the regular "Joe Soaps" you'd meet in the shops or wherever...

Exactly. Like one of clips they showed at the end of the programme showed the first couple having to deal with their youngest daughter having a tantrum next week. If that's their biggest worry they haven't much to worry about. There are actually people out there struggling about how they will feed their kids in the coming months....

deelite · 09-09-2009, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Lemlin

Exactly. Like one of clips they showed at the end of the programme showed the first couple having to deal with their youngest daughter having a tantrum next week. If that's their biggest worry they haven't much to worry about. There are actually people out there struggling about how they will feed their kids in the coming months....

I wrote to RTE a while back about "Trish's French Cookery Show and Nevin's Spainish Cookery " (I think that's the name of the shows). My main bone of contention was that every week she/he was cooking some dish like duck / goose / veal etc., you know the type of food you'd buy regularly in Dunnes or Supervalu. I asked could Tom Doorley's Book "Grow and Cook" (it's great by the way - very very simple receipes ideal for these times) be made into a tv show - the answer was no. I guess Doorley's not arty-farty enough for RTE.

1966 · 09-09-2009, 17:56

Sorry I missed this show now - does anyone know if it's being repeated ??

deelite · 09-09-2009, 18:06

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Originally Posted by 1966

Sorry I missed this show now - does anyone know if it's being repeated ??

Not sure - it may be on their Real Player thingy - however don't watch if you're in a good mood - as it is guaranteed to depress you when you see how much wealth some people have.

123abcde · 09-09-2009, 23:45

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Originally Posted by 1966

Sorry I missed this show now - does anyone know if it's being repeated ??

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1055021

Very phony accents.

Lemlin · 16-09-2009, 12:22

Anybody watch the second episode yesterday?

There were some good parts. I hadn't heard of the swapping services and to do a child's party on €48 was fairly good going. Why oh why the mother bought mozarella cheese and rice was beyond me though!

Also, encouraging people to buy those expensive chicken coops is just stupid. A hen would be just as happy in a few bits of wood banged together with some straw in it than in one of those coops that gardens centres are charging 300 quid for. They are the biggest rip offs ever.

Also, another part annoyed me was the family who want the wife (the sole bread winner at the moment) to take extended maternity leave yet they don't want to drop their €50 a week cleaner. Both of them are going to be at home for god's sake!!!!

The show is still way out of touch with the true reality out there.

08-09-2009, 20:23	#1
deelite Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 313 Adverts \| Friends	Living Lightly - RTE 1 Tuesdays 7:00 pm I watched this show this evening hoping to be "enlightened" somewhat as to how to make some more "cutbacks". I must say I came away feeling very downtrodden after watching. The three families in question don't appear to be run of the mill families - I mean family number one from Longford had 2 kids in boarding school in Dublin, family number two had a fab house in Stepaside he's an out of work sparks who used to take home 5K a month, and family number three he's an ex banker and she's a pilot from Howth. Has anybody else got any views on this show?

09-09-2009, 09:32	#5
Lorco2009 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Adverts \| Friends	Living Lightly My arse RTE again show how they are not in touch with viewers and the normal person on the street. Living Lightly literally made me sick and angry actually. Do the 3 families really represent the norm in irish society? I don't think so! Come on , a Civil Servant with 2 kids in a snobby Prodestant Boarding school, 1600 a month on Food , How much does this man actually earn, to support this he must be taking home a small fortune of Tax paying money. Familiy Number 2 , the wife is completely dellusional with notions of grandure. I can go on and on , the bottom line is ....This Show is a disgrace in this current climate when half teh country is living on teh breadline with no future. Please please please take it of the air!

09-09-2009, 09:35	#6
Lorco2009 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Adverts \| Friends	Living Lightly My arse RTE again show how they are not in touch with viewers and the normal person on the street. Living Lightly literally made me sick and angry actually. Do the 3 families really represent the norm in irish society? I don't think so! Come on , a Civil Servant with 2 kids in a snobby Prodestant Boarding school, 1600 a month on Food , How much does this man actually earn, to support this he must be taking home a small fortune of Tax paying money. Familiy Number 2 , the wife is completely dellusional with notions of grandure. I can go on and on , the bottom line is ....This Show is a disgrace in this current climate when half the country is living on the breadline with no future. Please please please take it of the air!

09-09-2009, 11:49	#8
Lemlin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cavan Posts: 5,034 Adverts \| Friends	I'll keep watching but I'd agree with the sentiments on here. It's not very hard to tell someone who is spending €1600 a month on food that they need to curb that expenditure. What the hell is the woman buying anyway? Two of the kids are in boarding school all week so 4 of them are eating a hundred quid worth of food each? As for the second family in Stepaside. They want to risk everything to move 3 miles. What happened to this recession the media are telling us about every day? They seem to have missed it! And they were worried about their house dropping 45k in value. I know people whose homes have dropped about 100k in value, and they are families who really can't afford it, unlike that couple. The third couple were just in cuckoo land. She works three days a week and still wants to take 12 months maternity leave. And the 'expert' has to tell her a few home truths next week by announcing to her that she can't do that - no sh*t sherlock. Some real people with real financial worries should have been sought if this show was to be taken seriously. The tips the financial experts are giving (curb your expenditure, keep a spending diary etc.) are nothing we haven't heard or seen before. It'll be interesting to see how it develops over the next few weeks but it has started very badly. __________________ __________________________________ Blackburn - Premiership Champions 1995

16-09-2009, 12:22	#15
Lemlin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cavan Posts: 5,034 Adverts \| Friends	Anybody watch the second episode yesterday? There were some good parts. I hadn't heard of the swapping services and to do a child's party on €48 was fairly good going. Why oh why the mother bought mozarella cheese and rice was beyond me though! Also, encouraging people to buy those expensive chicken coops is just stupid. A hen would be just as happy in a few bits of wood banged together with some straw in it than in one of those coops that gardens centres are charging 300 quid for. They are the biggest rip offs ever. Also, another part annoyed me was the family who want the wife (the sole bread winner at the moment) to take extended maternity leave yet they don't want to drop their €50 a week cleaner. Both of them are going to be at home for god's sake!!!! The show is still way out of touch with the true reality out there. __________________ __________________________________ Blackburn - Premiership Champions 1995

08-09-2009, 20:26	#2
dresden8 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,676 Adverts \| Friends	Some sympathy for the electrician, the other two can crash and burn (apart from the pilot bit). Maybe schadenfreude is the purpose of this show.

09-09-2009, 09:35	#7
MrJetlag Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 65 Adverts \| Friends	If it was up to me - Id just take RTE,Network 2, TV3 and Tna G off the air

09-09-2009, 12:01	#9
deelite Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 313 Adverts \| Friends	With regards to the last couple (pilot and ex-banker who both own various properties around the City) are in a good position for both to go to work full-time - and get a childminder. I would like to have seen a "genuine" couple struggling to make ends meet - none of the couples shown are the regular "Joe Soaps" you'd meet in the shops or wherever...

09-09-2009, 17:56	#12
1966 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 269 Adverts \| Friends	Sorry I missed this show now - does anyone know if it's being repeated ??

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