Celtic Tiger Wastage

DonJose · 11-02-2009 9:46am #1

The government spent $50m on 7,500 electronic voting machines and €650,000 to store between 2004 and 2007, these machines were never used and will most likely be scrapped. Thats hard to be beat, so whats your personal celtic tiger wastage. Mine was spending €2,000 on a threadmill that I now use as a clothes hanger. Know a guy who spend €10k on flying lessons and didn't even pass the test, now he can hardly pay his mortgage, so whats your top celtic tiger wastage.

Quazzie · 11-02-2009 9:57am

I wasted bandwidth replying to this message*

*May or may not be true as I don't fully understand what bandwidth is, and whilst I do want to find out some day, today is not the day and this thread is not enough to warrant the wiki search

4zn76tysfajdxp · 11-02-2009 10:10am

DonJose wrote: »

The government spent $50m on 7,500 electronic voting machines and €650,000 to store between 2004 and 2007, these machines were never used and will most likely be scrapped. Thats hard to be beat, so whats your personal celtic tiger wastage. Mine was spending €2,000 on a threadmill that I now use as a clothes hanger. Know a guy who spend €10k on flying lessons and didn't even pass the test, now he can hardly pay his mortgage, so whats your top celtic tiger wastage.

Super, another fúcking recession/end of the Celtic tiger thread. :rolleyes:

I'll try to answer this seriously for once:

None. I've been away from this country once, for a week, when I was fourteen on a school tour (no foreign holidays for me!) and had to wear my older brother's old clothes until I was well into my teens (he's exactly a decade older than me). Now there's no money left anywhere in the world because your generation had to buy that second fúcking house and the brand-new Lexus. Sickening, absolutely sickening.

Sharpshooter · 11-02-2009 10:21am

Frada,that was a waste of a post..
Seriously.
Not one referance to the OP hanging his threadmill in the wardrobe.

Quazzie · 11-02-2009 10:22am

Melanie Large Silk-screen wrote: »

had to wear my older brother's old clothes until I was well into my teens

Was your older brother Elvis?

4zn76tysfajdxp · 11-02-2009 10:27am

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Was your older brother Elvis?

No he was Gary Glitter. He got to go on holidays and all!

Nolanger · 11-02-2009 4:57pm

Celtic Tiger Wastage? Only a one word reply needed - Spire :rolleyes:

Biggins · 11-02-2009 5:00pm

Nolanger wrote: »

Celtic Tiger Wastage? Only a one word reply needed - Spire :rolleyes:

Two extra words: Dublin floozy!

ronnie3585 · 11-02-2009 5:16pm

Well-balanced breakfast programs for children has created a generation of ultra-strong super-criminals; midnight basketball taught them how to function without sleep.

Senna · 11-02-2009 5:38pm

lets see,
i spent 5 grand on my car, most i ever spent on a car.
my computer cost €150 on ebay.
i have a 32' CRT tv bought 6 years ago.

Yeah the celtic tiger was good for me:rolleyes: The recessions been better, as long as i have my job which is looking good still, i reckon the next few years will be better for me than the last.