tough times my H&LE!!

fryup

The Recession, the credit crunch OOOHH no its the end of the world!!:(

My AR&E!!!:rolleyes: people who say these things must have poor memorys or too young to remember the dismal 80s.

Know that was a recession

• 25% of the workforce unemployed
• mass emmigration
• bad roads & crappy cars
• not to mention the troubles in the north
• and worst of all Glenroe on the telly

i think what we have now is a picnic compared to those days...maybe we've had it too good for too long and its back to reality:cool:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

fryup wrote: »

The Recession, the credit crunch OOOHH no its the end of the world!!:(

My AR&E!!!:rolleyes: people who say these things must have poor memorys or too young to remember the dismal 80s.

Know that was a recession

• 25% of the workforce unemployed
• mass emmigration
• bad roads & crappy cars
• not to mention the troubles in the north
• and worst of all Glenroe on the telly

i think what we have now is a picnic compared to those days...maybe we've had it too good for too long and its back to reality:cool:

Ireland having a sh1t soccer team...

OPENROAD

Don't the Irish have a huge level of personal debt now compared to back then.

Jumpy

fryup wrote: »

The Recession, the credit crunch OOOHH no its the end of the world!!:(

My AR&E!!!:rolleyes: people who say these things must have poor memorys or too young to remember the dismal 80s.

Know that was a recession

• 25% of the workforce unemployed
• mass emmigration
• bad roads & crappy cars
• not to mention the troubles in the north
• and worst of all Glenroe on the telly

i think what we have now is a picnic compared to those days...maybe we've had it too good for too long and its back to reality:cool:

And how quickly did it get to that? Overnight?*



*except for Glenroe.

fryup

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Ireland having a sh1t soccer team...

well up until, 88

yeh but my mam had a council house and stayed at home to mind us!

I have to work to pay for school, mortgage, car etc.

i was born in 80's so i cant say from that perspective..

apparently there's alot more long term damage being done in this one. we got out of the 80's and to where we are now with a technology boom..

how do we get up from this one since that's not gonna work so well? we've inflated our prices and wages too far for this foreign investment to come save us when the global economy improves.

i think.

Ruu_Old

Brown paper bags to cover schoolbooks, ah the memories.

L1011

Jumpy wrote: »

And how quickly did it get to that?

800 years, if you listened to most people blaming the UK for it...

MYOB

MYOB wrote: »

800 years, if you listened to most people blaming the UK for it...

not the UK - Just England :D

chopperbyrne

Ruu wrote: »

Brown paper bags to cover schoolbooks, ah the memories.

Ooooh look at the fat cat with brown paper bags!

I had to use leftover wallpaper!

Flowery covered books in an all boys school

wallpaper? your mother could afford wallpaper? lucky old you!

DeCoR18

MYOB wrote: »

800 years, if you listened to most people blaming the UK for it...

Watch out we have an apologist.

Thanks.

Blush_01

Do you not think that maybe the reason people are worried now is they know it'll get a lot worse before it gets better?

sceptre

DeCoR18 wrote: »

Watch out we have an apologist.

One man's apologist is another man's realist.

Blush_01

Blush_01 wrote: »

Do you not think that maybe the reason people are worried now is they know it'll get a lot worse before it gets better?

it's gonna get worse???

it's sunday evening, there surely would have been a better time to break that news

Jumpy

DeCoR18 wrote: »

Watch out we have an apologist.

Thanks.

You will take the soup* and like it matey.

:rolleyes:


*I dont even know what that means. But since I am an aussie, I dont care.

connundrum

Yer man Dessie Tutu raised a smile from me when he started laughing at the suggestion that Ireland was 'suffering' in the current climate.

There are always others worse off.

JC 2K3

If you're having a tough time, you should probably switch to a new one. This style is quite a bit easier to use:

Handle

demac71

I remember the wallpaper covering the schoolbooks and no jobs in the country pretty well. The big difference now is we have more of a widespread range of jobs. Back in the 80's it was farming or building or the dole. The younger generation have no idea what it is like not to be able to pick and chose a job. Christ knows what they are going to do when reality bites them on the ass

Creamy Goodness

what's worse is that you feel the need to censor the words:

Hole.

and

Arse.

:rolleyes:

demac71

im new here so dont want to offend anyone

mikemac

fully understood decmac71

Welcome to boards

Mrmoe

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Ooooh look at the fat cat with brown paper bags!

I had to use leftover wallpaper!

Flowery covered books in an all boys school

well la di da Mr Rich, I had to use the brown paper on the inside of calf nut bags:D , bring a sod of turf to school and only had one pair of shoes that I had to wear in mass on a Sunday and take them off on the way home, now them's hard times i tell ya

mikemac

Did you walk barefoot to school in the snow too? :cool:

demac71

demac71 wrote: »

The younger generation have no idea what it is like not to be able to pick and chose a job. Christ knows what they are going to do when reality bites them on the ass

back in the 80's, people didn't go through 3rd level education even close to the extent we do now. the "younger generation" you mention are all specialised in either business, science, engineering, IT, law, medicine etc. after years of study.

of course we feel like we should be able to "pick" a job in the area we have studied for so long. this is not reality kicking us in the ass, this is us coming out of college, in debt to the worst financial situation in a lifetime, kicking us in the ass.


i'm actually lucky enough to have a job by the way, just saying.

Mrmoe

yes and if I was late I would get 10 of the best across my little shorts till my ass was red.:eek: all after carrying the milk to the creamery on the old horse and trap

Senna

fryup wrote: »

The Recession, the credit crunch OOOHH no its the end of the world!!:(

My AR&E!!!:rolleyes: people who say these things must have poor memorys or too young to remember the dismal 80s.

Know that was a recession

• 25% of the workforce unemployed
• mass emmigration
• bad roads & crappy cars
• not to mention the troubles in the north
• and worst of all Glenroe on the telly

i think what we have now is a picnic compared to those days...maybe we've had it too good for too long and its back to reality:cool:

Like a man falling off a cliff saying "this isn't too bad" the whole way down until.....

fryup

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

what's worse is that you feel the need to censor the words:

Hole and Arse:rolleyes:

taught they would be blanked.....usually when i type **** its blanked out

mikom

25% of the workforce unemployed(not working) Check

mass emmigration
Check

bad roads & crappy cars
Check, if not cars not crappy now, wait a few months with the state of the roads.

not to mention the troubles in the north
Check, awful trouble finding parking up north when shopping.

and worst of all Glenroe on the telly
Checkmate.... The Riordans were on the other night, hows that for you.

jiltloop

Ruu wrote: »

Brown paper bags to cover schoolbooks, ah the memories.

Well la dee da! That's the height of luxury. I got cornflakes boxes!

pisslips

wait so I'm not going to get a job next September?
Can't we just make more money?:rolleyes:


Yeah, seriously though, I've never looked for a job in my life, this is gonna be ridiculous.Although to young to have debt though at least.

pebbles21

mikom wrote: »

25% of the workforce unemployed(not working) Check

mass emmigration
Check

bad roads & crappy cars
Check, if not cars not crappy now, wait a few months with the state of the roads.

not to mention the troubles in the north
Check, awful trouble finding parking up north when shopping.

and worst of all Glenroe on the telly
Checkmate.... The Riordans were on the other night, hows that for you.

A yes Angleas Ashes will seem like beverly hills 90210 before this is finished boyo!

OPENROAD

OPENROAD wrote: »

Don't the Irish have a huge level of personal debt now compared to back then.

Probably, not many in the 80's remortgaging the (rapidly appreciating) house several times to pay for holidays and cars etc.

kowloon

Cars are still crappy, just more expensive. Some of these urban assault vehicles eejits drive around the rocky outcrops of the commuter belt in are prime examples of crap cars with giant price tags.