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Things you expect to see in rural Ireland

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    #722
    bookworm2
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bookworm2


    Some people only talk to you to find out who you are and why your in town.[/QUOTE]


    sure, why else would they talk to a stranger, Stranger Danger, hello?!!!!!


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    #723
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    bookworm2 wrote: »
    Some people only talk to you to find out who you are and why your in town.


    sure, why else would they talk to a stranger, Stranger Danger, hello?!!!!![/QUOTE]


    seeing strangers as always been out to get something at the expense of rural folk is often seen in rural areas!


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    #724
    [Deleted User]
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    Power cuts that last for several hours because paddy the farmer reversed his trailer into the pole in his yard!


    edit: fair plé to the esb for replacing it so quickly...


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    #725
    fontanalis
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    mariaf24 wrote: »
    A poster on the window of the 'local' pub saying:

    Saturday Night - Crystal Swing

    :pac:

    Ah now it's probably a cover band; Crystal Scwhing or Crystal Swingers.


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    #726
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,636 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    been dere done dat

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #727
    tommyhaas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭tommyhaas


    mariaf24 wrote: »
    A poster on the window of the 'local' pub saying:

    Saturday Night - Crystal Swing

    :pac:

    They got the Joe Dolan gig then did they? God love the poor person who had to sweep up all the aul ones knickers off the stage after a Joe gig


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    #728
    Niall558
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    Leprechauns and fairy folks dancing around trees in the middle of a nice big field covered in cow **** while across the road you have scumbags starting fights at the local Supermac's. Thats the first image i get when thinking of the country folk also Pubs .............. lots and lots of pubs and the odd banshee.


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    #729
    upandcumming
    Registered Users Posts: 2,716 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    Your mother doing the walk of shame.

    Wahey!


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    #730
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Power cuts that last for several hours because paddy the farmer reversed his trailer into the pole in his yard!


    edit: fair plé to the esb for replacing it so quickly...

    Naw we don't get that but we got a power cut this may for a full week ( my Aunt got 2 weeks) and it was all caused by the snow that came which pulled the telephone wires down!:eek: Over 6 foot drifts and my cousin in ballymoney couldn't find her car and this was the start of summer!! I think my mum nearly had 3 accidents and that hill it was that slippy, so she decided to stay off work for a week until the snow cleared up- there was still some snow left up there about 3 weeks ago. There it is with a foot of snow and it already looks bad, a foot is common here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwwMf-PAW4 that ain't two inches i was there that time.


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    #731
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    owenc wrote: »
    I think my mum nearly had 3 accidents and that hill it was that slippy, so she decided to stay off work for a week until the snow cleared up- there was still some snow left up there about 3 weeks ago.

    So she took a nice long holiday, eh? ;)


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    #732
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    Leonardo Shallow Shackle wrote: »
    So she took a nice long holiday, eh? ;)

    A week isn't long.


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    #733
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    owenc wrote: »
    A week isn't long.

    Whoops, ignore me. I failed.


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    #734
    MidlandsM
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭MidlandsM


    mariaf24 wrote: »
    Down with that sort of thing. Careful now!

    Down with Dogging???? you need to get out more .....;)


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    #735
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    Stag hunting...oh, wait nevermind :o


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    #736
    shampon
    Registered Users Posts: 580 ✭✭✭shampon


    owenc wrote: »
    Naw we don't get that but we got a power cut this may for a full week ( my Aunt got 2 weeks) and it was all caused by the snow that came which pulled the telephone wires down!:eek: Over 6 foot drifts and my cousin in ballymoney couldn't find her car and this was the start of summer!! I think my mum nearly had 3 accidents and that hill it was that slippy, so she decided to stay off work for a week until the snow cleared up- there was still some snow left up there about 3 weeks ago. There it is with a foot of snow and it already looks bad, a foot is common here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwwMf-PAW4 that ain't two inches i was there that time.

    Love the cool music.:rolleyes:


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    #737
    jennytightlips
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭jennytightlips


    lots of bitching...you cant have a p**s without the whole town knowing!!!:pac:


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    #738
    jamestdelaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭jamestdelaney


    Small town blues Jenny hear what your saying


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    #739
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    shampon wrote: »
    Love the cool music.:rolleyes:

    Aww thanks what is it?


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    #740
    merengueca
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    Fences and gate posts made out of old bits of railway lines


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    #741
    ollaetta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    merengueca wrote: »
    Fences and gate posts made out of old bits of railway lines

    Or, as I saw once, an old iron bed.


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    #742
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    merengueca wrote: »
    Fences and gate posts made out of old bits of railway lines

    I think your back in the 1900s... is it like that in the north west?


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    #743
    Super-Rush
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    owenc wrote: »
    I think your back in the 1900s... is it like that in the north west?

    Same down here in the South East.


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    #744
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    super-rush wrote: »
    Same down here in the South East.

    Opps i ment North west England sorry, so you have those fences lol?


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    #745
    Super-Rush
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    owenc wrote: »
    Opps i ment North west England sorry, so you have those fences lol?

    I remember helping a neighbour put up a new gate in one of his fields. Two old railway sleepers at each side with two car doors welded together as the gate itself. Then we nailed sheets of galvanise to the doors so nothing could get through the windows. That was about 20 years ago and the gate is still there.


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    #746
    [Deleted User]
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    merengueca wrote: »
    Fences and gate posts made out of old bits of railway lines

    I've seen plenty of that around here as well!

    Plus a fence made of pallets.


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    #747
    [Deleted User]
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    super-rush wrote: »
    I remember helping a neighbour put up a new gate in one of his fields. Two old railway sleepers at each side with two car doors welded together as the gate itself. Then we nailed sheets of galvanise to the doors so nothing could get through the windows. That was about 20 years ago and the gate is still there.

    Many cars still have an afterlife in Ireland ;)


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    #748
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    super-rush wrote: »
    I remember helping a neighbour put up a new gate in one of his fields. Two old railway sleepers at each side with two car doors welded together as the gate itself. Then we nailed sheets of galvanise to the doors so nothing could get through the windows. That was about 20 years ago and the gate is still there.

    Well i've never seen that it must be weird.


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    #749
    jackal
    Registered Users Posts: 793 ✭✭✭jackal


    • Dressin up for mass.
    • Only going to the pub about 10 minutes before closing time after sitting watching the clock for 2 hours.
    • Pints of special.
    • Crisps come in precisely 2 flavours. In addition there's the excitement of wondering whether its King or Tayto.
    • The local GAA raffle fella catching your eye and shaming you into paying up.
    • The draw is up to 30,000 now and has not been won in a decade due to a population of 2000 and odds of 1,000,000
    • People lying about how well their sons/daughters are doing.
    • Not giving anything away about yourself in a conversation is considered "winning".
    • Obsession with land, frontage.
    • Having a fire on the go all year.
    • Burning absolutely everything rather than paying for bins.
    • The incredibly varied amount of magazines about tractors/tractor related items/Classic Tractors in garages.
    • Pride in the local area and any achievements by people from the local area.
    • Funerals... you must attend.


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    #750
    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    jackal wrote: »
    • Not giving anything away about yourself in a conversation is considered "winning".


    So true :D


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    #751
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    jackal wrote: »
    • The draw is up to 30,000 now and has not been won in a decade due to a population of 2000 and odds of 1,000,000.
    • Burning absolutely everything rather than paying for bins.
    • The incredibly varied amount of magazines about.
    • Funerals... you must attend.

    LOL that first one made me laugh... and them countrymen are soo thick its beyond a joke especially my dad, hes driving my whole family nuts - His latest crave to save money is making us use the same dishes over again when we've got about 200 of them just so can save energy:rolleyes:, i'm gonna slap him one if he doesn't shut up!:mad: Oh and he attends every persons funeral in the country.


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