If you could relive one year of your life.

rebel10

Was talking to a group of friends lately and this was discussed. Most said they would love to go back to when they were 17, 5th yr,just getting into clubs and havin sneaky drinks in my room before turning up to a pub with a fake i.d.
Mine would be when i was 19. Would do anything to go back. 1st yr in college, a whole summer spent in Greece where we did nothing but drank into the morning and then managed to work in crappy waitressing jobs for 10 hours before the drinking started again. Only manageable when young!:)
Oh to be 19 again....
What year would you choose and why?

Xavi6

2005 when I was 20.

Second year of college so was nicely settled but zero pressure of finals and I spent four months in Chicago getting paid to play GAA (which funded a trip to Vegas).

Unbeatable.

Oat23

23
Just out of college and I spent 2 months volunteering with a wildlife foundation in Namibia.
Best 2 months I will probably ever have and it changed my life for the better.

Dean820

Junior Cert year. What a laugh. Fancied this girl and this realised she fancied me back. The circle of friends I had at that time just clicked so well and our personalities when around each other just made every day fun. Ah, memories.






(In a less romantic note, that girl now has three kids by three different fathers. Should of been me. )

thee glitz

Xavi6 wrote: »

getting paid to play GAA

Sceptical hat is on. Thats sounds like a pretty good deal.

I'd redo my masters year, when I met a lot of interesting people.

Superbus

When I was 0.

Xavi6

thee glitz wrote: »

Sceptical hat is on. Thats sounds like a pretty good deal.

Why sceptical? A lot of young lads head out there for the summer, including intercounty players whose counties get knocked out of the Championship early.

You get free accomodation (the clubs own houses) and you get a cheque at the end of the summer based on how good you are.

Each club is like a little community that fundraises and gets business sponsorships to be able to pay the players.

Dean820

Xavi6 wrote: »

Why sceptical? A lot of young lads head out there for the summer, including intercounty players whose counties get knocked out of the Championship early.

You get free accomodation (the clubs own houses) and you get a cheque at the end of the summer based on how good you are.

Each club is like a little community that fundraises and gets business sponsorships to be able to pay the players.

I would get knocked out early on purpose if that what was waiting for me. :pac:

Nailz

The year I was born! I'd say it was great craic.

Scuid Mhór

probably 2008 or this year. really great circle of friends, fun times all around.

Turtyturd

Xavi6 wrote: »

Why sceptical? A lot of young lads head out there for the summer, including intercounty players whose counties get knocked out of the Championship early.

You get free accomodation (the clubs own houses) and you get a cheque at the end of the summer based on how good you are.

Each club is like a little community that fundraises and gets business sponsorships to be able to pay the players.

Hope you claimed expenses too .

Says a lot when players can get paid in other countries but not here.

Agricola

'98

16 turning 17. 5th year in school. Spending the summer days playing playstation and football and the nights getting twisted! Started heading to the local pubs in big groups. Fake id's. Getting drunk after 3 pints and a sniff of whiskey.
The benefits of childhood and adulthood with none of the drawbacks. Great.

-Corkie-

Agricola wrote: »

'98

16 turning 17. 5th year in school. Spending the summer days playing playstation and football and the nights getting twisted! Started heading to the local pubs in big groups. Fake id's. Getting drunk after 3 pints and a sniff of whiskey.
The benefits of childhood and adulthood with none of the drawbacks. Great.

Ah yes and vommitting after 5 pints!!!!!... Happy days allrite..:)

thee glitz

Xavi6 wrote: »

You get free accomodation (the clubs own houses) and you get a cheque at the end of the summer based on how good you are.

Sounds great. I misinterpreted that and thought you meant as a salaried position.

Agricola

-Corkie- wrote: »

Ah yes and vommitting after 5 pints!!!!!... Happy days allrite..:)

I still do that

KnifeWRENCH

I would relive the year between September 2009 and September 2010. I'd make sure not to fcuk up college by getting help earlier than I did. I'd also make sure not to get beaten up and robbed in January.

Also, I'd get to relive trips to London, Geneva and Electric Picnic. And relive a very special moment in June where my life began to change for the better.

Max Power1

2007.

Just seemed a great year for me, my circle of friends was a lot more close than it is now

SeaFields

2006.

I wouldn't have started my M.Phil degree and instead would have entered the work force when there were actually jobs around the place. Instead I finished last year and have been pissing about in part time retail since. Fcuk You Biffo.

Gunsfortoys

2003. Gave up a job to finish college. Waste of time. Hell of a year though.

Agricola

SeaFields wrote: »

2006.

I wouldn't have started my M.Phil degree and instead would have entered the work force when there were actually jobs around the place. Instead I finished last year and have been pissing about in part time retail since. Fcuk You Biffo.

Isnt part-time retail the natural career path after a philosophy degree though!

SeaFields

Agricola wrote: »

Isnt part-time retail the natural career path after a philosophy degree though!

Eh...stick "M.Phil degree" into wikipedia....;)

Maybe when I was 16-17... 2nd-3rd year uni, no stress of finals and having fun.
Honestly though there isn't a particular year I would like to go back to, I like things as they are

dr.bollocko

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

And relive a very special moment in June where my life began to change for the better.

Pubic hair appeared or masturbation discovered? Or was it to do with XBOX live?

iPlop

Xavi6 wrote: »

Why sceptical? A lot of young lads head out there for the summer, including intercounty players whose counties get knocked out of the Championship early.

You get free accomodation (the clubs own houses) and you get a cheque at the end of the summer based on how good you are.

Each club is like a little community that fundraises and gets business sponsorships to be able to pay the players.

Your right there! My brother in law goes to NYC and Boston every year to play GAA and all accomadation is paid for! Himself and my sister just bring spending money! :pac:

Kasabian

1958. Happy times.

mikom

It would have to be 1969 for me. I was young and restless, just killin' time. I spent my evenin's down at the drive in. That was the summer when I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime and played 'til my fingers bled.

Those were the best days of my life

Red Hand

2013. It will have been such a great year.

Dudess

Can't narrow it down to just one year. 2001 to 2005 was pretty rockin'.

The Davestator

2001 -'working' on a cruise ship, seeing the world, lots of loving, lots of money.

highly recommended...

KnifeWRENCH

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Pubic hair appeared or masturbation discovered? Or was it to do with XBOX live?

Yes, yes and yes. All three at the same time was a very nice sequence of events.

stovelid

mikom wrote: »

It would have to be 1969 for me. I was young and restless, just killin' time. I spent my evenin's down at the drive in. That was the summer when I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime and played 'til my fingers bled.

Those were the best days of my life

Dunno about that. I thought it was just another year with nothing to do.

alexa5x5

Id go back to my first year in collage when I was single and $hag about. I was too much off a prude when I was single....27 and 2 guys=looser!

stovelid

alexa5x5 wrote: »

Id go back to my first year in collage when I was single and $hag about. I was too much off a prude when I was single....27 and 2 guys=looser!

Not that loose really.

MultiUmm

Last year was great. Made loads of new friends and everything went smoothly. All gone pear shaped now though.

2006 was probably the best year of my life, I'd give anything to go back to March of that year in particular.

Dudess

MultiUmm wrote: »

Last year was great. Made loads of new friends and everything went smoothly. All gone pear shaped now though.

Aw... hope it works out.

MultiUmm

Dudess wrote: »

Aw... hope it works out.

Ah it'll be grand in the long run, things will work out one way or the other.

Plenty of good times left to have in the future with old friends and new ones! Thanks for your concern though!

discus

It'd have to be 2006. All us lads from school had ended up in DCU. I can still remember the excitement of getting the text "pre drinking, anyone?", knowing epic banter and mayhem was about to erupt.

Now everyone is working, or planning on moving abroad. Where did we go wrong

rebel10

discus wrote: »

It'd have to be 2006. All us lads from school had ended up in DCU. I can still remember the excitement of getting the text "pre drinking, anyone?", knowing epic banter and mayhem was about to erupt.

Now everyone is working, or planning on moving abroad. Where did we go wrong

Sadly we became adults.
Love that feeling you get when you turn on the radio and a song comes on that transports you to a time and place when you were really happy.

discus

^ I get you on the song thing. Everytime I hear "Believe me Natalie" by The Killers I get thrown back to a night train I took to Hungary once when interrailing. Hearphones in, lights off in the cabin, watching hundreds of miles of countryside pass me. I left no trace or impression on that landscape, I can't understand why it did so to me.

God this thread is making me emotional. Better man up and cook a steak or something!

punchdrunk

20,met someone,got scared/made a balls of things
she got married there in June and I've never met a woman like her since

discus

What would you change? Meeting her in the first place, or stop yourself from ballsing up?

punchdrunk

discus wrote: »

What would you change? Meeting her in the first place, or stop yourself from ballsing up?

no way it was an amazing time,im glad I met her but I was way too young and foolish to realise it at the time,that it was real
I tried to convince myself that it was just me being a muppet and that i didn't know enough to see what it was,
but nine years on and nothings changed

so if I could go back I wouldn't doubt myself for a second

G_R

I'd do TY again. had a great year in school, had a great circle of mates and loved every day, then went to the Seychelles with 2 of those mates for a month in the summer happy times!

but it has to be said, college is working out pretty cool so far :cool:

Mackman

Probably when i was 22. so that would be 2006/2007. Awesome year.
Living with mates in Kilkenny city, earning heaps of money, spending it all at the weekends, playing lots of gigs, recored an album, travelled the west coast of Australia, met my fiance.

Yeah pretty damn good year

arybvtcw0eolkf

Dudess wrote: »

Can't narrow it down to just one year. 2001 to 2005 was pretty rockin'.

Same here, but I'd go 2000 to 2001.

Brilliant years, I really lived it up. Made some great friends, made lots of money. Travelled to some great places.. Then 2006 came and I made some monumental fvck ups and that was that & here I am now.

homerun_homer

2007, probably the happiest year of my life (hopefully it will be topped or I'm screwed). It all went to hell in 2008 so that 1 year was near perfect.

NothingMan

Hmmm, 17 perhaps so May 2002-2003. Leaving cert year, tonnes of house parties, lots of very hot 16/17 year old girls, working, so lots of cash for that age and my moped! What more would I need.

That or 2005 I went travelling on my own for 5 weeks, if I could keep that 5 weeks going for a year it would be that year.

pickarooney

bluewolf wrote: »

Maybe when I was 16-17... 2nd-3rd year uni, no stress of finals and having fun.
Honestly though there isn't a particular year I would like to go back to, I like things as they are

Doogie?

fakearms123

I think it might have to be this year for me, 2010, just out of college with a 1.1, just turned 23 a few days ago, holding onto a good job to fund me for Egypt in a month and then Hawaii next summer, applied for h dip in education for next year, the summer was great tag rugby in the sun, london, weddings, Puck Fair, weekends to Galway and Dublin. The rest of the year is looking really good as well, I have money to do things and buy things Ive always wanted to get

not1but4

Humm cant decide its either

6th year - Getting into club by showing my passport which clearly showed that I was 17. Always playing football inside and outside of school. Having great craic with my class mates and teachers (tho this was only at the end of the year) feeling like I owned the school because I was in my last year.

1st year - First time living away from home, not a care in the world about exams, going out nearly 3 times a week. Meeting loads of new people. Making the college football team and playing for the freshers and seniors. Skipping lectures left right and centre. Girls! Going off on holidays then to return home to a job that I didnt even have apply/do an interview for like the rest of my co-workers did.

2nd Year - Living in a right dive of a house with two of my good friends in an estate filled with students. Having mental parties in the house because we just didnt give a fúck about the house or our neighbours. Playing ball, knowing lots of people around campus having great craic most nights I went out. Sitting at the back at some of my lectures and just looking at the girls around me. Getting 100% in assignments even though I didnt have a clue what the hell was going on. Meeting this one girl who I still haven't really gotten over.

Worst year was definitely 4th year *shudder*

starlit

I suppose I'd either go back to when I was in my first year of secondary school or the year I did the leaving cert. I'd like to change a lot of things if I could go back to one of those years.

For a fun year to go back in would be one of my years in college!