Embarrassing Celtic Tiger Aspirations?

Frank Black

I remember I wanted an outdoor hot-tub. It seemed quite normal at the time, in fact I could barely envisage a life that didn’t in some way include an outdoor hut tub.
Given I live in a 3-bed semi in suburbia – I’m happy to stick with a bath now.
What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?

Vicxas

I wanted a 5 bedroom mansion when i finished college, and it could of happened, if it wasnt for those meddling kids...

iMax

I wanted to spend months at a time in my villa in Orlando... the way things are going I might be spending months at a time in either mountjoy or a cardboard box...


(I'm only half kidding)

amacca

black francis wrote: »

What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?

nothing wrong with aspirations ...... I wanted to carpet the place in decking and sprinkle barbecues on every square meter of the garden....still do.................mmmmmmmmmmmm decking

Vicxas

Decking makes me wet

Guill

Vicxas wrote: »

Decking makes me wet

But wet decking makes you fall/fail.

Lapin

I wanted a fair and just society with equal opportunities for all.

Two hopes of that then, even less hope of it now.

Thanks for nothing Bertie.

amacca

Lapin wrote: »

I wanted a fair and just society with equal opportunities for all.

I find that hard to believe.............................if its true, some Celtic tiger/tigress you turned out to be...............talk about turning your back on the whole ethos of the thing.

stephen_k

I built a house in the height of the boom, thought nothing of including a seperate home cinema/hifi room... Ran out of money before end of the build and couldn't afford to kit it out..... now I have a very f*cking expensive shed!!! :mad:



*recession sucks*

fryup

To hold on to a job for more than a year:cool:

Lando Griffin

I wanted my previous neighbour, swanning around in their BMW X5 jeep and their convertible BMW 3 series and their designer clothes with their new kitchen and wooden floors every second year and their 3 sun holidays a year to their apartment in Bulgaria, with their fancy BBQ parties out in their garden, and he off to Old Trafford every second or third week, with their garden been tended to by landscapers, and he a carpenter and she working in an office for a large developer, to be brought down a notch or two.

fatguy2k1

the bertie bowl

LittleBook

I wanted a national football stadium.

Oh wait ...

here.from.day.1

Rain makes decking wet.

Robbo

Buying an e-voting system off a man in a seersucker suit who'd sold systems to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook.

phasers

I wasn't old enough to enjoy the Celtic tiger, I'm just old enough now to enjoy the after-effects

ILikeBananas

I remember two years out of college, ringing up my friend in 2006 pitching an idea to him that we go halves on an apartment in Bulgaria. He said something like "Wow that sounds like a a fantastic idea, we should totally do it". Then we found out that you can't get a mortgage for properties abroad. Dodged a bullet there!

MistyCheese

A decent quality of life
Enough money for rent and bills
An extra €20/€30 to spare after paying rent and bills sometimes
Sleepful nights due to lack of stress regarding bills being paid

Ah, what a naive soul I was.

Firefox11

Decent efficient Public Services. But all i got were public servants that wanted hot tubs,decking and apartments in Bulgaria.

krudler

Robbo wrote: »

Buying an e-voting system off a man in a seersucker suit who'd sold systems to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook.

and by gum it put them on the map!

The King of Moo

To avoid becoming one of the nouveau riche upwardly mobile snobs who wanted to vulgarly display their "wealth" who were popping up all over the place.

FlashD

I just wanted it all to end, be careful what you wish for!

Lando Griffin

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I wanted my previous neighbour, swanning around in their BMW X5 jeep and their convertible BMW 3 series and their designer clothes with their new kitchen and wooden floors every second year and their 3 sun holidays a year to their apartment in Bulgaria, with their fancy BBQ parties out in their garden, and he off to Old Trafford every second or third week, with their garden been tended to by landscapers, and he a carpenter and she working in an office for a large developer, to be brought down a notch or two.

Jealous much?

On topic, recession has not changed my aspirations.

jive

Elsie Wet Metronome wrote: »

Jealous much?

LOL I was thinking the same. I don't understand why their financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

Lando Griffin

jive wrote: »

financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

No problem at all, when all the financial success was bank rolled by substantial loans, which also included her accent changing from a deep cork to more of a D4 accent over the period of the boom / bubble.

Dravokivich

I just want to be able to afford a house that's not in the back arse of nowhere.

Toby Take a Bow

I wanted certain family members to stop going on and on about rent being dead money.

And what MistyCheese said above. I didn't really see much of 'rewards' of the Celtic Tiger

K-9

jive wrote: »

LOL I was thinking the same. I don't understand why their financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

The expression "fur coat, no knickers" comes to mind, nothing to be jealous of at all.

Reminds me of a girl I knew..............................

mackg

I wanted to be happy, still do, making good progress:)

nice1franko

A first-world healthcare system

Snowie

Well personally speaking my out look on things is quite easy what do you have to offer?

You can still be good at what your doing you just need to able to offer companies good reasons to employ you. If you can do that then you will make more money I think that cross the line of professional development. and how hard you are indeed willing to work..

Also I think kids and wives or gfs can be a big distraction. If you want to make money You have to work while also working on your qualifications....



wtf is wrong with me :S

ItsNoAlias

I wanted to one day be able to get a house in Dublin without having to fork out a 1/4 of a mil.

I still have a job in this crappy economic climate so I am still holding onto this dream and I am only 26 so I think it may still be a possibility. I can always hope...

Then I will convert one room into a study/library

Pace2008

I wanted most of my closer friends to be able to find jobs and stay in the country. Such hubris.

jackal

A gold plated mickey was all I wanted... thanks FF >(

Mike 1972

phasers wrote: »

I wasn't old enough to enjoy the Celtic tiger, I'm just old enough now to enjoy the after-effects

WHAT ???? You mean "we" didnt all go mad/enjoy the party/etc etc

amacca

jackal wrote: »

A gold plated mickey was all I wanted... thanks FF >(

A bit of Judson's gold paint to tide you over while you save a modest sum for a bit of gold leaf and you're all sorted at any rate.

I'm telling you this one is well within you're reach.


(making dreams come true in a practical achievable way since 15:05 today)

Oh_Noes

I wanted decking for my semi-d in Naas. Oh wait, the celtic tiger was just something that people talked about on tv a lot.

AnonoBoy

It passed me by so all I wanted was enough to get some beers in and buy a cheap bottle of wine to drink while playing GTA: San Andreas with my other on the dole housemates.

I achieved that so it wasn't embarrassing at all really.

Mr. Denton

LittleBook wrote: »

I wanted a national football stadium.

Oh wait ...

You must be delighted then. We have TWO! Never mind that they're both impractical for their intended purposes and look like half-finished messes.

amacca

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It passed me by so all I wanted was enough to get some beers in and buy a cheap bottle of wine to drink while playing GTA: San Andreas with my other on the dole housemates.

I achieved that so it wasn't embarrassing at all really.

I'm embarrassed for ya........vice city and IV is where its at.

AnonoBoy

amacca wrote: »

I'm embarrassed for ya........vice city and IV is where its at.

Vice City was great.

San Andreas was way better than IV though*.


*IV was the one with the Russian, yeah?

amacca

Mr. Denton wrote: »

You must be delighted then. We have TWO! Never mind that they're both impractical for their intended purposes and look like half-finished messes.

I thought I was the only one that thinks they both look like 3/4 of a stadium......at least lansdowne looks sort of complete from the air and ok from inside...but that bloody house with a scoreboard in hill 16.....wtf...just move the thing a bit back and build a stand to match the other three in height + cap it with the same roof

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symmetric-ality ffs

Monty Burnz

jive wrote: »

LOL I was thinking the same. I don't understand why their financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

Tbh, borrowing huge amounts of money doesn't constitute financial success. That's the mistake that many clowns made during the bubble, and it's the mistake that all of us are paying for today.

amacca

AnonoBoy wrote: »

*IV was the one with the Russian, yeah?

Nico

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disliked san andreas...bloody cycling around on my bike in the projects in da hood...eeeeugh..

Mr. Denton

amacca wrote: »

I thought I was the only one that thinks they both look like 3/4 of a stadium......at least lansdowne looks sort of complete from the air and ok from inside...but that bloody house with a scoreboard in hill 16.....wtf...just move the thing a bit back and build a stand to match the other three in height + cap it with the same roof

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symmetric-ality ffs

It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.

amacca

Mr. Denton wrote: »

It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.

sounds like an eminently sensible solution....................................................................................................................

Northclare

amacca wrote: »

Mr. Denton wrote: »

It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.

sounds like an eminently sensible solution....................................................................................................................

My Celtic Tiger Aspirations was to be myself and not end up like those new money ignorant knobs who knew nothing about life or how to live a normal setting and now that things are back to normal I wonder how those knobs are finding the struggle

gsxr1

I wanted to get married.

cocoshovel

A decent policing system when the funds were available.

Northclare

gsxr1 wrote: »

I wanted to get married.

I hope you didn't end up with one of those plastic people LOL those people who forgot their self worth and sold their souls to the seed of greed LOL and instead of growing a healthy crop they ended up tangled up in those roses which reverted back into briars oh I hated that whole era it was sick one long hangover......

randylonghorn

black francis wrote: »

What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?[/COLOR]

A soft landing for the economy when the BS bubble finally burst!

Northclare wrote: »

... and now that things are back to normal ...

Unfortunately though it's gone from hypernormal to sub-normal with barely a nod to "normal" or balanced as we slid down the greasy pole.