Things you miss from pre-recession

whirlpool

Music festivals have gone s**t. They were brilliant before the recession.


(Maybe it was because I was actually at them.)

Sir Arthur Daley

Going out for dinner 7 nights a week.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

All the money.

Legs.Eleven

Work opportunities and spare money.

Professey Chin

Not seeing USC on my payslip. Fcuker of a thing

TeddyTedson

The majority of people not knowing about the joys of head shops.

Nabber

I miss the pre USC days.

I miss throwing my change in the bin.

I miss the letters the bank used to send me about the joys of owning a speed boat.

I miss Bertie and FF

I miss RTEs programmes on how to spend borrowed money.

Silent Runner

Kicking up a fuss over white wine being served at room temperature

baked beanz

The quality of breakfast rolls has dropped big time

whirlpool

Nabber wrote: »

I miss throwing my change in the bin.

This made me

downonthefarm

Making a fortune at weekends from stuck up twats shoveling crap up their nose

The Backwards Man

My hair.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Cocaine and prostitutes.

Now it's just prescription pills on the medical card and a box of tissues.

Oh, the times they are a changin'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7K28ZJS-Ic

deelite

The bin man knocking on the front door during Christmas week looking a Christmas present...

hjkl

Cranes.. So many cranes...

AnonoBoy

Being so much younger than I am now.

NIMAN

€50 bottles of water.

Irish Steve

Being able to earn more than I need to spend.
Wholesalers who actually have real stock in country that they want to sell.
Customer service departments that are available the hours the service operates.
Heating systems that could be run in winter without a mortgage.
Being able to do simple things like work on a house alarm, or replace a circuit breaker without being regarded as either incompetent, or a criminal, or both.

CFlat

Hiring a private jet and flying down to the south of France for the weekend with Rosanna Davidson.

brevity

I don't like this job, ANOTHER!

Phill Ewinn

Traffic.

road_high

deelite wrote: »

The bin man knocking on the front door during Christmas week looking a Christmas present...

Did this really happen?! I thought the whole point of a present is you are given it, not to go cheekily look for one?

whirlpool

brevity wrote: »

I don't like this job, ANOTHER!

Deciding to leave your job in Penneys and having a job in HMV before even handing in your notice.

(People in their late 20's know what I'm on about )

AnonoBoy

NIMAN wrote: »

€50 bottles of water.

You can still get them.

They're just much much bigger now.

road_high

NIMAN wrote: »

€50 bottles of water.

Remember these in superquinn. Were in a locked display cabinet! Wonder how many they actually sold?

Snako

Total ignorance of economics and all that lark

Chazz Michael Michaels

The undeserved sense of entitlement , arrogance and recklessness of those who worked in the lower echelons of the building trades.

ButtersSuki

CFlat wrote: »

Hiring a private jet and flying down to the south of France for the weekend with Rosanna Davidson.

Think it was Morocco the bauld Johnny went to actually. :rolleyes:

CFlat

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Think it was Morocco the bauld Johnny went to actually. :rolleyes:

Well damn her, she didnt tell me she was seeing someone else.

nxbyveromdwjpg

Every problem not being blamed on, and second post on boards.ie not leading to someone blaming, "the bankers" or "the politicians"

BuilderPlumber

-Good fun in the pubs every weekend: now, the pubs are more often than not empty and soulless unless someone has a party organised.
-Banks in more convenient places. Ditto post offices.
-no excuses for politicians to impose dictatorship.
-Less negativity in the papers and less political programmes on TV.
-lower crime rates.

taato

The positivity........even if it was based on smoke and mirrors.

Sky King

taato wrote: »

The positivity........even if it was based on smoke and mirrors.

That'll be the head shops again.

bbbaldy

Living in the same country as my Wife and Kids.

nullzero

Having a decent job. Being able to look forward to a decent future. Being generally happier.

I remember working in Dunnes back in the day and being on the trolleys one night. I couldn't believe people would just leave €1 or €2 in the trolleys and not bother taking them or walking to the next trolley bay if the nearest one was full.

thecatspjs

Dónal wrote: »

I remember working in Dunnes back in the day and being on the trolleys one night. I couldn't believe people would just leave €1 or €2 in the trolleys and not bother taking them or walking to the next trolley bay if the nearest one was full.

I made €60 doing that one wet evening in Superquinn. Those were heady days my friend.

bottlebrush

Buying clothes and not bothering to take them back and exchange them if you changed your mind. Just bought something else.

I miss being able to go on a night out in Dublin any day of the week, and there was always somewhere lively to go to. From my student days / just after graduating I had the following routine going always available:

E.g.
Monday - Coppers
Tuesday - Student night anywhere
Wednesday - Anabels (beside Burlington)
Thursday - Club 92
Friday - The Odeon (Harcourt St)
Saturday - Everywhere and anywhere in town
Sunday - Club 92

Muise...

My work ethic.

vermin99

baked beanz wrote: »

The quality of breakfast rolls has dropped big time

Couldnt agree more

Frank Black

Being able to purchase a ****ty 2 bed apartment on the outskirts of Longford for €350k.

MJ23

My hair.

Daqster

Erections.

Seems not a week went by but were erecting something. Pavilions is nice, and after initially hating it, the Spire has grown on me too so it has.

Annasopra

The 30 page newspaper job supplements

Fred Swanson

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Galwayguy35

Giveaway budgets that we all actually looked forward to

10 pages of full time jobs on the paper every week

No USC or Property Tax

BuilderPlumber

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Giveaway budgets that we all actually looked forward to

10 pages of full time jobs on the paper every week

No USC or Property Tax

Tiochfaidh ar La! I think the people need to DEMAND a stake in the wealth of this country and demand an end to this government and its poor mouth to the people. This government was elected on a promise to do the opposite to what they do, so they are dictators if they continue the same policies. Recession, etc. is an excuse and austerity is a way of making a government rich at the expense of the people. The Irish need to rise up against this and bring our regime to its knees.

Enda Kenny is in Saudi Arabia, a country run by a filthy rich monarchy whose aim is to keep a population poor and afraid under a set of voodoo inspired laws. People there can't dress, eat or drink as they please while the monarchy and its allies can live any way they like! Bad example, Kenny! But like attracts like!

wendell borton

Silent Runner wrote: »

Kicking up a fuss over white lines being served at room temperature

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MonaPizza

Yore MA!

Corvo Attano

Shop units actually having shops. Its depressing to see all the shops that have gone.

Heck Id be happy to see an office building going up cause it means that we're growing again.
The scenery hasnt changed in a long time.