Isn't Ireland great?

cloud493

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

*checks calender*

No, not Paddys day yet. Come back next week.

cloud493

I don't enjoy paddys day./

michael999999

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

In fairness to the Irish carpenters, they are top notch!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

it's literally worse than syria

kneemos

Obviously not Irish.

cloud493

I'm from Liverpool

SEPT 23 1989

cloud493 wrote: »

I don't enjoy paddys day./

traitor

oldyouth

I've been a bit down lately being unemployed for a while. I had completely forgotten the competent bus system that people in Dublin enjoy. Thanks OP, really lifted my spirits.

kneemos

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm from Liverpool

Learn to hate yourself and loath others and you'll fit right in.

People don't know how lucky they are to live In Ireland. It's a national passtime to moan and gripe about the place and the Government. The grass is always greener. But for my money. there's NO place like Ireland.

rainbowtrout

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

If you are travelling to Dublin or somewhere that's on a line going to Dublin. If you want to travel north-south forget it.

kneemos

[Deleted User] wrote: »

People don't know how lucky they are to live In Ireland. It's a national passtime to moan and gripe about the place and the Government. The grass is always greener. But for my money. there's NO place like Ireland.

New Zealand?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Lovely country, just the people in it that are the problem. We never stop whingeing about the place, other counties/towns, our own counties or towns (Cork people excluded), the weather or the economy.

We have an awful lot going for us but we spend too much time bitching and moaning.







I see the irony of my bitching, moaning, whingey post btw.

holystungun9

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

Plenty of good people on the other side of the border. Don't be mean.

snubbleste

Ireland
Ire - transitive verb; intense and usually openly displayed anger
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ire

Ergo the land of intense and usually openly displayed anger :cool:

Peregrine

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

The bus and train thing has to be a joke and I'm a coffee person so the tea loving is a bit annoying.

But overall, it's a great country

Larianne

Nice chippys, LOL.

Ah, when you go away and come back, you do appreciate Ireland.
I think it was sunnier more, we'd complain less.

I Heart Internet

cloud493 wrote: »

I don't enjoy paddys day./

I don't enjoy people calling it "paddys day" or similar.

17th March is Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick.

Bubbaclaus

We have one of the most progressive tax systems in the OECD, meaning Ireland is not a great place to live for rich people but a great place to live for the rest of us.

And yet people still complain about tax on low/middle income earners.

Daveysil15

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm from Liverpool

Feck back to Liverpool ye scou... I mean welcome to Ireland. Will ye have a cup of tay?

cloud493

Dublin Bus is much better than the bus system in the area of Liverpool I lived in. Therefore, better system.

SEPT 23 1989

its chippers around these parts OP

Crann na Beatha

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Muise...

soft day, thank god.

rainbowtrout

cloud493 wrote: »

Dublin Bus is much better than the bus system in the area of Liverpool I lived in. Therefore, better system.

Dublin =/= Ireland

Peregrine

cloud493 wrote: »

Dublin Bus is much better than the bus system in the area of Liverpool I lived in. Therefore, better system.

Outside of Dublin, I could probably find you countless adults who have never seen the phenomenon that is public transport.


Still, a beautiful place and yes, the chippers are nice

Daveysil15

There's a great stretch in the evening lads.

zenno

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

You're on Cloud 9 dude. But it would be nice to be happy in the clouds like you are. The country is dandy, very well governed, and money is falling from the trees from the blowy gale out there. It's bliss.

Muise...

Daveysil15 wrote: »

There's a great stretch in the evening lads.

That's the right latitude.

Jawgap

Despite being a damp, squalid little island in the eastern Atlantic the country has a lot going for it.

Most of our potential is squandered because of a basic inability to act collectively - this manifests itself in the parochialism of our so called national politics.

People have, in general, no concept of the national or even community interest - they assume what is good for someone else is bad for them, and act / react accordingly.

I think if we could get past ourselves, vote in some (even a few) decent public minded politicians, introduce proper accountability into the state's institutions the place would transform in short order.

But as long as we continue in this myopic, inertia ridden society we'll only ever progress fitfully and in small increments.

In summary, it's an ok country - the annoying thing is it could be absolutely f&^king brilliant if we got our sh1t together.

Gongoozler

Daveysil15 wrote: »

There's a great stretch in the evening lads.

It's a grand stretch, not great.

Ireland is of course top notch when compared to the likes of war torn countries, but it's all relative. I'm increasingly becoming aware of the ****ness of the political system here as well as the problems the irish attitude of 'ah sure it's grand' is causing, so no right now I would be of the opinion that Ireland is not so great, and only for my boyfriends commitments here I / we'd be gone.

Daveysil15

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Outside of Dublin, I could probably find you countless adults who have never seen the phenomenon that is public transport.


Still, a beautiful place and yes, the chippers are nice

What's the Luas like? I've never been on it.

Chippers are hit and miss these days. They were better back in the day when they wrapped the chips up in newspaper.

cloud493

Daveysil15 wrote: »

What's the Luas like? I've never been on it.

Chippers are hit and miss these days. They were better back in the day when they wrapped the chips up in newspaper.

Crowded.

Peregrine

Daveysil15 wrote: »

What's the Luas like? I've never been on it.

Oh the Green line is great!

Jawgap

Daveysil15 wrote: »

What's the Luas like? I've never been on it.

Chippers are hit and miss these days. They were better back in the day when they wrapped the chips up in newspaper.

It's great fun - especially the Red Line!

They should rename it the crazy train!

cena

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm from Liverpool

What part?

cloud493

cena wrote: »

What part?

Wavertree

cena

Only down the road from hall lane

Muise...

Isn't Ireland great? Now we'll do the thing where we figure out how related we are based on who we know and where they drink and where the grandfathers are buried and then we'll say "ah, I have you now."

jigglypuffstuff

cloud493 wrote: »

Seriously. Get past all the stuff people love to whinge about, and I think its an awful fine country here. Or at least, better than where I used to live. There's a competent bus system. Nice chippys. A good train system. 80% (ish) of the people are nice. You all seem to love tea as much as I do. I'm sure theres more things I like Ireland, thats just off the top of my head. Super country right here.

The bus system is terrible
the train system is worse
Take away food can hardly be considerd a plus
A lot of people here loath anyone they see succeed

I'm not sure where you are talking about, but it isnt Ireland for sure!

daveyboynire

I think a lot depends on where you live. I live in a rural area, a good 30 miles from a train station, we have a bus coming once per day but yes generally people around here are friendly, I'm lucky that in our small village everyone knows everyone and talks to everyone in the street and its the type of place where we can still leave doors unlocked as crime in basically zero.

Travel a few miles into the nearest big town where I grew up and its a different affair, for one the locals seem be out getting numbered by Eastern Europeans, walk past someone in the street and they won't speak to you, and I certainly wouldn't feel safe walking around the side streets after dark.

cloud493

pone2012 wrote: »

The bus system is terrible
the train system is worse
Take away food can hardly be considerd a plus
A lot of people here loath anyone they see succeed

I'm not sure where you are talking about, but it isnt Ireland for sure!

Not true about the transport system

shopaholic01

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Lovely country, just the people in it that are the problem. We never stop whingeing about the place, other counties/towns, our own counties or towns (Cork people excluded), the weather or the economy.

We have an awful lot going for us but we spend too much time bitching and moaning.

I see the irony of my bitching, moaning, whingey post btw.

Ah, we're great! I love the Irish sense of humour.

Pumpkinseeds

I think the OP left out the word Ted from the thread title. It has an air of pis*take about it.

rainbowtrout

cloud493 wrote: »

Not true about the transport system

Try living in Roscommon where there is no bus service between the two main towns in the county. To travel by public transport between them would involve three buses, a journey starting in Roscommon, bringing you through Sligo and Mayo before back to Roscommon again totalling over 4 hours, for a route that is along a national road and only takes 30 minutes to drive. Same in plenty of other rural areas.

Again if you want to travel between cities or large towns in Ireland that are along the main routes between Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway it's not a problem. Outside of that it's a big problem.

Mrs Garth Brooks

The only place in the world where people dont protest over property taxes or water charges....but turn around and protest and try and get a couple of concerts stopped at croke park.

I live right beside a beach but dont anyone dare come within an inch of the beach this summer. Its my road and no one elses. And I dont like people having fun!!!

Galwayguy35

I think Ireland is a good country to live in, I don't like the extra taxes we have to pay over the last few years and the fact that some sections of society are never asked to work a day in their life but it seems to be the same story in Britain.

The weather doesn't bother me much, our winters are nothing compared to other countries.

wolfeye

I dont drink tea

cloud493

wolfeye wrote: »

I dont drink tea

I thought people like you were just a myth.

Lawrence1895

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm from Liverpool

Do you support Liverpool or Everton?