OMG Does it still happen!?

TeddyTedson

It took me 20 minutes to make a regularly 10 minute journey because of the local girls secondary school. The road was packed with young wans with L plates taking up the road and waiting for their mates. I was on the south side of Dublin but I thought this **** was dead!!
When I left school in 2005 it was rampant, in fact one school I remember actually banned it because teachers could no longer get parking!
I thought this died out with to Sellthick tiger?
Or has it just become popular again? Maybe the government could use it as an indication of how things are picking up again.
Does this carry on still occur around your area?

Freddie Dodge

Answer is in your post Teddy : Syth Dublin. **** basically.

By the way, your OMG is dodgy enough too.

Are you Edward Grimes ?

The Backwards Man

The schools around here have a line of driving instructors parked outside waiting on their clients to finish school. It's far from learning to drive at school I was reared, but that's the way it is now.

TeddyTedson

Freddie Dodge wrote: »

Answer is in your post Teddy : Syth Dublin. **** basically. By the way, your OMG is dodgy enough too.

Are you Edward Grimes ?

Who? Sounds like a pornstar or something!

hfallada

I cant understand how people drop their children to the local secondary school in Dublin. Even through its a 10 min walk max. I doesnt matter if their son or daughter is 12 or 19, they are still dropped to school. There is a reason why teenagers are obese in Ireland

Sunny Dayz

The outdoor tennis courts at my old secondary school have been replaced with a car park for the students. I left school about 10 years ago and I think back then there were only 2 students out of about 110 in 6th year who drove to school.

TeddyTedson

hfallada wrote: »

I cant understand how people drop their children to the local secondary school in Dublin. Even through its a 10 min walk max. I doesnt matter if their son or daughter is 12 or 19, they are still dropped to school. There is a reason why teenagers are obese in Ireland

I used to have about a 45 min walk to school, although I'd cycled.
However the weight of the bloody books was outrageous. The sooner schools go to tablets the better. I used to have 9 subjects a day and could have had homework for all of them and maybe more from previous days too coming to a weekend. So I understand that particular reason for giving kids lifts or them driving.

Freddie Dodge

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Who? Sounds like a pornstar or something!

Waaay way worse. He/She is one half of that abomination known as Jedward.

The Backwards Man

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I used to have about a 45 min walk to school, although I'd cycled.
However the weight of the bloody books was outrageous. The sooner schools go to tablets the better. I used to have 9 subjects a day and could have had homework for all of them and maybe more from previous days too coming to a weekend. So I understand that particular reason for giving kids lifts or them driving.

I dunno Teddy, I think kids should be made walk further to school with heavier schoolbags.

When I left school twenty years ago (:eek:) there was no such bollocks as going to the gym every turnabout or eating protein out of a plastic jar. We got our sustenance naturally, and we worked it off naturally too.

Pumpkinseeds

hfallada wrote: »

I cant understand how people drop their children to the local secondary school in Dublin. Even through its a 10 min walk max. I doesnt matter if their son or daughter is 12 or 19, they are still dropped to school. There is a reason why teenagers are obese in Ireland

There is nowhere in my town that is more than a 20 minute walk from the 2 secondary schools in the town. Our nearest bus stop is opposite a secondary school and it took us almost 10 minutes to get across the road last Friday morning, due to the sheer volume of cars dropping teenagers off at the school. This despite people ranting about recession and families struggling financially.

I know how far the walk is as I did it myself when I attended the school in the 80's.
Jesus H, that was 8.50am, do these parents not work

oak5548

I live in the back arse of nowhere and its actually gotten worse.

10 years ago maybe 1 or 2 kids had cars going to school, now when I drive past there's literally 20+ cars outside blocking everything.

Mickey H

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I used to have about a 45 min walk to school, although I'd cycled.
However the weight of the bloody books was outrageous. The sooner schools go to tablets the better. I used to have 9 subjects a day and could have had homework for all of them and maybe more from previous days too coming to a weekend. So I understand that particular reason for giving kids lifts or them driving.

Uphill no doubt. Both ways.

Renegade Mechanic

This.... must be a dublin thing...

Pumpkinseeds

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Jesus H, that was 8.50am, do these parents not work

Loads of people dont start work until after 9am.

Even if people live close to school they are obviously going to get a lift if the parents are passing going to work etc especially if its wet out.

There were a few driving to school back when I did the leaving (11 years ago), I went to a country school too. I drove in myself sometimes but not regularly as it wasn't my own car.

jamo2oo9

TeddyTedson wrote: »

It took me 20 minutes to make a regularly 10 minute journey because of the local girls secondary school. The road was packed with young wans with L plates taking up the road and waiting for their mates. I was on the south side of Dublin but I thought this **** was dead!!
When I left school in 2005 it was rampant, in fact one school I remember actually banned it because teachers could no longer get parking!
I thought this died out with to Sellthick tiger?
Or has it just become popular again? Maybe the government could use it as an indication of how things are picking up again.
Does this carry on still occur around your area?

You see, there's your problem. Southerner Dubs kids have cars these days.
Up in Louth, there was only 4 people out of 86 in my year who drove to school in 6th year.

dd972

surely there'd have been other things on your mind when all those 14/15 year old girls were milling about ( thinks to self 'stop typing' )

Gongoozler

I'll say one thing for you teddy, you make an awful lot of threads.

TeddyTedson

Freddie Dodge wrote: »

Waaay way worse. He/She is one half of that abomination known as Jedward.

Never heard their surname before as far as I'm aware. They're creepy.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I dunno Teddy, I think kids should be made walk further to school with heavier schoolbags.

When I left school twenty years ago (:eek:) there was no such bollocks as going to the gym every turnabout or eating protein out of a plastic jar. We got our sustenance naturally, and we worked it off naturally too.

Granted, but my back used to be in a lot of pain from the books on my bike. It was ridiculous really.

Mickey H wrote: »

Uphill no doubt. Both ways.

I'd be strolling :P Say I'd walk it now in 25mins to be honest!!

Gongoozler wrote: »

I'll say one thing for you teddy, you make an awful lot of threads.

Fixed your post before someone else does it
I don't make much anymore