Things from the Celtic tiger you actually miss

amdublin

A lot of the stuff in the other thread (things from the Celtic tiger you don't see anymore) are a bit crazy/obnoxious and I don't think we want to go back to.

I only buy one newspaper at the weekend - one on Sunday. Compared to I used to buy two on Sat and two on Sunday and spend the whole weekend reading.

I now read them on the internet. Its not the same. I miss those weekends spent reading newspapers.

Big or small. What do you miss?

Guffy

Ah Money???

Moneymaker

Having money.

Moneymaker

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah Money???

Beat me to it :mad:

amdublin

Some say money...some say credit

amdublin

Moneymaker wrote: »

Having money.

But you the moneymaker :eek:

Bubbaclaus

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

BuilderPlumber

Bearing in mind, I consider the Celtic Tiger to be 1994-1999: therefore, being able to turn on the TV at newstime without hearing about the following:

-George W Bush.
-9/11.
-The Iraq war.
-Bertie Ahern defending himself over payments made to him.
-Rip off prices after Ireland joined the Euro.
-Anglo Irish bank.
-Constant negativity.
-Seeing way too many so-called 'economists' on our screens.
-Politicians justifying cutbacks and they living in luxury.

Badly Drunk Boy

I don't miss anything much. My life hasn't really changed, apart from paying more taxes'n'stuff. I didn't get out of line in the Celtic Tiger era like a lot of people did, and I wasn't as badly affected by the recession as most people.

corkonion

I miss eating regularly.

joe stodge

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

Still know a few people at that these days, a girl I know has a house and her husband has an apartment somewhere in the city which they refuse to rent or sell. both have good jobs but are crippled broke paying 2 mortgages and live off credit cards and over drafts.

amdublin

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

You miss this

hoodwinked

the happiness,


they say when the gap between the rich and poor is smaller then people are happier,

drunkmonkey

Coveing, starting to come back into fashion again now so happy days. All these minimalist ceilings were getting boring.

amdublin

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Bearing in mind, I consider the Celtic Tiger to be 1994-1999: therefore, being able to turn on the TV at newstime without hearing about the following:

-George W Bush.
-9/11.
-The Iraq war.
-Bertie Ahern defending himself over payments made to him.
-Rip off prices after Ireland joined the Euro.
-Anglo Irish bank.
-Constant negativity.
-Seeing way too many so-called 'economists' on our screens.
-Politicians justifying cutbacks and they living in luxury.

And you miss this??

padd b1975

No queues in the post office on dole day.

Bubbaclaus

amdublin wrote: »

You miss this

I miss watching it from afar, and laughing about the thought of them thinking it would be fine and never catch up with them. Big mortgages being the biggest one.

Celly Smunt

Eddie Hobbs.

baldbear

Emigrated friends.

whirlpool

My childhood, innocence, naivety, having a ready-made future (career/income) waiting for me, and less poverty, depression and hardship in the country.

I feel like the weather was better back then too.

I was disgracefully bitter about the recession at first, as I was just out of college and it was completely unexpected to me, but I've come to learn that that was the mind frame of a spoilt little **** :pac:

But yeah, childhood and hope were my own personal main ones :rolleyes:

Oh and I really miss the absence of social media, both in the personal world and in the celebrity world.

wrt40

Patio heaters.

earlytobed

My skiing holiday:(
My Beemer:(

jester77

The breakfast rolls are nowhere near as good as they used to be.

Toby Take a Bow

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

I miss watching it from afar, and laughing about the thought of them thinking it would be fine and never catch up with them. Big mortgages being the biggest one.

But if - as you argue - it was all their fault, it didn't just catch up with them, it caught up with you as well. Or were you just trying to make a point, albeit one that was petty and a perfect example of schadenfreude?

iDave

Waking up drenched in champagne

Dublinflyer

Back gardens made completely of Decking

Celly Smunt

Remember those ridiculous laurel and hardy statue things people used to put outside their houses.Or horse and dog statues.

I miss that

The Backwards Man

Exhausts the size of the port tunnel hanging off 1.0L Corsas.

Davarus Walrus

Photographs of Barry Egan and Gerald Kean drinking champagne on the deck of a yacht off the coast of Marbella.

IK09

When the CT was is full swing I was about 16, most of my friends had left school to take up a trade. I stayed and went to college. When they were making stupid money, they used always go to the pub all day Sunday and we would play pool, because I never had any money they would buy me pints all day. So i guess the thing I miss is the free pints. Dont worry I have repaid the favour.

Hermy

A job!

bleg

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Bearing in mind, I consider the Celtic Tiger to be 1994-1999: therefore, being able to turn on the TV at newstime without hearing about the following:

-George W Bush.
-9/11.
-The Iraq war.
-Bertie Ahern defending himself over payments made to him.
-Rip off prices after Ireland joined the Euro.
-Anglo Irish bank.
-Constant negativity.
-Seeing way too many so-called 'economists' on our screens.
-Politicians justifying cutbacks and they living in luxury.

9/11 happened in 2001.;)

Legs.Eleven

The feeling that most things were possible and the feeling of having options.

ivytwine

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

The feeling that most things were possible and the feeling of having options.

This, the CT coincided with my childhood and teen years. Things never changed at home for me, my mother struggled between various low-paid jobs for years and we never had money (she got the job she's in now in 2008 :O)

I remember being told by our teachers that the world was at our feet and we could do anything. There was great positivity about our age group. Many would argue that led to problems later on (I personally don't think we're all entitled brats ) but it was exciting to be the first generation of Irish people who were bound to make it.

We all know how the story ends!

anncoates

No raft of stealth taxes.

amdublin

amdublin wrote: »

And you miss this??

bleg wrote: »

9/11 happened in 2001.;)

Well I know what you two have missed....

the point!

Tabnabs

A pay rise

Legs.Eleven

ivytwine wrote: »

This, the CT coincided with my childhood and teen years. Things never changed at home for me, my mother struggled between various low-paid jobs for years and we never had money (she got the job she's in now in 2008 :O)

I remember being told by our teachers that the world was at our feet and we could do anything. There was great positivity about our age group. Many would argue that led to problems later on (I personally don't think we're all entitled brats ) but it was exciting to be the first generation of Irish people who were bound to make it.

We all know how the story ends!

Yeah, despite all the bitching (I was too young to be raking it in and left Ireland in 2004 anyway), it was a great time to be young (I'm almost 34 now). Dublin city was buzzing, part-time jobs were plentiful, I was doing a degree that wasn't just for career prospects that I really enjoyed and I really believed I could do anything I wanted. I don't think I have a sense of entitlement now as a result but how I feel now is in stark contrast to what I felt then. Even if it was all an illusion, it was still a very positive time in Ireland from many people's POV.

Bubbaclaus

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

But if - as you argue - it was all their fault, it didn't just catch up with them, it caught up with you as well. Or were you just trying to make a point, albeit one that was petty and a perfect example of schadenfreude?

Nothing caught up with me as I, and the rest of my immediate family, were not living beyond our means.

Dfmnoc

cocaine

Sinister Kid

Dfmnoc wrote: »

cocaine

LOL! I knew somebody would put this up!

I was only a child/teenager and we weren't exactly a "Celtic Tiger" family. We never had any money really anyway so didn't make a difference. My Mother has the same job she had then, and is earning about the same. I went to college and now I have a job, grand!

anncoates

The fact that despite Ireland supposedly being full to the brim with lazy long-term unemployed people, the overwhelming majority of people chose to work when actual jobs existed.

conorhal

I miss the government giving me back a reasonable and proportionate amount of my wages as opposed to inventing new, creative and not so creative ways of robbing me blind to keep their Celtic Tiger excess rolling.....

ivytwine

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Yeah, despite all the bitching (I was too young to be raking it in and left Ireland in 2004 anyway), it was a great time to be young (I'm almost 34 now). Dublin city was buzzing, part-time jobs were plentiful, I was doing a degree that wasn't just for career prospects that I really enjoyed and I really believed I could do anything I wanted. I don't think I have a sense of entitlement now as a result but how I feel now is in stark contrast to what I felt then. Even if it was all an illusion, it was still a very positive time in Ireland from many people's POV.

What's really funny is that I remember in my LC year, 2007, while all the rest of our teachers were like, "Things are great! You'll be presidents! Taoisigh! Heads of multinationals! etc", our business teacher was talking to us one day and told us not to get carried away. She said she could sense a change. This was before Lehmans or any stuttering in the US. She said she thought that things would be very, very hard for us and she was glad she was not starting out then. Weird. We all ignored her and she was the one who was right.

Yeah it's a very stark contrast. What I felt down about most though was looking back over my yearbook (another Celtic Tiger American affectation no doubt!). There was a hell of a lot of very talented people in my year and none of them are nowhere near where they could be

Macy0161

I miss people going travelling after finishing college. Now they are forced to emigrate by the Government.

Ilyana 2.0

I was in school for most of it, but I miss the optimism of the CT. Not worrying about which college course I might pick had the best job opportunities at the end of it. The reassurance that a nice job and house would be part and parcel of the future.

Holidays. We had lovely family holidays at the time. Nothing too extravagant, but nothing like we can afford now.

Better tips at work. They're picking up again, but they were brilliant when I started waitressing in 2008.

Red Nissan

Women looking fabulous in figure hugging wafer thin outfits at the checkout in Dunne's Stores.

trancemuzic

The banter in work , everybody seemed so happy and everyone always had a few quid in their pockets

You were seen as a tight **** if you didn't spend at least 10 euro in the shop at lunch

Naux

I miss all the new millionaires that were around(for a short time) in the CT............................miss all the Range Rover Vogues as well.

Pinch Flat

The developers helicopters whizzing over an back. Brought out the inner plane spotter in me.