The greatest thing you've lived to see in your lifetime

Brancott

Broad thinking happy day on boards.

I was born in the 70's so for me it has to something contemporary.
The internet is going to be the big cheese for most but there's no telling where technology will take us in the next generation, I see the internet as the very start of something huge.

Eradication of many diseases happened mainly before my time but the improvements in oncology have been huge over the past decade.

An easy target would be the reduction in power of the Catholic Church but I'm wary of the battle to replace the god shaped hole, is the rise of social equality & ecological awareness the new greater good ?.

I'm voting for the emergence of Ireland as real 21st century country as my number 1.
So long comely maiden dancing at the crossroads, your time has finally come.

agent graves

scientific/medical advancements..

Arsemageddon

The invention of Cheese Strings

gramar

A fanny.

agent graves

i was in a rib off the coast of cork and a massive fin whale burst up out of the water to get a load of the fish.. i was about 3 meters away.. i shat myself.

Brian?

Curry sauce and grated cheese on chips.

Halcyon days indeed.

Mesrine65

HALO jump from 28,000 feet & watching the world rush towards me as it spins.

Physically seen: Best Mate winning his last Gold Cup in 2004.

Otherwise, something I have lived through: the development of the internet as a publicly-available resource

DubDani

I am easily pleased, so as a German I would say Germany's 7-1 win against Brazil at last years WC.

seamus

Italia '90.

But then, I was 8. It's very easy to get very excited about stuff when you're 8. I can't see myself ever being that excited about a national event again.

harry Bailey esq

Nelson Mandela's release.I was only nine or ten at the time but it certainly had a lasting impact on me,and definitely played a part in shaping me into the peace loving,social justice warrior I am today.

Schwiiing

Scarlett Johansson's nudey bits in that film a while back.

Roquentin

man utd winning the treble in 1999

4zn76tysfajdxp

9/11.



Great meaning "large" or "immense." I meant it in the pejorative sense.

Shanotheslayer

Gay referendum passing

smash

seamus wrote: »

Italia '90.

But then, I was 8. It's very easy to get very excited about stuff when you're 8. I can't see myself ever being that excited about a national event again.

The Italia 90 episode of Moone Boy is well worth the watch. Brings you right back into it



/We're all part of Jackies army....

osarusan

Medical advances to cater for those who wouldn't have been catered for before (admittedly, this has been going on a lot longer than I've been alive).

Any time I see people who receive cutting edge medical care, without which they would not be able to live a normal life, it reaffirms my faith in people to be good and generous and do the right thing.

The work and legacy of Paul Bach-y-Rita on neuroplasticity is a great example of what I am talking about.

Or people who would otherwise be deaf getting implants that allow them to hear:

AnonoBoy

Those guitars that are like.. double guitars!

blinding

A Black man being elected as President of the United States

Will we see a Woman being elected as President ?

Diabhal Beag

Deputy Stagg finally being put in his place by Paul Gogs.

Slippin Jimmy

Moon pie

smash

It's a shame that there's been a lot of great discoveries that have been held back because of large industry interests, such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0uabEnCJRI

But then when you look at some of the emerging nano technology that's coming out now, it really is an amazing time to be alive.

NewCorkLad

blinding wrote: »

A Black man being elected as President of the United States

Will we see a Woman being elected as President ?

Mary Robinson & Mary McAleese???

Calina

Fall of the Iron Curtain.

gormdubhgorm

From an Irish point of view -

Has to be the peace process up North.

Very sad that it took over 3000 lives for both sides to accept what was on offer in the 1970's- basically the same power sharing executive!

blinding

NewCorkLad wrote: »

Mary Robinson & Mary McAleese???

Sorry; Should have made that clearer; American President.

gormdubhgorm

blinding wrote: »

Sorry; Should have made that clearer; American President.

That Hillary wan is the closest you will get (to an American president and a woman president and a woman )

Hasn't that Maggie Thatcher wan shown the way already with the Iron Lady stuff? That is enough for the wimmin's for a few decades anyway! :rolleyes:

iDave

The decline and eventual descent into complete hilarity of Liverpool FC.

diomed

Solemia winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Get in. Go on ya good thing.
I'll die happy.

JONJO THE MISER

When marathon became snickers.

Buona Fortuna

seamus wrote: »

Italia '90.

But then, I was 8. It's very easy to get very excited about stuff when you're 8. I can't see myself ever being that excited about a national event again.

I've yet to see the aptmosphere of Italia 90 repeated.

Cousin had a 21st during one of the matches and her Dad put a huge (for the time) TV in a marquee.

Fantastic - and I hate ball games with a passion.

Dirty Dingus McGee

The 2013 All Ireland Semi Final between Dublin and Kerry what a ****ing match.

frostyjacks

Ulster dominating Gaelic football, and the rise of Sinn Fein. Great days ahead for Ireland.

RayCon

The Pogues (fronted by Joe Strummer) 4th Dec 1991 - Manchester Apollo
Ramones 5th Dec 1991 - Manchester Academy

What a weekend that was :cool:

Vincent Vega

Had been living in Italy in the lead up and during World Cup 2006.

The buzz around the place throughout the knockout stages of the tournament was something else.

Although the celebrations after the final were insane, the semi final against Germany stick out for me as far more memorable.

What a way to win.

NachoBusiness

blinding wrote: »

Will we see a Woman being elected as President ?

2016.

Mesrine65

The Diabolical Monocle

youtube.

youtube is probably the best thing that has happened in my life.

fleet_admiral

Seeing my son being born

Red Kev

I lived in West Germany from Jan 89, I was 18. In those months I hitch hiked to West Berlin a couple of times and spent a few weeks of the summer of 1989 Inter Railing eastern europe, so for me its the fall of the Iron Curtain and that only a few months after Tiananmen Square.

Three day queues in Bucharest for a Hungarian visa and travelling from Budapest to Vienna in August 89 in trains stuffed with East German refugees knowing that you were literally witnessing history first hand is probably my highlight.

Worked at the1998 World Cup and sitting behind he goal as Zidane headed the first two goals in was something special too as was that night in Paris.

On a smaller note witnessing first hand two peaceful, bloodless coups in Guinea Bissau and reading a totally different version in the International Herald Tribune a week later making me realise that some people in the media really do twist the news to suit their own agenda.

5rtytry56

Spice burger.

SEPT 23 1989

the shootout v romania and the explosion of celebration on every street in the country,city winning the league at the last minute and the birth of my kids

Youngblood.III

A terrible moment was 9/11...I really thought WW3 was just days away.

Greatest current thing is the amount of knowledge in my hand through the Web and smartphones. ..truly amazing.

I hope to be alive to see man land on Mars.

Micky 32

Total solar eclipse ;-)

LeinsterDub

Brancott wrote: »

Eradication of many diseases happened mainly before my time but the improvements in oncology have been huge over the past decade.

Technically we've only eradicated small pox and only in the wild. And that was in the 70s

SpaceTime

Hoping we might actually find some signs of life somewhere else before my lifetime's up! That'd be pretty cool, even if it's just microbes or insects or something.

Things that I find most mind blowing that occurred in my lifetime:

True mass global communications - cheap, fast, usable Internet and mobiles. I still think this is going to change everything and already is doing.

Ireland liberalising. I'm only hitting the big 30 but this place has changed beyond all recognition since I was a kid. It was so stuffy and conservative when I think back on it. There's still some legacy issues but for a non-conformist, non-heterosexual, atheist it's a way nicer country. Most likely if I'd been a bit older I reckon I'd have left. I can't imagine having being a young adult here in the 80s!! How did you all not just emigrate?!

The collapse of the Soviet bloc and the opening up of Eastern Europe ... All these cities and countries that suddenly appeared from beyond an iron curtain. Happened in my lifetime although I'm too young to remember the before bit, but still very cool.

Cheap and frequent air travel!! There's soooo much more of the world open to me that would have been unaffordable to visit in the 70, 80s and even 90s

323

Seeing Green Sea turtles nesting and laying eggs at night on Ascension Island a couple of years ago, then at dawn the thousands of little hatchlings from earlier nests breaking out of the sand and heading down the beach to the sea.

Mesrine65

^ Cool

Sir Oxman

Internet.

Stuttgart. 1988. England 0 Ireland 1. I was there.

Something about two weeks ago, 62-38 it ended up to the surprise of many, surprise because 40/41 areas were decent. Ireland 2015.

Nutribullets.

blinding

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Internet.

Stuttgart. 1988. England 0 Ireland 1. I was there.

Something about two weeks ago, 62-38 it ended up to the surprise of many, surprise because 40/41 areas were decent. Ireland 2015.

Nutribullets.

I don't know what you are talking about !

Is this some kind of SPY Code !;)

BoJack Horseman

Large Hadron collider.