Your lowest point during the Bailout Years

Mint Aero

Stayed in bed once for 4 days straight cos I had no food. On the 5th day I caved in and opened the tin of John West tuna that was in my cupboard.

Plates

oceanman wrote: »

maybe because very few people are feeling better off in their pockets!

Really? So the people who used to be on the dole who now have jobs are worse off? You do accept that the unemployment rate is reducing right?

Jaysus lads, God help ye if you think this is hard. Try living in Greece!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I have to say I would have had much rougher times in the late 70s and early 80s compared to the past few years - now that was a recession!
This short blip was a cakewalk by comparison.

Massimo Cassagrande

We had to let the third car go - it was tough, but needs must. And the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since all this madness began. We just toughed it out. The shaker Maple has really begun to grate though.

LaVail

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

buried

The recession is over until the election results next year, and then, by some magical and fantastical turn of events/spin, it will return. Bigtime.

retalivity

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

I've only recently started buying double quilted bog roll again so yes, its over

the evasion_kid

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

Yeah it is in dublin we've started snorting coke with €50 euro notes again and throwing them away

blackcard

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

The Bailout is finished at least for the moment so the Bailout Years are over

Mongfinder General

Locking into a fixed rate mortgage at 5.59% in 2008. ****ing painful

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

All jokes aside...Is the recession over? Things as still bad as far as I can see. Dublin must be recovering some bit but anywhere outside of it is anything but thriving. I'm drunk so I'll shut up now.

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

LaVail

retalivity wrote: »

I've only recently started buying double quilted bog roll again so yes, its over

Unless it's andrex quilts with plush cushiony layers then we're not out of the woods yet!

Greentopia

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.

SEPT 23 1989

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

Greece will not be allowed win

LaVail

Wanderer78 wrote: »

far from over im afraid. dublin and a few other places dont seem to be doing too bad but other smaller towns, villages and even cities aint doing great. dont think irelands economy will be great for a while. deeply concerned of the amount of people in arrears with their mortgages. have a funny feeling the whole euro zone is gonna stagnate for a while. very interesting to watch the whole greece thing. at least somebody is sticking it to the imf but i have a funny feeling greece are gonna get shafted here.

That's what I was thinking. I have many friends in trouble. No jobs, no money and mortgages to pay. I'm lucky enough to be debt free and in work but 75% of my mates are on the dole, not by choice though I might add. In my opinion Ireland as a whole wont recover for another few years yet.

SCOOP 64

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

We had to let the third car go - it was tough, but needs must. And the kitchen hasn't been remodeled since all this madness began. We just toughed it out. The shaker Maple has really begun to grate though.

I feel your pain.

Wanderer78

Greentopia wrote: »

Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.

jebus is that what we were? greece's 25% is scary though. dublin seems pretty strong to me. seems to be bouncing back but then again clerys brings it back to earth.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Greece will not be allowed win

yea i think its game set and match

LaVail wrote: »

That's what I was thinking. I have many friends in trouble. No jobs, no money and mortgages to pay. I'm lucky enough to be debt free and in work but 75% of my mates are on the dole, not by choice though I might add. In my opinion Ireland as a whole wont recover for another few years yet.

yea its not nice to watch people in trouble. its been very difficult to watch all this unfold

thebaz

blackcard wrote: »

The lowest point for me was the day of the Bailout itself, our leaders slumped without hope or leadership, watching little old Ireland making headlines international headlines on Sky, BBC, CNN, Bloomers. I wondered whither Ireland. That was the day I stopped watching the news. That was the lowest point of the Bailout Years for me. What was your lowest point?

The lowest point for me was realising that the party (Fianna Fail) who caused the mess that forced the bailout were once again the largest party - how quickly the Irish public forgave , and made them once again the largest party in the land.
Hopefully they will never get into power again

Wanderer78

thebaz wrote: »

The lowest point for me was realising that the party (Fianna Fail) who caused the mess that forced the bailout were once again the largest party - how quickly the Irish public forgave , and made them once again the largest party in the land.
Hopefully they will never get into power again

dont be surprised if they walz back in. i was recently talking to a chap thats up to his eyeballs in debt(mortgage), lost his job, moved and got a new job, which isnt exactly stable, and said, he cant wait for them to get back into power! scary people in this country.

MRnotlob606

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that the Labour party are finished due their betrayal of the common folk.Pat rabitte and Joan Burton are going to set up as a duet and sing "unchained melody" to raise funds for the next election campaign.

cloud493

Eating ****ing beans and oven chips from the tesco value range for 2 meals every day for nearly 8 months.
Struggling to pay rent every month
Not buying any new clothes for over a year.

LaVail

Wanderer78 wrote: »

yea its not nice to watch people in trouble. its been very difficult to watch all this unfold

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

Plates

LaVail wrote: »

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

thanks for that. interesting to hear. only been to the states once, years ago. feckin recession! was talking to an american girl here while ago. said something similar.

Wanderer78

Plates wrote: »

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

probably already is

LaVail

Plates wrote: »

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

Wanderer78 wrote: »

thanks for that. interesting to hear. only been to the states once, years ago. feckin recession! was talking to an american girl here while ago. said something similar.

I'm drunk sorry

Thought I was making sense but doesn't look like it.

blackcard

cloud493 wrote: »

Eating ****ing beans and oven chips from the tesco value range for 2 meals every day for nearly 8 months.

I wasn't that bad. Got rid of satellite TV, no foreign holidays, got rid of the landlines phone, no new furniture but never went hungry

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

I'm drunk sorry

Thought I was making sense but doesn't look like it.

hahaha. here let me pour that beer for you. you're not drunk enough

Wanderer78

blackcard wrote: »

I wasn't that bad. Got rid of satellite TV, no foreign holidays, got rid of the landlines phone, no new furniture but never went hungry

to be honest folks, i think we needed this kick in the hole but its still not nice to watch unfold

MRnotlob606

LaVail wrote:

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

There's a lot of obscene wealth in the US.It's very disproportionately distributed though.