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Your biggest extravagance during the Celtic Tiger

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    #62
    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,436 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    From someone who was only a young lad during the good years, the way people go on about it sounds like there was just endless trunks of money available to everyone.
    There was. Literally you'd think nothing of heading off to a European city for a weekend break. Lack of Money was Never an excuse not to


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    #63
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    blueser wrote: »
    4 pages in, and no mention of acquiring a wife/husband/mistress/girlfriend/boyfriend/any combination of those yet?

    I picked up a wife during the tiger period. I classified that as an investment. To be honest I've lost a lot on it at this stage. When is it time to cut your losses?


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    #64
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    A Latte and cake on pay day.


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    #65
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    Did coke off my secretary's ass in the penthouse of the Four Seasons while my wife was waiting for me to come to our anniversary dinner in Guilbaud's.

    Or at least I would have had I been in a position to be extravagant. Next recession I'll say the above and it'll be a fact.


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    #66
    Frynge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    3 patio heaters, that right 3!


    Didn't even have a patio.


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    #67
    *Kol*
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    Frynge wrote: »
    3 patio heaters, that right 3!


    Didn't even have a patio.

    You could have put them on your deck!


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    #68
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    We were very poor in the tiger. Got fed up being offered credit. Started buying gold with what little we had. That gold just gave us 20% down on our first house. Still poor but now we rent from ourselves. Win!


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    #69
    C.K Dexter Haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,711 ✭✭✭C.K Dexter Haven


    I decked the hall with boughs of holly,
    Fa, la la la laaaa , la la la la.


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    #70
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    gordongekko wrote: »
    I picked up a wife during the tiger period. I classified that as an investment. To be honest I've lost a lot on it at this stage. When is it time to cut your losses?

    Trade her in for a younger model maybe?


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