Invasion of flat caps and wrangler jeans...?

Road-Hog

Traditionally the capital would get infested with the above on this day every year. Not living up there anymore but just wondering has this tradition declined...?

dr.fuzzenstein

Maybe not since the line-dancing craze has subsided. They blend in now. Makes them far more dangerous because hard to spot.

Sofiztikated

Haven't seen a pair of wranglers in forever.

Crosshatch jeans and superdry jackets is the go to uniform now.

Wibbs

Wrangler jeans are an affront to God and man.

Panthro

Levis for life.
I'm kidding I can't afford levis
Penny's finest

Carry

Wibbs wrote: »

Wrangler jeans are an affront to God and man.

Why?






*typing while scraping off the mud on my wellies*

BeerWolf

Sexy!

McMurphy

Good pair of Tommy Hilfiger Jeans will stand by you for years, I've tried all the others, and none last as long (or make my hole look so good) as a pair of Tommys.

**pats own arse**

CinemaGuy45

BeerWolf wrote: »

Sexy!

What city are you in there?

Anybody know who this guy is?

gifted

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

What city are you in there?

Anybody know who this guy is?

Donal Skehan...let himself go since he moved to LA

Vita nova

Road-Hog wrote: »

Traditionally the capital would get infested with the above on this day every year. Not living up there anymore but just wondering has this tradition declined...?

December the 8th as a major shopping day started to die when the schools stopped closing for the 8th (religious feast) and department stores stopped having sales. Add to that, internet shopping and increased shopping options closer to home and now it's just like any other shopping day. I read that in Dublin city centre it's no longer even in the top ten days in December in terms of footfall and I'd imagine it's similar for other cities.

peter4918

Anybody know who this guy is?

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I think that is George RR Martin author of Game of Thrones

orourkeda1977

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Maybe not since the line-dancing craze has subsided. They blend in now. Makes them far more dangerous because hard to spot.

Insidious culchie. That's some al Qaeda culchiness.

Road-Hog

Vita nova wrote: »

December the 8th as a major shopping day started to die when the schools stopped closing for the 8th (religious feast) and department stores stopped having sales. Add to that, internet shopping and increased shopping options closer to home and now it's just like any other shopping day. I read that in Dublin city centre it's no longer even in the top ten days in December in terms of footfall and I'd imagine it's similar for other cities.

I wasn’t really looking for a serious analytical response.....more a bit of reminiscing about days of old...!

bazz26

Just another Healy-Rae at the Dail day so. :pac:

ToddyDoody

Road-Hog wrote: »

Traditionally the capital would get infested with the above on this day every year.

Dublin - a true beacon of light for the rest of us.

endacl

peter4918 wrote: »

I think that is George RR Martin author of Game of Thrones Beatles producer in pirate mode.

Funnier, but a little lateral.

Atoms for Peace

Thanks to Ryanair it's now actually cheaper to fly to a proper city rather than going to Dublin.

TheValeyard

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

What city are you in there?

Anybody know who this guy is?

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L1011

The December 8th invasion was only when it was on a weekday and the rural schools had it off (and very few city ones did). This is a weekend, what little is left of it won't happen.

Poor Uncle Tom

Wibbs wrote: »

Wrangler jeans are an affront to God and man.

If I didn't have the Wranglers I'd have be nakkid since the 1960's

decky1

Ah the ould Wrangler great jeans but Levis were always nice and soft to the touch.

Church on Tuesday

Yup because all of us who hail from the country must be backward, knuckle dragging Neanderthals enthralled by the spectacle of the "Big Shmoke".

I do like wearing flat caps though. Very comfy. Fashionable too.

donegal_man

You're more likely to see a flat cap and bushy beard on some urban hipster now than on any self respecting rural dweller.

I hate to break it to you but Guiney's is no longer the universal fulcrum of haute couture fashion. If a strapping young Garda needs a new pair of slacks so he can meet a nice young nurse at a dance of a Thursday night in Barry's hotel then Amazon seem to have it covered.

Plus a train ride no longer feels like the orient express rolling into Istanbul at 4AM in the fog, and the idea of clutching onto a set of rosary beads for dear life while battling through the hordes of murderous marauding jackeens is no day at the beach either.

John Sacrimoni

Rumour has it they have actual shopping centres outside Dublin now, shocking.

6541

Jackeens are a plague. 5 am drunken contribution...

RobbingBandit

Nuttin beats a ramble to the big smokkkkkkkke, but whatch out for the chinamen and themlike.

RabbleRouser2k

John Sacrimoni wrote: »

Rumour has it they have actual shopping centres outside Dublin now, shocking.

Amazon, ebay, shopping trips to New York, the weakened £ have all changed things.

I've gotten some great deals from online that cut a solid 100 euros (maybe more) off of my Christmas spending. I can sit at my computer and get a deal on ebay, or Amazon that's half price compared to the local shopping centres.

Folks I know who were spending, on average, €50 every two months on contact lenses, are now spending €15 for the same prescription, but buying online. (Lenses do the same job-totally legit).