Arthur Ryan founder of Penny's RIP

TuringBot47 · 08-07-2019 10:23PM #1

Penny's had such a huge impact on Ireland especially in the pre Celtic Tiger age.
Going from one store in Mary St to 370 worldwide is a serious legacy.

https://www.joe.ie/news/arthur-ryan-founder-penneys-died-age-83-674784

He died on July 8th but his exact date of birth isn't known yet but is in July.
It would be a small amusement if his birthday was within the next day or two which probably translates his age to 83.99 years.

No idea what he was like to work under or his ethics, but he clothe a large portion of the Irish population.

Rip.

Hoboo · 08-07-2019 10:25PM

83.99.......i did giggle.

branie2 · 08-07-2019 10:25PM

May he rest in peace

JP Liz V1 · 08-07-2019 11:43PM

Penneys, always guaranteed a bargain

RIP

Harry Palmr · 08-07-2019 11:50PM

His sending off will be cheaper but essentially just the same as all other comparable funerals

09-07-2019 12:05AM

If you said something like ''looks like the Penney's finally dropped'' about 10 years ago on here you'd get a laugh for it. Nowadays you'd get a warning/thread ban or a stay classy retort from some lick...

... which is why I'm not gonna say it.

ILoveYourVibes · 09-07-2019 12:21AM

RIP.

Ursus Horribilis · 09-07-2019 12:41AM

When I was growing up, the Penneys Christmas ad was one of the signs that the festive season was upon us.

09-07-2019 01:41AM

Thank you Sir, for the two euro tee-shirts, the affordable beach clothes, and most importantly, the cheapest no-show loafer socks in the city.

If you're reading this, please add to the variety in the homeware section at the Mary Street branch, it really is lacking. And now with ikea... Well, anyway.

*Throws rose*

MadYaker · 09-07-2019 01:51AM

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

janfebmar · 09-07-2019 01:59AM

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

Indeed I remember about 40 years ago there were lots of clothes factories in the country, giving employment to many thousands. Now all those skills are lost, and disposable rubbish is imported at a huge cost to the environment from sweatshops in the far east.

Hoboo · 09-07-2019 09:56AM

Making money off the blood of children, a real modern day Robin Hood.

topper75 · 09-07-2019 12:14PM

A great Irish achiever. I salute him.

"ocean full of rubbish" "blood of children" FFS - students union communist amateur melodramatic soc!

Cienciano · 09-07-2019 12:18PM

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

Arthur Ryan is responsible for these 10 rivers?

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/

Get a grip :rolleyes:

Thelonious Monk · 09-07-2019 12:24PM

That level of cheap disposable fashion can't be a good thing. I know in the Oxford street branch there are trolleys for shoppers because they buy so much cheap tat at once.

Cienciano · 09-07-2019 12:39PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

That level of cheap disposable fashion can't be a good thing. I know in the Oxford street branch there are trolleys for shoppers because they buy so much cheap tat at once.

How do you expect people with less money to cloth themselves? Potato sacks?

Bobblehats · 09-07-2019 12:42PM

Yeh Pennies was never a rip?! ..Hence the name pennies just affordable, sensible clothing

Woke Hogan · 09-07-2019 12:43PM

Omackeral wrote: »

If you said something like ''looks like the Penney's finally dropped'' about 10 years ago on here you'd get a laugh for it.

Yeah, a pity laugh.

SEPT 23 1989 · 09-07-2019 12:43PM

He liberated children from hand me downs

Guy:Incognito · 09-07-2019 12:45PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

Yeh Pennies was never a rip?! ..Hence the name pennies just affordable, sensible clothing

Except , its Penneys.

Bobblehats · 09-07-2019 12:47PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Except , its Penneys.

now that’s just common cents

Thelonious Monk · 09-07-2019 01:19PM

Cienciano wrote: »

How do you expect people with less money to cloth themselves? Potato sacks?

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

TuringBot47 · 09-07-2019 01:37PM

Hoboo wrote: »

Making money off the blood of children, a real modern day Robin Hood.

What melodramatic rubbish.
There's no slavery, people take jobs to feed their families.
Otherwise they can quit.

He certainly has provided jobs to hundreds/thousands of people in this country directly.

But if you genuinely feel that way then get up off your arse and protest outside shops.

Allinall · 09-07-2019 01:38PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

Women?

TuringBot47 · 09-07-2019 01:40PM

MadYaker wrote: »

One of the main reasons the ocean is full of rubbish.

One of the main reasons why After Hours is full of rubbish.
Maybe we could split AH into age and IQ ranges to avoid that sort of post.

Autosport · 09-07-2019 01:42PM

May he rest in peace xxxx

rireland · 09-07-2019 01:45PM

Terrible damage done to the environment.

Kintarō Hattori · 09-07-2019 01:51PM

rireland wrote: »

Terrible damage done to the environment.

How? I suspect only if you're silly enough to throw out perfectly usable clothes. I have worn many Penney's items over the years and found them to be just as durable, for the most part, as clothes from other brands. I still have and wear many casual shirts that were bought there years and years ago.

Mrs OBumble · 09-07-2019 01:58PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Buy less and better quality. The crap women buy in penneys is nearly always stuff they don't actually need.

And it falls apart after the 3rd trip through the washing machine. Total waste of money.

Woke Hogan · 09-07-2019 02:12PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

What melodramatic rubbish.
There's no slavery, people take jobs to feed their families.
Otherwise they can quit.

He certainly has provided jobs to hundreds/thousands of people in this country directly.

But if you genuinely feel that way then get up off your arse and protest outside shops.

I presume you would have been happy as a fifteen year old to take a job stitching together rags for pennies to feed your family? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: How do their five euro boots taste?

Guy:Incognito · 09-07-2019 04:05PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I presume you would have been happy as a fifteen year old to take a job stitching together rags for pennies to feed your family? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: How do their five euro boots taste?

You're dead right.

Take the jobs away and let the ****ers starve.

Arthur Ryan founder of Penny's RIP

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