Boards in 1939

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 9:53pm #1

It's the summer of 1939. What topics and views are being expressed on Boards.ie?

Leg End Reject · 08-05-2021 9:56pm

Hitler.

odyssey06 · 08-05-2021 9:57pm

The Brits and French should have gone to war with Germany over Munich

Will there be a war

What is Ireland doing to prepare for a European war... should we stay neutral

Refighting the Spanish civil war

Smoking in cinemas

The price of a pint

Motor cars v horses

Partition

Wtf is the internet.. how am I reading this? Am I drunk?

Wanderer2010 · 08-05-2021 9:58pm

Clark Gable reckless use of the word "damn"...

StevenToast · 08-05-2021 9:59pm

Travellers, the dole, social housing

Timberrrrrrrr · 08-05-2021 10:00pm

Somehow it was all the Brits fault and dole scroungers won't go to war because they get more money on the dole.

Smee_Again · 08-05-2021 10:00pm

A little skirmish in Poland, but it’ll be over by Christmas.

Halenvaneddie · 08-05-2021 10:00pm

That Hiltler fella seems like a driven young go-getter

Strumms · 08-05-2021 10:01pm

de Valera was met by Benito Mussolini in Rome and they had lunch together, actually lunch was held in his honor.

That would be a fun thread...

votecounts · 08-05-2021 10:01pm

Whats "The Emergency"?

Church on Tuesday · 08-05-2021 10:03pm

StevenToast wrote: »

Travellers, the dole, social housing

Travelers were an entirely different (even respected) thing back then.

Stalin getting into bed with Hitler.

Say Your Number · 08-05-2021 10:05pm

The World has gone to sh1te, everything was so much better in the 1910s.

whisky_galore · 08-05-2021 10:06pm

Whinging about the Brits and hoping the Germans will whup them good, because the Germans can't be all that bad.

Opinions on company keeping.

Best priest for giving good Mass.

08-05-2021 10:07pm

Indepth discussion on pro/con of car ownership vs horse

I remember seeing a post war article highlighting how a horse was more econmical/practicable than a tractor for farming

0lddog · 08-05-2021 10:08pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

It's the summer of 1939. What topics and views are being expressed on Boards.ie?

I guess this thread is Froggies particular way of marking today, VE* Day.

* - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:11pm

Be guessing Father ##№№ sermon on Sunday and the price of Woodbines

Buddy Bubs · 08-05-2021 10:12pm

The 2 genders

odyssey06 · 08-05-2021 10:12pm

There'd be a certain cohort never missing an opportunity to praise Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and drop anti-semitic references and maybe anti-British ones too.
A certain cohort praising Stalin and his 10 Year Plan.

Questions about how much we should help refugees from Europe.

Questions about how to and where to go if you are trying to emigrate to the US, UK.

08-05-2021 10:13pm

"That McQuaid fellow would make a wonderful Archbishop, De Valera looks awful shook and needs someone of his stature to take the reins."

archer22 · 08-05-2021 10:15pm

What should be done with unmarried mothers and girls who show too much interest in the opposite sex.

08-05-2021 10:17pm

The 'Good' Witch of the North was the actual villain.

Conall Cernach · 08-05-2021 10:17pm

"England's difficulty is Ireland's opportunity (again)."

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:17pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Indepth discussion on pro/con of car ownership vs horse

I remember seeing a post war article highlighting how a horse was more econmical/practicable than a tractor for farming

Ferguson t20 wiped out the horse and a huge percentage of farm labour along with it, a few quid a diesel and a basic understanding of how to screw stuff on and off versus hay , farrier and vet fees

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:18pm

People having inside loos

whisky_galore · 08-05-2021 10:18pm

Would you marry a Protestant? Discuss.

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:23pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Would you marry a Protestant? Discuss.

20 years too early, aunt married a protestant she was hired to in the 40s, from what I've been told sh1tfest on both sides

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 10:24pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Would you marry a Protestant? Discuss.

Would you? You'll be ex-communicated.

odyssey06 · 08-05-2021 10:25pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Would you?

Are you?

08-05-2021 10:27pm

Someone would blame the annexation of the Sudetenland on "woke".

Say Your Number · 08-05-2021 10:30pm

Anyone hear the song on 2RN by that fella Bing Crosby today, Christ it was an awful racket, how can young ones listen to such sh1te.

Burt Renaults · 08-05-2021 10:30pm

I know some people feel that Hitler goes a bit too far sometimes, but anyone who annoys the woke brigade as much as he does can't be all bad. Anyway, you can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs. History will be kind to him, mark my words.

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:30pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Someone would blame the annexation of the Sudetenland on "woke".

World was smaller then, dont think it would have raised an eyebrow

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 10:30pm

Should we take Hitler's lead and annex Northern Ireland? Poll.

mightyreds · 08-05-2021 10:31pm

Is henry ford a lizard person, Is he starting a big reset with Hitler, the upcoming war is a hoax

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 10:31pm

Burt Renaults wrote: »

I know some people feel that Hitler goes a bit too far sometimes, but anyone who annoys the woke brigade as much as he does can't be all bad. Anyway, you can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs. History will be kind to him, mark my words.

He owns the libs.

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:31pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

Anyone hear the song on 2RN by that fella Bing Crosby today, Christ it was an awful racket, how can young ones listen to such sh1te.

John McCormick number one for 72 weeks in a row

Burt Renaults · 08-05-2021 10:32pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

People having inside loos

It'll never catch on. Imagine doing that inside your own house. Absolutely disgusting if you ask me.

08-05-2021 10:32pm

General Franco's ban from social media.

StupidLikeAFox · 08-05-2021 10:33pm

If you chortle, you have been bested:

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:34pm

mightyreds wrote: »

Is henry ford a lizard person, Is he starting a big reset with Hitler, the upcoming war is a hoax

Henry was throwing money into Cork at the time, a god at the time, played ww2 well, factories producing for both sides

08-05-2021 10:34pm

How the lad who invented the internet in 1939 was worth his weight in half crowns.

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 10:34pm

Nazis or Fine Gael? Discuss

08-05-2021 10:35pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

Ferguson t20 wiped out the horse and a huge percentage of farm labour along with it, a few quid a diesel and a basic understanding of how to screw stuff on and off versus hay , farrier and vet fees

That was well into the 50s and 60s before it did (father remembers setting turnips in mid/late 70s with a horse)

WW2 and the explosion of mechanicisation seen to it,but up until then it was firmly in the balance as the amount of machinery available to horse such as mowers/hay turners ground driven sprayers etc was increasing every year

Afaik it also heralded the end of the big ship building yards as welding took over from rivets due to it being faster!

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:38pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Nazis or Fine Gael? Discuss

They were still blueshirts then, few years after they'd contemplated a coup when DeValera won

08-05-2021 10:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Someone would blame the annexation of the Sudetenland on "woke".

Or "volk", come to think of it...

whisky_galore · 08-05-2021 10:42pm

Today's TB numbers.

Cycling: best high nelly?

08-05-2021 10:43pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

Henry was throwing money into Cork at the time, a god at the time, played ww2 well, factories producing for both sides

probably have some melt saying we should support germany to align with henry ford anti-semite views....and not risk upsetting him,because be bad for economy

Gaoth Laidir · 08-05-2021 10:45pm

The pros and cons of moving from fossil fuel-burning kerosene lanterns to electric lightbulbs.

Kermit.de.frog · 08-05-2021 10:47pm

Your favorite priest?

archer22 · 08-05-2021 10:47pm

Lads here on the beach found a large metal safe with spikes on it, advice on how to open?

RandomViewer · 08-05-2021 10:48pm

archer22 wrote: »

Lads here on the beach found a large metal safe with spikes on it, advice on how to open?

Not funny and a few years later anyway
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballymanus_mine_disaster

Boards in 1939

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