Back in my day......

14-09-2007 12:52AM

I have a cigerette packet that doesen't have a health warning on it, jus a list of awards the company got between 1898 & 1905. Old cough!:p

leninbenjamin · 14-09-2007 12:53AM

back in the day no one thought i was weird for playing with Lego.

bronte · 14-09-2007 12:56AM

Terry wrote:

10p crisps were the greatest thing ever.

I agree...wonderful invention. Even meanies are ridiculously priced these days.
Then there were snaps...chickatees... monster munch...gawd I'd love some of them!!

Terry · 14-09-2007 01:07AM

bronte wrote:

I agree...wonderful invention. Even meanies are ridiculously priced these days.
Then there were snaps...chickatees... monster munch...gawd I'd love some of them!!

Chickatees are 35c.
That's some ****ing jump in price. I think they were in the 13-15p range, but still.

Ruu_Old · 14-09-2007 01:25AM

bronte wrote:

My parents still have an a-team crisps box, now filled with junk and stuff.
I always wondered what they tasted like.
I think the box said "spicy flavour"...are there any similar tasting crisps on the market today?!

I think Barry McGuigan crisps were spicy as well (same size bag for 5p).

bronte · 14-09-2007 01:38AM

35c for a bag half full of air?! grr! tasty though

Wonder if there's an air in crisp bag restriction limit?

Mahatma coat · 14-09-2007 04:21AM

10p crisps were cool,I was always wary of the 5p ones tho, very cheap and nasty generaly ttasted like sh!te and there was never enough in the bag.

and of course HB orange flavoured Sparklers for 10p ( they went 12 13 15 20 ) and Mr freezes for 5p.

and those lucky7 lollipops that gave the ultimate sugarbuzz

Manic Moran · 14-09-2007 04:52AM

There was a time, once, when you were not treated as self-loading cargo when travelling by air. You used to even get dressed up to go flying. You would (Gasp) get a free drink, maybe a Guinness on Aer Lingus (even if underage!) and a proper meal served with metal cutlery.

It wasn't that long ago. I'm only 32 and I remember it.

NTM

Manic Moran · 14-09-2007 04:56AM

zuutroy wrote:

For those of you who are lucky enough to be seeing this for the first time, prepare to laugh a lot

Rowan Atkinson?

What was he doing in that?

NTM

kowloon · 14-09-2007 06:48AM

Beruthiel wrote:

I miss real people.
The ones that used to answer a phone when you called up a company, now you get a recorded message suggesting 10 options, none of which you want and this takes up to half an hour to get through.

I really miss when you walked into your bank and you actually knew the people behind the counter, cos they stayed there for more than 5 mins.

I miss manners

Ahh. customer service, i think i saw something on that in the national museum, but you cant beat ringing a callcentre in India to log a request for someone in the IT dept. in the next room to come in and fix the printer.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 14-09-2007 07:17AM

Oh what do I miss.....

Well going swimming in "the baths" in Ballymun then going to 'the cake shop' (bakery) for my 5p gur cake 'cause I'd be bleed'n starving after playing in the pool for a few hours.

I miss fighting!!. People said it was my red hair which caused my bad tempers but I genuinely liked fighting. You know the arranged one's in a field after school!. I don't think ya get those anymore.

I miss, and I'm being genuine here, I miss good ol' Irish craic and being served by someone who could speak english in a family owned and run shop. Now its all Spar & Centra, broken English (if your lucky) and not a smile or a 'Ah Martin, nice morning.... blow it out your arse....'' kinda thing.

I miss playing in the forest which was once where Northwood estate is now, or going 'on the hop' from school.

Once I was 'on the hop' and wandering around St.Stephens green and a Christian Brother got talking to me, asked me did I ever **** and had I ever been with a girl etc, I was about 14 at the time and terrified of girls, but more terrified of pedo's!.

Dem was the days indeed.

DublinWriter · 14-09-2007 07:52AM

Manic Moran wrote:

There was a time, once, when you were not treated as self-loading cargo when travelling by air. You used to even get dressed up to go flying. You would (Gasp) get a free drink, maybe a Guinness on Aer Lingus (even if underage!) and a proper meal served with metal cutlery.

It wasn't that long ago. I'm only 32 and I remember it.

Yes, and you had to take out a second mortgage or sell a kidney to buy a ticket.

I'm 37 and I've already been through my nostalga crises. People tend to forget that the 70's and 80's sucked big-time in this country.

Back in my day, people would have never believed that we'd be as well off as we are today with such fantastic technology available so cheaply.

The only thing I'm truly nostaglic for is the decent health service we used to have.

Terry · 14-09-2007 10:00AM

Mairt wrote:

I miss fighting!!. People said it was my red hair which caused my bad tempers but I genuinely liked fighting. You know the arranged one's in a field after school!. I don't think ya get those anymore.

I remember having a few of those fight myself, on the green across the road from the school.
I'd imagine they no longer happen because of all the mammies and their SUV's.

Mairt wrote:

I miss playing in the forest which was once where Northwood estate is now, or going 'on the hop' from school.

I miss the woods too.
Even played there as a teenager. Although they were different games and involved girls.
I was talking to a friend about this the other day and we both wondered why the kids today no longer play in the woods. It was great craic. Making swings that went out over 50 foot drops and the like. The adrenalin rush was brilliant.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 14-09-2007 12:51PM

Tell ya another crazy thing Terry.

I don't think I discovered girls until I was about 16.

We were always too busy having the craic somewhere, then girls came along and spoilt it all.

Now here's a throw back to the days....

Anyone remember scutting on the backs of yellow bellies?.

Maple · 14-09-2007 01:44PM

i think we had more imagination as kids. toys out of boxes, houses out of the cut grass on the green. We played more too, always outside playing kick the can or british bulldog or chasing. there was saturday morning cartoons and then it was out onto the street to play.

my kid sister is 14, she wears makeup and kisses boys and watches MTV Super Sweet Sixteen all fcuking day on telly. When I was her age I was still climbing trees and the only thing boys were good for was having water balloon fights.

Cuddlesworth · 14-09-2007 02:08PM

Terry wrote:

I was talking to a friend about this the other day and we both wondered why the kids today no longer play in the woods.

A few reasons
*Parents fear of pedo's.
*Parents fear of them getting hurt.
*Parents fear of them getting hurt by pedo's.
*We don't have woods any more.

Terry · 14-09-2007 02:13PM

Paedo's didn't just appear over the last few years. They've always been around.
There were several bones broken in them woods too.
The woods I played in are still there.

Cuddlesworth · 14-09-2007 03:45PM

Terry wrote:

Paedo's didn't just appear over the last few years. They've always been around.
There were several bones broken in them woods too.
The woods I played in are still there.

True but the current media scare situation is much different to the old days meaning that parents spend much more time obsessing with these things then they used to.

Terry · 14-09-2007 03:57PM

I remember scares of the same nature when I was a kid.
It sells papers.

Duckjob · 14-09-2007 04:13PM

maple wrote:

my kid sister is 14, she wears makeup and kisses boys and watches MTV Super Sweet Sixteen all fcuking day on telly. When I was her age I was still climbing trees and the only thing boys were good for was having water balloon fights.

Climbing trees was the best thing ever. Todays kids are seriously missing out by not doing it. Playing Kick-the-can was class as well.

You can why the youngster today are such lard-arses, lounging around watching TV and texting their lard-arsey mates all day.

Manic Moran · 14-09-2007 05:19PM

Is British Bulldog (Or whatever it's called in Ireland) still an authorised game in Irish schools?

As you can imagine, it's been banned over in this neck of the woods. Too dangerous, apparently.

NTM

SpitfireIV · 15-09-2007 05:38PM

Duckjob wrote:

Climbing trees was the best thing ever. Todays kids are seriously missing out by not doing it.

Ah come now now, just imagine a kid 'trying' to climb a tree today and god forbid........scratching his/her elbow or knee!! Imagine the health and safety implications, not to mentions the law suits which would follow if the parents decided to sue the council for not having the tree properly cordoned off!!

Lord help us should the kid actually fall and break a bone!! There'd be a mass movement for the removal of all trees from public places, tree's in parks would be caged in and new goverment guidelines introduced with strict penalties for children caught within 5 metres of a tree in order to 'prevent injury to children as a result of tree climbing'.....:o

Happy days!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 15-09-2007 05:43PM

CroppyBoy1798 wrote:

Ah come now now, just imagine a kid 'trying' to climb a tree today and god forbid........scratching his/her elbow or knee!! Imagine the health and safety implications, not to mentions the law suits which would follow if the parents decided to sue the council for not having the tree properly cordoned off!!

Lord help us should the kid actually fall and break a bone!! There'd be a mass movement for the removal of all trees from public places, tree's in parks would be caged in and new goverment guidelines introduced with strict penalties for children caught within 5 metres of a tree in order to 'prevent injury to children as a result of tree climbing'.....:o

Happy days!

Thats probably pretty accurate.

I don't think my kids have ever climbed a tree, climbed and high wall and jumped, 'shinny' up a lamp post or have the ability to throw a rock or hit a bird with a small stone!.

jd83 · 15-09-2007 06:25PM

I know im probably a bit young for the whole back in the day but i miss when a night out of drunken madness didnt cost a small fortune. Some place are charging nearly six euro for a pint.

Archeron · 16-09-2007 03:21PM

Having just seen the new ad for Wurthers Originals, I am now planning to invent a time machine and go back to the crappy recession filled 80's.
They've taken away the classic ads kindly old man and the nice little kid and the fairytale style sunny room and replaced it with a cheeky little sh*t playing Nintendo complaining that his friends dad buys him more stuff, a father who looks like a complete dope who just sits there smiling at his cheeky little f**ker of a son who bitches for the whole ad, and to top it all off, they're in a people carrier, probably driving half a mile down the road to buy cigarettes and burgers.

GOD!!!

kowloon · 16-09-2007 03:35PM

What happened to buttered biscuits?

pretty-in-pink · 16-09-2007 03:51PM

I miss 10p sparklers (yummy ice pops), and fat frogs, and vicks sweets, and super ted vitamins, and proper sized mars bars, and all the other yummy sweeties (thundercats I think) and bosco. he rocked. oh an twink magazine, and gay byrne doing the toy show, when you were allowed stay up late to watch it.

Ruu_Old · 16-09-2007 03:56PM

Archeron wrote:

Having just seen the new ad for Wurthers Originals, I am now planning to invent a time machine and go back to the crappy recession filled 80's.
They've taken away the classic ads kindly old man and the nice little kid and the fairytale style sunny room and replaced it with a cheeky little sh*t playing Nintendo complaining that his friends dad buys him more stuff, a father who looks like a complete dope who just sits there smiling at his cheeky little f**ker of a son who bitches for the whole ad, and to top it all off, they're in a people carrier, probably driving half a mile down the road to buy cigarettes and burgers.

GOD!!!

Ah the one below sounds cool though, better than the 30GIGS! brat.

*hums along*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOijMTnJv4E

DeVore · 16-09-2007 03:58PM

When I consider the things I did as a kid, not only do I shudder to think of them and wonder how I ever managed to make it to 38 but how my parents didnt sue the crap out of everything (instead I got a clip on the ear and a stern talking to), I'll never know.

A good mate will bail you out of jail, your best mate will be sitting beside you goin "that was MAAAAAAAAD!!!"

DeV.

zuutroy · 16-09-2007 04:25PM

pretty-in-pink wrote:

and vicks sweets

Nice one! remembered the taste instantly...and the way they used to all stick together!

Back in my day......

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