Are we heading back to the 80's?

hakenberg · 22-11-2008 01:54AM #1

Is it just me or does anybody else get a warm feeling while listening to the news or reading the tabloids and broadsheets.

Every report seems to state we have not been in these various fiscal situations for the past 20 or 30 years.

In my honest opinion (hate text speak) and in my ripe old age of 33 I can remember the 80's and early 90's

They were my best memories,neighbours spoke to one another, the music was great,the term "boy racers" was not in the dictionary and a single road death was a headline not a statistic,we walked miles to school,restraunts always had a prawn cocktail or melon stater, the music was better (or is that just my age).

Sharpshooter · 22-11-2008 02:02AM

hakenberg wrote: »

Is it just me or does anybody else get a warm feeling while listening to the news or reading the tabloids and broadsheets.

Every report seems to state we have not been in these various fiscal situations for the past 20 or 30 years.

In my honest opinion (hate text speak) and in my ripe old age of 33 I can remember the 80's and early 90's

They were my best memories,neighbours spoke to one another, the music was great,the term "boy racers" was not in the dictionary and a single road death was a headline not a statistic,we walked miles to school,restraunts always had a prawn cocktail or melon stater, the music was better (or is that just my age).

Dallas ftw..

Tommy Burns · 22-11-2008 02:02AM

"And you could leave your key in the front door" (but that was because nobody had fook all worth robbing

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jester77 · 22-11-2008 02:04AM

hakenberg wrote: »

Is it just me or does anybody else get a warm feeling while listening to the news or reading the tabloids and broadsheets.

Every report seems to state we have not been in these various fiscal situations for the past 20 or 30 years.

In my honest opinion (hate text speak) and in my ripe old age of 33 I can remember the 80's and early 90's

They were my best memories,neighbours spoke to one another, the music was great,the term "boy racers" was not in the dictionary and a single road death was a headline not a statistic,we walked miles to school,restraunts always had a prawn cocktail or melon stater, the music was better (or is that just my age).

I'll agree with everything except the music bit!

graciegrace · 22-11-2008 02:05AM

in your dreams were going to the 80's no jobs, smelly smoky pubs, everything grey, margaret thatcher, poll tax in england, no jobs, dole queues,

yellow packs margarine sandwiches,
strikes,
no buses, strikes,
no jobs

forget it!:rolleyes:

admiralofthefleet · 22-11-2008 02:06AM

my local boozer was empty earlier on when i dropped in for a pint. i remember in the early 90's that place was heaving on a friday night with 6 lounge staff working, i was one of them. so in my experience no, we arent heading back to the old days

Supermanscat · 22-11-2008 02:11AM

i hope not because if we got back to the eighties i wouldnt be born and that would suck!

hakenberg · 22-11-2008 02:12AM

graciegrace wrote: »

yellow packs margarine sandwiches,
strikes,
no buses, strikes,
no jobs

forget it!:rolleyes:

We are already there on these points :rolleyes:

Allbeit Yellow Pack has changed to amber.

axel rose · 22-11-2008 02:16AM

I loved the way my mother used to describe every big house she saw as 'just like south fork'......oh for the days when everything Dallas was classy.........:D (Is that the right name? What a crap name for a house!!)

RATM · 22-11-2008 02:42AM

Wispa bars ftw

Senna · 22-11-2008 02:47AM

I'd say well be in worse shape than in the 80's, we'll have all the current problem that aren't going away cause of a recession, with none of the 'small country culture' that we had in the 80's.

Quazzie · 22-11-2008 02:49AM

hakenberg wrote: »

Is it just me or does anybody else get a warm feeling while listening to the news or reading the tabloids and broadsheets.

Every report seems to state we have not been in these various fiscal situations for the past 20 or 30 years.

In my honest opinion (hate text speak) and in my ripe old age of 33 I can remember the 80's and early 90's

They were my best memories,neighbours spoke to one another, the music was great,the term "boy racers" was not in the dictionary and a single road death was a headline not a statistic,we walked miles to school,restraunts always had a prawn cocktail or melon stater, the music was better (or is that just my age).

So great you named it twice.

It might be great thinking of the good old 80's but imho (i luvs txt speak) the 80's isn't gonna be a patch on what we are going to experience. If I were you I'd be worrying about how they lived during the crash in the 20's, because all factors taken into consideration thats the epic fall that we are about to have,

Njoy
Ktnxbai

marcsignal · 22-11-2008 03:15AM

as long as we can minimize the rebirth of (P)rick astley...

Ruu_Old · 22-11-2008 03:18AM

Brilliant, I can get my shell suit out!

Rhyme · 22-11-2008 03:20AM

Ruu wrote:

Brilliant, I get get shell suit out!

"It was acceptable in the 80's*"

*courtesy of Calvin Harris

greatgoal · 22-11-2008 03:48AM

is there anybody that can actually remember the 80s?

Zaph · 22-11-2008 03:57AM

greatgoal wrote: »

is there anybody that can actually remember the 80s?

Yep, and it wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs. I left school in 1984 and I'd say half my class had left the country by 1986. Some of the music was better though.

Senna · 22-11-2008 03:59AM

greatgoal wrote: »

is there anybody that can actually remember the 80s?

Not everyone here is pre-pubescent:rolleyes:

Darragh29 · 22-11-2008 04:04AM

greatgoal wrote: »

is there anybody that can actually remember the 80s?

Yeah, I remember huge classes and if we had round roast for dinner on Sunday, we'd have beef sambo's for school lunch until the following Thursday! I remember loads and loads of lads in my class, their Da's were unemployed. I remember lads coming to school with no copy books 'cos their parents couldn't afford to buy them.

One particular Christian Brother made a point of telling the whole class what the story was when this happened, humiliating one poor kid that was in this situation, by saying, "and I bet you that your Dad has money to go to the pub and drink his arse off at the weekend, doesn't he?"...

Wurly · 22-11-2008 04:06AM

My 80's childhood lunch consisted of fatty ham sandwiches with heinz sandwich spread, a panky bar and thrift orange 'squash'.:(

Good times.:pac:

Darragh29 · 22-11-2008 04:12AM

I remember getting into a row in school (6th class), because some lad in the class starting running around saying that I was eating a "sh*te sandwich", because he saw I had beef in the sambo!

Hehe, I remember getting "the leather" strap from the principal in the CBS for running around in the school yard!

I've a mate who's Da used to have a bread run back then and my mate said to me recently that he remembers father's in the estate coming to the house at around 9 or 10 at night, looking for any spare loaves of bread that might be in the back of the van that would be thrown out in the morning... Seriously, this did happen apparently...

greatgoal · 22-11-2008 08:32AM

i reared my 3 youngest kids during the 80s and it was tough,i wouldnt wish a repeat of that on any young couple.

Highsider · 22-11-2008 10:15AM

If it's only as bad as the 80's i'll be delighted....Q the folks who said "property crash ha ha ha" and also the "soft landing crowd" and not forgetting the classic " the banks will never be in trouble" crowd.:rolleyes:

Caoimhín · 22-11-2008 10:24AM

Tri wrote: »

My 80's childhood lunch consisted of fatty ham sandwiches with heinz sandwich spread, a panky bar and thrift orange 'squash'.:(

Good times.:pac:

Your so lucky, you must have been loaded.

My 80's childhood consisted of fat sandwiches with turnip sandwich spread, a lump of coal and water.

Turd Ferguson · 22-11-2008 10:36AM

Caoimhín wrote: »

Your so lucky, you must have been loaded.

My 80's childhood consisted of fat sandwiches with turnip sandwich spread, a lump of coal and water.

Oh la la. My childhood consisted of asbestos sandwiches and for desert I would get stabbed in the chest...and I was happy to even get that!!

Nolanger · 22-11-2008 05:02PM

There's only one fast solution to solving the current jobs crisis - Self Aid 2.

af_thefragile · 22-11-2008 05:04PM

I don't really remember the 80's...

Music was slightly better though, still too popish/glamish for my taste.
The 70's were better... Music wise...

Gyladene · 22-11-2008 05:06PM

He-Man, She-Ra and the Smurfs are about all I remember from the 80s. And mi madre blaring Billy Idol.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 22-11-2008 05:09PM

Huh! You thought you had it bad? Throughout the 80s I lived off milk and crushed vegetables. Although apparantly being a baby is shítty at any time...

Turd Ferguson · 22-11-2008 05:24PM

Nolanger wrote: »

Self Aid

Masterbation thread thataway ===>

ejmaztec · 22-11-2008 05:26PM

My family used to send food, money, clothes and toys, from England to Ireland in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. My cousins tuk are Lego - bastards!

Our house was like a transit camp for immigrants off the boat looking for work. Myself and my siblings had to sleep on the floor when our feckin' relatives showed up.

Happy Days.:(

I can't vouch for the music, always assuming that in the 80s, Glenn Miller was probably quite high in the Irish pop charts. :P

Are we heading back to the 80's?

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