The Good Recession

donmeister · 07-11-2009 02:33PM

Joey the lips wrote: »

Anybody else try those 500ml bottles in lidl/aldi you know the 6 for 7 euro. I found them lovely. For the life of me I cannot think of the name of them but they are a german pills.

Perlenbacher? Or something like that I think

lolli · 07-11-2009 02:36PM

The recession made me pregnant

Can't find a job myself but thankfully my other half earns enough to keep us all going.

Great time to get bargains on baby stuff :P

LEIN · 07-11-2009 02:37PM

I too have had some nice cheap German beer from Lidl. The wine can be good too.

Rhyme · 07-11-2009 02:49PM

I stopped shaving.

last week.

The Pontiac · 07-11-2009 02:51PM

Dord wrote: »

Spaten is damn nice! :cool:

Spaten is always only €2 for 500ml bottles in Aldi, and is a real premium beer. It can be got in some Centras for this price too. It's probably my favourite beer along with Pilsner Urquell. You haven't tasted great beer until you've tried Pilsner Urquell.

LEIN · 07-11-2009 02:52PM

Rhyme wrote: »

I stopped shaving.

last week.

I just use a kitchen knife and cold water now.

If they start charging for water i will just give up.

Quazzie · 07-11-2009 02:54PM

<Ollie> wrote: »

One sip of this stuff and you'd know it's not a German Beer.

Chancing bastards

Dord · 09-11-2009 01:04AM

<Ollie> wrote: »

Spaten is always only €2 for 500ml bottles in Aldi, and is a real premium beer. It can be got in some Centras for this price too. It's probably my favourite beer along with Pilsner Urquell. You haven't tasted great beer until you've tried Pilsner Urquell.

ORLY?! :eek:

Guess I'll be goin' to Aldi soon. Haven't tried Pilsner Urquell yet but my favourite would be Paulaner Salvator. Very strong but nice. :cool:

mad m · 09-11-2009 01:14AM

You think you were all alcohols the way its all about drink..Please think of the children!!!

My son has his list wrote out for xmas already, a few lines had to be crossed through a few things, he was not impressed that santa is going through a reccession as well....:)

Keogg · 09-11-2009 01:22AM

brummytom wrote: »

Bavaria is fucking lovely

Peasants the lot of ye:D
Hate Bav with a passion, but then, don't like beer at all really!

Really IMO the best place to shop at the minute would be Dunnes Stores, or to a lesser extent Tesco. I never looked at it as real cheap, but lately its been great, and there is a huge majority of Irish products compared to Lidl/Aldi which are ALL from Europe.
I mean, I don't expect people to go and try finding Irish pineapples and mangos, But why oh why do we need to buy apples from new zealand and pears from Spain?! It just doesn't make sense.
Also in Dunnes: 3 irish free range chickens for 9 euro. (well its actually a mix'n'match on loads of meat products! lol)

mcmoustache · 09-11-2009 01:29AM

I was broke during the Celtic Tiger days. I didn't buy a house or get into debt. I worked factorys and other unskilled labour. Then I started doing well (software) when the country went to shít. I thought I'd be able to be smug about it. Some cash, but most importantly no debt or negative equity. But the smugness was wiped off my face quickly enough when I realised I was going to be punished anyway with higher taxes.

That said, I'm still better off now than ever

.

tba · 09-11-2009 01:32AM

I started brewing my own beer... beat that ya big spenders!

congo_90 · 09-11-2009 02:09AM

The irony is that while I cut back on things by not driving etc im still spending like crazy on stuff like clothes, nights out etc or it seems that way because everything is so cheap now.
My shoes don't have holes in em!

OneArt · 09-11-2009 02:31AM

Beer is for girls.

Tonnes of cheap vodka and wine from Tesco. Stronger, gets you wasted faster, lasts longer (well not in my case...).

Lukekul · 09-11-2009 11:35AM

Beer is for Girls?

Vodka and wine are for real men? wtf? when the hell did this turn around happen? Did it come in with purple shirts, nivea ****é for men and metrosexuals?

CianRyan · 09-11-2009 11:44AM

I haven't changed at all...
I never over spent to begine with and I'm still broke.

I honestly wouldn't know if we came out of recession tomorrow.

CianRyan · 09-11-2009 11:45AM

Lukekul wrote: »

Beer is for Girls?

Vodka and wine are for real men? wtf? when the hell did this turn around happen? Did it come in with purple shirts, nivea ****é for men and metrosexuals?

I can get behind this.
Guinness, FTW.

nibtrix · 09-11-2009 12:05PM

jiltloop wrote: »

reading books is cheap and a great way to spend time. There's a whole world inside every book (well the good ones anyway) and they only cost a tenner!

+ 1,000,000 on reading, only problem is it's not cheap!! I read 3-4 books a week, if I paid a tenner each I'd be broke in no time! For the true recessionist, it's libraries all the way. Unfortunately the libraries in Ireland are mostly poorly stocked, but they'll keep you going.

To hop on the beer wagon, Staropramen seems to be €2 for a 500ml bottle in a lot of places, definitely in Lidl and I've seen it in a few offies as well.

General Zod · 09-11-2009 01:40PM

Quazzie wrote: »

You do realise that Bavaria is a region in Southern German don't you?

It's also a region in the Netherlands, where Bavaria Beer is made.

ScumLord · 09-11-2009 01:53PM

Lidl rum, it certainly does the job.

Quazzie · 09-11-2009 01:54PM

General Zod wrote: »

It's also a region in the Netherlands, where Bavaria Beer is made.

Source?

site · 09-11-2009 02:14PM

I know the recession is a terrible time but there is one good thing going to come out of it. We are all going to be on a level playing field when it is all over. There were people making so much money that there heads were in the clouds now they have come down to earth with a bang.
The country was gone crazy, we hardly had time to speak to one another.

ScumLord · 09-11-2009 03:17PM

site wrote: »

I know the recession is a terrible time but there is one good thing going to come out of it.

I doubt that, this recession was predicted long before it happened. You can be guaranteed some people will make out like bandits now that they can buy up everything for half the price. We'll be far worse off, everyone even including the upper middle class are now in debt to banks, serious debt where they can't pay back banks because what they bought is longer and probably will never be worth what they paid for it.

This whole thing will play into the hands of those in power and cripple the working class.

Dord · 09-11-2009 03:32PM

OneArt wrote: »

Beer is for girls.

Tonnes of cheap vodka and wine from Tesco. Stronger, gets you wasted faster, lasts longer (well not in my case...).

You must be about 16 or something. I drink beer and other alcoholic beverages because I enjoy drinking them. I don't drink to get wasted as fast as possible. :rolleyes:

BraziliaNZ · 09-11-2009 03:53PM

Dord wrote: »

You must be about 16 or something. I drink beer and other alcoholic beverages because I enjoy drinking them. I don't drink to get wasted as fast as possible. :rolleyes:

I drink to get drunk sometimes, and I'm almost 30.

CianRyan · 09-11-2009 04:03PM

OneArt wrote: »

Beer is for girls.

Tonnes of cheap vodka and wine from Tesco. Stronger, gets you wasted faster, lasts longer (well not in my case...).

Tbh...

Quazzie · 09-11-2009 04:03PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I drink to get drunk sometimes, and I'm almost 30.

I only drink to get drunk. Alcoholic drinks taste foul to me, and I only go near them if I want to get drunk. If I want a sociable gathering in a pub I'll drnk Locozade or Cidona. If I want to get drunk I drink alcohol.

What other reason is there?

P.S I'm 28 btw

BraziliaNZ · 09-11-2009 04:04PM

Quazzie wrote: »

I only drink to get drunk. Alcoholic drinks taste foul to me, and I only go near them if I want to get drunk. If I want a sociable gathering in a pub I'll drnk Locozade or Cidona. If I want to get drunk I drink alcohol.

What other reason is there?

P.S I'm 28 btw

well beer and wine taste delicious to me, so sometimes i might just have 1 or 2 cans in house or a glass of red

zonEEE · 09-11-2009 04:35PM

ya can bate the wife but ya cant bate a bottle of buckie

Recession Night out

=
bottle of buck fast - 10 euro
few pints - 15 euro
club - 5 euro
bag of legal bath salts -15 euro
head in the morning - priceless

General Zod · 09-11-2009 04:42PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Source?

actually, it may not be a region in Holland as I first thought, but it is definitely brewed in the Bavaria brewery in holland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria_Brewery_%28Netherlands%29

The Good Recession

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