Stupid fashionable things you remember from the boom

Dudess · 25-02-2011 11:41PM

Seriously, what a load of flash wankery (quite literally in the case of the vajazzle :pac:) there was going on in this country - but only embraced by some. However, "we're ALL to blame" apparently (I do acknowledge we all, well most of us, enjoyed and benefitted from it in some way - e.g. better wages, although those were the conditions that prevailed, the cost of living was also ridiculously high, and hasn't come down much).

desaparecidos · 25-02-2011 11:44PM

I don't remember anything listed in this thread.

Sticky_Fingers · 25-02-2011 11:46PM

LambsEye wrote: »

Online shopping was completely acceptable. One girl I know took her Da's credit card and spent 200 quid, and "hoped" he wouldn't notice.

It still is acceptable (shopping online I mean, not being a thieving scumbag), some of the deals you can get on the net are great compared to the prices you'd pay in a bricks and mortar shop.

Dudess · 25-02-2011 11:46PM

Bottled water was around long before the Celtic Tiger.

Aishae · 25-02-2011 11:48PM

most of what ive seen in this thread are only things i saw from afar - except for the vajazzle! heard of it though.... fanny fashion is big

i remember though...

getting pick n mix every other day

id be bleedin broke if i tried that now

LambsEye · 25-02-2011 11:50PM

Sticky_Fingers wrote: »

It still is acceptable (shopping online I mean, not being a thieving scumbag), some of the deals you can get on the net are great compared to the prices you'd pay in a bricks and mortar shop.

Absolutely. Just not when you're 17 and ordering crap from Victoria's Secret off your Da's credit card.

The sick thing is? He actually didn't notice.

NeedaNewName · 25-02-2011 11:50PM

Out door whirl pools.

/end

Turtyturd · 25-02-2011 11:51PM

Polish people.

Today FM is something I also associate with the Boom...probably because I had a job and listened to it every day and don't anymore.

Parents buying their youngest kids (6 or 7) laptops and battery powered quads.

Monty Burnz · 25-02-2011 11:52PM

Aishae wrote: »

most of what ive seen in this thread are only things i saw from afar - except for the vajazzle! heard of it though.... fanny fashion is big

I'm something of an expert in the area of pubic hairstyling. If any ladies want to send me photos of their undercarriage, I can make suggestions as to what shapes or styles suit them...e.g. the aforementioned heart, the classic 'mickey mouse ears', the bramble bush, whatever.

Aishae · 26-02-2011 12:01AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Parents buying their youngest kids (6 or 7) laptops and battery powered quads.

ah yes i remember that alright
i was often dismayed at the things young kids were given - usually cos they asked for it (we all ask for sh*t when were small - i mean to say that the folks usually say no till we're older too - then the price of these gadjets..)

a friend of the family got their 4 year old a nintendo DSI - when she was 5 she got a mobile phone. she wanted drums - a REAL drum set - her folks paid 500 for them for her 5th xmas. she got a wii for her 6th bday. it hasnt calmed down - her folks havent the money to spend on it all but they seem to find it,.
dread to think what her twin bros will get for their 5th!

a lot of younger cousins or friends kids getting laptops and ipods etc - before the age of 7. i dunno how the folks could afford it at all, seemed to be a keeping up with the jonses (kids) thing

Red Hand · 26-02-2011 12:09AM

Making sure in September to have your new car ordered for next year

Paying thousands for golf club membership

Solid gold ladies

Men wearing fedoras to music festivals, but never anywhere else...wtf? Is there a sign somewhere that says "If coming to the Electric Picnic this year and you are male, then get your fedora hat, or otherwise you won't be allowed in." And the thing is, these fellows are probably the least likely people to wear Fedora hats in other situations such as coming/going to work, walking about their local town, in the house or going out to the pub/club. Here is a classic example. Ordinary fellow wearing a Fedora, but in Ireland, he will be completely restricted to the music festival/gig. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQufokq1cOYH89BaK4NN40E23K6-lr66elM9HdY29nGFv6x6NHC It is his only outlet to wear his Fedora hat. As soon as he leaves the festival, his Fedora hat will go back in the sock-drawer.

Women drinking cocktails as their choice of drink

Vomitoria

Fedora hats

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 26-02-2011 12:09AM

"the celtic tiger cubs" :rolleyes: ,now shamed that their daddy is on the dole up to eyes in debt and fiona wont have that horse anymore.

The big american style fridges

Plenty of college places.

up for anything · 26-02-2011 01:06AM

Valid car tax on my windscreen.
NCT up to date.
Television licence in the tv licence file.
Bills in the file paid that were paid by the due date and in full.
Bank statements in the black and no bounced DDs.
A full tank of petrol instead of Jackson Browning it.

Those were wonderful stress free days.

:(

kumate_champ07 · 26-02-2011 01:24AM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Queing to see flats and houseshares with 10 other people and bringing your deposit in cash with you to snap it up if it was half way decent. Bad times. To be fair a lot of this was before the boom

Tradesmen letting you down, dropping you suddenly for a bigger job down the road and quoting you that your job wasn't worth their time.

16 year olds quitting schools, going labouring on sites and pulling more money then most graduates. Often cash in hand

Boo hoo, poor lambs now. Maybe FF should have made the housing boom last forever

seems good at the time but alot end up with health problems, bad back,lung conditions etc when theyre in their 50's
it's bloody hard work too!

Twee. · 26-02-2011 01:42AM

Nickolas Future Loaf wrote: »

Leggy blondes who where with builders who where small and bald and had big arse.

When I worked in retail I followed such a lady around while she just dumped all the things she wanted in my arms! Her fella left to take a phone call for about 40 mins and just handed her a wad of €100 notes!

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 26-02-2011 01:45AM

Twee. wrote: »

When I worked in retail I followed such a lady around while she just dumped all the things she wanted in my arms! Her fella left to take a phone call for about 40 mins and just handed her a wad of €100 notes!

Funny/sad thing about it,alot of them are "divorced" now leaving builders up shít creek with banks.

Miss F. · 26-02-2011 01:56AM

sweet 16 parties.......in tipperary!

9 euro for a gin and tonic

bouncy castles to celebrate the opening of an envelope

disinterested sales assistants

ridiculous tipping

eating out....for breakfast....

amuse bouche.../ palette clensers...

fresh flowers...

50 euro for first communion

foreign stags and hens

interior designers

personal trainers

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 26-02-2011 02:00AM

Smoothie bars

*i don't think any high-street chains had actual did any summer/winter sales during the boom coming to think of it such was the money pouring in from credit.

Rising ticket prices for oxygen

UglyBolloxFace · 26-02-2011 02:31AM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Ordinary fellow wearing a Fedora,http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQufokq1cOYH89BaK4NN40E23K6-lr66elM9HdY29nGFv6x6NHC

You think he's an 'ordinary guy'?

...He looks like a rapist. A rampant rapist.

cordub · 26-02-2011 02:36AM

crayolastereo wrote: »

As in, in the whole of Ireland? In Dublin you can't move and you're in a Starbucks :P

none in cork yet!!!!! Was in the kildare outlet sunday and couldnt believe how dear they were 4 euro a cup in boston in nov the same cup 190 doller thats some mark up must be the price of fuel lol to fly it in that is !!!!! place was packed so recession is right !!!!

cordub · 26-02-2011 02:45AM

coffeelover wrote: »

EDDIE HOBBS Haha haven't heard him lately at all :eek: God he really annoyed me!

he was on the afternoon show in the last few weeks telling us how to tighten our belts and stop overspending the bulls++++er and only a couple of years ago he was on trying to convince everyone to buy a holiday home in CAPE VERDI a great investment he said , say he people who took his advice then rightly fecked now !!!!:(:(:(

Cybertron85 · 26-02-2011 02:47AM

cocaine

letsbehonest · 26-02-2011 03:03AM

Most people still give
€50 for communions anything else looks cheap.
People also still have decking they just don't have to buy it anymore.
I know where I live there is about 400 in the girls school and 250 went on the ski trip in 2010 and 2011 and as I know the one for 2012 is booked out all ready.
I am in 6th year at the moment in the boys school and I loads of people who wear Tommy Hilfiger shirts.
Most people all ready have trampolines there is no need to buy another one.
As for somebody saying something about being out of date on cars. It is far less common now than before. People actually do there NCT now because they are afraid of getting caught without it.
The one difference I have noticed is a lot more people are going to ALDI and Lidl and it is a lot easier to get in and out of shopping centers because there is a lot less traffic.

Poor Craythur · 26-02-2011 06:32AM

LambsEye wrote: »

Online shopping was completely acceptable.

Er, is that not still acceptable now, perhaps moreso, considering things can often be found much cheaper online?

LambsEye wrote: »

My school used to do annual ski trips. It cost about 800quid and there would usually be at LEAST 60 - 100 people going....on a ski trip....when you're 17...when I think back I'm like, WHAT!??!

My school had a ski trip in the late 90s. Couldn't afford to go myself but 40 or 50 people went. Most saved up for it from summer jobs and weren't given parental handouts. I don't see this as massively excessive. I went to a bog standard community school, by the way.

padz · 26-02-2011 06:54AM

3.50-4E for a coffee and by that i mean not a big starbucks or anything fancy a regular coffee ffs!

mental traffic bumper to bumper

pubs being done up every year or so just to compete wit the big 'club' type place in the town.. which alas now makes every pub the same with the same 6 big feckin teles and sound system set ups (dj box etc)

the crassness of people openly discussing the price of what their house is 'worth' on the train and comparing it to mrs murphy on the corner who has hers on sale for 20grand more

people always askin 'what do you do' as a conversation opener, always found that rude, much perfer 'how do you do..

taxi's to pick up drink/cigs when u ran out

lots of bull**** talk about somebody buyin a house or feeling the need to buy one,...'loike renting is dead money' blah blah ya whatever...

reely nice lookin plesant deli girls

lots of gyms jackie skelly / harvey norman invasion poppin up everywhere

people with more money than sense mostly, myself included at times...

several fleeting non serious relationships

AskMyChocolate · 26-02-2011 07:17AM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Was about to say breakfast rolls EVEN ON A WEEKDAY.

Everyone having a job.

Reataurant meals.

Lots of decking.

Middle class people having enough money for creche fees AND cocaine.

Boozy work lunches.

Drinking outside a house.

Loans.

City breaks and inpromptu sun holidays.

Dough balls.

Pure blissful ignorance of politics and economics.

Hearing tales of other peoples 'period art-deco' apartments right on the Square of a significant formerly eastern block european country, bought from only the change from a Sunday breakfast roll and a copy of 'The Observer'

:p:p:rolleyes:

Not nearly enough decking. That was the problem.:mad::pac:

pragmatic1 · 26-02-2011 07:34AM

Spending all your money on booze and drugs. Ah good times.

Poor Craythur · 26-02-2011 08:08AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Spending all your money on booze and drugs. Ah good times.

Na drugaí? I. am. shocked. and. appalled.

:pac::pac::pac:

wyndham · 26-02-2011 10:04AM

padz wrote: »

mental traffic bumper to bumper

+1. Traffic is a lot lighter now that half the country has fcked off to Australia or Canada.

coffeelover · 26-02-2011 11:18AM

People buying new cars EVERY year
Never hearing the words 'the dole' or 'emigrating'
Eating out a lot more

Stupid fashionable things you remember from the boom

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