Embarrassing Celtic Tiger Aspirations?

Frank Black · 05-08-2011 09:51AM #1

I remember I wanted an outdoor hot-tub. It seemed quite normal at the time, in fact I could barely envisage a life that didn’t in some way include an outdoor hut tub.
Given I live in a 3-bed semi in suburbia – I’m happy to stick with a bath now.
What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?

Vicxas · 05-08-2011 09:52AM

I wanted a 5 bedroom mansion when i finished college, and it could of happened, if it wasnt for those meddling kids...

iMax · 05-08-2011 09:55AM

I wanted to spend months at a time in my villa in Orlando... the way things are going I might be spending months at a time in either mountjoy or a cardboard box...

(I'm only half kidding)

amacca · 05-08-2011 09:56AM

black francis wrote: »

What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?

nothing wrong with aspirations ...... I wanted to carpet the place in decking and sprinkle barbecues on every square meter of the garden....still do.................mmmmmmmmmmmm decking

Vicxas · 05-08-2011 10:01AM

Decking makes me wet

Guill · 05-08-2011 10:03AM

Vicxas wrote: »

Decking makes me wet

But wet decking makes you fall/fail.

Lapin · 05-08-2011 10:05AM

I wanted a fair and just society with equal opportunities for all.

Two hopes of that then, even less hope of it now.

Thanks for nothing Bertie.

amacca · 05-08-2011 10:07AM

Lapin wrote: »

I wanted a fair and just society with equal opportunities for all.

I find that hard to believe.............................if its true, some Celtic tiger/tigress you turned out to be...............talk about turning your back on the whole ethos of the thing.

stephen_k · 05-08-2011 10:13AM

I built a house in the height of the boom, thought nothing of including a seperate home cinema/hifi room... Ran out of money before end of the build and couldn't afford to kit it out..... now I have a very f*cking expensive shed!!! :mad:

*recession sucks*

fryup · 05-08-2011 10:15AM

To hold on to a job for more than a year:cool:

Lando Griffin · 05-08-2011 10:22AM

I wanted my previous neighbour, swanning around in their BMW X5 jeep and their convertible BMW 3 series and their designer clothes with their new kitchen and wooden floors every second year and their 3 sun holidays a year to their apartment in Bulgaria, with their fancy BBQ parties out in their garden, and he off to Old Trafford every second or third week, with their garden been tended to by landscapers, and he a carpenter and she working in an office for a large developer, to be brought down a notch or two.

fatguy2k1 · 05-08-2011 10:26AM

the bertie bowl

LittleBook · 05-08-2011 10:26AM

I wanted a national football stadium.

Oh wait ...

here.from.day.1 · 05-08-2011 10:31AM

Rain makes decking wet.

Robbo · 05-08-2011 10:34AM

Buying an e-voting system off a man in a seersucker suit who'd sold systems to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook.

phasers · 05-08-2011 10:37AM

I wasn't old enough to enjoy the Celtic tiger, I'm just old enough now to enjoy the after-effects

ILikeBananas · 05-08-2011 10:40AM

I remember two years out of college, ringing up my friend in 2006 pitching an idea to him that we go halves on an apartment in Bulgaria. He said something like "Wow that sounds like a a fantastic idea, we should totally do it". Then we found out that you can't get a mortgage for properties abroad. Dodged a bullet there!

MistyCheese · 05-08-2011 10:42AM

A decent quality of life
Enough money for rent and bills
An extra €20/€30 to spare after paying rent and bills sometimes
Sleepful nights due to lack of stress regarding bills being paid

Ah, what a naive soul I was.

Firefox11 · 05-08-2011 10:53AM

Decent efficient Public Services. But all i got were public servants that wanted hot tubs,decking and apartments in Bulgaria.

krudler · 05-08-2011 10:57AM

Robbo wrote: »

Buying an e-voting system off a man in a seersucker suit who'd sold systems to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook.

and by gum it put them on the map!

The King of Moo · 05-08-2011 11:04AM

To avoid becoming one of the nouveau riche upwardly mobile snobs who wanted to vulgarly display their "wealth" who were popping up all over the place.

FlashD · 05-08-2011 11:04AM

I just wanted it all to end, be careful what you wish for!

05-08-2011 11:09AM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I wanted my previous neighbour, swanning around in their BMW X5 jeep and their convertible BMW 3 series and their designer clothes with their new kitchen and wooden floors every second year and their 3 sun holidays a year to their apartment in Bulgaria, with their fancy BBQ parties out in their garden, and he off to Old Trafford every second or third week, with their garden been tended to by landscapers, and he a carpenter and she working in an office for a large developer, to be brought down a notch or two.

Jealous much?

On topic, recession has not changed my aspirations.

jive · 05-08-2011 11:15AM

Elsie Wet Metronome wrote: »

Jealous much?

LOL I was thinking the same. I don't understand why their financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

Lando Griffin · 05-08-2011 11:25AM

jive wrote: »

financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

No problem at all, when all the financial success was bank rolled by substantial loans, which also included her accent changing from a deep cork to more of a D4 accent over the period of the boom / bubble.

Dravokivich · 05-08-2011 11:26AM

I just want to be able to afford a house that's not in the back arse of nowhere.

Toby Take a Bow · 05-08-2011 11:31AM

I wanted certain family members to stop going on and on about rent being dead money.

And what MistyCheese said above. I didn't really see much of 'rewards' of the Celtic Tiger

K-9 · 05-08-2011 11:46AM

jive wrote: »

LOL I was thinking the same. I don't understand why their financial success was a problem to him and why he'd want them to be 'brought down a notch or two'. Such an Irish attitude.

The expression "fur coat, no knickers" comes to mind, nothing to be jealous of at all.

Reminds me of a girl I knew..............................

mackg · 05-08-2011 11:52AM

I wanted to be happy, still do, making good progress:)

nice1franko · 05-08-2011 11:57AM

A first-world healthcare system

Snowie · 05-08-2011 12:00PM

Well personally speaking my out look on things is quite easy what do you have to offer?

You can still be good at what your doing you just need to able to offer companies good reasons to employ you. If you can do that then you will make more money I think that cross the line of professional development. and how hard you are indeed willing to work..

Also I think kids and wives or gfs can be a big distraction. If you want to make money You have to work while also working on your qualifications....

wtf is wrong with me :S

Embarrassing Celtic Tiger Aspirations?

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