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Embarrassing Celtic Tiger Aspirations?

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  • #32
    ItsNoAlias
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭ItsNoAlias


    I wanted to one day be able to get a house in Dublin without having to fork out a 1/4 of a mil.

    I still have a job in this crappy economic climate so I am still holding onto this dream and I am only 26 so I think it may still be a possibility. I can always hope...

    Then I will convert one room into a study/library

    :D



  • #33
    Pace2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,587 ✭✭✭Pace2008


    I wanted most of my closer friends to be able to find jobs and stay in the country. Such hubris.


  • #34
    jackal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 791 ✭✭✭jackal


    A gold plated mickey was all I wanted... thanks FF >(


  • #35
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    phasers wrote: »
    I wasn't old enough to enjoy the Celtic tiger, I'm just old enough now to enjoy the after-effects :(

    WHAT ???? You mean "we" didnt all go mad/enjoy the party/etc etc


  • #36
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭amacca


    jackal wrote: »
    A gold plated mickey was all I wanted... thanks FF >(

    A bit of Judson's gold paint to tide you over while you save a modest sum for a bit of gold leaf and you're all sorted at any rate.

    I'm telling you this one is well within you're reach.


    (making dreams come true in a practical achievable way since 15:05 today)


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  • #37
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    I wanted decking for my semi-d in Naas. Oh wait, the celtic tiger was just something that people talked about on tv a lot.


  • #38
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    It passed me by so all I wanted was enough to get some beers in and buy a cheap bottle of wine to drink while playing GTA: San Andreas with my other on the dole housemates.

    I achieved that so it wasn't embarrassing at all really.


  • #39
    Mr. Denton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Mr. Denton


    LittleBook wrote: »
    I wanted a national football stadium.

    Oh wait ...

    You must be delighted then. We have TWO! Never mind that they're both impractical for their intended purposes and look like half-finished messes.


  • #40
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭amacca


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    It passed me by so all I wanted was enough to get some beers in and buy a cheap bottle of wine to drink while playing GTA: San Andreas with my other on the dole housemates.

    I achieved that so it wasn't embarrassing at all really.

    I'm embarrassed for ya........vice city and IV is where its at.


  • #41
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    amacca wrote: »
    I'm embarrassed for ya........vice city and IV is where its at.

    Vice City was great.

    San Andreas was way better than IV though*.


    *IV was the one with the Russian, yeah?


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  • #42
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭amacca


    Mr. Denton wrote: »
    You must be delighted then. We have TWO! Never mind that they're both impractical for their intended purposes and look like half-finished messes.

    I thought I was the only one that thinks they both look like 3/4 of a stadium......at least lansdowne looks sort of complete from the air and ok from inside...but that bloody house with a scoreboard in hill 16.....wtf...just move the thing a bit back and build a stand to match the other three in height + cap it with the same roof
    symmetric-ality ffs


  • #43
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    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.
    Tbh, borrowing huge amounts of money doesn't constitute financial success. That's the mistake that many clowns made during the bubble, and it's the mistake that all of us are paying for today.


  • #44
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭amacca


    AnonoBoy wrote: »

    *IV was the one with the Russian, yeah?

    Nico
    disliked san andreas...bloody cycling around on my bike in the projects in da hood...eeeeugh..


  • #45
    Mr. Denton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Mr. Denton


    amacca wrote: »
    I thought I was the only one that thinks they both look like 3/4 of a stadium......at least lansdowne looks sort of complete from the air and ok from inside...but that bloody house with a scoreboard in hill 16.....wtf...just move the thing a bit back and build a stand to match the other three in height + cap it with the same roof
    symmetric-ality ffs

    It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.


  • #46
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,976 ✭✭✭amacca


    Mr. Denton wrote: »
    It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.

    sounds like an eminently sensible solution....................................................................................................................


  • #47
    Northclare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Northclare


    amacca wrote: »
    Mr. Denton wrote: »
    It's the Irish sickness. "Hang onto the land no matter what". Never mind that your project doesn't fit on the land available and you could sell up, buy a site else where and build a better stadium for half the price.

    sounds like an eminently sensible solution....................................................................................................................

    My Celtic Tiger Aspirations was to be myself and not end up like those new money ignorant knobs who knew nothing about life or how to live a normal setting and now that things are back to normal I wonder how those knobs are finding the struggle :)


  • #48
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    I wanted to get married.


  • #49
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    A decent policing system when the funds were available.


  • #50
    Northclare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Northclare


    gsxr1 wrote: »
    I wanted to get married.

    I hope you didn't end up with one of those plastic people LOL those people who forgot their self worth and sold their souls to the seed of greed LOL and instead of growing a healthy crop they ended up tangled up in those roses which reverted back into briars oh I hated that whole era it was sick one long hangover......


  • #51
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    black francis wrote: »
    What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?[/COLOR]
    A soft landing for the economy when the BS bubble finally burst! :(
    Northclare wrote: »
    ... and now that things are back to normal ...
    Unfortunately though it's gone from hypernormal to sub-normal with barely a nod to "normal" or balanced as we slid down the greasy pole.


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  • #52
    gsxr1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭gsxr1


    Northclare wrote: »
    I hope you didn't end up with one of those plastic people LOL those people who forgot their self worth and sold their souls to the seed of greed LOL and instead of growing a healthy crop they ended up tangled up in those roses which reverted back into briars oh I hated that whole era it was sick one long hangover......

    Dear God. No . I did not.

    I was on about the price of a wedding.............


  • #53
    Northclare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Northclare


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    black francis wrote: »
    What aspirations did you have back in the madness of the Celtic Tiger that seem somewhat ridiculous now?[/COLOR]
    A soft landing for the economy when the BS bubble finally burst! :(
    Northclare wrote: »
    ... and now that things are back to normal ...
    Unfortunately though it's gone from hypernormal to sub-normal with barely a nod to "normal" or balanced as we slid down the greasy pole.

    And someone decided to put a match to the greasy pole and its melted into a black hole not all that glitters is gold.....


  • #54
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    I knew Michael Noonans daughter from years back...often wondered 'bout rattlin' her bones....

    Didnt quite work out that way....


  • #55
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I wanted to make the world's most pimpingest coat out of peacock feathers and gold leaf.

    Edit:


    And an under water hot tub.


  • #56
    Northclare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Northclare


    mattjack wrote: »
    I knew Michael Noonans daughter from years back...often wondered 'bout rattlin' her bones....

    Didnt quite work out that way....

    Yeah I knew a few people too but they rattled my bones I actually decided to get in touch of reality and stay away from that whole downward slope of opulence and self indulgence LOL I'm still broke but have enough to get through the eye of a needle and bring the camel with me LOL


  • #57
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    I thought about a microlight.
    The recession saved my life.


  • #58
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    To be retired by 40 and a volcano hot bit of vagina.

    Now I need to die before retirement age and a fat bird to keep the family name alive.


  • #59
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    I wanted friends.


  • #60
    Neadine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Neadine


    amacca wrote: »
    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

    Decking is evil, mice and other nasties live under there :eek:


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  • #61
    Northclare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Northclare


    Neadine wrote: »
    amacca wrote: »
    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

    Decking is evil, mice and other nasties live under there :eek:

    Decking sounds nice....but I had to grass it all its all green now no more opulence of fancy gardens or holidays in the sun....


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