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Celtic Tiger must-have items

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    #272
    Pdfile
    Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    apart from the keeping up with the jons, the folks trying to BE th jones and ae never happy...

    one neighbour in particular amongest his collection of mootorbikes ( harleys mostly ) had TVR's mercs bmws lexus and others, evry 100k he made it spent about 50-60 on a new car ( barely if ever driven ) 10k on drgs & such, then te rest headin off to thailand or similr for a month or two... needless to say t was handy enough gettin to drive his toys and look after the house when he was away with the misses as a kid but when hi lady wrote off hr brad new merc he got her a new one the same day ( nobody knew if she'd drive ever again after the shock )

    this same guy just has the 1 car, no job ( living off rented proppertys ) and has only 1 holiday a year abroad.


    ive no sympathy whatsoever.... though i do wanna drive that old tvr again... they are quite litterally the worst car in popular production but some craic in wet weather.


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    #273
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,596 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Pdfile wrote: »
    ive no sympathy whatsoever...

    Did he knock on door of the begrudging mean spirited kid up the road who he used to lend his sports car to looking for sympathy?

    Maybe he is happy?


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    #274
    BarackPyjama
    Closed Accounts Posts: 974 ✭✭✭BarackPyjama


    Pdfile wrote: »
    apart from the keeping up with the jons, the folks trying to BE th jones and ae never happy...

    one neighbour in particular amongest his collection of mootorbikes ( harleys mostly ) had TVR's mercs bmws lexus and others, evry 100k he made it spent about 50-60 on a new car ( barely if ever driven ) 10k on drgs & such, then te rest headin off to thailand or similr for a month or two... needless to say t was handy enough gettin to drive his toys and look after the house when he was away with the misses as a kid but when hi lady wrote off hr brad new merc he got her a new one the same day ( nobody knew if she'd drive ever again after the shock )

    this same guy just has the 1 car, no job ( living off rented proppertys ) and has only 1 holiday a year abroad.


    ive no sympathy whatsoever.... though i do wanna drive that old tvr again... they are quite litterally the worst car in popular production but some craic in wet weather.

    The fact that we had so much money that spelling and grammar suddenly became completely unnecessary. In fact, being inarticulate and using txt spk became cool.


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    #275
    NakedNNettles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭NakedNNettles


    timberland wrote: »
    does anyone remember the water called "bling" they sold in Superquinn for about 60 euro for 750ml (not a joke btw)

    You'd want to be some stupid, sick in the head A-hole to buy that? :pac:
    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    For awhile, every blocklayer just out of school seemed to be driving a BMW 3 series. Typically a Paddy-spec model with no extras and a crappy 1.6 litre engine.

    I'm glad they're all getting a reality check now.

    Big thick heads on the lot of them! :pac:


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    #276
    sideboard
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭sideboard


    The ones I miss the most from this era were those that insisted on getting in a €30,000 kitchen and then running around telling all their 'mates' the best places they go to, for eating out!:P


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    #277
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Weekend "spa" pampering breaks.

    I like spa breaks :(

    I like them even better if I can get them on citydeal though :pac:


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    #278
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    What's more annoying?

    Celtic Tiger house buyers that used to go on about how much more their house was worth each month as if they were some sort of business genius?

    People that never bought that go on about how they rented during the celtic tiger as if they were some sort of business genius?

    Missing an option.

    Those who really wanted/needed to buy a house during the boom, completely baulked at the prices which they couldn't afford, did a small bit of due diligence (i.e. finding out what compound interest is), didn't apply for a jumbo mortgage, rented because they had too and now don't carry a massive debt thus dodging a fatal financial bullet albeit unintentionally.


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    #279
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    Missing an option.

    Those who really wanted/needed to buy a house during the boom, completely baulked at the prices which they couldn't afford, did a small bit of due diligence (i.e. finding out what compound interest is), didn't apply for a jumbo mortgage, rented because they had too and now don't carry a massive debt thus dodging a fatal financial bullet albeit unintentionally.

    If they go on about it, they fall into catorgory 2. Doesn't matter the reasons they rented.


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    #280
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Labourers going to work, starts to rain, so can't work the afternoon, going off to Show Rooms and putting deposits of Jeeps.


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    #281
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,161 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    Missing an option.

    Those who really wanted/needed to buy a house during the boom, completely baulked at the prices which they couldn't afford, did a small bit of due diligence (i.e. finding out what compound interest is), didn't apply for a jumbo mortgage, rented because they had too and now don't carry a massive debt thus dodging a fatal financial bullet albeit unintentionally.

    A bloke I work with bought a house two years ago. He showed it to me online before he bought it. Considering the dip was just kicking off, I asked if he thought it was wise buying something that would probably lose money. he said he knew it was going to lose money but it didn't matter because the mortgage was affordable and he was going to live in it for a minimum of 20 years with his wife.

    That's the right attitude. He was buying a home and all he looked at was the repayments and the standard of the home. If the two matched up, he didn't care about the rest.

    There was another girl I knew. She was still living at home in her thirties. Her siblings had their own place. She borrowed money from family and got a huge mortgage for a small one bedroomed place. Just because it was stupid not to get on the "property ladder". I believe the phrase I heard was "when you invest in property, your money is as safe as houses". She found the place on a tv show that brought prospective buyers around properties to find their dream flat. Then made copies and gave them to everyone. You can see her write her life away again and again and again.


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    #282
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,161 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Did anyone else love reading the take 5 section in the irish times on a thursday?


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    #283
    dvcireland
    Registered Users Posts: 13,636 ✭✭✭✭dvcireland


    the extraordinary lives of Generation Bling

    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-extraordinary-lives-of-generation-bling-2614547.html

    ".....the example of a Ballsbridge socialite who shelled out €45,000 on bedding plants for her son's Communion party in a marquee at the height of the boom (on the morning of the big event one of her minions was spotted hairdrying the plants to get the flowers to bloom)....."

    He reached for the sky
    John Meagher profiles Garrett Kelleher, whose 150-storey skyscraper dream came to an end this week as the last roar of the Celtic Tiger fades

    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/he-reached-for-the-sky-2382056.html

    "...no Joe, you rang me !..." A.Caller.



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    #284
    omahaid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    dvcireland wrote: »
    the extraordinary lives of Generation Bling

    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-extraordinary-lives-of-generation-bling-2614547.html

    ".....the example of a Ballsbridge socialite who shelled out €45,000 on bedding plants for her son's Communion party in a marquee at the height of the boom (on the morning of the big event one of her minions was spotted hairdrying the plants to get the flowers to bloom)....."

    I feel nauseous reading that link, sickening what some people did in the last decade


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    #285
    tooth*grinder
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭tooth*grinder


    don't forget the number of 'interior decorators' that were around.
    Hang a lovely designer curtain and throw in some ceramic statues on display columns counted as a high paying job in those days you know.

    I so glad the tiger's dead and hope to never see the likes of it and it's worshippers ever again.


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    #286
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    I noticed some ridiculous celtic tiger prices on Groupon. Window cleaning at 40 Euro is apparently 60% off!!


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    #287
    dvcireland
    Registered Users Posts: 13,636 ✭✭✭✭dvcireland


    Quote during the boom about a wedding attended by a former colleague of mine:

    ".....ah yeah it was a great wedding, the groom told that there were to be no coke on the day of the wedding, but that you could have as much as you'd like the next day....."

    and no he wasn't Tony Montana


    tony-montana1.jpg

    "...no Joe, you rang me !..." A.Caller.



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    #288
    NakedNNettles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭NakedNNettles


    sideboard wrote: »
    The ones I miss the most from this era were those that insisted on getting in a €30,000 kitchen and then running around telling all their 'mates' the best places they go to, for eating out!:P

    30k!!! who the hell forks out 30k on a kitchen, must have some kind of brain disease or something. ...assholism!

    Jeez 30k is years salary to most.


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    #289
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    NakedNNettles wrote: »
    30k!!! who the hell forks out 30k on a kitchen, must have some kind of brain disease or something. ...assholism!

    Jeez 30k is years salary to most.

    How many meals would you have to cook in it before it would pay off vs eating out


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    #290
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    NakedNNettles wrote: »
    sideboard wrote: »
    The ones I miss the most from this era were those that insisted on getting in a €30,000 kitchen and then running around telling all their 'mates' the best places they go to, for eating out!:P

    30k!!! who the hell forks out 30k on a kitchen, must have some kind of brain disease or something. ...assholism!

    Jeez 30k is years salary to most.
    How much did your kitchen cost?


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    #291
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    eth0 wrote: »
    How many meals would you have to cook in it before it would pay off vs eating out
    If i was to pay to bring my wife and kids out for breakfast, lunch dinner and tea, 7 times a week it would pay for itself inside a year!


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    #292
    johnwest288
    Registered Users Posts: 665 ✭✭✭johnwest288


    Ah yes I spent it all ........I am a tosser. Blew it all... and now moaning about it.

    When is this new bankruptcy legislation going through? Hurry Up allready.

    "sips on a mocha with a smirk"


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    #293
    gubbie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,134 ✭✭✭gubbie


    I'm just watching David McWilliams "The Popes Children" documentary online.

    It is exactly the "Celtic Tiger must have items" - people having one car for commuting and a 4x4 for the odd trip to Woodies, people with multiple houses, buying off plans because it was a "smart investment", a stone bathtub for €20,000, a 3-bed apartment for €1.2 million (Holy crap!)

    It's actually quite sad.


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    #294
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Expensive barbeque's that the purchaser would use once a year.


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    #295
    forfuxsake
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭forfuxsake


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Expensive barbeque's that the purchaser would use once. a year.

    FYP


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    #296
    dvcireland
    Registered Users Posts: 13,636 ✭✭✭✭dvcireland


    getting your wedding pics in VIP magazine magazine

    "...no Joe, you rang me !..." A.Caller.



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    #297
    Mickey H
    Registered Users Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    Aglomerado wrote: »

    Also, breakfast rolls! Haven't had one in years!

    Had one this morning. Tasty as ever! :)


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    #298
    micropig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭micropig


    Lots of people going around talking to themselves in the street, car etc



    Bluetooth headsets:rolleyes:


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    #299
    dotsman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭dotsman


    foxyboxer wrote: »
    Missing an option.

    Those who really wanted/needed to buy a house during the boom, completely baulked at the prices which they couldn't afford, did a small bit of due diligence (i.e. finding out what compound interest is), didn't apply for a jumbo mortgage, rented because they had too and now don't carry a massive debt thus dodging a fatal financial bullet albeit unintentionally.

    Very much fits into...
    Paparazzo wrote: »
    People that never bought that go on about how they rented during the celtic tiger as if they were some sort of business genius?


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    #300
    yuppies
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭yuppies


    10 year old kids getting quad bikes and scramblers and not being grateful for them


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    #301
    phoenix833
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭phoenix833


    One off houses bigger than 4000sq ft. complete with jacuzzi bath...


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