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Travellers, recession proof

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  • 03-01-2013 09:21PM
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    I Was VB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭


    Between landscaping, scrap iron, general wheeling and dealing, laying tar, buying and selling cars they can turn their hand to anything.

    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.


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    #2
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    this is going to be good


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    #3
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    I Was VB wrote: »
    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.
    Nah they don't.

    I can understand a person having concerns about various issues within the traveller community, but they're hardly super wealthy ffs.


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    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,062 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Fair play to them!


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    #5
    Nippledragon
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    The are settlers, not travellers. They don't travel. Ever met one in Thailand?
    Come to think of it, they don't settle well either......:confused:


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    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Mods going to hit hard in this one.


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    #7
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,675 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Hang on.....I've to pop out for the popcorn.


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    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Between landscaping, scrap iron, general wheeling and dealing, laying tar, buying and selling cars they can turn their hand to anything.

    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.


    popcorn.gif


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    hyperborean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 655 ✭✭✭hyperborean


    god bless ryanair,


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    #10
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Dags' n carpets boss.


    Seriously though, seen my first 131 reg today, landrover discovery, owned by a traveller.

    Had a good chat with the bloke, wished him luck with it, fair play to him, he was sitting in 60k more of a car than me!


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    #11
    dd972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    0.7% of the populace on Wikipedia and all the hullabaloo about them on these boards, the Dutch have a similar fixation on Homos


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    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Nippledragon wrote: »
    The are settlers, not travellers. They don't travel.
    True they never go anywhere
    There was a big fat lad (traveller)ahead of me in que for lifestyle last week the amount of gold on this fella was ridiculous
    Same as his wife loads of gold


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    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,297 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Madam_X wrote: »
    Nah they don't.

    I can understand a person having issues with various issues within the traveller community, but they're hardly super wealthy ffs.
    Madam take a trip to Rathkeale and you will quickly retract that statement ;)


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    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Between landscaping, scrap iron, general wheeling and dealing, laying tar, buying and selling cars they can turn their hand to anything.

    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.


    So what?


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    someone's been watching tv3


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    jonsnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 724 ✭✭✭jonsnow


    Nippledragon wrote: »
    The are settlers, not travellers. They don't travel. Ever met one in Thailand?
    Come to think of it, they don't settle well either......:confused:

    Actually I did meet a member of the travelling community in thailand about 5 years ago and he seemed like a nice chap too.


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    cruiser178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭cruiser178


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Between landscaping, scrap iron, general wheeling and dealing, laying tar, buying and selling cars they can turn their hand to anything.

    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.


    You a traveller ?


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    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    I hear they work like slaves.....

    ( or else get slaves to do the work for them)


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    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    Well if we all done cash work and didn't pay tax then we would all be driving fancy cars!

    All they have to do is ask for a pps number when buying cars from a dealer....see then how may new jeeps they get while on the dole!


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    #20
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Just when China thought they were about become the new economic power house, along comes the traveling community to upset the apple cart.

    Fair play to them.


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    #21
    Steven81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Steven81


    Is there a Paul Williams here in house?


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    #22
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    They come under the same scrutiny from revenue and other governmental agencies as the rest of us........don't they?


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    #23
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    cruiser178 wrote: »
    You a traveller ?

    That is neither a statement; nor a question.


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    #24
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    shure, they dnot have to worry about paying lads minimum wage,,


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    #25
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    They come under the same scrutiny from revenue and other governmental agencies as the rest of us........don't they?

    You can buy PPS numbers.......not saying they use them :rolleyes:


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    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    I Was VB wrote: »
    Between landscaping, scrap iron, general wheeling and dealing, laying tar, buying and selling cars they can turn their hand to anything.

    I don't think ive seen a poor one, recent documentarys just proves the point they are the new wealth power.

    Their old traditional skills just aren't as valuable any more. They haven't really adapted to modern life at all.

    You've seriously never seen a poor one?!


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    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,675 ✭✭✭TheBody


    TheBody wrote: »
    Hang on.....I've to pop out for the popcorn.

    Ok, I'm back. Carry on.....


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    #28
    .jacksparrow.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,428 ✭✭✭.jacksparrow.


    You never see a baldy traveller...

    Ever wonder why....


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    #29
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    I remember the day they tried to sell me my neighbours wheelbarrow and assorted gardening gear. Im not saying they stole them but they were selling them.


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    #30
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    There will never be a real discusion possible, but the scope and scale of Travvelers businesses would stagger most settled people. I doubt too many know the street they bought and converted into a makeshift warehouse for antiques by knocking all the houses through, nor the scope/scale of their tarmac and painting businesses in the USA and Europe. Or their trade in antiquities(ahem), tobacco imports(ahem), the pharma business(ahem), caravan, van and tool dealing, just how lucrative scrap metal is, their market stalls, carpet businesses, new furniture trade, ah sure, the list goes on and on. Not being overly burdened with paperwork also assists profitablility. And no, I'm not a travveler basher, I think we are the mugs, not them.


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    cruiser178
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭cruiser178


    the keen edge wrote: »
    That is neither a statement; nor a question.


    Humour not your strong point then



    The car park of the pub i drink in, over the whole Christmas holidays was littered with some the most expencive cars/jeeps i have ever seen. I dont know where they get their money but fair fuks to them, although i did hear a rumour that some travellers rent out these cars just to look the part, dont know if thats true or not.


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