Things from the Celtic tiger you don't see anymore

Chop Chop · 16-03-2013 07:21PM #1

What things from the Celtic tiger things don't you see anymore? One of the odd things I saw a few times during those years was people throwing their small change away after getting something in a shop :pac: I kid you not, literally throwing it into the bin outside the shop.:eek:

Another was a mate telling me I was nuts for not re-mortgaging my house to buy a BMW. He did it, and doesn't have the BMW anymore, but still has the monthly repayment....nuts!!!

Anyone else?

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 16-03-2013 07:21PM

Money

December2012 · 16-03-2013 07:22PM

My career.

Dwork · 16-03-2013 07:22PM

non olive-green helicopters. And queues to buy Phase 1 off plan. And anyone mentioning Bulgaria as "the next big thing". And Twink.

G Power · 16-03-2013 07:23PM

the little trickle down of monies from those who have it all at the very top of the pyramid

omahaid · 16-03-2013 07:24PM

A sea of men in hi-viz jackets buying breakfast rolls in front of me as I try to pay for my petrol

Big Davey · 16-03-2013 07:26PM

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeky I made a post very similar almost at the same time !

hfallada · 16-03-2013 07:27PM

People not thinking it was usual to fly to NYC for a few days shopping. Most Americans dont ever leave their state but about about a third of irish people have gone to the US.

galwayrush · 16-03-2013 07:28PM

The sky over Galway doesn't resemble the retreat from Saigon anymore during the races.

BillyMitchel · 16-03-2013 07:29PM

Double D hookers in four poster beds in 5 star hotels on the other side of the world

Pawwed Rig · 16-03-2013 07:30PM

Eddie Hobbs trying to flog apartments in Cape Verde.

People threw their change into the bin??? I have never seen that

16-03-2013 07:32PM

1. Tracker Mortgages.
2. That guy who doesn't know what tracker mortgages are.

mikemac1 · 16-03-2013 07:33PM

You couldn't turn on the radio without some shyster wanting your SSIA money.

Investing in Kevin Sharkey paintings or wine and or some flat in the arse end of Bulgaria

I doubt anyone made a profit on those paintings!

ScumLord · 16-03-2013 07:33PM

Chop Chop wrote: »

What things from the Celtic tiger things don't you see anymore? One of the odd things I saw a few times during those years was people throwing their small change away after getting something in a shop :pac: I kid you not, literally throwing it into the bin outside the shop.:eek:

I hope you slapped them, celtic tiger or no celtic tiger.

I don't know that Irish people changed all that much. If anything it's just fashionable to say you've got no money now. There are people with money that just don't want to be seen spending it.

humbert · 16-03-2013 07:35PM

Dumb people with lots of money.

Phill Ewinn · 16-03-2013 07:36PM

Early houses full of people in suits. Back in track suits now they are. Rightly so.

17larsson · 16-03-2013 07:36PM

Every pub in my town jammed on a bank holiday sunday and most of the atm machines empty from the Saturday

michael999999 · 16-03-2013 07:37PM

Bertie aherns P.A. in tears in front of tribunals because of the fianna fail crooks forcing her to give evidence.

DazMarz · 16-03-2013 07:37PM

€500 notes. Every builder in the land used to have a wad of these on hand at all times during the boom. Now, they're literally things that exist only in fairy tales.

galwayrush · 16-03-2013 07:38PM

humbert wrote: »

Dumb people with lots of money.credit

Fixed that for you.

mikemac1 · 16-03-2013 07:40PM

Boyracers, seem to have died a death

Where are the Glanzas and Starlets and also the left hand drive death traps blaring techno ****e that used to tear around the place gone?

Pilotdude5 · 16-03-2013 07:40PM

People buying expensive gas Barbecues.

galwayrush · 16-03-2013 07:41PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Boyracers, seem to have died a death

Where are the Glanzas and Starlets and also the left hand drive death traps blaring techno ****e that used to tear around the place gone?

Plenty of the retards still around Galway.

monkeypants · 16-03-2013 07:41PM

Dwork wrote: »

And Twink.

And all it took was the economy collapsing, banks going insolvent, 450,000 out of work, an IMF/EU/ECB bailout, a general election and thousands of euros of debt loaded onto both people alive right now and future generations.

Bargain!

Will it take the apocalypse to get rid of Gaybo? :pac:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 16-03-2013 07:44PM

Peer pressure to take out a mortgage.

twistyj · 16-03-2013 07:45PM

Friendliness and respect

Doom · 16-03-2013 07:47PM

Brand new Campervans outside a forklift drivers house....

Wanderer2010 · 16-03-2013 07:50PM

Jobs

Dwork · 16-03-2013 07:51PM

twistyj wrote: »

Friendliness and respect

Noo, it's "things from the celtic tiger you don't see anymore". That's "Celtic Tiger", not "Little house on the Prairie".

16-03-2013 07:55PM

"Buy Now Pay Next Year" ads from retail stores.

Gyalist · 16-03-2013 08:03PM

Dwork wrote: »

non olive-green helicopters. And queues to buy Phase 1 off plan. And anyone mentioning Bulgaria as "the next big thing". And Twink.

I remember sitting in a taxi and the very nice female driver telling me about the lovely house she'd bought in the Cape Verde. That was my first inkling that things were way out of control.

Things from the Celtic tiger you don't see anymore

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