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Things that have changed in Ireland over the last 30 years

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  • 22-07-2013 12:43pm
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    Voodoomelon
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    Technology aside, what little things have you noticed have changed since the early 80s?

    I remember not having shower gel, was a soap only wash.
    Lots of people don't bother with wristwatches any more.
    You don't see anywhere near the same amount of people smoking in cars whilst driving.
    PVC windows in houses look like crap compared to timber windows.
    There are gyms in most decent sized towns now, no one bothered with fitness 25-30 years ago. In the same breath, there are far more overweight people today.
    No more white dog poo.


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    BraziliaNZ
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    I think in as recently as the 80s, people didn't really shower very often, like once or twice a week. I was but a child but can anyone older comment on this?


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    Wacker The Attacker
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    INTERNET PORN


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    Kolido
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    You can drive to and from the north without having your car checked.


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    Nemeses
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    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Lots of people don't bother with wristwatches any more.
    You don't see anywhere near the same amount of people smoking in cars whilst driving.

    No more white dog poo.

    Lies - I smoke in the car and many many people do.

    Also I wear a watch... but not so many other people do..



    White dog poo? - You may be onto something here..


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    swimming in a sea
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    if you took a Sunday drive 20 years ago you would see 30 cars outside every country pub, now if they're not already closed you'd be lucky to see tumbleweed rolling by..

    Some would see this as good and others bad...


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    elfy4eva
    Registered Users Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elfy4eva


    Not as much focus on brass ornament collecting/display.


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    kfallon
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    The amount of crisps in a bag of Tayto! :(

    Also, the currency :p


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    Wacker The Attacker
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    swimming in a sea wrote: »
    if you took a Sunday drive 20 years ago you would see 30 cars outside every country pub, now if they're not already closed you'd be lucky to see tumbleweed rolling by..

    Some would see this as good and others bad...


    The recession has helped drink driving so


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    Crooked Jack
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    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    I think in as recently as the 80s, people didn't really shower very often, like once or twice a week. I was but a child but can anyone older comment on this?

    Im 27 and unless I had jsut done something physically demanding, gone out for a run or been working on the farm all day, i would only shower once or twice a week. I really don't understand these anal freaks who feel the need to shower once or twice a day


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    Annasopra
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    Shops open on a Sunday

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Shanotheslayer
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Im 27 and unless I had jsut done something physically demanding, gone out for a run or been working on the farm all day, i would only shower once or twice a week. I really don't understand these anal freaks who feel the need to shower once or twice a day

    Because wanting to feel clean makes you an anal freak. How does that work?


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    The Backwards Man
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    Houses used to have two rooms between twenty people, now they have twenty rooms between two people.


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    Crooked Jack
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    mango salsa wrote: »
    Shops open on a Sunday

    It's a pain in the arse that the big shops are only open 1-6 though.


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    PhlegmyMoses
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Im 27 and unless I had jsut done something physically demanding, gone out for a run or been working on the farm all day, i would only shower once or twice a week. I really don't understand these anal freaks who feel the need to shower once or twice a day

    You either don't sweat at all, only eat food that doesn't come through your pores or you smell. I can't go to work in a shirt without having a wash that morning. I'd feel grim.


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    BraziliaNZ
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Im 27 and unless I had jsut done something physically demanding, gone out for a run or been working on the farm all day, i would only shower once or twice a week. I really don't understand these anal freaks who feel the need to shower once or twice a day

    But I have to shower every morning or I'm absolutely manky at work and feel awful. I'm not sure how I would have coped in earlier times, most people didn't even have showers!


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    Wossack
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    am a bit young to remember personally 30 years ago, but from looking at old photos and television, theres far more colours nowerdays then there used to be


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    dd972
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    Choice of crisps and beer in the off licences have changed exponentially !


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    Boombastic
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    10p crisps and penny sweets are now crazy prices :eek:


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    Stojkovic
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    Politicians are not as corrupt as they were in the 80s.


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    oldyouth
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    You bought a car, you bought a licence, you bought insurance and loaded the thing up with your mates and headed out on the road.


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    Crooked Jack
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    PhlegmyMoses wrote: »
    You either don't sweat at all, only eat food that doesn't come through your pores or you smell. I can't go to work in a shirt without having a wash that morning. I'd feel grim.

    If you've got shirt troubles
    I feel bad for you, son
    I got 99 problems
    But smelling because I don't obsessively shower aint one.

    attempting to rap, however, is one of them.


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    Itwasntme.
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Im 27 and unless I had jsut done something physically demanding, gone out for a run or been working on the farm all day, i would only shower once or twice a week. I really don't understand these anal freaks who feel the need to shower once or twice a day

    It's not anal to want to shower every day. Anal is showering three or four times a day.


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    Boombastic
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    Itwasntme. wrote: »
    It's not anal to want to shower every day. Anal is showering three or four times a day.

    Does Anal know we are in drought and they shouldn't be wasting water?


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    irritablebaz
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    people are more independent now, we are not afraid to question those in authority anymore. on the down side people seem to have lost time to talk to each other properly. we are all working every hour and no-one has the time to visit which i used to love as a kid.


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    The Backwards Man
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    Boombastic wrote: »
    10p crisps and penny sweets are now crazy prices :eek:

    What price were 10p crisps in 1983?
    I think they were 7p


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    PhlegmyMoses
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    But smelling because I don't obsessively shower aint one.

    Not your decision to make. Has anyone ever remarked to you how smelly somebody else is? If not, you're the smelly friend. Name change from Crooked Jack to Unwashed Sack please.


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    Crooked Jack
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    Itwasntme. wrote: »
    It's not anal to want to shower every day. Anal is showering three or four times a day.

    Im just glad everybody is saying anal all of a sudden


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    #29
    markomuscle
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    better sports stadiums, though 15 years ago they were terrible as well


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    Lando Griffin
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    You could sit on top of a trailer load of bales and smoke a fag when bringing them to the shed, near impossible now that they are big round ones.


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    Boombastic
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    What price were 10p crisps in 1983?
    I think they were 7p

    For 10p in 1983 you could get a bag of tayto, 5 ha'penny sweets, a box of cigarettes and the bus home..


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