I remember the time when.........

wandatowell · 25-07-2013 10:53PM

CJC999 wrote: »

I remember when I would leave the house before 9 in the morning and wouldn't come home till 9 at night, someone always fed me and no one ever came looking for me,

+1

I'd say there's quite a few fellas with the same memories

kasper · 25-07-2013 11:12PM

Nodster wrote: »

I'll go one better - 10 Grand Parade were 12 and a half pence and my first pint of Smitwicks was 42p in the original Belfield Bar

I remember buying and smoking the major cigarettes when I was 9 years old

Katunga · 25-07-2013 11:23PM

when cans of Heineken cost €2 a can cheapest not a euro a can in supermarkets.

RikkFlair · 25-07-2013 11:24PM

I remember when the theme tune at the end of Glenroe signalled your arse being walloped upstairs to bed.

JustAThought · 25-07-2013 11:24PM

I remember when we all had different bins, and the bin men would lift them up on their shoulders and tip them into the truck; as many of them and black bags as you wanted.

And sometimes if there was broken glass in the bin you would have to write the bin man a note & cellotape it onto the bag, to say to be careful.

Reindeer · 25-07-2013 11:41PM

When I was a rugrat back in the states, I could buy 5 chocolates, AKA candy bars, for a dollar. When I was a teen, cigs were $1 a pack for premiums, 80 cent for 'standards'. At 16 years of age, I had a 1966 Ford Mustang with a 5 liter V8 that was $18/mo to insure, and I paid 65 cent per US gallon(3.8 litres) of lead-infused petrol, AKA gasoline. At the age of 8, I bought an air rifle from the local hardware store for 20 bucks. At 18, I bought a shotgun from that same shop and only had to show them proof of age. When I was in college, nearly decent beer was often on sale for $4.99 for a 12 pack. Nearly...

Femme_Fatale · 25-07-2013 11:43PM

Blingy wrote: »

When we had sunny summers that lasted longer than a few of weeks.

I can't remember this ever.

tunedout · 25-07-2013 11:46PM

Vote 4 Pedro wrote: »

I remember when Polo mints were 2p a packet

They were introduced at 15p

tunedout · 25-07-2013 11:46PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I can't remember this ever.

Youve a short memory

pheasant tail · 25-07-2013 11:48PM

I remember when a tenner would get you a box of fags and a can of coke

Karl Stein · 25-07-2013 11:53PM

Supercans.

I win.

Galwayguy35 · 25-07-2013 11:53PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I can't remember this ever.

1988

the_syco · 25-07-2013 11:57PM

MidlandsM wrote: »

.......you could buy a bag of Tayto's for 10p ......

(you get it, post away!) :P

I remember when you get buy 4 pints of Guinness and a bag of Tayto for ten punts, and still get change!

Femme_Fatale · 25-07-2013 11:59PM

tunedout wrote: »

Youve a short memory

I'm in my 30s and can remember the 80s really well even though I was only a kid. I agree summers in very recent years have been exceptionally sh1t, but that doesn't mean the summers that preceded them were great; they were mostly just mediocre. The Irish climate has always been a mediocre one - long hot summers, and years of them in a row, don't happen, it's just our memories select the sunny days, especially from when we were children. The last summers like this were 2006, 2003 (but for a shorter length of time) and 1995.

Don't think '88 was a hot summer. 1989 was a heatwave by Irish standards all right, but it was just for a few weeks. 1985/6 were two of the wettest summers on record.

Galwayguy35 · 26-07-2013 12:01AM

I remember the night we went out to celebrate getting the LC results and went to the pub, nightclub and chipper with £10 in the pocket.

Galwayguy35 · 26-07-2013 12:03AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Don't think '88 was a hot summer. 1989 was a heatwave by Irish standards all right, but it was just for a few weeks. 1985/6 were two of the wettest summers on record.

1976 was supposed to be one of the hottest ever but I was only 2 so can't really comment on it.

irish bloke · 26-07-2013 12:05AM

MJ23 wrote: »

When I could get 20 Silk Cut Purple and a King size Mars bar, and have change out of £2.50.

I remember getting 10 John player blue for 85p and 10p each for a single fag.

Would smoke half, nob it and smoke the rest later

pharmaton · 26-07-2013 12:05AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I remember the night we went out to celebrate getting the LC results and went to the pub, nightclub and chipper with £10 in the pocket.

I remember a time when nightclubs had to provide food in order to continue serving, chicken curry and rice, burgers and chips and all in on the ticket price. good days.

irish bloke · 26-07-2013 12:07AM

the_syco wrote: »

I remember when you get buy 4 pints of Guinness and a bag of Tayto for ten punts, and still get change!

Was 4.95 for 3 pints when I started drinking. Always remember you could have 3 for a fiver

delw · 26-07-2013 12:12AM

irish bloke wrote: »

I remember getting 10 John player blue for 85p and 10p each for a single fag.

Would smoke half, nob it and smoke the rest later

Was just going to post about the lose ciggies :pac:

Femme_Fatale · 26-07-2013 12:15AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

1976 was supposed to be one of the hottest ever but I was only 2 so can't really comment on it.

I wasn't born, but it was. A few weeks like that do happen every few summers. My dad was just talking the other day about summer '76. He said summer '75 had a great stint too, and then the next summers like that were '83/'84.

Galwayguy35 · 26-07-2013 12:17AM

pharmaton wrote: »

I remember a time when nightclubs had to provide food in order to continue serving, chicken curry and rice, burgers and chips and all in on the ticket price. good days.

Yeah I remember that as well, the food was more basic though, a small leg of chicken and a bit of mash with a few peas.

It was all right though, stopped a gap in between skulling pints of what we all thought was a "mans drink" at the time (smithwicks)

pharmaton · 26-07-2013 12:20AM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Yeah I remember that as well, the food was more basic though, a small leg of chicken and a bit of mash with a few peas.

It was all right though, stopped a gap in between skulling pints of what we all thought was a "mans drink" at the time (smithwicks)

you would be sobered up and could drink more and not be dying sick the next day coz you had a feed

pebbles21 · 26-07-2013 12:33AM

I remember the Coalman delivering coal to our house..He was always covered from head to toe in black soot.....

But for some reason his right middle finger was always clean leaving my house

spankysue · 26-07-2013 12:36AM

I remember when a dear bar of chocolate like a Cadburys one was 30p and when Apples and Blackberries were just fruit.

kinkygirl · 26-07-2013 12:37AM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Kids actually went outside and played all day.
and kids actually went outside and played on christmas day!

Now the streets are just deserted.

This!
One of the best things about Christmas morning...sharing your toys with the other kids. Now they are glued to their computer screens and latest computer games.

Lord, I'm old.

padd b1975 · 26-07-2013 12:42AM

I remember getting up off my arse to change channel (choice of 2).

Channels that is, not arses.

XsApollo · 26-07-2013 12:44AM

I remember the time when,

Hulk hogan body slammed Andre the giant at Wrestlemania 3.

MidlandsM · 26-07-2013 12:47AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

I remember getting up off my arse to change channel (choice of 2).

Channels that is, not arses.

we had 2 long pool ques taped together to do it from the sofa........simple times.:D

my my my · 26-07-2013 12:49AM

20p an hour was good money

I remember the time when.........

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