1994 was 20 years ago

road_high · 02-01-2014 05:18PM

Twenty years ago..mad.

It was a kind of a water-shed era/year I think as Ireland changed utterly into the country it is today. It was around then the economy took off, the internet was just about on the horizon, mobile phones were beginning to appear.

SharpshooterTom · 02-01-2014 05:19PM

As I say I was living in England at the time, but apparantly Riverdance was at number 1 in Ireland for 18 weeks that year?? :eek:

MadsL · 02-01-2014 05:19PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Friends started in 1994 (20 years ago) and ended in 2004 (10 years ago). I'm now the age that the main characters were when it started so an on-again-off-again relationship with Jennifer Aniston should be starting anytime now.

Word of advice. Don't have 'a break'.

freedominacup · 02-01-2014 05:20PM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

As I say I was living in England at the time, but apparantly Riverdance was at number 1 in Ireland for 18 weeks that year?? :eek:

It made a nice change from "me arse is low".

vitani · 02-01-2014 05:20PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

It was the year I got my tonsils out. I was ten and spent a week in hospital. I remember crying cause I was by myself in a weird place. And probably scared I'd be killed.

I got my tonsils out in 94 as well. I was nine, but I loved all the attention (and the icecream).

antodeco · 02-01-2014 05:20PM

xzanti wrote: »

Everyone was wearing these..

I had the USA 94 game on the GameBoy Colour!

danniemcq · 02-01-2014 05:21PM

Fun fact

The year that that 70s show came out compared to the year it was set if applied to the current day would be called That 90's show and be set in 1992

wiz569 · 02-01-2014 05:21PM

Mena wrote: »

20 years ago?

I was in my second year in the military back then. God I'm old.

I was 6 years married :eek:

branie · 02-01-2014 05:22PM

It was the year Zig and Zag defected to Channel 4

burnhardlanger · 02-01-2014 05:23PM

1994. I was 13.

Senna and Ratzenberger killed at the San Marino GP.

melekalikimaka · 02-01-2014 05:23PM

DannieHasAFanny wrote: »

Fun fact

The year that that 70s show came out compared to the year it was set if applied to the current day would be called That 90's show and be set in 1992

for a moment i thought it would be a great show idea... then i remembered saved by the bell, hang time and pugwall

pass

Miss Lockhart · 02-01-2014 05:24PM

I was 11/12. Nothing really stands out.

MadsL · 02-01-2014 05:25PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Don't forget Aldridge goin' mental at the fourth official on the sideline.

Wait. They had fourth officials in 94?

I am old. Wasn't that introduced like five years ago?

Mushy · 02-01-2014 05:25PM

Was 5, I remember my grandad dying, watching some WC matches (didnt a crossbar snap in one match?), and moving house that year.

danniemcq · 02-01-2014 05:26PM

burnhardlanger wrote: »

1994. I was 13.

Senna and Ratzenberger killed at the San Marino GP.

jeez yeah i had forgotten about that for a minute there, that was an horrific weekend

iDave · 02-01-2014 05:27PM

Was 9, again World Cup was main memory, that and being in Croke Park witnessing Meath lose by a point to the Dubs :mad:

Eoin247 · 02-01-2014 05:28PM

Was born that year. Can i start complaining about today's youth now?

Ush1 · 02-01-2014 05:29PM

MadsL wrote: »

Wait. They had fourth officials in 94?

I am old. Wasn't that introduced like five years ago?

Yep, you're perhaps thinking of the fifth official, better known as the behind the goal guys that do nothing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0ZEh6LPnA

StephenHendry · 02-01-2014 05:30PM

DannieHasAFanny wrote: »

jeez yeah i had forgotten about that for a minute there, that was an horrific weekend

remember senna and ratzenburger being killed , and kurt cobains death, riverdance and ireland beating italy in the wc , 94 was to be the beginning of the celtic tiger

youtheman · 02-01-2014 05:32PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Don't forget Aldridge goin' mental at the fourth official on the sideline.

Was that the year that Maradona stuck his face in the camera like a rabid dog (he was off his head on Coke). 'twas hardly 1998 was it?.

02-01-2014 05:34PM

For all the cool memories of World Cup 1994, the one that stands out for me is the poor Columbian player Andres Escobar being gunned down after his Own Goal in a match with USA condemned his side to elimination. Columbia were proper dark horses to do well at the tournament and a lot of the shady characters from the Cartel had huge sums of money on them to progress. They killed him in cold blood. I was only 8 and remember it in the news

DainBramage · 02-01-2014 05:35PM

pretty sure I saw Foo Fighters in SFX that year (or maybe it was'95) ...either way i'm ancient

JoeA3 · 02-01-2014 05:36PM

World Cup USA 1994 obviously... Aldridge going mad with the officials, Steve Staunton melting under the Orlando sun, beating Italy in the Giants stadium... and then we kinda went out with a whimper and we threw a rather embarrassing homecoming party for the boys in the Phoenix park. I distinctly remember watching it on TV - Boyzone were jumping around in orange jumpsuits to a mostly dis-interested crowd in the Phoenix park!

That Wet Wet Wet song (from 4 weddings) was never off the radio as was Riverdance.

Closer to home I remember getting my first summer job that year (£2.50 an hour slavery in Supermacs ha ha). Actually I remember hearing about Senna's fatal accident on my first day in that job.

My interest in the ladies definitely started to heighten that year, I remember that clearly

Wabbit Ears · 02-01-2014 05:36PM

RoboRat wrote: »

I did my leaving cert in '94 :eek:

Same here....was 17.

secondrowgal · 02-01-2014 05:37PM

Life is like a box of chocolates... wasn't that 1994?

I was in the UK a year at that stage, supposedly for only 5 years, and didn't get home until 2001

02-01-2014 05:39PM

youtheman wrote: »

Was that the year that Maradona stuck his face in the camera like a rabid dog (he was off his head on Coke). 'twas hardly 1998 was it?.

1994. Also Roger Milla's swan song from Cameroon. He was the ripe old age of 42 when he scored at the finals, the oldest player to hold the record.

Gambas · 02-01-2014 05:39PM

road_high wrote: »

Twenty years ago..mad.

It was a kind of a water-shed era/year I think as Ireland changed utterly into the country it is today. It was around then the economy took off, the internet was just about on the horizon, mobile phones were beginning to appear.

The mid to late 90's were great.

thegreatgonzo · 02-01-2014 05:40PM

I was in 4th year and watching No Disco with Donal Dineen was the highlight of my week. Went to Feile in Thurles that summer.

sydthebeat · 02-01-2014 05:42PM

RoboRat wrote: »

I did my leaving cert in '94 :eek:

Me too

Henry94 · 02-01-2014 05:43PM

I got married. Still am. 20 ****ing years imagine.

1994 was 20 years ago

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