Emmigration

Oranage2 · 13-04-2014 11:43AM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Well that's a good point I suppose. It's trying to find someone to go with. Either that or they'll incorporate the drink into it somehow. I remember years ago we organised a bowling night out in work, but a lot of them were fairly tipsy before they even showed up, and then they'd have to finish the night off with a few drinks too.

What you say about people having more responsibilities as they get older is true, but its not like any of my mates have kids or mortgages or anything like that, but people tend to mature as they get older and generally don't drink as much, (or can't drink as much) as they did in their youth. That seems to be the case anyway if the, "how much can you drink?" thread is anything to go by.

I just gave a quick Google and the price of bowling was 7 quid a game per person :eek: you're going to find it hard to get any beginner to fork over that much for something they might not like or be any good at. Bowling was something I never really considered back home but I do it twice a week now.

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2014 11:47AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

I just gave a quick Google and the price of bowling was 7 quid a game per person :eek: you're going to find it hard to get any beginner to fork over that much for something they might not like or be any good at. Bowling was something I never really considered back home but I do it twice a week now.

7 quid is nothing compared to what you'd spend on drink on a night out. That barely covers a pint.

Oranage2 · 13-04-2014 12:00PM

Daveysil15 wrote: »

7 quid is nothing compared to what you'd spend on drink on a night out. That barely covers a pint.

Well maybe closer to two pint ,but I get your point. But for the most part, Irish mentality is that nothing is funner than getting lit.

I didn't really realize this till I moved away.

I'm not saying Ireland is a bleak hell hole, but I live a better and more enjoyable life outside it

IIITIII · 13-04-2014 06:01PM

QUOTEPrincess Consuela Bananahammock First of all, my people...? I have to say this is disgusting if you can't say my people. Blacks say this, Arabs say this but o no Irish can't say this but why?, stop been so anti-Irish, Irish are a unique & distinct group of people & are as much entitled as any other group on this planet to express it. Why do you have an issue with my people?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-04-2014 06:45PM

IIITIII wrote: »

QUOTEPrincess Consuela Bananahammock First of all, my people...? I have to say this is disgusting if you can't say my people. Blacks say this, Arabs say this but o no Irish can't say this but why?, stop been so anti-Irish, Irish are a unique & distinct group of people & are as much entitled as any other group on this planet to express it. Why do you have an issue with my people?

Firstly, I didn't say it. Secondly, it was clarified as a typo by the OP.

homeless student · 13-04-2014 07:23PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well maybe closer to two pint ,but I get your point. But for the most part, Irish mentality is that nothing is funner than getting lit.

I didn't really realize this till I moved away.

I'm not saying Ireland is a bleak hell hole, but I live a better and more enjoyable life outside it

no one gives a toss about your life:rolleyes:

13-04-2014 08:03PM

In answer to the OPs question.....

I miss my daughter madly! She's only on a working holiday visa but she is taking the steps to stay for a lot longer. She works hard, goes out Saturday nights like any other 21 year old and spends Sundays at the beach or taking a trip somewhere for the day.

She's in Australia and I wish she had chosen Europe or USA as I could book a flight to see her within a few days. Australia takes a lot more planning and money. Thank you, inventor of Skype!

Even though I would rather she was home, I do understand that she is learning more about life being away and I am proud of what she is achieving.

BBJBIG · 13-04-2014 08:03PM

Until something is done about the socialised Debts (especially the Banking Debts) of Private Business foisted on the backs of the people, I'm afraid we are going to be having this "Emmigration" discussion over and over again - for a very long time.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-04-2014 08:28PM

homeless student wrote: »

no one gives a toss about your life:rolleyes:

This kinda attitude is something is another reason, tbh.

iamstop · 13-04-2014 08:50PM

I was about 2 years unemployed after getting my degree in Mech Eng as a mature student. Did an online diploma in Pharma Manufacturing also didn't help. Finally at a jobs fair in the RDS. I now live in one of the coldest cities in the world. Winnipeg.
This past winter was especially brutal. Worst in over a hundred years they say.
There are some great things about Canada, the winters are not one of them.

Adamantium · 13-04-2014 08:56PM

iamstop wrote: »

I now live in one of the coldest cities in the world. Winnipeg.
This past winter was especially brutal. Worst in over a hundred years they say.
There are some great things about Canada, the winters are not one of them.

So there was no Cape Canaverel for you, was there?

keith16 · 13-04-2014 09:20PM

LizzieJones wrote: »

I hear a whole lot of Irish folks are coming to Canada with the visas we gave them.

The more the better.

I was in Toronto a few weeks ago, cracking town, beer and women and a good work ethic over there too.

Go Leafs!

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy · 13-04-2014 11:20PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

In answer to the OPs question.....

I miss my daughter madly! She's only on a working holiday visa but she is taking the steps to stay for a lot longer. She works hard, goes out Saturday nights like any other 21 year old and spends Sundays at the beach or taking a trip somewhere for the day.

She's in Australia and I wish she had chosen Europe or USA as I could book a flight to see her within a few days. Australia takes a lot more planning and money. Thank you, inventor of Skype!

Even though I would rather she was home, I do understand that she is learning more about life being away and I am proud of what she is achieving.

I feel for you and others who have family abroad and are settling down. Skype isn't the same as holding and hugging the first newborn grandchild or niece or nephew.

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