Things from the Celtic tiger you actually miss

amdublin · 30-04-2014 08:12AM #1

A lot of the stuff in the other thread (things from the Celtic tiger you don't see anymore) are a bit crazy/obnoxious and I don't think we want to go back to.

I only buy one newspaper at the weekend - one on Sunday. Compared to I used to buy two on Sat and two on Sunday and spend the whole weekend reading.

I now read them on the internet. Its not the same. I miss those weekends spent reading newspapers.

Big or small. What do you miss?

Guffy · 30-04-2014 08:12AM

Ah Money???

Moneymaker · 30-04-2014 08:12AM

Having money.

Moneymaker · 30-04-2014 08:13AM

gufc21 wrote: »

Ah Money???

Beat me to it :mad:

amdublin · 30-04-2014 08:14AM

Some say money...some say credit

amdublin · 30-04-2014 08:15AM

Moneymaker wrote: »

Having money.

But you the moneymaker :eek:

Bubbaclaus · 30-04-2014 08:20AM

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

BuilderPlumber · 30-04-2014 08:23AM

Bearing in mind, I consider the Celtic Tiger to be 1994-1999: therefore, being able to turn on the TV at newstime without hearing about the following:

-George W Bush.
-9/11.
-The Iraq war.
-Bertie Ahern defending himself over payments made to him.
-Rip off prices after Ireland joined the Euro.
-Anglo Irish bank.
-Constant negativity.
-Seeing way too many so-called 'economists' on our screens.
-Politicians justifying cutbacks and they living in luxury.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-04-2014 08:23AM

I don't miss anything much. My life hasn't really changed, apart from paying more taxes'n'stuff. I didn't get out of line in the Celtic Tiger era like a lot of people did, and I wasn't as badly affected by the recession as most people.

corkonion · 30-04-2014 08:23AM

I miss eating regularly.

joe stodge · 30-04-2014 08:28AM

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

Still know a few people at that these days, a girl I know has a house and her husband has an apartment somewhere in the city which they refuse to rent or sell. both have good jobs but are crippled broke paying 2 mortgages and live off credit cards and over drafts.

amdublin · 30-04-2014 08:28AM

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

People living beyond their means.

You will spot many of them these days on boards blaming bankers for it finally catching up on them.

You miss this

hoodwinked · 30-04-2014 08:29AM

the happiness,

they say when the gap between the rich and poor is smaller then people are happier,

drunkmonkey · 30-04-2014 08:31AM

Coveing, starting to come back into fashion again now so happy days. All these minimalist ceilings were getting boring.

amdublin · 30-04-2014 08:32AM

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Bearing in mind, I consider the Celtic Tiger to be 1994-1999: therefore, being able to turn on the TV at newstime without hearing about the following:

-George W Bush.
-9/11.
-The Iraq war.
-Bertie Ahern defending himself over payments made to him.
-Rip off prices after Ireland joined the Euro.
-Anglo Irish bank.
-Constant negativity.
-Seeing way too many so-called 'economists' on our screens.
-Politicians justifying cutbacks and they living in luxury.

And you miss this??

padd b1975 · 30-04-2014 08:37AM

No queues in the post office on dole day.

Bubbaclaus · 30-04-2014 08:40AM

amdublin wrote: »

You miss this

I miss watching it from afar, and laughing about the thought of them thinking it would be fine and never catch up with them. Big mortgages being the biggest one.

Celly Smunt · 30-04-2014 08:46AM

Eddie Hobbs.

baldbear · 30-04-2014 08:49AM

Emigrated friends.

whirlpool · 30-04-2014 08:51AM

My childhood, innocence, naivety, having a ready-made future (career/income) waiting for me, and less poverty, depression and hardship in the country.

I feel like the weather was better back then too.

I was disgracefully bitter about the recession at first, as I was just out of college and it was completely unexpected to me, but I've come to learn that that was the mind frame of a spoilt little **** :pac:

But yeah, childhood and hope were my own personal main ones :rolleyes:

Oh and I really miss the absence of social media, both in the personal world and in the celebrity world.

wrt40 · 30-04-2014 08:53AM

Patio heaters.

earlytobed · 30-04-2014 08:59AM

My skiing holiday:(
My Beemer:(

jester77 · 30-04-2014 09:02AM

The breakfast rolls are nowhere near as good as they used to be.

Toby Take a Bow · 30-04-2014 09:04AM

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

I miss watching it from afar, and laughing about the thought of them thinking it would be fine and never catch up with them. Big mortgages being the biggest one.

But if - as you argue - it was all their fault, it didn't just catch up with them, it caught up with you as well. Or were you just trying to make a point, albeit one that was petty and a perfect example of schadenfreude?

iDave · 30-04-2014 09:10AM

Waking up drenched in champagne

Dublinflyer · 30-04-2014 09:11AM

Back gardens made completely of Decking

Celly Smunt · 30-04-2014 09:13AM

Remember those ridiculous laurel and hardy statue things people used to put outside their houses.Or horse and dog statues.

I miss that

The Backwards Man · 30-04-2014 09:28AM

Exhausts the size of the port tunnel hanging off 1.0L Corsas.

Davarus Walrus · 30-04-2014 09:30AM

Photographs of Barry Egan and Gerald Kean drinking champagne on the deck of a yacht off the coast of Marbella.

IK09 · 30-04-2014 09:31AM

When the CT was is full swing I was about 16, most of my friends had left school to take up a trade. I stayed and went to college. When they were making stupid money, they used always go to the pub all day Sunday and we would play pool, because I never had any money they would buy me pints all day. So i guess the thing I miss is the free pints. Dont worry I have repaid the favour.

Hermy · 30-04-2014 09:32AM

A job!

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