Your best summer...and why...

11-09-2015 11:52PM #1

So what was your best summer ever?

For me it was 1992. Finished the Leaving Cert, first summer going out with the woman who is now my wife, first time going out and drinking properly after a year or 2 of silly stuff, had a job so was paying my own way, got to the Uni where my (now) wife was (which had kinda dictated the choices a few months earlier!) and the charts were full of anthems like the Shamen 'Ebeneezer Goode' that we thought were great at the time.

BrowmThomas · 11-09-2015 11:54PM

Waiting for someone to say the Summer of 69!!!

kneemos · 11-09-2015 11:56PM

BrowmThomas wrote: »

Waiting for someone to say the Summer of 69!!!

Thought of it,but you know,so cliched.

booooring! · 11-09-2015 11:57PM

When I learned how to stop ejaculating prematurely

Jesus Wept · 11-09-2015 11:58PM

300 words, title: mo laethanta saoire.
In your own words.

And yes, you must use paragraphs.

BrowmThomas · 11-09-2015 11:58PM

kneemos wrote: »

Thought of it,but you know,so cliched.

Sorry...I couldn't resist, was funny in my head!

Pinch Flat · 12-09-2015 12:05AM

Summer of 90. Headed out in the ferry to France, final destination south west Germany after a night train from Paris for a summer job. Me and about a dozen mates, Italia 90 and lots of drinking and general mayhem. Great fun was had

ToddyDoody · 12-09-2015 12:45AM

Summer of 09, got a large payout from a personal injury claim in April and had a great time spending the windfall on a 6 week world cruise. How do you top that?

Mint Aero · 12-09-2015 01:34AM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Summer of 09, got a large payout from a personal injury claim in April and had a great time spending the windfall on a 6 week world cruise. How do you top that?

By not being handicapped.

petrolcan · 12-09-2015 01:35AM

1990.

Arm wrestling on a car roof at 50.

Repairing dent on said car with a spade handle and making others believe it was a shopping trolley dent.

Dropping my bike several times because I didn't quite understand weight distribution whilst cycling 40 miles to camp.

Watching Mc Ginley skim my plate over the lake at said camp!

Shooting stars

Cold Football Special at 20 miles.

Meeting Amelia. She was perfect but I didn't know she was into me until it was too late.

The Backwards Man · 12-09-2015 01:58AM

Every summer above ground is a good summer.

Apart from '85, it was just pish.

Filmer Paradise · 12-09-2015 02:20AM

petrolcan wrote: »

1990.

Arm wrestling on a car roof at 50.

Repairing dent on said car with a spade handle and making others believe it was a shopping trolley dent.

Dropping my bike several times because I didn't quite understand weight distribution whilst cycling 40 miles to camp.

Watching Mc Ginley skim my plate over the lake at said camp!

Shooting stars

Cold Football Special at 20 miles.

Meeting Amelia. She was perfect but I didn't know she was into me until it was too late.

Is there a code to translate this?

Brian from Bray · 12-09-2015 05:04AM

Every summer when I was young was great.

DareGod · 12-09-2015 05:25AM

2004

First love
Turned 18
Lots of sunshine
2 weeks in Spain
Some great albums came out
Met one of my music heroes at the time
Oxegen '04
Saw some amazing concerts
Still felt excitement
Still cared about life

Fun times!

fullstop · 12-09-2015 06:05AM

1995, because the weather was awesome unlike seemingly every other summer.

Menas · 12-09-2015 07:47AM

I honestly dont have a best summer! I loved my summers from when I was doing the leaving and in uni. Part time jobs and travelling and doing grown up things...
I suppose my best (as in ideal) summer would have elements of every summer I have lived thru! A cop out answer.

NachoBusiness · 12-09-2015 08:15AM

1989.
Met a girl from Tralee at The Cure.
Santa Ponsa in August.
Good times.

Mister Vain · 12-09-2015 08:45AM

No particular year but when I was a young lad in primary school the summers were always great. No school, staying out late in the evenings and playing soccer with jumpers for goal posts. Sleep overs in friends houses. Trips down to Tramore and Courtown. Just pure freedom. Good times.

mad muffin · 12-09-2015 09:10AM

The summer of 2015. It was nice and cool.

shugy · 12-09-2015 09:22AM

best summer, cant remember the year but all i know it was warm

petrolcan · 12-09-2015 09:23AM

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Is there a code to translate this?

Yes

ToddyDoody · 12-09-2015 11:41AM

The last few haven't been too bad.

any ones during later secondary school or college were fairly poor for me due to not actually having any friends to 'play' with.

The last few years I've had money to go places and do things, + the greater confidence / years to do things id like to do... As well as having a few friends of similar interest.

jester77 · 12-09-2015 12:08PM

Probably the summer after I had graduated. Started working for a German company and they brought around 20 graduates over to Frankfurt for 3 months training. They put us up in a hotel for 3 months, everything was paid for and we also got daily expenses. This hotel also happened to be the same hotel where all the new trainee air hostesses for Lufthansa were put up. Trips to the sauna downstairs were frequent! It was the first time having proper money and first time having a proper summer in terms of weather. It was non stop partying, cheap alcohol in comparison to Ireland and beautiful girls. It was the sort of summer you never wanted to end.

Backpack20 · 12-09-2015 01:01PM

This summer for definite, I haven't been on holidays for a good few years until this summer ! Travelled on a j1 to Chicago at the start of May , had the best summer of my life did more things during that 4 months than I ever have living in Ireland . Also to top it off we travelled all around California for the last month .

Buckfast W · 16-09-2015 11:20AM

Last summer was pretty cool. Got the Irish Pub book about 2 years back and last summer managed to put a pretty big dent into it by visiting a few pubs. Oh and the weather was much better :-)