I'm so old that...

Jack Lynch · 28-07-2008 12:08am #1

The board seemed a bit dead, so I decided to start a game. Only it's not a very good game. Still, I tried. The point of it is to say something that you lived through at CTYI and someone has to guess what year you're talking about.

I know it's highly likely that nobody will ever reply to this, but at least I've tried.

"I'm so old that I remember Dr. Sheila"

"I'm so old that I was in the Shower Fire"

"I'm so old that I went to discos in the Hub"

Stargal · 28-07-2008 1:01am

Jack Lynch wrote: »

"I'm so old that I remember Dr. Sheila"

Between 1992 and 2004

"I'm so old that I was in the Shower Fire"

2003?

"I'm so old that I went to discos in the Hub"

Up until 2003/4?

If we get them right can we post up our own ones?

PurpleFistMixer · 28-07-2008 4:30am

On the topic of the board being dead, do people who go to ctyi nowadays even know of its existence? Like, I found out about this by someone in CTYI linking me here, in their "farewell note" thing. Does anyone do that anymore? It would seem, to me, to be a solution to the "dead as a dodo" quality this forum has nowadays.

Piste · 28-07-2008 10:30am

Hehe I remember the shower fire...my friends were all worried because I wasn't with my RA group at the fire assembly point, but I was off watching Moulin Rouge blissfully unaware of any fires.

Jack Lynch · 31-07-2008 2:59pm

Post your own, even if you don't get them right. Shower fire was 2004, by the way.

I say was. There was another shower fire last night. Deja vu?...

Aoibheann · 31-07-2008 11:47pm

Jack Lynch wrote: »

Post your own, even if you don't get them right. Shower fire was 2004, by the way.

I say was. There was another shower fire last night. Deja vu?...

Didn't some of us totally miss the shower fire in '04 because of playing cards in the Street? :P Good times..

Jack Lynch · 01-08-2008 1:14am

For various reasons, there were quite a lot of people that missed the Shower Fire. It made the whole situation an awful lot more entertaining for the rest of us.

Hey Aoibheann, how are you? What are you up to now?

eVeNtInE · 02-08-2008 11:18pm

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smiles · 04-08-2008 10:01pm

I'm so old that it's been over a decade since my first trip to CTYI.

I'm so old I was an RA for the shower fire.

I'm so old I helped start this forum

Raphael · 04-08-2008 10:18pm

Huh. Fio wins.

LiamD · 05-08-2008 10:09pm

I'm so old I felt a twinge of sadness for a cat which met an icy Norwegian end.

I'm so old I went on Sunday trips to faraway counties.

I'm so old I had Willy as an RA.

PS Hi Fionnuala!

smiles · 05-08-2008 11:14pm

LiamD wrote: »

I'm so old I felt a twinge of sadness for a cat which met an icy Norwegian end.

I'm so old I went on Sunday trips to faraway counties.

I'm so old I had Willy as an RA.

PS Hi Fionnuala!

hmmm... not sure who this is....

eVeNtInE · 05-08-2008 11:56pm

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Jack Lynch · 07-08-2008 9:18pm

Respect for having Willy as an RA. I was only old enough to have him for Assistant Site Director/ Site Director the following year. My 3 CTYI years had 3 different Site Directors.

Faraway countries? Really? Furthest I went was Clontarf.

eVeNtInE · 09-08-2008 11:36pm

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tabouli · 10-08-2008 4:43pm

I know the only reason I ever used this forum was to find out about reunion dates and such.

Since Bebo came about, I'd imagine that present CTYIers use the page there instead.

Scarinae · 15-08-2008 9:13pm

LiamD wrote: »

I'm so old I felt a twinge of sadness for a cat which met an icy Norwegian end

AHAHAHAHAHA I'd totally forgotten about that! That's just made me crack up, thanks Liam!!

I'm so old I've no idea what the deal is with this shower fire
I'm so old, there wasn't a Hub when I started, and the discos were in the canteen
I'm so old some people didn't have email addresses my first year in CTYI, so people used to actually write each other letters
I'm so old, I was forced to watch Crocodile Dundee in LA

the evil lime · 15-08-2008 10:03pm

smiles wrote: »

I'm so old that it's been over a decade since my first trip to CTYI.

I'm so old I was an RA for the shower fire.

I'm so old I helped start this forum

I'm so old I shared a class with you.

I'm so old I produced cat-kicking themed posters to use up my printer credit.

I'm so old that anyone past Willy as site director seems strange, confusing and wrong damnit!

I'm probably old enough for a heap of other things too. I'm just so old I forget them.

Jim_Are_Great · 24-08-2008 1:30am

I'm so old that I had Sheila Gilheany as an RA.

I'm so old that DCU wasn't constructed in my first year. We just had classes on a patch of grass in Glasnevin.

I'm so old that my first course was Flint Carving.

I'm so old that the course currently called Archaeology was called New-Stuff-We-Find-On-The-Ground Studies.

markytowny94 · 31-08-2008 9:39am

as for the boards being dead. yas i did session 1 2008 and the only time it was mentioned whas when we were discussing how dead it was and how some of the threads havent been replied to since 2005/6. Around the time bebo was made? the only people here have been out of ctyi 3+ years. this is where they really talk now. ok? we swapped msns!

http://www.bebo.com/ctyi-dcu

and apparently vinny changed the lecture a bit for the first time in years
(3 slides) if there is anyone here from vinnys first lecture that is old! and its probz the same still!
some of these threads have been made in 2000! 8 years ago when it was probs about 10 people that were all friends. and all there posts were replied within a day or two.

how about ... I'm so new i know that nobody will reply to this within 5 days and that on the ctyi bebo there will be at least 2 within 24 hours!!!

Jim_Are_Great · 31-08-2008 4:22pm

markytowny94 wrote: »

how about ... I'm so new i know that nobody will reply to this within 5 days

I AM THE DUBUNKINAT0R!!

tabouli · 31-08-2008 11:33pm

the only people here have been out of ctyi 3+ years.

I was there in 2007, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

eVeNtInE · 01-09-2008 11:08pm

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markytowny94 · 05-09-2008 7:41pm

well ok maybe not EVERYONE maybe just majority??

TalkISCheap · 10-09-2008 10:53pm

I'm so old I went to Summer Courses - but in MINI-CTYI!

I'm so old Sheila knew me by name...

I'm so old I remember Jolt! (And Jolt-induced caffeine ODs...)

Hey all, been a while!!

insert-gear · 27-09-2008 8:35pm

I did CTYI in 2001 and 2002 (maybe)

But I don't remember anything like that at all... I remember Dr. Shiela and a Media Studies class with a dude that was obsessed with pokemon... Did I miss out on some serious banter?

insert-gear · 27-09-2008 8:38pm

Oh and we watched George of the Jungle on video

rainbow kirby · 17-10-2008 2:58am

smiles wrote: »

I'm so old that it's been over a decade since my first trip to CTYI.

I'm so old I was an RA for the shower fire.

I'm so old I helped start this forum

I'm so old that I'm 6 months older than Fio and we were nevermores at the same time.

I'm so old that she poked me to join by an email.

I'm so old that I remember when the evil lime was 13, and trying to bring a lightsaber to class. Now he's a postgrad.

Dearv · 17-10-2008 11:13pm

I'm so old that it's been over a decade since my first trip to CTYI...
I'm so old that I spent 8 years there...
I'm so old that I was one of the first munchkins to attend...
I'm so old that I remember when Colm O'Reilly wasn't in charge...
I'm so old that I was there when CTYI meant Sheila Gilheany...
I'm so old that Sheila Gilheany also knew me by name...
I'm so old that I remember when CTYI was on the news for the first time...
I'm so old that I played nutsack in the quad with the Tas, Ras & instructors...
I'm so old that I remember when the instructors used to eat lunch with us...
I'm so old that I was there in the days pre-spar...
I'm so old that I went to discos in the Hub...
I'm so old that I remember discos before the Hub...
I'm so old that I was in the Shower Fire...
I'm so old that I helped put toasters & kettles in the quad on the last day for the first time...
I'm so old that I remember the days when "cloud watching" was an activity...
I'm so old that I remember when munchkins & us had activities together...
I'm so old that I remember when munchkins could go residential...
I'm so old that I was introduced to the internet in CTYI...

& the sad thing is I still miss it at times, very few things can really compare to that first summer in CTYI! After all "CTYI isn't just a three week course, it is a way of life"

Acid_Violet · 19-10-2008 10:19pm

My last year was 2007, but anyway.......

I'm so old that I was a Munchkin.

I'm so old I remember when Munchkins could be residential.

I'm so old I remember Sheila Gilheaney.

I'm so old that I was in (a) disco in the hub.

I'm so old I remember that half the people on my first year were goths.

I'm so old that I remember when we were allowed in the Street.

I'm so old that I remember Dermo the Hobo.

I'm so old I remember the Talent Shows when they were good.

Raphael · 19-10-2008 10:55pm

I'm so old that none of those things seem all that old... Heck, some of them seem gorram new!

I'm so old that I went to a talent show in the Hub

I'm so old that...

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