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Bring back the Slow Set
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Fabbers of a certain age might remember the heart-racing moment when you caught someone's eye as he made his way across the dance-floor to you; the rabbit-caught-in-headlights panic of wondering whether you should make a run for it or brave it out. What was your slow set favourite and is there any Fabbers you would ask to dance with the possibility of getting a sneaky shift. I was an awful looking teenager so it was rare I got asked out to dance so I would usually be found hiding in the toilets when I would hear the opening notes of Careless Whisper  |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
Ok still have the fear of walking over to the girl with the pretty dress and smile and asking her to dance ....and then she says yes so I dont have to do the walk of shame
The power of love by Jennifer Rush comes on
Next problem how to dance without the girl knowing I have a raging erection in my jeans that I have absolutely no control over
And the more I worry about it...the harder it gets
Think of my dead granny ....that does it alright
I'm in a sweat just thinking of it |
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
Love is all around is one of the songs I remember starting off the slow sets.Watching a guy approach snd wondering if it was you or one of your friends he was going to ask out to dance.
Had my first kiss to a slow set it was bloody awful as well teeth clashed and I remember him sticking his tongue halfway down my throat and thinking sweet mother of God if this is kissing the movies definitely make it look better than it is |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Love is all around is one of the songs I remember starting off the slow sets.Watching a guy approach snd wondering if it was you or one of your friends he was going to ask out to dance.
Had my first kiss to a slow set it was bloody awful as well teeth clashed and I remember him sticking his tongue halfway down my throat and thinking sweet mother of God if this is kissing the movies definitely make it look better than it is "
Had my first kiss at the age of 14 during a slow set...thought I did ok
Afterwards her friend came over and told me she was going to teach me how to kiss because Debbie
( still remember ) likes me but I couldnt kiss properly and then proceeded to ware the face off me to give me a lesson |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Does anyone remember the licensing laws that required you to serve a meal? The lights would come on and they would dish out the chicken curry and rice absolutely muck. The fella you might have being shifting might not look as good then under the harsh lights. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does anyone remember the licensing laws that required you to serve a meal? The lights would come on and they would dish out the chicken curry and rice absolutely muck. The fella you might have being shifting might not look as good then under the harsh lights. "
Yeah, you had the complimentary scutter at around 12.30. Then neck a snakebite and go on the prowl for a shift  |
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"Does anyone remember the licensing laws that required you to serve a meal? The lights would come on and they would dish out the chicken curry and rice absolutely muck. The fella you might have being shifting might not look as good then under the harsh lights. "
the golden grill letterkenny used to do that chicken & chips in a basket great soakage  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Oh God I loved the slow set! So hot!
Also, is the erection thing real? Triggered by slow dancing?"
Oh I say they were only dying to drop the hand with you! |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"And then they played stair way to heaven talk about confusion
Yondid not know if you were shifting or maushing "
What about Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd...that messed up the end of the slow set big time |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Those were the days.. teenage discos were brilliant, especially if you went to a nearby town or village on the bus, going into some community centre, asking a girl out to dance, getting the shift, having a feel of her arse, raging erection in your jeans, ah yes the memories. From there it was onto niteclubs where they served alcohol and food, i met many a girlfriend because of the slow set, bring it back to fuck... |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
Great to see the memories are all the same and just the music changed
I look at my 14 yr old going out walking with the girls covered in Lynx and think " you dont understand the rite of passage you're missing"
Mind you he breaks his bollox laughing at my spotify music |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Great to see the memories are all the same and just the music changed
I look at my 14 yr old going out walking with the girls covered in Lynx and think " you dont understand the rite of passage you're missing"
Mind you he breaks his bollox laughing at my spotify music "
As im seen as ancient now, they are missing out, just my opinion. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I went to see this great covers band last year in Galway called The Shift. All they play is classic slow sets with a modern twist. They were the best craic ever they even had a sectioned off shifting area. Would be the perfect band for a swingers social. Bring back all those old memories |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I went to see this great covers band last year in Galway called The Shift. All they play is classic slow sets with a modern twist. They were the best craic ever they even had a sectioned off shifting area. Would be the perfect band for a swingers social. Bring back all those old memories"
Brilliant.. love this |
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Never went to a teenage disco. I was almost 20 before I set foot in a disco.
They served chicken and chips at each table during the night but never put the lights up.
Only time I remember doing the walk of shame was when the girl was upfront about not wanting to dance. All the others waited until we were on the dancefloor before asking for my friends names.
As a non drinking designated driver I had the pleasure of taking all my mates and their girlfriends home and in the days before seatbelts that could mean 3 couples shifting while I drove.
Slowsets meant nothing to me back then so can't say I miss them. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"How do teenagers get the shift these days? "
My 14 yr old got surrounded in a circle by all his gang of mates (male and female) and had to kiss one of the girls in front of everyone
Everyone had to do it last christmas
I guess that hasn't happened in a while |
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"How do teenagers get the shift these days?
My 14 yr old got surrounded in a circle by all his gang of mates (male and female) and had to kiss one of the girls in front of everyone
Everyone had to do it last christmas
I guess that hasn't happened in a while "
So romance is truly dead 
God the excitement of dancing and wondering when he’d make a move, the electricity of a seriously dirty inappropriate sloppy handsy kiss on the dance floor. I’d love a night out! |
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"Of course everyone knows other online now
Not like then it was up ya boy ya
And then you had the regular satalite crew who circled the the dance floor watch for the single girls "
Myself and my friends used to love doing a few laps of the disco to check out who was in... and strut our stuff |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Of course everyone knows other online now
Not like then it was up ya boy ya
And then you had the regular satalite crew who circled the the dance floor watch for the single girls
Myself and my friends used to love doing a few laps of the disco to check out who was in... and strut our stuff "
Had to be done, you might even spot someone new |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
Right Rosey
The DJ is a mate of my older brother and Ive done a deal with him.
He's going to play Careless Whisper as the first song
I've walked across the community center floor in front of everyone on here to ask you.
Will you not go to the loo and have a dance with me
(Feckin sweating here hope The Brut does it's job )
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Oh Rosy, slow sets were the best. A dance and a shift often sometimes taken outside the venue for a better grope lol. I still laugh thinking how the floor cleared as soon as the slow music started, lads to the left, girls to the right |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Right Rosey
The DJ is a mate of my older brother and Ive done a deal with him.
He's going to play Careless Whisper as the first song
I've walked across the community center floor in front of everyone on here to ask you.
Will you not go to the loo and have a dance with me
(Feckin sweating here hope The Brut does it's job )
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Oh yes a million yes's sweep me off my feet to the sound of George Michael playing in the background with the intoxicating scent of Brut wafting over us |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Oh Rosy, slow sets were the best. A dance and a shift often sometimes taken outside the venue for a better grope lol. I still laugh thinking how the floor cleared as soon as the slow music started, lads to the left, girls to the right "
Haha we were probably getting felt up outside the same venue's back in our misspent youth |
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"Oh Rosy, slow sets were the best. A dance and a shift often sometimes taken outside the venue for a better grope lol. I still laugh thinking how the floor cleared as soon as the slow music started, lads to the left, girls to the right
Haha we were probably getting felt up outside the same venue's back in our misspent youth "
More than likely Rosy, the good ole GAA centre came in handy for something other than Gaelic football |
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By *B 4099Man
over a year ago
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"It used to go from "Shift Central" to Jump Around!
Just as the hand was about to drop too 
Fact "
absolutely a fact. Brian Adams Anything I do I do it for you. The shift going great then Jump around came on and the place went mental ,the headers all came flying in d*unk from the naggin of vodka they had beforehand or a bottle of Linden Village. Lights go up and the horror or round the back. Dozens all around feeling up their man or woman of that night.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It used to go from "Shift Central" to Jump Around!
Just as the hand was about to drop too
Fact absolutely a fact. Brian Adams Anything I do I do it for you. The shift going great then Jump around came on and the place went mental ,the headers all came flying in d*unk from the naggin of vodka they had beforehand or a bottle of Linden Village. Lights go up and the horror or round the back. Dozens all around feeling up their man or woman of that night.
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"Did ya shift that yoke?"
"Nooooooooo waaaay"  |
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"How do teenagers get the shift these days? "
They call it "meeting" instead of shifting and the couples line up along the walls, usually the fella has his back to the wall. I've supervised many a youth club disco. You'd be sweatin' in case kids from your club went too far and you'd be expected to separate them - Mrs  |
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"How do teenagers get the shift these days?
They call it "meeting" instead of shifting and the couples line up along the walls, usually the fella has his back to the wall. I've supervised many a youth club disco. You'd be sweatin' in case kids from your club went too far and you'd be expected to separate them - Mrs "
“Keep space for the Holy Spirit!” |
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Used to love the slow set.
Nerve wrecking going over to ask, hoping you had consumed just the right amount of Dutch courage to be confident but not so much you were slurring your words
Not attractive, unless she's been drinking with you for the night.
I think Toni Braxton - You're Making Me High was my favourite slow song as (I think) I could fairly move to that, subtly  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Actually myself and a group of lads play music live on Facebook every Sunday ( The lads play whatever they want / requested) but I start off but it's always kinda a slow set as I kick things off from around 6. I'd be playing the likes of Reo Speedwagon, Celine dion, Aerosmith, bee gees etc
Its actually going pretty well with a couple of hundred live viewings every week and we have raised almost 30k for charitys since "Lockdown"
If anyone wants the name of the stream it give me a PM.. Its kinda nice to keep the classics alive |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Actually myself and a group of lads play music live on Facebook every Sunday ( The lads play whatever they want / requested) but I start off but it's always kinda a slow set as I kick things off from around 6. I'd be playing the likes of Reo Speedwagon, Celine dion, Aerosmith, bee gees etc
Its actually going pretty well with a couple of hundred live viewings every week and we have raised almost 30k for charitys since "Lockdown"
If anyone wants the name of the stream it give me a PM.. Its kinda nice to keep the classics alive "
Well done to you and your mates |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Actually myself and a group of lads play music live on Facebook every Sunday ( The lads play whatever they want / requested) but I start off but it's always kinda a slow set as I kick things off from around 6. I'd be playing the likes of Reo Speedwagon, Celine dion, Aerosmith, bee gees etc
Its actually going pretty well with a couple of hundred live viewings every week and we have raised almost 30k for charitys since "Lockdown"
If anyone wants the name of the stream it give me a PM.. Its kinda nice to keep the classics alive
Well done to you and your mates "
Sound Bog M, it's nothing like a real gig but it's keeping me abit sane while still out of work |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Actually myself and a group of lads play music live on Facebook every Sunday ( The lads play whatever they want / requested) but I start off but it's always kinda a slow set as I kick things off from around 6. I'd be playing the likes of Reo Speedwagon, Celine dion, Aerosmith, bee gees etc
Its actually going pretty well with a couple of hundred live viewings every week and we have raised almost 30k for charitys since "Lockdown"
If anyone wants the name of the stream it give me a PM.. Its kinda nice to keep the classics alive
Well done to you and your mates
Sound Bog M, it's nothing like a real gig but it's keeping me abit sane while still out of work "
Sure look I work at about 150 gigs a year.....all gone...I'm not impressed that my last gig for a long time was The Script |
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By *NawtyCplCouple
over a year ago
Around and about |
aw having tea in bed and reading all your posts its like a trip down memory lane!
First time I ever shifted Mrnawty was at a local disco. I was in the middle of doing my Leaving Cert ( shows how much interest I had  and had been introduced to him a few days before.
Anyway dolled up to the nines, perm crispy with mouse, pan stick foundation and so much Mostly Musk Bodyshop perfume it would make your eyes water,he strolls across the dance floor and askes me 'are ya dancing'... swoon.
Celebrated 25 years together last week. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"aw having tea in bed and reading all your posts its like a trip down memory lane!
First time I ever shifted Mrnawty was at a local disco. I was in the middle of doing my Leaving Cert ( shows how much interest I had and had been introduced to him a few days before.
Anyway dolled up to the nines, perm crispy with mouse, pan stick foundation and so much Mostly Musk Bodyshop perfume it would make your eyes water,he strolls across the dance floor and askes me 'are ya dancing'... swoon.
Celebrated 25 years together last week. "
Congratulations on your Silver Anniversary and great story |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"aw having tea in bed and reading all your posts its like a trip down memory lane!
First time I ever shifted Mrnawty was at a local disco. I was in the middle of doing my Leaving Cert ( shows how much interest I had and had been introduced to him a few days before.
Anyway dolled up to the nines, perm crispy with mouse, pan stick foundation and so much Mostly Musk Bodyshop perfume it would make your eyes water,he strolls across the dance floor and askes me 'are ya dancing'... swoon.
Celebrated 25 years together last week. "
Ah I absolutely love all the stories especially this one. I can still remember the overwhelming smell of White Musk from the BodyShop. Them were the days. Happy 25th anniversary x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Omg first slow dance... Think I was 15..remember place very well... I asked the guy did he have a large bottle in his pocket.. Seriously nearly died with embarrassment.. He later turned out to be my late hubby,s cousin
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By *B 4099Man
over a year ago
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"aw having tea in bed and reading all your posts its like a trip down memory lane!
First time I ever shifted Mrnawty was at a local disco. I was in the middle of doing my Leaving Cert ( shows how much interest I had and had been introduced to him a few days before.
Anyway dolled up to the nines, perm crispy with mouse, pan stick foundation and so much Mostly Musk Bodyshop perfume it would make your eyes water,he strolls across the dance floor and askes me 'are ya dancing'... swoon.
Celebrated 25 years together last week. "
Lovely story, Happy Anniversary guys. Oh I remember the smell of Bodyshop White Musk well. The little dab on applicator but it was so strong. One of those smells you don't forget, like Blue Stratos except not as toxic. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Again going back to the teenager years but wasn't there always a queue of fellas in the jax with the hands under the taps to get the hair wet and slicked back "
You're thinking of Arthur Fonzarelli and Happy Days |
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"Them suppers were some slop
And then they built the Oasis
About two thousand skins wedged into a shed yes sure was
A d the white knuckle ride out of it to kingscourt or carrik was like starting grid of f1 racetrack
Was that in monaghan "
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Them suppers were some slop
And then they built the Oasis
About two thousand skins wedged into a shed yes sure was
A d the white knuckle ride out of it to kingscourt or carrik was like starting grid of f1 racetrack
Was that in monaghan "
I remember it now alright...I was there a long time ago and can't remember how I got there or home or with who
Must have been a good night |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Back in the days in Kildare you were spoilt for choice you had Snaffles Fat Sals and Nginskys or you could hitch hike to Tullamore to go to The Harriers or The Bridge House. Or even exotic far flung places like Mullingar with The Final Fence or off to Galway to The Warwick. |
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By *aid backMan
over a year ago
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"Back in the days in Kildare you were spoilt for choice you had Snaffles Fat Sals and Nginskys or you could hitch hike to Tullamore to go to The Harriers or The Bridge House. Or even exotic far flung places like Mullingar with The Final Fence or off to Galway to The Warwick. "
Don't forget the ambo , hitching post etc |
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"Back in the days in Kildare you were spoilt for choice you had Snaffles Fat Sals and Nginskys or you could hitch hike to Tullamore to go to The Harriers or The Bridge House. Or even exotic far flung places like Mullingar with The Final Fence or off to Galway to The Warwick.
Don't forget the ambo , hitching post etc"
Spiders in Tullamore too. Rosy we were too young for the Cush in Kildangan |
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Am I the only one who remembers ‘Bubbles’ or ‘The Apartment’?
Or the slow set at the end of the night at Nova Park, trying to get a shift in before the Nova bus left for the city!
Then all pile in to Abrakebabra for a late scoff.... ah those were the days |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Back in the days in Kildare you were spoilt for choice you had Snaffles Fat Sals and Nginskys or you could hitch hike to Tullamore to go to The Harriers or The Bridge House. Or even exotic far flung places like Mullingar with The Final Fence or off to Galway to The Warwick.
Don't forget the ambo , hitching post etc
Spiders in Tullamore too. Rosy we were too young for the Cush in Kildangan "
Oh I used to sneak in underage in the Cush Inn in with the bottle of poteen stuck down my tights |
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"Am I the only one who remembers ‘Bubbles’ or ‘The Apartment’?
Or the slow set at the end of the night at Nova Park, trying to get a shift in before the Nova bus left for the city!
Then all pile in to Abrakebabra for a late scoff.... ah those were the days "
It was quite incredible how a cheek to cheek daydream quickly descended into a garlic mayo nightmare!  |
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"Back in the days in Kildare you were spoilt for choice you had Snaffles Fat Sals and Nginskys or you could hitch hike to Tullamore to go to The Harriers or The Bridge House. Or even exotic far flung places like Mullingar with The Final Fence or off to Galway to The Warwick.
Don't forget the ambo , hitching post etc
Spiders in Tullamore too. Rosy we were too young for the Cush in Kildangan
Oh I used to sneak in underage in the Cush Inn in with the bottle of poteen stuck down my tights "
Laughing here as I can just imagine you sneaking in the poitin |
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"Am I the only one who remembers ‘Bubbles’ or ‘The Apartment’?
Or the slow set at the end of the night at Nova Park, trying to get a shift in before the Nova bus left for the city!
Then all pile in to Abrakebabra for a late scoff.... ah those were the days
It was quite incredible how a cheek to cheek daydream quickly descended into a garlic mayo nightmare! "
There was a time for snogs, but there’s also a time for nom noms!  |
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bring back the slow set...I say! 
Tell her to join that queue over there 