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"Without revealing your age, what's something you remember from your youth that today's youth wouldn't understand ?
Mine would be trying to buy condoms "
Aaaaahhh... Sweet sweet memories of the trips to the family planning clinic on Cathal Brugha Street in the mid eighties! Good times indeed!  |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Without revealing your age, what's something you remember from your youth that today's youth wouldn't understand ?
Mine would be trying to buy condoms
Aaaaahhh... Sweet sweet memories of the trips to the family planning clinic on Cathal Brugha Street in the mid eighties! Good times indeed! "
I remember at the age of 19 going in with my girlfriend for her to have a smear test and to go on the pill.
We both felt very grown up and when we walked back out the front door my dad pulled up right outside driving his bus for CIE
He opened the door and shouted out "did you get sorted " and laughed his head off.
Felt like a bold child straight away |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
"B&W telly for starters and anyway our ages are on our profiles so no hiding how old we are  "
And no remote controls! Poor fellas back then, Lynx deodorant sprays weren't invented either back then. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The neighbours coming in to use the phone to call the hospital to find out how their sick relative was doing"
We had to walk 2 miles to school teachers house to use dial phone |
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By *ateniteCouple
over a year ago
Youghal |
"Our datsun car had 6 coats of paint by hand"
Haha, our neighbour had a ford escort painted by hand. We found that if we stuck our football stickers to it we could peel the paint off in perfect rectangles. He had a chequered door by the time we finished. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Taking a day off school to bring the cow to the bull.
When the teacher asked why your father couldn't have done it... "ah no miss, it had to be the bull!"  "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Calling the girl your meetings home phone and having to ask he dad to speak to her.....
Those ring tones were like death knells
Are you 34 or 54? "
How long do you think mobile phones have been common place DH
I did say home phone and not telegram  |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
Bringing a negative film with your holiday pics to the shop and wait for 10 days to get them developed and printed or as slides. No chance of retaking a pic if it didn't turn out as you wanted them. |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
"Calling the girl your meetings home phone and having to ask he dad to speak to her.....
Those ring tones were like death knells
Are you 34 or 54?
How long do you think mobile phones have been common place DH
I did say home phone and not telegram "
I had my first mobile mid twenty, so you were a toddler of 4 or 5 years. Sure 10 years later even in Ireland mobile phones were available. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cycling to the nearest phonebox a couple of miles away to call the AI man to come and service the cow that was "bullin" "
That made me lol. Our neighbour had a "mobile bull" and before they got a phone Farmers used to call us and ask if we could tell the neighbour that his bull was needed. Our houses were very close and it used to happen so often, I swear the bull would start walking to the trailer when the phone would ring. I kid you not.
Lee |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That Glenroe feeling on a Sunday night. When that show would come on you knew the weekend was nearly over "
Oh the sunday night fear! I still get that thinking about work on a monday morning |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
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"That Glenroe feeling on a Sunday night. When that show would come on you knew the weekend was nearly over
Oh the sunday night fear! I still get that thinking about work on a monday morning "
Even worse when you get that feeling during the week |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Calling the girl your meetings home phone and having to ask he dad to speak to her.....
Those ring tones were like death knells
Are you 34 or 54?
How long do you think mobile phones have been common place DH
I did say home phone and not telegram
I had my first mobile mid twenty, so you were a toddler of 4 or 5 years. Sure 10 years later even in Ireland mobile phones were available. "
Firstly I think your maths might be slightly off there
Secondly somethkng bejng available doesnt mean 99% of teens have access to them straight away |
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"Cycling to the nearest phonebox a couple of miles away to call the AI man to come and service the cow that was "bullin"
That made me lol. Our neighbour had a "mobile bull" and before they got a phone Farmers used to call us and ask if we could tell the neighbour that his bull was needed. Our houses were very close and it used to happen so often, I swear the bull would start walking to the trailer when the phone would ring. I kid you not.
Lee"
They're used to be a yarn about the fella that had a mobile bill like that. It had a fantastic pedigree but had unusually short legs so farmers used to have to dig a hole for the cow to stand down into. Eventually they all got sick of the hassle and he was getting no business so he bought a new one of normal height. Now nobody knew about it so eventually he decided to place an ad in the local paper. It read...
"John Maguire is now offering a new high quality bull for mobile service to all farmers within a ten mile radius. This new one can bull cows without a hole" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cycling to the nearest phonebox a couple of miles away to call the AI man to come and service the cow that was "bullin"
That made me lol. Our neighbour had a "mobile bull" and before they got a phone Farmers used to call us and ask if we could tell the neighbour that his bull was needed. Our houses were very close and it used to happen so often, I swear the bull would start walking to the trailer when the phone would ring. I kid you not.
Lee
They're used to be a yarn about the fella that had a mobile bill like that. It had a fantastic pedigree but had unusually short legs so farmers used to have to dig a hole for the cow to stand down into. Eventually they all got sick of the hassle and he was getting no business so he bought a new one of normal height. Now nobody knew about it so eventually he decided to place an ad in the local paper. It read...
"John Maguire is now offering a new high quality bull for mobile service to all farmers within a ten mile radius. This new one can bull cows without a hole" "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Long wave radio Atlantic 252
Call cards. "
I collected Call Cards how sad was my teens. I still have them as well waiting for the call card market to increase |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Long wave radio Atlantic 252
Call cards.
I collected Call Cards how sad was my teens. I still have them as well waiting for the call card market to increase "
I collected match boxes...had over 2000 different types when I got married and she threw them out on me
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Calling the girl your meetings home phone and having to ask he dad to speak to her.....
Those ring tones were like death knells
Are you 34 or 54?
How long do you think mobile phones have been common place DH
I did say home phone and not telegram
I had my first mobile mid twenty, so you were a toddler of 4 or 5 years. Sure 10 years later even in Ireland mobile phones were available. "
I got my first mobile phone at the age of 31 in 1997, purely so the babysitter could contact me in an emergency. It definitely wasn't the norm for teenagers to have them at that time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Long wave radio Atlantic 252
Call cards.
I collected Call Cards how sad was my teens. I still have them as well waiting for the call card market to increase "
I still have them at home also.
Over 100 of them. How sad lol |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Calling the girl your meetings home phone and having to ask he dad to speak to her.....
Those ring tones were like death knells
Are you 34 or 54?
How long do you think mobile phones have been common place DH
I did say home phone and not telegram
I had my first mobile mid twenty, so you were a toddler of 4 or 5 years. Sure 10 years later even in Ireland mobile phones were available.
I got my first mobile phone at the age of 31 in 1997, purely so the babysitter could contact me in an emergency. It definitely wasn't the norm for teenagers to have them at that time. "
Agree with ringing the girlfriend and her dad answering the phone ....bloody nightmare and sometimes if she didnt answer i wouldn't press button A (or was it B ) to pay for a call from a phone box.
I got my first mobile in 1991 at the age of 26....2750 punts in real money and bolted into the car so you couldn't remove it |
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By *uittopMan
over a year ago
South County Dublin |
"Without revealing your age, what's something you remember from your youth that today's youth wouldn't understand ?
Mine would be trying to buy condoms "
4 blackjacks or raspberry and custard, for a penny |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Without revealing your age, what's something you remember from your youth that today's youth wouldn't understand ?
Mine would be trying to buy condoms 4 blackjacks or raspberry and custard, for a penny"
You couldn't even call them blackjacks anymore but they were gorgeous |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Slow sets and asking a girl to dance
They were the times. I loved the slow set "
The girls did because you got to watch the poor lad walk up all tongue tied and red in the face to ask you to dance in front of all your mates.
That was the real walk of shame when they said no and as you turned to walk back to where you came from you realised 2 things
All her friends were laughing at you behind your back
All the lads were laughing at you to your face
Sweating just thinking about it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cabled remote control for top loading video recorders
TV with manual dial knobs, in a wooden box, fancy ones had cupboard type doors to hide the screen when not in use
Three channels that all went off by midnight
BBC ending the day with the national anthem |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Cabled remote control for top loading video recorders
TV with manual dial knobs, in a wooden box, fancy ones had cupboard type doors to hide the screen when not in use
Three channels that all went off by midnight
BBC ending the day with the national anthem"
Jade likely can't remember any of that |
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"Slow sets and asking a girl to dance
They were the times. I loved the slow set
They should be brought back.. "
The mortification though when the lights came back on and all the lads were walking around with their erections bulging out! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We had a black box beside our house phone, you turned the handle a few times and it rang my grandmothers house up the road..
No need to turn the dial keys..
Speed dialling 80's style |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"As kids ending up miles away on silly adventures robbing orchards etc as opposed to being worried where the kids are now every 5 minutes"
My son and his mates do this going miles away from the house during the summer except we can track him on his phone |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Slow sets and asking a girl to dance
They were the times. I loved the slow set
They should be brought back..
The mortification though when the lights came back on and all the lads were walking around with their erections bulging out! "
Except now I'd offer to help them out with it |
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"Slow sets and asking a girl to dance
They were the times. I loved the slow set
They should be brought back..
The mortification though when the lights came back on and all the lads were walking around with their erections bulging out!
Except now I'd offer to help them out with it "
Filthy! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Slow sets and asking a girl to dance
They were the times. I loved the slow set
They should be brought back..
The mortification though when the lights came back on and all the lads were walking around with their erections bulging out!
Except now I'd offer to help them out with it
Filthy! "
Sorry you can use the wooden spoon on me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Kneeling down as a family every night during lent to say the rosary. We used to fight over who said the first decade  "
My father catching my eye during the rosary and the two of us sniggering - my mother was the devout one |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember my brothers saving up and getting the first video player in the street. All the neighbours came in to watch the movie. My mother was morto they had picked The Evil Dead lol |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Tizz wazz, bullseye, play your cards right, crossroads, are you being served, carry on movies, James bond movies, oh the good ole days"
Id say your shop wasn't around when we were kids
We only had the telly to watch instead of using all the fabulous implements you sell |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Pulling the thing with a knob on out of my old Renault car to start it then pushing it back in when engine warmed up.
Sorry it won't let me spell it
Ch*ke"
Was that a Renault 4 with the knob thing high up. We had a serious of shity one's with all seven kids piled into it. It was also a rust bucket and the floor full of holes. So when my Mother said puddle we all had to lift our feet to stop the muck off the road getting on us. We were like the Kildare version of the Flint stones back in the eighties |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
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"Climbing up the magazine rack to get the playboy down, and then flicking through it in the shop trying to not get caught."
Try being older when there were no mags sold here.
Every class in secondary school had one bloke that used to rob his dads copy of penthouse,mayfair or readers wives that he'd hire out and there was usually a queue of grubby young men waiting to get their hands on it.
Unless that was only Drimnagh Castle
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"Im not too old but bootcut jeans has to be one
Bootcut jeans still exist.
In fact they're back in fashion, and damn I threw away the ones I had! "
I've been holding onto a pair of brown corduroy flares from the seventies that I'm figuring are bound to come back onto fashion again. Mind you, I'd probably have to cut them in two and use them as arm warmers as that's about all they'd fit by now
#whydowaistbandsshrinksomuch
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