Things you notice about Ireland when you return from abroad?

unclejunior

I noticed in Ireland that shopkeepers are far more likely to suspect you of being a thief than any other country I have visited.
Going into some shops in Ireland reminds me of that insurance add where the scumbag pulls up in a car outside a shop and goes in to buy a bottle of soda.
The two shop keepers are watching him like a hawk while the old granny steals the till!

davet82

I notice its still a kip

Hande hoche!

The smell of slurry.

rednik

The potholes and the car going all over the place.

aperture_nuig

The weather.

ghogie91

The heavy atmosphere here, like misery or something

Real Life

How bleak the whole place is.

Colmustard

The rich green grass from the air when coming from the west. It really is 40 shades of green, not grey.

neonman

All the junkie zombies walking around Dublin City Center.

AnonoBoy

I notice how dark O'Connell St. in Dublin is at night compared to other streets in the city.

Cee-Jay-Cee

What a complete ****hole the place is. Even when I was in other **** holes like turkey I came home and thought Ireland was a bigger one. It ranks No.1 in the table of **** holes I have been in.

unclejunior

I also noticed that you're more than likely to be 'put back in your place' or 'to be taken down a peg or two' if ya have any notions of superiority since you've been away.
Its important to be remined that you're Irish and your back Ireland and to rid yourself of them notions.

bijapos

Weather wise it's very overcast most of the time. BUT, when the sun does peep out on a summers day out in the country, the way the whole place lights up is amazing, especially out in the country where you can really see the effect on the patchwork of fields.

I've lived abroad for 15 years, visited more than 60 countries but I've never seen anything like it.

BillyMitchel

Haha come on its not that bad.

How ugly the women are!! Joke!!

*runs*

Seriously though drug addicts and skanks stand out a mile after being away for awhile.

ahlad

CJC999 wrote: »

What a complete ****hole the place is. Even when I was in other **** holes like turkey I came home and thought Ireland was a bigger one. It ranks No.1 in the table of **** holes I have been in.

Please leave again.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

unclejunior wrote: »

I noticed in Ireland that shopkeepers are far more likely to suspect you of being a thief than any other country I have visited.
Going into some shops in Ireland reminds me of that insurance add where the scumbag pulls up in a car outside a shop and goes in to buy a bottle of soda.
The two shop keepers are watching him like a hawk while the old granny steals the till!

you've clearly never been in a korean owned grocery store

unclejunior

I was looking forward to coming back to here and all yet I've discovered that it was people I was escaping from and not the country!

Fawking Dump

Daveysil15

How people are more defensive here and are not as open to been approached by strangers.

pickarooney

How badly dressed everyone is. But that's fine, because I feel like I fit in.
The price of beer in supermarkets - I always forget how expensive it is.

Gee Bag

Having to get on a sh1tty Dublin bus in the rain at the airport. No new fangled rail systems for the likes of us.

K.Flyer

Some of the Good,

Music and Culture
Green Fields,
Drinkable Tap Water (in most areas),
The Dedication of the frontline staff in Education, Health, An Garda etc etc to keep going even without proper funding or support from the government.

Ehrrmm...

Ok, Some of the Bad,

The Weather,
The Pyjama Brigade,
The State of the Roads,
Litter,
Bad Drunken Behaviour,
Junkies all over Town,
Crime.

nbar12

CJC999 wrote: »

What a complete ****hole the place is. Even when I was in other **** holes like turkey I came home and thought Ireland was a bigger one. It ranks No.1 in the table of **** holes I have been in.

why don't you just piss off out of here for good then? We don't need negative pricks like you putting the country down!

Penny Dreadful

CJC999 wrote: »

What a complete ****hole the place is. Even when I was in other **** holes like turkey I came home and thought Ireland was a bigger one. It ranks No.1 in the table of **** holes I have been in.

Many airports and ferry ports........feel free to leave for any of your preferred **** holes any time you want.

Ireland is not a bad place to live. People have freedom speech. Easy access to a good healthcare system - for those that say it isn't good try paying €1000 for a visit to an emergency room in LA. You get a lot for free.
The social welfare system here is bloody fantastic when compared to many other countries.
Each and every child has access to an education in Ireland.
There are many more things that are good about Ireland but as this will be a "lets bash this country and see nothing good in it" I won't bother listing them. :rolleyes:

GastroBoy

Hande hoche! wrote: »

The smell of slurry.

davet82 wrote: »

I notice its still a kip

rednik wrote: »

The potholes and the car going all over the place.

aperture_nuig wrote: »

The weather.

ghogie91 wrote: »

The heavy atmosphere here, like misery or something

neonman wrote: »

All the junkie zombies walking around Dublin City Center.

unclejunior wrote: »

I was looking forward to coming back to here and all yet I've discovered that it was people I was escaping from and not the country!

Fawking Dump

Daveysil15 wrote: »

How people are more defensive here and are not as open to been approached by strangers.

Gee Bag wrote: »

Having to get on a sh1tty Dublin bus in the rain at the airport. No new fangled rail systems for the likes of us.

I noticed the wonderful and positive attitude people have towards life in this country

JamieKCCO

Well, who's a bit of a Moaning Michael tonight!?

ye all are

iDave

The whole place is just so fcuking amazing

My name is URL

CJC999 wrote: »

What a complete ****hole the place is. Even when I was in other **** holes like turkey I came home and thought Ireland was a bigger one. It ranks No.1 in the table of **** holes I have been in.

So why do you keep coming back? Fcuk off to Turkey if you think it's so much better

Seriously.. when I read posts like yours I can only assume that you've never actually visited another country.. or if you did you must have stuck well within the tourist traps.

Squ

I was going to post what i thought of the place after coming home from a couple of years away.. But after the reaction cjc got,

Id better just say, its lovely to be back among folk who are tolerant of differing opinions

unclejunior

Penny Dreadful wrote: »

Many airports and ferry ports........feel free to leave for any of your preferred **** holes any time you want.

Ireland is not a bad place to live. People have freedom speech. Easy access to a good healthcare system - for those that say it isn't good try paying €1000 for a visit to an emergency room in LA. You get a lot for free.
The social welfare system here is bloody fantastic when compared to many other countries.
Each and every child has access to an education in Ireland.
There are many more things that are good about Ireland but as this will be a "lets bash this country and see nothing good in it" I won't bother listing them. :rolleyes:

''A year in LA was it? Won't be too soon now and we'll sort that out for you?''

SEPT 23 1989

The green green grass

Mickeroo

I love it here. The one major thing I did noticed when I came back though is how low the sun stays in the sky during winter when the days are at their shortest. On the upside this means the exceptionally long days in the summer though

gsxr1

unclejunior wrote: »

I was looking forward to coming back to here and all yet I've discovered that it was people I was escaping from and not the country!

Fawking Dump

Same as that. I returned here after a few years in NY. Worst mistake I ever made coming back to this kip.

Boom my feckin arse.

Now im stuck with a house and cant sell it.
Thank you Bertie for your great advise. Wanker.

Duggy747

Coming back to people incessantly moaning about this country.

jessiejam

How comfortable my own bed is...

Matt_Trakker

girls in miniskirts when it's cold...not always a bad thing.
the amount of taxis......it's deadly.
the availability of Guinness in every single pub.......magic, only 2 pubs in the city I live in have it and it's overpriced ta fup
Cheddar cheese in every shop..........a think of beauty
fish and chips!

junkies, tracksuits, nasty bouncers......not good (duh)

Chauncey

Squ wrote: »

I was going to post what i thought of the place after coming home from a couple of years away.. But after the reaction cjc got,

Id better just say, its lovely to be back among folk who are tolerant of differing opinions

If you have something to say then be a (wo)man and say it.

Kraftwerk91

The roads are terrible (especially if I've just returned from a trip to the States).

My name is URL

gsxr1 wrote: »

Same as that. I returned here after a few years in NY. Worst mistake I ever made coming back to this kip.

Boom my feckin arse.

Now im stuck with a house and cant sell it.
Thank you Bertie for your great advise. Wanker.

So you came back in the hope that the 'boom' would last longer than it did or indeed never end, and because it did the place is a kip? You should have looked up the definition of a boom before committing yourself.

You made your own bed

bijapos

gsxr1 wrote: »

Same as that. I returned here after a few years in NY. Worst mistake I ever made coming back to this kip.

Boom my feckin arse.

Now im stuck with a house and cant sell it.
Thank you Bertie for your great advise. Wanker.

Sorry, but if you trusted Bertie you've only yourself to blame. :rolleyes:

nbar12

Chauncey wrote: »

If you have something to say then be a (wo)man and say it.

What's wrong with being a woman?

endacl

unclejunior wrote: »

I noticed in Ireland that shopkeepers are far more likely to suspect you of being a thief than any other country I have visited.
Going into some shops in Ireland reminds me of that insurance add where the young fella pulls up in a car outside a shop and goes in to buy a bottle of mineral.
The two shop keepers are watching him like a hawk while the elderly scumbag steals the till!

FYP.

Feck. How long were you away dude?!?

Daveysil15

The over reliance on alcohol when it comes to approaching members of the opposite sex.

Chuck Stone

If you can get over the self-flagellating ****wits who moan at every opportunity about the place it's nice to come home from out foreign.

MJ23

Rashers are way better.
Red lemonade
Farmers tans
Travellers

Wibbs

The damp. It's a very damp climate. However out of that we get the green we're rightly famous for.

On the climate, while it rarely gets too hot, it rarely gets too cold too.

The cities are human sized. No huge hi rises and sky scrapers. Feels cosier, more village like.

It's not nearly as crowded as some places, England springs readily to mind. Though this does mean less amenities than some places because of the low pop density.

It doesn't have too many heavy industry type places. In many ways I'm glad the worst of the industrial revolution passed us by.

Its less frenetic than many places, which for me is a good thing. For others maybe not.

One bad one are the non motorway roads and footpaths. They're in a terrible state. Ditto for a lot of public transport.

DipStick McSwindler

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unclejunior

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

I hate everything about this country, only thing good about it is its culture and music. Ill be getting the fcuk out of here as soon as I can! There's nothing in Ireland

Although it is Home.

Are you related to Chuck Feeney?

The Idyll Race

Gee Bag wrote: »

Having to get on a sh1tty Dublin bus in the rain at the airport. No new fangled rail systems for the likes of us.

My advice to anyone bringing anything like this to Commuting &Transport on boards: don't. You'll be lectured on exactly why buses are good enough for the likes of us.

DipStick McSwindler

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asherbassad

Irish girls are approachable and good fun. Try chatting up an American bird in a bar and she'll look at you like you're scum or she'll start psycho-analysing you then banging on about where she "is in her life" right now or some such drivel.

gara

I know this is a bit tragic but I always love coming home and getting a decent cup of (Lyons) tea