Your lowest point during the Bailout Years

cloud493

Eating ****ing beans and oven chips from the tesco value range for 2 meals every day for nearly 8 months.
Struggling to pay rent every month
Not buying any new clothes for over a year.

LaVail

Wanderer78 wrote: »

yea its not nice to watch people in trouble. its been very difficult to watch all this unfold

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

Plates

LaVail wrote: »

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

thanks for that. interesting to hear. only been to the states once, years ago. feckin recession! was talking to an american girl here while ago. said something similar.

Wanderer78

Plates wrote: »

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

probably already is

LaVail

Plates wrote: »

Indeed. All our economic polices should based on the input of American golfers.

Wanderer78 wrote: »

thanks for that. interesting to hear. only been to the states once, years ago. feckin recession! was talking to an american girl here while ago. said something similar.

I'm drunk sorry

Thought I was making sense but doesn't look like it.

blackcard

cloud493 wrote: »

Eating ****ing beans and oven chips from the tesco value range for 2 meals every day for nearly 8 months.

I wasn't that bad. Got rid of satellite TV, no foreign holidays, got rid of the landlines phone, no new furniture but never went hungry

Wanderer78

LaVail wrote: »

I'm drunk sorry

Thought I was making sense but doesn't look like it.

hahaha. here let me pour that beer for you. you're not drunk enough

Wanderer78

blackcard wrote: »

I wasn't that bad. Got rid of satellite TV, no foreign holidays, got rid of the landlines phone, no new furniture but never went hungry

to be honest folks, i think we needed this kick in the hole but its still not nice to watch unfold

MRnotlob606

LaVail wrote:

I work on a golf course in north Kerry and 95% of people I meet are American. Wall street traders, merrill lynch employees, bankers etc and I always ask them "how is the economy in the states" all of them reply "not as good s the rest of the world thinks" even the U.S is putting on a a facade when it comes to the economy. We are no different, regardless of what the media and government portrait.

There's a lot of obscene wealth in the US.It's very disproportionately distributed though.

Wanderer78

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I know when I'm an older and wiser man I'll take cautious steps when voting.

wise man

Wanderer78

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

There's a lot of obscene wealth in the US.It's very disproportionately distributed though.

bang on, world wide problem actually and probably getting worse

LaVail

Wanderer78 wrote: »

hahaha. here let me pour that beer for you. you're not drunk enough

Thanks for that. I'm Alan Shattered here

Wanderer78 wrote: »

to be honest folks, i think we needed this kick in the hole but its still not nice to watch unfold

Kick in the hole badly needed but horrible to see people who didn't/couldn't exceed their means suffer the most. People at the top can ride the wave but those at the bottom will drown in it.

Must put the dog in. Good night.

MRnotlob606

Greentopia wrote:

Yeah unemployment rate was 19% down here in Waterford last year. It has decreased since but not by much. Dublin might be picking up, not so much in some other parts.

Christ down here in Waterford too.Never thought the figure was that high but it's sort of evident when you look around in places.Things are getting better,but at the height of the recession the place was really scary, especially after the loss of over the he Waterford Crystal factory.

JustTheOne

Unfortunately lads the world over, the main cities is where the work is, it's just the way things are.

porsche959

I think my lowest point was probably the time my credit card was declined in Dorsia.

retalivity

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that the Labour party are finished due their betrayal of the common folk.Pat rabitte and Joan Burton are going to set up as a duet and sing "unchained melody" to raise funds for the next election campaign.

Much like the greens and the PDS before them, and the lib dems in england, they took the oppurtunity to feather their own nests with hefty positions and pensions, at the expense of their policies and setting their party back 15 years.
Minor gains, major concessions and a pat on the head for towing the line

And ever on it will go,..

Wanderer78

JustTheOne wrote: »

Unfortunately lads the world over, the main cities is where the work is, it's just the way things are.

a lot of people in serious debt though outside of these main employment areas and in major negative equity to boot. rock and a hard place

tayto lover

Plates wrote: »

The last few years have been a wet dream for Joe Duffy and his "tell me something awful" band of followers. There seems to be a huge chunk of the population who refuse to acknowledge that things are getting better.

Left right, left right, left right, fine gael, fine gael, fine gael, right, right right.
Hopping along nicely now

JustTheOne

Wanderer78 wrote: »

a lot of people in serious debt though outside of these main employment areas and in major negative equity to boot. rock and a hard place

Please don't roll out the negative equity.

Negative equity only comes into play when you want to sell your house.

It has no affect once you still have a roof over your head.

JustTheOne

tayto lover wrote: »

Left right, left right, left right, fine gael, fine gael, fine gael, right, right right.
Hopping along nicely now

yes we should definitely stand side by side with Greece like Sinn Fein want us to do.

That will really solve all of our problems.

Everyone will be working rich and won't have to pay property tax.

Wanderer78

JustTheOne wrote: »

Please don't roll out the negative equity.

Negative equity only comes into play when you want to sell your house.

It has no affect once you still have a roof over your head.

hmm what if you're in arrears and unemployed with poor employment opportunities in your area?

JustTheOne

Wanderer78 wrote: »

hmm what if you're in arrears and unemployed with poor employment opportunities in your area?

What do you want me to say?

Wanderer78

JustTheOne wrote: »

yes we should definitely stand side by side with Greece like Sinn Fein want us to do.

That will really solve all of our problems.

Everyone will be working rich and won't have to pay property tax.

cant see anybody that can sort it to be honest. i dont think anybody really knows how to including myself

Wanderer78

JustTheOne wrote: »

What do you want me to say?

do a jig, might cheer the place up

errlloyd

It'd probably be the 7th or 8th going away party when I realised I was the one of the only one of my group of mates left. I dunno if they'll ever come home.

Very Bored

Emigrating to the UK. Woah... what a mistake that was... absolute pigsty of a country, for a start the taxes are through the roof (unfortunatley, I have a wife who, now over here, wants to stay, why is beyond me).

If you're ever going to emigrate, DON'T go to this absolute nonsense or at least if you do, go to a decent part of it like Liverpool (I love Liverpool with all my heart and the initial job took me to Liverpool, but following that it took me to Cambridge, an utter wankbox of a city).

HardenendMan

Dived down to about 20 feet below sea level while scuba diving in Mauritius. Yep that would be my lowest point.

Wanderer78

errlloyd wrote: »

It'd probably be the 7th or 8th going away party when I realised I was the one of the only one of my group of mates left. I dunno if they'll ever come home.

thats tough going

Very Bored wrote: »

Emigrating to the UK. Woah... what a mistake that was... absolute ****house of a country, for a start the taxes are through the roof (unfortunatley, I have a wife who, now over here, wants to stay, why is beyond me).

If you're ever going to emigrate, DON'T go to this absolute ****box, or at least if you do, go to a decent part of it like Liverpool (I love Liverpool with all my heart and the initial job took me to Liverpool, but following that it took me to Cambridge, an utter wankbox of a city).

hahaha ambassador for the place then!

blackcard

I had no intention of this being a political thread. The Bailout (Bailout no.1)? is past. I was looking for your lowest point during this period

kippy

blackcard wrote: »

I had no intention of this being a political thread. The Bailout (Bailout no.1)? is past. I was looking for your lowest point during this period

Are you writing a book or something?
Reporter?

tayto lover

JustTheOne wrote: »

yes we should definitely stand side by side with Greece like Sinn Fein want us to do.

That will really solve all of our problems.

Everyone will be working rich and won't have to pay property tax.

Will we have anything left after Denis is done?

Wanderer78

blackcard wrote: »

I had no intention of this being a political thread. The Bailout (Bailout no.1)? is past. I was looking for your lowest point during this period

realising i couldnt afford sky sports. thank god i discovered kodi!

blackcard

kippy wrote: »

Are you writing a book or something?
Reporter?

No, I am interested in sharing experiences of recent turbulent times

emo72

out today chasing the dollar. really having to suck satans scaly pecker to get a few bob. i get a call from the missus "theres a man sitting in a beemer outside with a white shirt and a tie on". i live at the end of a cul de sac so this is odd. she said "i turned the car around a drove away, its got to be a summons or something?" now im not in any trouble that i know of, but i was involved in a business that went bust due to, well you know, recession and ****, and i thought the banks decided to turn the screw. ****...cant go to the house and let the bastid give me a summons, all sorts of things racing through my minds. we are fecked.

turns out it was frances phooking fitzgeralds driver, she was calling around the estate to tell everyone how wonderful everything is. i was so happy i wasn't getting summoned, for something i didnt do anyway, but i felt sooo guilty i assumed they were after me. so, yeah, today was a highlight, in the fact i felt like i was a criminal, when a couple of years ago i was creating employment. funny.

lizzyman

JustTheOne wrote: »

yes we should definitely stand side by side with Greece like Sinn Fein want us to do.

That will really solve all of our problems.

Everyone will be working rich and won't have to pay property tax.

Generally speaking, doing the exact opposite of what Sinn Fein want is usually a pretty good idea. The amount of populist drivel that comes out of Adams and Mary Lou McFúckFace is shocking.

Greentopia

Wanderer78 wrote: »

jebus is that what we were? greece's 25% is scary though. dublin seems pretty strong to me. seems to be bouncing back but then again clerys brings it back to earth.

Yep:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/waterford-running-low-on-assets-for-the-future-1.1693981

I like Waterford, I was brought up here, but as soon as my course ends I'm moving back to either Wicklow or Dublin for further education then work hopefully. Very few opportunities down here for what I want to do.

I think there's a tale of two cities in Dublin. Lots of well paid tech jobs being created in Dublin for those skilled in that area but too many precariously employed low paid workers whose jobs can be gone in an instant-like Clerys workers.
Ireland has the second highest percentage of low pay jobs in the OECD. After the US.

Plates

tayto lover wrote: »

Left right, left right, left right, fine gael, fine gael, fine gael, right, right right.
Hopping along nicely now

Talk to Joe. He'll tell you all about how a patchwork quilt of socialists, independents and *gulp* the Shinners will cure all your ills.

Wanderer78

Greentopia wrote: »

Ireland has the second highest percentage of low pay jobs in the OECD. After the US.

jebus thats scary, not that surprised though. jasus this really hasnt worked out too well for us has it

candycock

My lowest point was living in my car in October 2008,it was a 95 ford mondoe,I put my last €5 in the car an that was so I could start it to put the heating fan on.i used to go into the bookies for the free tea n biscuits,the library n the church were a regular place to visit,eventually I picked up some part time work,which included a regular meal which meant a lot,I hid it all well from family an friends that I had nowhere to stay/live,I was'nt entitled to rent allowance an I recieved€36 a week on the social,I became very depressed n came close to taking my own life that Xmas,anyway sorry for the ramble,Things are looking up lately and I suppose if I can get through that period in my life I can do anything.

tayto lover

Plates wrote: »

Talk to Joe. He'll tell you all about how a patchwork quilt of socialists, independents and *gulp* the Shinners will cure all your ills.

I have no ills. I'm Denis :pac:

Very Bored

Wanderer78 wrote: »

thats tough going



hahaha ambassador for the place then!

All I'm saying is that people get desperate in hard times. I would have been far better off staying in Ireland but I moved to the UK thinking better times awaited me. It didn't work out that way and I messed up big time. I should've stayed in Ireland. I was nothing in Ireland and I'm nothing here in the UK. There are those who have made it, but they are few and far between. Fortunately, I am a heavy drinker (we're talking 45 - 80 units a week) so hopefully I'll be gone soon and my wife, my long suffering wife, will have found a decent man to be her (new) husband.

Anyway, this is going way off topic... my lowest point in all of this crisis... actually I don't want to write it on a public forum because it is so unbelievable that it basically finished my life... basically, believe it or not I am a very normal, law-abiding person, but my last job I had a massive falling out with the boss. Anyway, her reference accuses me of criminal things that even criminals don't want to be accused of and subsequently excluded me from any work within the field I am trained WHICH IS UNTRUE...

Wanderer78

candycock wrote: »

My lowest point was living in my car in October 2008,it was a 95 ford mondoe,I put my last €5 in the car an that was so I could start it to put the heating fan on.i used to go into the bookies for the free tea n biscuits,the library n the church were a regular place to visit,eventually I picked up some part time work,which included a regular meal which meant a lot,I hid it all well from family an friends that I had nowhere to stay/live,I was'nt entitled to rent allowance an I recieved€36 a week on the social,I became very depressed n came close to taking my own life that Xmas,anyway sorry for the ramble,Things are looking up lately and I suppose if I can get through that period in my life I can do anything.

wow scary stuff. best of luck with things

Wanderer78

Very Bored wrote: »

Anyway, this is going way off topic... my lowest point in all of this crisis... actually I don't want to write it on a public forum because it is so unbelievable that it basically finished my life... basically, believe it or not I am a very normal, law-abiding person, but my last job I had a massive falling out with the boss. Anyway, her reference accuses me of criminal things that even criminals don't want to be accused of and subsequently excluded me from any work within the field I am trained WHICH IS UNTRUE...

some a holes on this planet. cant wait to meet my next boss. im a serious head wreck for them.

blackcard

candycock wrote: »

My lowest point was living in my car in October 2008,it was a 95 ford mondoe,I put my last €5 in the car an that was so I could start it to put the heating fan on.i used to go into the bookies for the free tea n biscuits,the library n the church were a regular place to visit,eventually I picked up some part time work,which included a regular meal which meant a lot,I hid it all well from family an friends that I had nowhere to stay/live,I was'nt entitled to rent allowance an I recieved€36 a week on the social,I became very depressed n came close to taking my own life that Xmas,anyway sorry for the ramble,Things are looking up lately and I suppose if I can get through that period in my life I can do anything.

Fair play to you, the sad thing is that there are others who did take their lives

Wanderer78

blackcard wrote: »

Fair play to you, the sad thing is that there are others who did take their lives

id second that. fair play to you. yes sadly they have

Greentopia

Wanderer78 wrote: »

jebus thats scary, not that surprised though. jasus this really hasn't worked out too well for us has it

The fruits of us embracing neoliberalism.


As to the OP's question-none that compare to any degree with real lowest points some people have suffered. Kept a roof over my head and food on the table so I have no reason to complain.

SpaceTime

Had to buy the Aldi Nespresso pods!

Wanderer78

Greentopia wrote: »

The fruits of us embracing neoliberalism.


As to the OP's question-none that compare to any degree with real lowest points some people have suffered. Kept a roof over my head and food on the table so I have no reason to complain.

id have to agree amongst other things.

i really admire those that have been able to keep things together in all this particularly those with serious responsibilities such as mortgages, kids etc. feel very sorry for those that have not been able. i dont think they are at fault

Wanderer78

SpaceTime wrote: »

Had to buy the Aldi Nespresso pods!

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