Things that aren’t acceptable to do anymore that should be allowed.

faceman

Spurned by a conversation with friends, we were talking about things that aren’t acceptable to do anymore. And while some are justified and others feel they are more so a product of a PC generation, wanted to see what AH thought.

A couple to get you started.

Being able to bring kids to the pub AFTER 7:30pm.

Being able to buy paracetamol in containers bigger than 24

Wanderer2010

You should be able to slap your child in public if they are being an absolute pain in the a%% and annoying everyone around them.

Wabbit Ears

Send your kids to the shop for smokes.

me_irl

faceman wrote: »

Being able to bring kids to the pub AFTER 7:30pm.

Completely disagree with you on this one.

I'd actually go so far as to ban kids from pubs completely.

SuperSean11

me_irl wrote: »

Completely disagree with you on this one.

I'd actually go so far as to ban kids from pubs completely.

The poor staff when ye see them running wild won’t get a tip either

Being able to buy Neurofen Plus without being interrogated as if you are a drug addict.

Richard Hillman

Buy alcohol after 10pm in an off licence

Permabear

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Birneybau

faceman wrote: »

Spurned by a conversation with friends, we were talking about things that aren’t acceptable to do anymore. And while some are justified and others feel they are more so a product of a PC generation, wanted to see what AH thought.

A couple to get you started.

Being able to bring kids to the pub AFTER 7:30pm.

Being able to buy paracetamol in containers bigger than 24

****.That.

Also, what on Earth is 'PC' about not wanting kids in the boozer?

Ubbquittious

Make changes to your own house without being forced to hire qualified nail hitters to do every little job for you

retro:electro

My whole childhood consisted of being sent to the shop for fags for one relative or another.
Opening the front door and letting your kid run wild for the day with no form of contact or notion of their whereabouts for hours without social services getting involved. Not sure if this should be allowed now though. Times have changed, but it's mad to think about what people were let away with.

keeponhurling

Birneybau wrote: »

faceman wrote: »

Spurned by a conversation with friends, we were talking about things that aren’t acceptable to do anymore. And while some are justified and others feel they are more so a product of a PC generation, wanted to see what AH thought.

A couple to get you started.

Being able to bring kids to the pub AFTER 7:30pm.

Being able to buy paracetamol in containers bigger than 24

****.That.

Also, what on Earth is 'PC' about not wanting kids in the boozer?

Not sure, don't agree with it myself.
Maybe it's considered ageist or something, parentist?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Go to a fancy dress as a black lad.

Outlaw Pete

Turn left at the top of the Whitworth Rd.

MilesMorales1

Being a kid in a pub is miserable as is, its even worse during the evenings. The fact its not allowed anymore is a ****ing blessing.

silverharp

buy alcohol on a Sat or Sunday morning, gobshiite nanny state

o1s1n

anna080 wrote: »

Opening the front door and letting your kid run wild for the day with no form of contact or notion of their whereabouts for hours without social services getting involved. Not sure if this should be allowed now though. Times have changed, but it's mad to think about what people were let away with.

I'd be happier letting a child (if I had one) out now with CCTV and phone coverage everywhere than 20-30 years ago when they were basically off radar the whole time they were out.

the notion that 'times have changed for the worse' is something people say every generation.

freshpopcorn

me_irl wrote: »

Completely disagree with you on this one.

I'd actually go so far as to ban kids from pubs completely.

It's amazing how times changes. I know parents and if they heard a child was in a pub for about an hour they'd nearly call social services but the same people knock back several bottles of wine every week on the couch. The amount of five years old's that know mammy loves her wine is a little scary!

loyatemu

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Buy alcohol after 10pm in an off licence

silverharp wrote: »

buy alcohol on a Sat or Sunday morning, gobshiite nanny state

these aren't due to nanny state - it's protectionism by publicans, many of whom sit in the Dáil.

riffmongous

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Make changes to your own house without being forced to hire qualified nail hitters to do every little job for you

Which is grand up until you sell it on and someone else has to deal with your* ****ty work

*I obviously don't mean you directly here, I love the DIY myself but I've seen the ****ty work other people have done and have had the misfortune of living in a building done by cowboys

Kimbot

"Yore Ma" :pac:

frozenfrozen

driving an old car or a car with a big engine

Ubbquittious

riffmongous wrote: »

Which is grand up until you sell it on and someone else has to deal with your* ****ty work

*I obviously don't mean you directly here, I love the DIY myself but I've seen the ****ty work other people have done and have had the misfortune of living in a building done by cowboys

They don't have to buy it if they're not happy with the work

Ubbquittious

frozenfrozen wrote: »

driving an old car or a car with a big engine

Hmmm? I have a car that's 26 year old and another one with a 2.7L petrol engine, drove them both today

matthew8

me_irl wrote: »

Completely disagree with you on this one.

I'd actually go so far as to ban kids from pubs completely.

I have plenty of good memories watching rugby/football matches in pubs as a kid. Games I couldn't have watched otherwise. At the very least exceptions should be made for sports events.

seamus

matthew8 wrote: »

I have plenty of good memories watching rugby/football matches in pubs as a kid. Games I couldn't have watched otherwise. At the very least exceptions should be made for sports events.

Seriously? Worst time to bring kids to the pub IMO. People f'in and blindin at the screen, place heaving with bodies.

Maybe in the 70s when not everyone had a telly, but nowadays there's no reason for it.
I remember watching Italia '90 at home with about twenty of us squeezed into the sitting room and USA '94 at a BBQ in the back garden of a family friend, both great craic. No need for surrounding kids with drunk randomers.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Being able to buy Neurofen Plus without being interrogated as if you are a drug addict.

2smiggy

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Hmmm? I have a car that's 26 year old and another one with a 2.7L petrol engine, drove them both today

my car is 16 years old, and could not get a quote from insurance companies other than the one i am with.

archer22

2smiggy wrote: »

my car is 16 years old, and could not get a quote from insurance companies other than the one i am with.

If I was an insurance company I would assume somebody with a 16 year old car must be a careful driver.....at least if they had the car from new or for a long time,which a lot of them do.

Effects

archer22 wrote: »

If I was an insurance company I would assume somebody with a 16 year old car must be a careful driver.....at least if they had the car from new or for a long time,which a lot of them do.

Except they don't assume you're a careful driver, they think you're driving a banger as you can't afford a new car and that there's more chance of you having crash. Probably no stats to back that up but they don't care.

silverharp

loyatemu wrote: »

these aren't due to nanny state - it's protectionism by publicans, many of whom sit in the Dáil.

I'd agree with you on the after 10pm. the morning one not sure, that's just people topping up their stock for weekend meals or at this stage doing the xmas stocking up, they aint going to the pub because the Supermarket isles are closed.

frozenfrozen

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Hmmm? I have a car that's 26 year old and another one with a 2.7L petrol engine, drove them both today

I didn't say illegal, it's a thread about things that aren't acceptable anymore that should be allowed. Look for a straight face when you tell most people you drive a 2.7L petrol and try to not get an audible scoff from insurers when you ring them

source: 4.4 litre petrol, 2.4 petrol sitting on the drive and laughed off the phone this morning trying to get a quote for a rotary

it's now much more acceptable to keep buying new cars and dispose of them after a few years and god forbid you show any interest in that car being any way performant

professore

me_irl wrote: »

Completely disagree with you on this one.

I'd actually go so far as to ban kids from pubs completely.

Kids are defined as anyone under 18. Before you would sneak in the back of the pub at 16 and have 1 or 2 pints under the beady eyes of the local auld lads who knew your dad. Now they go into the bushes or to friends houses and drink a bottle of vodka each instead.

professore

seamus wrote: »

Seriously? Worst time to bring kids to the pub IMO. People f'in and blindin at the screen, place heaving with bodies.

Maybe in the 70s when not everyone had a telly, but nowadays there's no reason for it.
I remember watching Italia '90 at home with about twenty of us squeezed into the sitting room and USA '94 at a BBQ in the back garden of a family friend, both great craic. No need for surrounding kids with drunk randomers.

You were wrapped in cotton wool. I remember being 8 or 9 and seeing Barry McGuigan win the world title. Great times.

SmartinMartin

Refuse bar service to anyone you know is going to be trouble.

riffmongous

Ubbquittious wrote: »

They don't have to buy it if they're not happy with the work

Which they mightn't find out about for a few years after they buy, things like the wiring, plumbing, that's hidden

meeeeh

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It's amazing how times changes. I know parents and if they heard a child was in a pub for about an hour they'd nearly call social services but the same people knock back several bottles of wine every week on the couch. The amount of five years old's that know mammy loves her wine is a little scary!

Actually that is a good point. There are parents who can't wait for the kids go to bed so the can guzzle up any alcohol that they have at home. But if you are stuck somewhere with kids after seven and hungry some think you should only be able to go to McDonald's for food.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Letting children lie on the rear parcel shelf in the car. I spent many long journeys asleep on the rear shelf when I was younger, it was great as you had the shelf to yourself and didn't have to sit beside your smelly annoying sisters.

matthew8

seamus wrote: »

Seriously? Worst time to bring kids to the pub IMO. People f'in and blindin at the screen, place heaving with bodies.

Maybe in the 70s when not everyone had a telly, but nowadays there's no reason for it.
I remember watching Italia '90 at home with about twenty of us squeezed into the sitting room and USA '94 at a BBQ in the back garden of a family friend, both great craic. No need for surrounding kids with drunk randomers.

That's all well and good for games on RTE but not every game is on free to air. I was never brought to a heaving pub to watch a match either always plenty of breathing room.

AttentionBebe

Kick people in the face

branie2

Allow your child to be transgender, if he or she is

FREDNISMO

Holler and honk your horn at 3 abreast cyclists especially up the Sally Gap.

Permabear

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erica74

Voice an opinion - everything is *insertword*ist or *insertword*shaming these days.

JimmyMcGill

You should be able to give a young fella or wan a size 9 up the hole if they weren't showing any respect for you or your property.

SuperSean11

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Hmmm? I have a car that's 26 year old and another one with a 2.7L petrol engine, drove them both today

How do you sleep at night... with a supermodel wife I bet.

368100

Permabear wrote: »

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Was done regularly with us though, along with 5 of us squished in the back seat, never a seatbelt used

Teach boys how to be boys who grow up to be men, without always insisting that they’re only allowed do the things which the girls are also allowed to do/can do.

Akrasia

You used to be allowed, encouraged even, to climb to the top of the Hay Bales in the hay barn. Now, because some kids ended up in wheelchairs due to horrific spinal injury, that sort of thing is discouraged.

Permabear

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Akrasia

Kids used to be allowed to cycle to school on their own without being worried about being abducted.

Kids had a lot more freedom in the past, now they're like caged animals and any parent who allows their kids space to breath are reported as neglectful and guilty of child endangerment