Does anyone miss the recession ?

Jobs OXO

Boom time is back. Hordes of people speanding money like water. Crowds everywhere. Can't get dinner reservations. Shoddy service from staff who don't care. People property or bitcoin obsessed. I miss the recession.....

tomwaterford

I do miss the 3 euro recession sessions in masons

All drinks 3 euro....crowds rough and rowdy af....but worth it for the savings

Harry Palmr

Bitcoin is the new Bulgarian resort property.

Jobs OXO

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Bitcoin is the new Bulgarian resort property.

It actually is

Ulysses Gaze

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Boom time is back. Hordes of people speanding money like water. Crowds everywhere. Can't get dinner reservations. Shoddy service from staff who don't care. People property or bitcoin obsessed. I miss the recession.....

Bitcoin is Fool's Gold.

Snotty

Yeah I do miss it a bit, it brought a lot of stuck up pricks back down to earth, but they're all away again, with their white jeeps and "active ware"

leggo

I miss being able to impress women by virtue of just having a job.

I don't miss every unemployable knob I know posting daily Facebook advice about working out because they did a couple week course to be a personal trainer.

scwazrh

Its amazing how quick people have forgotten what it was like to be skint.A few yrs ago a 6 or 7 yr old car paid for in cash was a sensible buy, now nothing but a new german car on pcp is good enough.

Solomon Pleasant

Noticed an interesting contrast between this thread and the usual one which crops up.

Usually, people are berating the high cost of living and how wages haven’t increased to match that cost of living. Rent, running a car and various methods of discretionary expenditure are constantly being cited on this site as ways in which people are struggling.

This thread is quite the contrast. Apparently, the Celtic tiger is back and buying Bitcoin is seen as fashionable and wise (which it isn’t).

bazz26

Don't worry I'm sure it will make a return again.

listermint

bazz26 wrote: »

Don't worry I'm sure it will make a return again.

Make a return?

Flagrant spending.

Top of the allowable mortgages.

New cars.

New watches

Trips the the states a few times a year.

Eating out every week.

Boom is back baby .



There are many never learned.

JimmyMcGill

I never miss a session. Last one I was on was a funeral on Friday got home the Monday.
Turns out it was a "procession afterwards" they said.

bear1

Well I can't see how anyone would miss such a depressing event.
Usc introduced, troika down the government's back all the time, the start of the water charges fiasco, no investments in well anything really.
Massive unemployment and emigration.
Crippling debt placed on us all for the banking guarantee.
People worrying from one day to the next if their jobs would be still there and long queues for the dole office.
Yeah miss that to bits.

B.A._Baracus

Honestly it's not a boom period yet.
Still hard to get jobs. Not like before recession where a lot of places were crying for staff.

JupiterKid

I was in Dundrum Town Centre this evening and judging from all the recently bought shiny 161, 162, 171 and 172 reg cars and the amount of shopping bags people were carrying, the "good times" are well and truly back.

Cold comfort to the homeless families who are living in hotel rooms or B&Bs.

dasdog

Budgets being dictated outside of Leinster House and the influence of Unions. I miss that aspect of overlord IMF control. And the empty shopping centres. And Tarquin and wife talking about their home in Cape Verde suddenly finding themselves massively in debt. Michael Noonan, the minister for AIB and Bank of Ireland has retired. Job done.

wakka12

I hate that society doesn't seem to be any more careful with money. its turned back into the exact same shallow money obsessed privileged society it was in the celtic tiger. The years of hardship every sector of society suffered and complained about daily is forgotten, completely business as usual, just crazy!

server down

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Noticed an interesting contrast between this thread and the usual one which crops up.

Usually, people are berating the high cost of living and how wages haven’t increased to match that cost of living. Rent, running a car and various methods of discretionary expenditure are constantly being cited on this site as ways in which people are struggling.

This thread is quite the contrast. Apparently, the Celtic tiger is back and buying Bitcoin is seen as fashionable and wise (which it isn’t).

I dint see your point. Rent was cheaper in the recession for sure. I rented a two bed for 800. The last place I rented before I owned.

Solomon Pleasant

server down wrote: »

I dint see your point. Rent was cheaper in the recession for sure. I rented a two bed for 800. The last place I rented before I owned.

My point is that usually people are complaining of how tight things are, but this thread shows that perhaps that isn’t the case.

The Oort Cloud

This independent trader below does.

Another recession will hit eventually, and to be honest, if people refuse to accept this again this time then it is going to be a lot worse than the last one. The housing crisis we have now will be nothing compared to the next coming recession. The vultures will be everywhere sucking the last bit of fresh air from this country Ireland. I think they have sucked enough already.

I'm not looking forward myself to the next recession, but in saying this, I'm already making plans for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaVguW9tin4

LadyMacBeth_

The recession actually made it affordable for me to live in Dublin for a few years, once the recovery started I had to move back to Cork, couldn't afford the rising rents.

House prices are rising.

It's getting more difficult to get tradespeople to call you back or to stick to an appointment.

It's getting more difficult to get a taxi on a night out as places are busier again.

kerrylad1

The early 80,s and mid 90,s in Limerick is something no one wants to see again.thousands lining the streets to sign on.****ing disgrace.

Idbatterim

wakka12 wrote: »

I hate that society doesn't seem to be any more careful with money. its turned back into the exact same shallow money obsessed privileged society it was in the celtic tiger. The years of hardship every sector of society suffered and complained about daily is forgotten, completely business as usual, just crazy!

Pensioners and the welfare lifers didn't suffer any / barely any hardship!

nilescraneo

Idbatterim wrote: »

Pensioners and the welfare lifers didn't suffer any / barely any hardship!

Ara fcuk off.

ahusband

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Honestly it's not a boom period yet.
Still hard to get jobs. Not like before recession where a lot of places were crying for staff.

Its not hard for honest hardworking willing individuals to gain employment, there's a wasted generation out there that want top pay for f'all work.

diomed

You need a good auld recession to put manners on people.

21Savage

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was in Dundrum Town Centre this evening and judging from all the recently bought shiny 161, 162, 171 and 172 reg cars and the amount of shopping bags people were carrying, the "good times" are well and truly back.

Cold comfort to the homeless families who are living in hotel rooms or B&Bs.

It's Christmas. Would have been like that every Christmas in Dundrum over the past decade.

McCrack

Jobs OXO wrote: »

Boom time is back. Hordes of people speanding money like water. Crowds everywhere. Can't get dinner reservations. Shoddy service from staff who don't care. People property or bitcoin obsessed. I miss the recession.....

Recession my arse

Duckworth_Luas

Some entrepreneur should set up Recessionland theme park for the nostalgic types.

My go-to exhibit would be a mocked up RTE studio with a robotic Pat Kenny on stage (it's actually the real Plank) and some guy in the audience shouting "where's my NAMA?".

GhostyMcGhost

What could be better than a chopped every 200m?

I know! ... doughnuts!

OldMrBrennan83

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Wanderer78

Keep the recovery going folks!

Wheeliebin30

Spoiled nation.

Reputable Rog

It hasn't gone away you know, the next one will be with us fairly sharpish.

Peatys

Free flowing m50 was great.

DeanAustin

What a thread.

“I miss when the country has no money, jobs were being lost hand over fist, the Troika dictated how we spend our money and the dole queues were lengthening.”

When people talk about the Irish being miserable begrudgers, this thread should be Exhibit A.

Dakota Dan

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Bitcoin is Fool's Gold.

Plenty fools have made money from it and moved on.

GhostyMcGhost

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Plenty fools have made money from it and moved on.

Until revenue coming looking for CGT

lisasimpson

O definitately certain people havent learnt. Im in mid 30s and plenty my age were around to experience it but havent learnt, spending like theres no tomorrow...for the life of me i cant understanding those with mortgages not availing of the low interest rates to pay off a bit extra rather than spending on 50 euro pippa candles or latest gagget just for the sake of it......going to be some craic when interest rates start rising again

Annasopra

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Honestly it's not a boom period yet.
Still hard to get jobs. Not like before recession where a lot of places were crying for staff.

I remember 30 page job supplements

Turtyturd

Have talked about this a few times with my OH and other than having more money (most important factor, I know) it doesn’t actually seem like the recession is over.

I think the last boom came at a really good time for us as we were late teens to mid twenties so didn’t get bogged down with a €500,000 shoebox, had no bills, or children so were able to make the most of it.

Also during the last boom I worked a job that had me out around Dublin all day, and around the country a good bit so you were experiencing it every day. This time I go from home to an office and back so increased traffic is the only sign of it I see.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

I don't miss the recession per say, as mass unemployment was grim and I hated to see my friends and family so stressed about keeping their jobs. But I do think Irish society has gotten totally consumed by wanting the absolute best of everything right now. 5 bed detached house in d4 with a range rover out front seems to be the Irish dream right now. It ****ing disgusts me.

Dakota Dan

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

Until revenue coming looking for CGT

I'm sure most investors are aware of that, if you owe CGT you made a profit.

nullzero

Short answer, no

Long answer nooooooooo

_Brian

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was in Dundrum Town Centre this evening and judging from all the recently bought shiny 161, 162, 171 and 172 reg cars and the amount of shopping bags people were carrying, the "good times" are well and truly back.

Cold comfort to the homeless families who are living in hotel rooms or B&Bs.

I’ve no doubt in Dublin and other major urban areas that is the case, in rural areas it’s quite different.

Galwayguy35

JupiterKid wrote: »

I was in Dundrum Town Centre this evening and judging from all the recently bought shiny 161, 162, 171 and 172 reg cars and the amount of shopping bags people were carrying, the "good times" are well and truly back.

Cold comfort to the homeless families who are living in hotel rooms or B&Bs.

FFS you'd swear they were living in a shed they way you are going on about it.

They have a roof over their head and a warm place to live in for free, if they weren't so picky about where they want to be housed there would be a lot less of them in hotels.

Fair play to anyone who has a 16 1 vehicle, they worked for the money to pay for it.

Ruth Coppinger must be your idol.

leggo

I thought this thread was gonna be good craic ripping the piss out of recession tropes. Then someone brought up the ****ing Troika...

DeanAustin

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

FFS you'd swear they were living in a shed they way you are going on about it.

They have a roof over their head and a warm place to live in for free, if they weren't so picky about where they want to be housed there would be a lot less of them in hotels.

Fair play to anyone who has a 16 1 vehicle, they worked for the money to pay for it.

Ruth Coppinger must be your idol.

Ah no. Sure they’re giving out 161 cars with the dole now. You get 2 if you’re a foreigner.

I saw one dole sponging woman dump a 151 Merc the other day coz she said it was time for an upgrade.

harr

Oh I miss it , while it never affected me as I didn’t have mad amounts of money to send during the boom and still the same now.
But I see friends who spent and lost a lot during the boom and bust back to the spending and borrowing again.
I miss being able to get a trade person to do a job they would be falling over themselves for any work during the recession.
Miss being able to get a room in a five star hotel for little money.
Taxis again are like gold dust and prices for everything are starting to get ridiculous again.

My sister works in retail and they can’t get part time workers again just like during the boom but during recession everyone and anyone was begging for even a few hours work .

King of Kings

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Fair play to anyone who has a 16 1 vehicle, they worked for the money to pay for it.

Ruth Coppinger must be your idol.

not really

They all just borrowing it (well most are) . It's not really a claim to fame.
There is no fair play involved if they convinced some loan shark to give them a PCP or a bank to loan them the cash.

No better than the unemployed hiring limos on communion day in my opinion.

Galwayguy35

King of Kings wrote: »

not really

They all just borrowing it (well most are) . It's not really a claim to fame.
There is no fair play involved if they convinced some loan shark to give them a PCP or a bank to loan them the cash.

No better than the unemployed hiring limos on communion day in my opinion.

So what if they are borrowing for it, 15 years ago when I had no other loans to pay I borrowed for a new car and wished anyone who did the same all the best with their new vehicle.

I don't get the begrudgery for people who have a nice car, they paid for the bloody thing.