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Frugality and Irish Society

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  • #202
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    The evidence is against this. This is a fairly post colonial thread with its “the Irish” this and “paddy that”


    People boasting about their Quaker thriftiness?
    It's an eye-opener to see that some still cling onto their old prejudices.


  • #203
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    The hospital cost overrun/ massive increase was not caused by any lack of frugality. It was caused by a combination of greed and incompetence.


  • #204
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Una's a leftie. In my experience, quite a few lefties are slow to buy their round. This meanness is also notable in restaurants where they will try and persuade me to go halves on a particular dish to save money.


  • #205
    LeBash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭LeBash


    There's all sorts in Ireland, not just the 2 extremes.

    I held my old car for 12 years cause there was nothing wrong with it but go on 2 nice holidays per year and save. I know plenty who do similar.

    I know others who go missing for their round or give out about parting with any money and I know a lad who owed 70k, sold his 2nd house for 40k, well below the value, paid 30k and bought a brand new suv on tick just paying the deposit with the 10k left.

    We see people blowing all their cash when we are out and about but we don't see people living well within reason cause they aren't out and aren't living or driving something fancy that catches the eye.

    Head to Frankfurt and see how fancy the Germans Lord it up around the opera house and the financial area, it's also the home of protestants, so the religious argument is waffle.


  • #206
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    take everything wrote: »
    Quoted for truth.
    The Irish are quite immature in so many ways.
    Like a teenager who thinks they know everything.

    I wonder will they ever reach a proper maturity

    I wonder where people get this self hate from. You talk about maturity when we're an island that progressed from a staunchly religious country to a country with a gay, half-Irish half Indian Taoiseach, a country which voted in abortion, gay marriage and turned away from the Catholic church in droves. Moved from recession to the fastest growing EU economy for the last three years.

    I work in the UK and the US. Two entities either side of Ireland. One of those has voted in a reality TV star as president and the other has voted to leave the largest single market in the world. You'll excuse me if I take your views with a pinch of salt.


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