There is a generation that has not grown up with .......

MoodeRator

The Continental Op

Not many people grew up with IZAL bog paper at home but it was in a lot of institutions and perhaps in schools?

You forgot to add Woolworths https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/1006/650327-woolworths-irish-stores-close/ .

MoodeRator

It was abundant in my early years, it was even considered fancy by some people at the time.

The Continental Op

MoodeRator wrote: »

It was abundant in my early years, it was even considered fancy by some people at the time.

You'd have to say fancier than what :eek:

But I can remember grandparents having newspaper cut up in the bog.

bodhrandude

Doodle Brappis

El Tarangu

The Continental Op wrote: »

You'd have to say fancier than what :eek:

But I can remember grandparents having newspaper cut up in the bog.

This is a double - everyone has money for toilet paper now, and no-one reads newspapers.

Ceirseach

Comhrá: teacher cutting out pictures and sticking them to green felt sheet to make us talk Irish
X marks the ball competition in Sunday Independent and posting in replies
Teachers wearing graduate gowns to protect clothes from chalk
The arrival of 'smash' dehydrated mashed potatoes, 'dairy bawn' dehydrated milk and vesta beef curry: just add boiling water.

Andrewf20

...not grown up with toilet air freshners with a green poisonous wobbly bit in the middle of a plastic cover. Cannot find a pic of them but they were big in the 1990s. The wobbly bit would shrink over a few weeks.

Sardonicat

Andrewf20 wrote: »

...not grown up with toilet air freshners with a green poisonous wobbly bit in the middle of a plastic cover. Cannot find a pic of them but they were big in the 1990s. The wobbly bit would shrink over a few weeks.

Yes, it was a weird gelatinous substance, the stink of which made your eyes water for the first 24hrs and then smelled of nothing thereafter.

Sardonicat

Ceirseach wrote: »

vesta beef curry: just add boiling water.

Vesta curry was feckin divine. Nothing like actual curry, mind

spring lane jack

HASH, Very little of it around nowadays, The wonderful smell permeated lots of building sites, FÁS training centres and school yard corners.

The Continental Op

Sardonicat wrote: »

Vesta curry was feckin divine. Nothing like actual curry, mind

If I could buy shares to refloat a company to bring back an old product I think I'd go for it. Nothing compares to it even down to the sultanas.

The Continental Op

spring lane jack wrote: »

HASH, Very little of it around nowadays, The wonderful smell permeated lots of building sites, FÁS training centres and school yard corners.

You could have had FÁS training centres all on their own.

the purple tin

spring lane jack wrote: »

HASH, Very little of it around nowadays, The wonderful smell permeated lots of building sites, FÁS training centres and school yard corners.

I notice it a lot more now than ever but maybe it is because the youngsters all smoke smelly skunk now.

Hyperbollix

The Continental Op wrote: »

Doom - the computer game.

Doom came out in 2016

The Continental Op

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Doom came out in 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)

Ash.J.Williams

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Doom came out in 2016

Ah ha ha ha ha ha

Ash.J.Williams

Sardonicat wrote: »

Vesta curry was feckin divine. Nothing like actual curry, mind

I’m fierce fond of the fancy Thai curries we have now, but I’ve eaten so many that I actually crave the old stuff , so on a recommendation I purchased Paul McGrath’s chip shop curry (just add water) had it on my chips and it was awesome:)

Pauliedragon

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Doom came out in 2016

Christ mate I was playing Doom back in the days when I was able to **** to the page 3 girls in the mid nineties let alone 2016.

The J Stands for Jay

The Continental Op wrote: »

Not many people grew up with IZAL bog paper at home but it was in a lot of institutions and perhaps in schools?

You forgot to add Woolworths https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/1006/650327-woolworths-irish-stores-close/ .

Getting the bus to Derry to buy CD singles in Woolworths. They were 99p when they were new releases, then the price went up to £2 or £3 the week.

El Tarangu

spring lane jack wrote: »

HASH, Very little of it around nowadays, The wonderful smell permeated lots of building sites, FÁS training centres and school yard corners.

I remember when the first of the lads started getting weed in in my area in about '03 or so, we all felt very sophisticated - like Dr Dre rolling fat blunts, instead of burning lumps of hash and finding them filled with bits of plastic bags, and Lord knows what else...

CoBo55

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Doom came out in 2016

KKkitty

Someone mentioned thumbing a lift. I'm 40 next year and when I was thumbing I'd make a point to remember as many registration numbers of people in my hometown as I could or who was driving what car and the colour. As soon as a car looked familiar I'd stick out my thumb.

Rothko

branie2 wrote: »

The Dandy comic

And the Beano

Capt'n Midnight

“Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...”

― Terry Pratchett

jelem

grown up with ---out the masses expecting millions of facebook friends
and without everyone wanting to be mary whitehouse
and without everyone despite lack of knowledge and facts
being\doing\supporting green and climate stooges.
with out having masses of know alls whom know nothing but
gain sway and popularity.
it was nice when the odd individual moron would sprout crap
and all accepted them as fools.

branie2

James Bond Junior

RandomViewer

Hyperbollix wrote: »

Doom came out in 2016

The Rock Was in the film version in 04/05

El Tarangu

branie2 wrote: »

James Bond Junior

This series, along with 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', was produced in Dublin.

whysobecause

El Tarangu wrote: »

This series, along with 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', was produced in Dublin.

A friend of mine, was one of the artists. It was cool to see his name in the credits.

branie2

Kerrygold ads with French people

Leg End Reject

CoBo55 wrote: »

Booze cruise.. Great crack.

Booze cruise on the vomit comet if you didn't have sea legs.

Hamsterchops

There is a generation that has not grow up with ......

Clockwork toys, at Christmas

I once got a windup Trainset from Santa!
Don't see many clockwork toys anymore.

whisky_galore

McGaggs wrote: »

I saw a girl in a school uniform smoking a cigarette a few weeks ago. I was pretty surprised, hadn't seen a youngster smoking on years

You can't fix stupid. I suppose cancer is "fake news" these days.

branie2

Before my time, but the national anthem in the cinema after the film ended

the purple tin

branie2 wrote: »

Before my time, but the national anthem in the cinema after the film ended

And at the end of the disco, bands used to play it at the end of their set as well. Stand up even though you were well pie-eyed by that stage.

teroknor83

Collecting nice things in Cereals

TheAsYLuMkeY

I see mentions of Doom of games past,

One of my Favorites was Another world,

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-another-world_31309.html

I had the two floppy disc set for Atari ST, thought it was the most amazing game when i got hold of it.

Fast forward to present day and i have it now on PS3.

Excellent game.

bodhrandude

Who can remember having their boiled egg in the morning and hearing this playing on RTE Radio One during the seventies.

branie2

O'Donnell Abu!

sbsquarepants

the purple tin wrote: »

And at the end of the disco, bands used to play it at the end of their set as well. Stand up even though you were well pie-eyed by that stage.

I remember that.


Also discos had a slow set (AKA the erection section) where you had to run around like an escaped sex offender and try get your dirty hands on a quare one or walk to the side of the room and skull pints with the other lonely misfits.


Jesus, no pressure like!

whysobecause

The Irish landscape not covered with windmills.

NewbridgeIR

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I remember that.


Also discos had a slow set (AKA the erection section) where you had to run around like an escaped sex offender and try get your dirty hands on a quare one or walk to the side of the room and skull pints with the other lonely misfits.


Jesus, no pressure like!

I know a guy who asked what seemed like 50 women to dance one night - as they came out of the jacks. All said no.

Sardonicat

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I remember that.


Also discos had a slow set (AKA the erection section) where you had to run around like an escaped sex offender and try get your dirty hands on a quare one or walk to the side of the room and skull pints with the other lonely misfits.


Jesus, no pressure like!

Oh, the old stumble round, when you snuzzled his shoulder so he couldn't get his lips to your face but he was a sound fella and you didn't want to hurt his feelings.

Feisar

branie2 wrote: »

O'Donnell Abu!

Some tune!

Sardonicat

Feisar wrote: »

Some tune!

Learned to 'play' that on the tin whistle in third class. Probably still have the scars on top of my head from being belted by the whistle by my lovely teacher. There's been a generation who hasn't grown up being randomly belted round the place by unhinged adults at school.

mikemac2

School milk cartons, I think they were 1/4 litre. Oh a straw as well

They would be left on the wall outside the school and someone in each class had the job to bring them in. In winter they were frozen!

Now and again Dawn Dairies would give us freebies and fancy stuff like strawberry milk to try to win a contract but they never ever did.

All that business was given to the local creamery. It wouldn't surprise me if someone in the school staff was getting a kickback.

You signed up by term and I think it was very very cheap for parents to subscribe.

Feisar

The Continental Op wrote: »

Not many people grew up with IZAL bog paper at home but it was in a lot of institutions and perhaps in schools?

You forgot to add Woolworths https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/1006/650327-woolworths-irish-stores-close/ .

Dad said all it was good for was spreading shíte around yer hole. Or words equally eloquent.

The Continental Op

Feisar wrote: »

Dad said all it was good for was spreading shíte around yer hole. Or words equally eloquent.

I can vouch for the fact it wasn't know for its absorbency. More like wiping you bum with greaseproof paper.

YellowLead

mikemac2 wrote: »

School milk cartons, I think they were 1/4 litre. Oh a straw as well

They would be left on the wall outside the school and someone in each class had the job to bring them in. In winter they were frozen!

Now and again Dawn Dairies would give us freebies and fancy stuff like strawberry milk to try to win a contract but they never ever did.

All that business was given to the local creamery. It wouldn't surprise me if someone in the school staff was getting a kickback.

You signed up by term and I think it was very very cheap for parents to subscribe.

In our school I remember we went through a phase of not wanting it and we’d all pour it down the sink (shameful I know) that was for arts and crafts at lunch when no teacher in the room - there was always an awful stink of sour milk in the room, must not have rinsed properly or something!