Ways of living you never want to go back to

Outside toilets weren't great on a cold night when you had eaten something dodgy.

It sounds like you have no idea of the barriers that people with disabilities face when trying to get and keep employment.

not giving a sh*t about what other people think.. now I do my own thing.. as long as I am not hurting anyone - hey ho.. pity I only learnt of this way of thinking at 39...

wish I hadda learnt that in primary school..

Putting your name down on the waiting list in the local video shop for the latest VHS release - remember doing this back in the 90's for "Schindlers List".....

And then having to leave the bloody tape/disk back to the shop. Don't miss that.

Queuing for concert tickets.

Funnily enough this is coming back into vogue.

People queued outside Bord Gais for Hamilton tickets so they would get best seats but also to avoid crazy ticketmaster fees.

gee yeah - I was only thinking the other day while using google maps to get somewhere.. "how did I find anywer before".. but you know what - we did.. maybe my brain was sharper ekk

The disability allowance is an interesting one. Yes it must be harder for them to find work. But should they be receiving more allowance than anyone else who is looking for a job. I don't think automatically they should.

If they can't work at all then I think they should be getting more than the jobseekers allowance.

Honestly, if you know absolutely nothing about a particular subject, maybe you'd have the decency to either say nothing, or do some basic research before you do open your mouth.

Your highlight totally ignores the very substantial additional challenges that face many people with disabilities in completing typical daily tasks.

Try commuting by buses that allow only one wheelchair user at a time on board, and where the space is often taken up by a child's buggy or airport luggage. Try working in an six story office environment where you're told that you have to wait behind in an emergency, and wait for the fire brigade to evacuate you. Try working in a large organisation where your managers will patronise you and drag you out for every photo opportunity, but not give you any serious consideration when it comes to promotions or developmental opportunities.

Honestly, do some research on barriers to employment for people with disabilities before you start accusing people of having nothing to offer.

The RTE documentary is a great example. They're promoting it on Twitter with video clips that don't have subtitles. So they're actively EXCLUDING people with disabilities from engaging on the topic of barriers for people with disabilities, despite having an in-house team dedicated to subtitling. This is a very typical outcome for people with disabilities.

Smoking, the stench, the frequent chest infections. Never ever again. Gave up about 15-20 years ago, don't really remember exactly as its that long. I still occasionally have a nightmare where i'm smoking and i'm so disgusted at myself and then i wake up :)

Ahh yes the smoke smelling clothes. They'd be riddled with it after a night out. You had to claw your way through a cloud of smoke to get to the bar. The eyes absolutely burnt out of ya as you tried to chat up some young wan while the electronic dance music deafened ya.

Outdoor activities with zero sun protection.

The pain from sunburn ...

The ignorance in this country in relation to sun protection.

The glorification of sunburn.

God, we were so ignorant.

You try reading again what I wrote. you’ve picked me up totally wrong. I wasn’’t saying they had nothing to offer, quite the opposite. I said everyone has something to offer. Is there challenges, err doh, of course. What I was saying is that we should make changes so everyone can work, if they want to. So make it totally inclusive. Do whatever it takes with public transport, access etc. I’m agreeing with you, just not so judgy about it. Anyways, we’ll move on.

Even worse for us girls with long hair you would come home and your hair would be absolutely stinking with the smoke, the smell of it on your pillow as you would be in no fit state to jump in shower at 3am in morning🙄

A few people I knew used to slather on baby oil and lie out in the sun 😱 this was in the early 00s so they really should have known better by then

This song perfectly reflects map reading as a lost skill ... Rand McNally... and other things from the past. Beautiful song.

A Rand McNally atlas, cheap coffee stained

Now, I wouldn't know how to use one with my life at stake

...

With this Rand McNally atlas dog-eared and frayed

Like Old Testament verses that don't make sense in this decade

I would say that hasn't changed too much even today. Not with older generations anyway.

My dad like boiled tripe. 🤢

The bits that should be in pet food, not human food.

Liver is yum and good for you too. Very cheap too.

Liver, bacon, onions, mash and gravy 😋

Loved steak and kidney too, haven't seen kidney in a butchers for years. Our local one is increasingly just selling pre-cut / pre-packed stuff so before long there'll be no difference from going into the Dunnes next door...

My mam would cook tripe once in a blue moon, I wouldn't touch that though. I'd say it's extremely hard to find these days, and for good reason 😁