The eighties were better ?

have to say I thought the 80s were much better, could afford to go for a few pints nearly every night with pals, even though I wasn't working full time....music was great and life was simple. It seems to be rules and regs for everything now, state interference everywhere you turn...hate to think what the next decade will be like!
 
  • Like
Reactions: mtk
22) Drink Driving
23) Slap the wife around
24) Slap the kids around
25) Be openly racist and homophobic
26) Smoke everywhere
27) By proudly misogynistic
28) Litter everywhere
29) Let your dog out in the morning to poo everywhere
30) No use contraception (because it was banned) but still blame women if they got pregnant
... great times...
 
22). Being able to buy tickets for a match or concert without taking out a second mortgage.
23). Being non contactable when out of house / work
 
on the plus side
  1. music was so much better
  2. footballers were normal
  3. the short puck out had never been heard of
  4. Love Island did not exist
  5. food was simpler and no-one took photos of their dinner
  6. The a team, Magnum, Hill street blues. Cheers, the list goes on and on and on
  7. choc bars were a decent size
 
on the negative side
  1. Peig Sayers
  2. almost no sport on Tv
  3. only 2 legal channels + a few fuzzy illegal rebeamed stations
  4. the troubles
  5. spuds every day
  6. Peig Sayers
  7. Mart and Market being compulsory viewing
  8. my mothers wooden spoon,
  9. Did I mention Peig Sayers??
 
22) Drink Driving
23) Slap the wife around
24) Slap the kids around
25) Be openly racist and homophobic
26) Smoke everywhere
27) By proudly misogynistic
28) Litter everywhere
29) Let your dog out in the morning to poo everywhere
30) No use contraception (because it was banned) but still blame women if they got pregnant
... great times...

Looking at that list I think some people still seem to be living in the 80s :)

In other 80s related news, I miss Dalys 80s on RTE Gold. Was a great 1 hour programme mixing the songs of the era with random news snippets and ads.
 
On a global scale
People were poorer in the 80's
People had less access to education; In particular females in developing countries in the 80's
People lived shorter lives in the 80's
People had less access to healthcare in the 80's

2019 is the best year in history to be alive and 2020 will be better and 2021 will be better again.
 
on the negative side
  1. Peig Sayers
  2. Peig Sayers
  3. Did I mention Peig Sayers??

Is she the auld-wan who used to smoke turf and threw her son off a cliff and then, in posterity, subjected generations of kids to hours of torture?
Did she know that she would be the biggest factor in generations of children hating Irish?
 
  • Like
Reactions: mtk
Back
Top