Comments on: Old skool

By: K8

K8 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:55:47 +0000

Jenny; I know! Besides, I’ve never heard a salesperson even once say ‘I demand €2.40 for that newspaper…’ because demanding is just so darn rude.

BrianF; Perfect, innit? Of course, that makes me Spongebob which makes you Patrick :)

Medbh; Same here, for the most part. Sometimes I think plastic bobbleheaded dashboard Jesuses should be mandatory to break the tension.

Deborah; Yes but are you laughing at them or with them? ;)

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:39:34 +0000

You’re so right K8. People need a swift kick up the arse!

As for the cabbies, I’ve also been very lucky in Dublin. Usually it’s like a travelling comedy show!

By: Medbh

Medbh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:23 +0000

All the taxi drivers here look miserable and angry.

By: Brianf

Brianf — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:56:01 +0000

I stopped reading the comments when you called Grandad, Squidward!!!!
Brilliant!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Squidward it is!
chortle, yuk, guffaw…….

By: J Adamthwaite

J Adamthwaite — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:18:59 +0000

Hear hear!

I get annoyed in long queues when I’ve been clutching my fiver a bit too long and read the bit that says, ‘I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five pounds’ and I think, ‘I don’t have five pounds… and what is five pounds anyway?’

By: K8

K8 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:02:34 +0000

Warrior; Yes but French people don’t act like spoiled brats, not so wrapped up in material value… we’re all paranoid over here, too eager to guard our stuff instead of sharing it with our neighbours. 2001 probably has a lot to do with that.

Thriftcrimal; The only time money is fun is when a 20 bob note is changed in an arcade and you get to carry around a big bucket of coinage :)… I love wasting money on slots.

Maxi Cane; Iron the bank notes for the ATM machine you mean? I’ve always wondered who does that.

Sam Problemchildbride; You still do get lots of that in the country, just not in built-up suburbs so it’s just as well this recession will stop urban sprawl… it was swallowing up old fashioned-thinking.

King bob; Trust breeds trust, ’tis true… that’s a good story you got there :)

Roy; There’s alot to be said for earphones :) Sure I do be listening one-eared to Metallica half the time.

By: Roy (irish taxi)

Roy (irish taxi) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:20:38 +0000

“I’ll talk back and agree with you, sympathise with you and be interested in what you have to say”

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

By: King Bob

King Bob — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:25:00 +0000

I like cab drivers, and I kind of get a bit p@@@ed off when people whine about them. They are human, are entitled to have an opinion and there are days when I can understand they get a bit crotchety. However, it is not a job for everyone, the driving part is easy, it’s dealing with the public that makes the job difficult. When a student I worked nightshift in a petrol station and because I had a laugh and treated them OK they all came after their night shift and used it for a chill-out zone, i treated them well and in turn they treated me well.

Last year I was whisked into Loughlinstown by Ambulance and my wife came with me. After I was stabilised in ICU (about 3am) she had to get home, she had no money and had left her purse at home. The cab driver picked her up and took her to Wicklow Town on a promise of money nothing less. She was upset so never got his name. But whoever it was , wasn’t cynical and was a credit to the profession.

By: Sam, Problemchildbride

Sam, Problemchildbride — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:46:06 +0000

Money’s got us all by the short and curlies. We need it to live, but we’re only slaves to it if we allow ourselves to be. You need never worry about being in its thrall, K8. You are not the money-grabbing type, that much I know.

My dad still barters all sorts. A bottle for salmon that fell off the back of a ghillie’s boat. Work on a house for a nice slab of venison or a freezerful of lamb. Nothing’s ever agreed on ahead of time. You just do good turns for people and they say, oh well, you did my peats for me, that year I had shingles so here’s some tickets to Murrayfield I bought but can’t use.

More of it, I say.

By: Maxi Cane

Maxi Cane — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:33:40 +0000

I wonder if I could do the ironing for my bank manager in exchange for a car payment or two….