The old days

[rover]

I remember when they invented the wheel.

[Curvaceous Kate]

I remember when they invented the wheel.

I remember being dragged back to the cave by my hair and the first time we made fire!

[Mousey]

I remember when they invented the wheel.

Was that before or after you stopped storing the corpses in the drinking water?

[Mousey]

I remember being dragged by my hair and the first time we made fire!

The colour of the flames stayed there and all.

Ooooooh, cheeeeeeesey!!!

[ksteve]

I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when I got home, my Dad and my Mum would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.

*cough*

You were lucky !!

At my home, we only had ONE MEAL every 2 YEARS! And if we's was late ONE MINUTE, WE HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS FOR THE NEXT ONE!!

Our house was so cold , we had to share a sucky peppermint to keep warm !!

[Johnson]

The embarassment of being in the Sunday World, and they were out in full force back then; that place in Rathmines was legendary, unfortunately the owner died of cancer a few years back-never met her, but they say she was really nice

Was that the place across the road from the 24hr Spar (next to the chinese). I used to work Nightshift in the shop (around 1997) and the ladies and madam would be in and out of the shop quite a lot. Friendly, but very rough looking bunch to be honest. I remember one Christmas, the madam offered all of us on the nightshift 'a christmas bonus' of a freebie of our choice, was awkward as none of us were up for it, but didnt want to offend her as she was a bit nuts and scary (Mary was her name). One of the older married lads said he'd sort it out, haha we thought he'd politely decline on our behalf!! In hindsight he prob took up the offer!!!

I also remember there was ALWAYS cop cars outside the place at night....very obviously a kickback scheme in place.

I think things are better today though.

[Jasmin]

I remember when they invented the wheel.

I remember being dragged back to the cave by my hair and the first time we made fire!

I envy good memory, probably too much wine over the years

[anitasizzle]

Was that the place across the road from the 24hr Spar (next to the chinese). I used to work Nightshift in the shop (around 1997) and the ladies and madam would be in and out of the shop quite a lot. Friendly, but very rough looking bunch to be honest. I remember one Christmas, the madam offered all of us on the nightshift 'a christmas bonus' of a freebie of our choice, was awkward as none of us were up for it, but didnt want to offend her as she was a bit nuts and scary (Mary was her name). One of the older married lads said he'd sort it out, haha we thought he'd politely decline on our behalf!! In hindsight he prob took up the offer!!!

I also remember there was ALWAYS cop cars outside the place at night....very obviously a kickback scheme in place.

I think things are better today though.

Wasn'there during that time, and don't recal someone by the name of Mary; nexti to a Chinese, but above a Hair-dresser's place; the owner was a dingy scumbag of a Dublin rat who owed the whole building. I think you're talking about another place thatt was around the corner from Dorset ST.

[anitasizzle]

Id kick any of those men's asses.

Okay...

[Johnson]

Wasn'there during that time, and don't recal someone by the name of Mary; nexti to a Chinese, but above a Hair-dresser's place; the owner was a dingy scumbag of a Dublin rat who owed the whole building. I think you're talking about another place thatt was around the corner from Dorset ST.

Nope, the place I'm talking about was defo in Rathmines, you could see the place from the door of the shop. Was / is prob quite a few of them in Rathmines.