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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere

I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

If you could get a girl to dance for the final slow set of the night you were sorted, unless she happened to have a bf that she had just had a row with and he decided to ambush you as things were getting steamy.

#sligoissurprising

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If you could get a girl to dance for the final slow set of the night you were sorted, unless she happened to have a bf that she had just had a row with and he decided to ambush you as things were getting steamy.

#sligoissurprising

"

Ah memories...the erection section

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift "

Jeez you are old

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Jeez you are old "

The main thing is I'm still alive for Gods sake

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By *adhatter and coCouple
over a year ago

Middle of mayo n peaceful tranquility


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift "

Omg that would be class for a social

One phone per table

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By *nardriMan
over a year ago

near town


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift "

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?"

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!"

It definitely didnt take months to connect with women in the 80's in fact it was a lot simpler and easier

You were in a pub or nightclub you spoke to them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!"

People are more isolated now than ever despite all the supposed connectedness

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By *an I Kiss youMan
over a year ago

Manchester City Centre


"The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!"

.

Respectfully disagree. Despite the numerous channels and platforms of communications, which are easily accessible thanks to modern technology, statistical analysis of data collected from mental health care establishments and professionals are painting a rather ominous picture that isolation and loneliness have been major causes of depression diagnoses.

This is not an opinion, this is a conclusion based on anonymised data.

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

Will ya shift me mate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!

It definitely didnt take months to connect with women in the 80's in fact it was a lot simpler and easier

You were in a pub or nightclub you spoke to them "

In the 2000’s women used to approach me. Never had to work on my game until I gained a reputation and being called a gigolo by the girls in my town !!! My name was blackened after that

Good times though

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"Will ya shift me mate"

Right but which one is she

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Will ya shift me mate

Right but which one is she "

friend points her out and it’s a yes or no !! Brutal but good times eh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Will ya shift me mate

Right but which one is she

friend points her out and it’s a yes or no !! Brutal but good times eh "

I always found it very hard to say no if the girl plucked up the courage to approach. simpler nicer times. bring back the slow set... let slow set I remover was coppers and its not that long ago. is the slow set there still going does anyone know?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Will ya shift me mate

Right but which one is she

friend points her out and it’s a yes or no !! Brutal but good times eh

I always found it very hard to say no if the girl plucked up the courage to approach. simpler nicer times. bring back the slow set... let slow set I remover was coppers and its not that long ago. is the slow set there still going does anyone know? "

Or the national anthem ?

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By *ottie00Woman
over a year ago

Dublin


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember "

I remember it and it was great fun... was it not called "The Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange", I am probably wrong

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember

I remember it and it was great fun... was it not called "The Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange", I am probably wrong "

I'm a bit older than you...its probably my memory thats fecked

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By *ottie00Woman
over a year ago

Dublin


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember

I remember it and it was great fun... was it not called "The Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange", I am probably wrong

I'm a bit older than you...its probably my memory thats fecked "

Ah now, don't even pull the age excuse....they were rotary telephones (didn't mean to say out loud)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember

I remember it and it was great fun... was it not called "The Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange", I am probably wrong

I'm a bit older than you...its probably my memory thats fecked

Ah now, don't even pull the age excuse....they were rotary telephones (didn't mean to say out loud) "

Would under 30’s even know what a rotary telephone is ?

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By *og-Man OP   Man
over a year ago

somewhere


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift

Kinda remember hearing bout that.

What pub was it?

90’s?

St Anne St maybe?

Casper & Gambini's, ...suffolk street from what I remember

I remember it and it was great fun... was it not called "The Exchange" or "Telephone Exchange", I am probably wrong

I'm a bit older than you...its probably my memory thats fecked

Ah now, don't even pull the age excuse....they were rotary telephones (didn't mean to say out loud)

Would under 30’s even know what a rotary telephone is ?"

We just called them telephones

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down


"The so-called good old days are simply a myth; technology has opened up access to the world in a way that would have been unthinkable, unimaginable even twenty years ago.

Isolation has been replaced by connectedness; connecting the dots now takes seconds whereas in the past it took months to make contact with women.

Vive la difference!

.

Respectfully disagree. Despite the numerous channels and platforms of communications, which are easily accessible thanks to modern technology, statistical analysis of data collected from mental health care establishments and professionals are painting a rather ominous picture that isolation and loneliness have been major causes of depression diagnoses.

This is not an opinion, this is a conclusion based on anonymised data."

I welcome a respect your opinions; however what I am specifically referring to is the total lack of social life in the northern six counties from the late-1960s through to the late-1990s; from my perspective it was awful.

When I lived south of Dublin in the early-1990s, I was flabbergasted at how citizens in the republic lead normal relaxed lives.

I feel infinitely more connected to people now, and can relax and enjoy life.

Unless you lived in the north you cannot imagine what it was like; I spent six years in Belfast and days after I left (to work in Dublin) a guy was murdered in my former workplace, following months of covert paramilitary surveillance on the site.

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By *NawtyCplCouple
over a year ago

Around and about


"If you could get a girl to dance for the final slow set of the night you were sorted, unless she happened to have a bf that she had just had a row with and he decided to ambush you as things were getting steamy.

#sligoissurprising

Ah memories...the erection section

"

Erection Section wins the internet today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God bless the chipper om the way home

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By *ensualandslow321Man
over a year ago

Tullamore

The 2nd last slow set of the night was always a good time for opportunities to 'get off' with someone

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over


"I remember a pub off Grafton Street back in the day before mobiles

Each table had a telephone on it

You could ring the table from the telephone on your table and ask to talk to someone at that table

If ye got on you could tell them your table and wave and have a drink ....or they'd hang up....pretty brutal with your mates sitting beside you laughing

But sometimes they'd ask you to hand the phone to one of mates

Wasn't life simpler then to get a shift "

How is that simpler than making a profile , making a forum thread about improving it, winking , messaging , chatting , arranging , canceling because of a positive covid test/work/dead granny/horse related accident then meeting and snogging ?

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By *xplicitMan
over a year ago

donegal

You had me at …”pub off Grafton Street.”

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