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jamo1 
Liam Brady 
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These guys probably missed there mammys? Know a few fellas here in my local town who think they are big shots went to Oz and were totally out of there dept and came home after a month. Some just cant hack not being the big shots anymore. Oz is the best place i have ever being ( after Thailand)
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Del Boy: You do know what a pyscopath is dont you Grandad
Grandad: Of course i know what a Pyscopath is, its a fella who dresses up in womens clothes. |
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irelandfan
Ray Houghton
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 6:07pm |
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i know some people have to leave because their bored on the dole etc but if everyones poor then f**k it as a country that boomed we still moaned as much as we did when we were poorer off.
i may decide someday to leave travel, work but ill always return someday.
i love this country
born and bred in this country and
i intend to die in this country
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MrFantastico
Liam Brady
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 6:10pm |
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what are the ladyboys like in thailand cheap or what ?
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We hate princess diana, we hate elton john too, we hate orange bastards but rovers we love you. KOH
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Kevin Kilbane 
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 6:36pm |
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Know of a few lads like that myself. The familiar, small town life suited them down to the ground, and a few weeks in the big city where hardly anyone knew them scared the sh*t out of them. I loved Oz, and might have to go back because of the way things are. |
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I’m technically Catholic, it’s the box you have to tick on the census form: 'Don’t believe in God, but I do still hate Rangers.' - Dara Ó Briain
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the_walls
Jack Charlton
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 7:34pm |
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 Nope fair point lads, I was being a bit on the serious side. I agree even if you are homesick if ya go all that way ya should stick it for a bit longer. I know I would stay just because I didnt want to hear all the abuse from the lads back home!! |
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Honey Monster
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 9:18pm |
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Personally I left as i wanted to see the world and experience a bit of adventure instead of the constant routine back home. Then i didnt return as things got worse ten fold with the economy. I find it strange that anyone would wonder why young people are leaving the country at the moment
 Feel sorry for your mates Trap. Even if they were homesick, they should have stuck it out and at least travelled around the country to see the place. Find it hard anyone could be homesick while travelling along the east coast. I reckon your mates will regret this big time... |
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Gaz
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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 at 9:58pm |
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In fairness the 1st week of my travels was one of the worst weeks of my life! Home sickeness kicked in and was very overwhelmed with everything. But I knew it would settle down and now I just don't wanna go home! 8 weeks on the road and counting:)
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I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday
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horsebox
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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 at 4:12am |
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One of the things that I noticed about some Irish people in OZ - is there inability to do anything.
Make breakfast, dinner etc
Wash or iron clothes
Clean up after themselves - basic things like a plate or cup.
All because their mammy use to do everything for this.
It's a typical Irish thing I reckon.
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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jamo1
Liam Brady
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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 at 11:11am |
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 we had to make it for him. Chap was very very embarressed!! Still sl*gging him to this day  . Im away to Canada on the 17th for a year, cant wait to get out of here TBH and get traveling again!!
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Del Boy: You do know what a pyscopath is dont you Grandad
Grandad: Of course i know what a Pyscopath is, its a fella who dresses up in womens clothes. |
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Blue Man
Ray Houghton
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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 at 11:17am |
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All but booked to go to Oz, will prob link up with HM, make sure he's ok and all! Little pet struggles away from home im told!!
Im leaving because Im in a job I hate with no career prospects, cant see myself ever owning a house, the weather is sh*t, the depression of everyone else depresses me and I want to see the world. Ive lived in the States for a year and have the experience of living away so Im dying to go.
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FREEWHEELER
Robbie Keane
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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 at 11:24am |
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If I was in me early 20s I'd give it a go, big time. Brother was affected by the mid-80s recession and is in Oz since 1989, he misses his mates and family here but Australia has pretty much saved his life and him and his Dublin wife have loved it out there, hard work rewarded, climate, weather you can pretty much depend on, big sporting nation, what's not to like about it? Too late for me now but I'd encourage anyone to go.
This country's fooked, financially, morally and so many other ways and though I bleed green and adore our culture, language, folk/ballad music and dancing and all that, there's an awful lot to not like about 2011 Ireland.
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colemanY2K
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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 at 11:32am |
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Thats bad alright. I previously lived away from home when going to college in Ireland and then moved to the UK 6 years ago to finish my degree. When I graduated I decided to hang around and experience the world before going home to settle down as I thought I might not get the chance again. Unfortunately the ar*e fell out of the economy before I managed to get home and am now stuck abroad. At least with Ryanair I'm able to get home 4 or 5 times a year, however I'm sending my CV this evening to OZ where I'm in with a shout for a job. To all those who feel home sickness when they leave they should remember the world is a much smaller place than it was in the 1980's and people have a lot of spare cash when working abroad therefore I know/hope I'll get home to the motherland some day. What state will I find it in....who cares?...we never did before.
It's a shame TJ that your friends decided to return home. It's something they'll regret.
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nvidic
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Posted: 07 Jan 2011 at 6:41am |
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Thats a ridiculous story! cant believe they did that, everyone i know out there loves it! You need a few months to settle anywhere as well
Can't see myself doing anything but moving to Australia or back here once i'm done in ucd, no jobs goign for me in Ireland, almost everything is better here as well, I'll be back in a decade when we're in better shape! |
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Claret Murph
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Posted: 07 Jan 2011 at 7:00am |
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Spot on Deise met a good few of these at one time or another the beans don't taste the same as the one's you get at home etc etc .
I had 3 trips of 15 months, 5 half years ,and two and a half years and at the end of each of them I was upset to be going home . Hey if you ever lived in Burnley you could undersatnd why
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Steve Amsterdam
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Posted: 07 Jan 2011 at 7:08am |
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'For what suffer our patriots today....'
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Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam!
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Sligo Hornet
Roy Keane
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Posted: 07 Jan 2011 at 7:49am |
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Which prison(s) were you in.....and what were the crimes?
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Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ?
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Cookie Monster
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Posted: 16 Jan 2011 at 10:23pm |
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Totally agree with you FW. I'm as patriotic as anyone and passionate about the rich language and culture that so many of our own people rate as backward, useless, dead etc etc and are all too ready to throw it all away via their misguided and ill informed perceptions of "sophistication".
But Australia is a fantastic country and they seem to run it properly over there. It was the best year of my life and I was broken hearted to have to come home as I would have happily stayed for a few years at least.
You need to give anything new a chance before you'll take to it and to come home after 3 weeks is pathetic. I remember seeing lads in a pub in Sydney at Christmas crying into their pints thru homesickness when the craic was all around them. Some people just arent grown up enough to handle or appreciate the opportunities presented to them.
However, the future of this fair country of ours has been squandered away in a cesspool of corruption, mismanagement, greed and immorality and the futures of its younger generations lie elsewhere so Thank God they have places like Australia to go to if they're lucky enough to get that chance and sensible enough to take it.
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I used to be a schizophrenic.......and so was I
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Baldrick
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 6:06am |
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If anything, one of the issues I would have with Oz is that it is too similar to Ireland in ways so lads who are homesick must be very used to their ways.
Australia is a lovely country I must say, but If I was going to live away from Ireland again it would be to a totally new culture and I dont think Australia is different enough from Ireland. |
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