As I reach (and probably past) the twilight of my own playing career Iāve to do a lot more stretching and exercise at home. My girl, since sheās been barely able to walk has been trying to copy me doing the various exercises and would often be doing them on her own. It really is Monkey see, Monkey do. People just donāt grasp that.
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What you can do in a shop with just two euro now is scary - Pack of cookies and a bottle of pop ā¦
You canāt blame the child for being a child - when you managed to get your auld fella to part with 50p growing up you were like a bullet up to the shop - wham bars, refreshers, fizzy cola lollipops ā¦
Packed lunches and a couple of bob on the weekend only.
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Snap, Sunday afternoon, into the shop, blow the pocket money on fizzle sticks and cadet, youāve kids now walking around with 500ml cans of this Monster shit and ordering 8euro ice creams at the counter of Murphys, then spending their lives stuck in a fucking phone or tablet, itās fucked I tell ya.
One of my lads this summer is out of the house every day by 2pm, back at 9-10pm. Down to the soccer pitch every day with his mates having kick arounds, mini games and no doubt generally talking shite. Delighted to see it.
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They are smoking and drinking cans
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Why so late out of the house?
Shur at least theyāre outside though.
Thats the way it should be.
Was talking to a well known ballincollig local here who was away for a number of years. He could not get over how many less kids there is around the place and he also noted nobody cycles anywhere anymore.
It makes no sense that a place with a population doubled in 20 years should have less kids on the street
He only gets up at 12 
teenager.
Depends on the age but if theyāre anything over 12 I would say 9/10pm in the summer is grand. Or whenever it starts getting dark
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He would be the bully.
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Greatest gift you can give a child is time.
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Heās talking about why he doesnāt get out of the house until 2.
But itās obviously because he has a raging hangover.
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Close enough to home and still bright.
Iād say its just the nature of the world we live in nowadays. I used to cycle everywhere too when younger, not sure Iād be happy letting my kids cycle on the roads around our way now though. I wouldnt even chance it much myself to be honest. I dont know where drivers better back then, but even whilst driving there are so many fucking idiots now speeding around, maybe itās better cars or people thinking they need to get to the shop to buy their pint of milk quickly. And then you also have the fear factor of abductions and paedos for some parents, mostly in towns Iād imagine. Not something rurally that would cause people a second thought, but probably more prevalent in towns. Scaremongering and social media shite contributes a lot to that.
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Thatās the job.
Followed closely by a fine inheritance. At least Fintan will have the second.
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He wouldnāt be into that. Kid wouldnāt even touch a fizzy drink. His body is a temple.
Ya. No evidence to support abductions or child violence is any worse than ever. Like you say its just more awareness of it and documentaires on this and that scares people.
Iām talking about a tiwn specifically. But i agree with you rurally. Its a fucking joke the way people drive now. Especially the women in SUVās from urban backgrounds. Essentially in cars too big for them and driving in the middle of the road Ć fraid to get bushes rubbing off the car. Wankers.
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