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Ireland forced into a new era of austerity

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Sir_Humphrey wrote: »
    Generali: IIRC , you are right about the codeine, the same happens with diamorphine which is what actually causes cardiac arrest in OD victims. Take care! :)

    I will! I had a Pommie physio today who was saying she's amazed at the amounts of codeine that are permitted over here. I'm taking 60mg at a time, 4 times a day and it's for a comparatively minor soccer injury.

    I've been sleeping for 14 hours a day.
  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    I will! I had a Pommie physio today who was saying she's amazed at the amounts of codeine that are permitted over here. I'm taking 60mg at a time, 4 times a day and it's for a comparatively minor soccer injury.

    I've been sleeping for 14 hours a day.

    Thats a lot of Codeine. Next time you're in ask for some Tramadol. I had it after I had a knee reconstruction some years ago and its actually quite pleasant, mildly hallucinogenic as well (well I had funky dreams, I'm just not sure if I was awake or asleep at the time!).
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Wookster wrote: »
    Thats a lot of Codeine. Next time you're in ask for some Tramadol. I had it after I had a knee reconstruction some years ago and its actually quite pleasant, mildly hallucinogenic as well (well I had funky dreams, I'm just not sure if I was awake or asleep at the time!).

    Yeah, I've had some amazing dreams on it. It's hard to tell where sleep ends and waking starts. Very weird.
  • bo_drinker
    bo_drinker Posts: 3,924 Forumite
    Going back to Ireland. Slightly off subject, they are buying up the little Honda C50/ 70 and 90 step thru mopeds/ scooters (120+ mpg)on ebay and paying good money for them. I have sold 3 to the Irish recently. They can see fruggle times ahead. :confused:
    I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:
  • Sir_Humphrey
    Sir_Humphrey Posts: 1,978 Forumite
    bo_drinker wrote: »
    They can see fruggle times ahead. :confused:

    Maybe Ireland will be become known as Frugal Rock? :beer:
    Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. J. K. Galbraith
  • tomterm8
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    edited 8 April 2009 at 2:08PM
    Generali wrote: »
    For any country, the point exists where investors (or The Market if you prefer) won't lend you any more money or at least will only do so at a price that can't be afforded.

    At that point the choice is between austerity and Zimbabwean-type policies.

    But the cause of the new Irish austerity isn't because of a market strike - the market has been relatively happy to continue to lend to the Irish republic - it is because european law restricts the amount of budget deficit an EU member state can have to 3%.

    n.b. it is important to be careful with codeine, it is mildly addictive. If I were you after I finsihed the prescribed course I wouldn't use codeine based headache medicine for a couple of months.
    “The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
    ― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens
  • Austin_Allegro
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    Odd isn't it. Just over the Irish sea the economy is tanking and house prices are plumetting, whereas if you believe the bulls the UK is starting to see 'green shoots' and the property market is on the verge of recovery...:confused:
    'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp
  • Degenerate
    Degenerate Posts: 2,166 Forumite
    Austin_Allegro wrote: »
    Odd isn't it. Just over the Irish sea the economy is tanking and house prices are plumetting, whereas if you believe the bulls the UK is starting to see 'green shoots' and the property market is on the verge of recovery...:confused:

    Did you just ignore the entirety of the thread, where we were discussing the reasons Ireland is in a very different situation to the UK?
  • Dr_DiNg_DoNg
    Dr_DiNg_DoNg Posts: 3,897 Forumite
    Austin_Allegro wrote: »
    Odd isn't it. Just over the Irish sea the economy is tanking and house prices are plumetting, whereas if you believe the bulls the UK is starting to see 'green shoots' and the property market is on the verge of recovery...:confused:

    Good point Austin , people cant see the wood for the trees!
  • Austin_Allegro
    Austin_Allegro Posts: 1,462 Forumite
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    Degenerate wrote: »
    Did you just ignore the entirety of the thread, where we were discussing the reasons Ireland is in a very different situation to the UK?

    Not at all. Ireland is indeed in a different situation to us - probably a slightly better position as at least they realise they need to increase tax and cut spending. Our government, on the other hand, seem to think they can carry on as normal by printing funny money...

    My point was a few miles of water do not isolate the UK from a world recession/depression...
    'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp
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