If people in Ireland were more positive, in they’re thinking would our Economy and Tourism Improve?

Q. I know that people that are more positive do better in Life. People that groin all the time and say things like âThere are no jobsâ Our country is going to the dogsâ âI have no moneyâ, âIrish people are getting more nastyâ, âHope is gone and things are so darkâ âDid you hear what was on the news today it was awfulâ seem to be digging a hole for themselves. The only digging holes I like is that Christy Moore song.

My question is simple: Are a lot of Irelandâs current problems worsen, by our negative thinking?

There are actually more jobs than 2008. I know this because I was looking for a job back then. There is more of a volume now. What there is also more of are âJob lossesâ Jobs are being lost left right and Centre. But there are technically more jobs being advertised. (And I am not on about multiple job advertising) The job losses are being classified in with the less job argument.

Secondly of course our country is going to the dogs if we think that way. At least we are not at war, or famine. At least we are living in a country where we are surrounded by family and friends. Of course Ireland has many problems, social, economic and otherwise. But problems are like algebra. Some are more complicated than others. But any Algebraic question can eventually be solved. It depends entirely on the person tackling the problem. (Of course in real life there are variances to factor in).

People say they have no money. Well this is the case. But people who have no debt (but a little money) are in a great position. They are in a great position because at least they are breaking even. An even is always better than a negative. (People in Debt can still manage things, if the government published just one good cost saving book for Irish citizens on day-to-day living)

I have been living of around 200 euros a week the last three years. (I was in college or working to save for college before that) There are tips to living well with a limited income. You want a fancy outfit. Go to the boutique clothes rack. This can knock off to 80% off the original price. You like fancy food. Go to Dunnes on a Sunday and check out the reduced fridge rack. You get expense food at a fraction of the Price. And as for Euro2, you could save loads in that shop from Nair hair removal cream, chocolate, cleaning products to notebooks.

The whole Irish people getting nasty are also something I hear a lot on the Internet. Did you ever hear the phrase look at a mans friend and you know what he is like.

If you friends are a nasty people of work, just get new friends. You would be amazed how people affect your mood and personality without even noticing. If someone you donât know is nasty to you simply smile and walk away. I find Irish people are more Helpful of late not nastier. Even things like passing on jobs on newspapers to friends to visiting a friend that just lost their job.

In relation to Hope being gone. Hope is never gone. Define âThe feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the bestâ
Hope is a state of mind. A state of mind can never be gone forever. It can always return if you want it enough. And lastly the phrase âDid you hear the horrible thing in the news? Yes there are horrible things in the news. There are also lots of great things.

I look forward to any answers to this question, thanks and yes I have never anything better to do. The depressing news is on at the moment. :)

B.Q: I have an exam in December. (Accounting Theory) My use of commas is not the best. If you are bored point out a few of my grammar mistakes. Thanks Of course pointing out such mistales will Help Tourim in Ireland. (The butterfly effect)
I see a few already.
That is a great answer below Doc. If you got paid a Euro for everything you wrote on this site you would be rich. Your standard of written English s is also superb.
Did you consider registering on Booking.com? They have a few guesthouses and Bnbâs on their site. A lady that owned a guesthouse, I was staying in told me they take about 15% of the booking and the rest is hers. (15% is a lot but at least you have a booking and can advertise Room only. Think this way you get to keep any breakfast you sell outside the site. Not sure though.) I know when I am booking a Hotel in Ireland I use this site. Juryâs Inn in Limerick is regularly up on the site at 59euro (no breakfast) for three people. That is less that 20 Euro each for a room. Looks like this s turning out to be a Tourism Question. Lol.
All great answers. I have a few job links. If you look at the end of this question I have a few. Although the question itself, you might not so impressed by. There are good job links on it, none the less.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akn9BilsuKtWJn70X0rNF4zty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111001063430AAW9LHb

Keep the answers coming

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I don't think our problems are made worse no, from living here for 7 years I have noticed that Irish people love an old moan, it is usually the weather or politics. Part of the nations psyche I think that is all?

In my opinion it's going to take more than positive thinking to get us out of this mess I'm afraid. I just watched the news too. Look at Aviva what is going to happen there tomorrow? Where will all those people find new jobs? Yes a positive outlook is better than a negative one, nobody wants to see miserable sad faces but I don't think everyone smiling & pretending "we're grand" will help much.

Tourism will only improve when people start to spend money again, right now many thousands of people can't afford to pay their mortgage & credit card bills let alone go on holidays. Luxuries are the first thing to go. Those that do have a bit of money spare are keeping it for a rainy day, nobody knows what new charges/taxes are around the corner.

I'm not Irish but I do work in tourism. I run a small B&B and I've had nobody book a whole week's holiday this year. Yes a fair few weekend breaks same as always & the occasional workman passing through but not like before, not a single person/family has booked a whole week. This is the first year this has happened.

From a personal point of view not meaning to be an old moaner but this is how it is:- my partner has been out of work for 2 years he was made redundant in Nov 2009, he's a class 1 HGV driver with 28 years experience & holds machine tickets for excavators/track machines. Well obviously that is bit of a non-starter now the construction industry has taken such a hit & the only HGV jobs would be in the city an hour's drive away. He is in his late 50s with degenerative disc disease, who is going to employ him anyway? We manage on his dole money & what little the B&B brings in, I don't draw a wage even. I put my online tax return in every year & worry that I've done it right when the business turns over less than â¬5000 but I still worry. How many millionaires do we have living here who pay no tax?

Our only saving grace is our mortgage is small so at least we can pay that every month even if we don't have much money spare each week. I really feel so sorry for the people caught up in negative equity. We shop at Dunne's & Aldi & scour the reduced counter for bargains to pop in the freezer. We grow a lot of our own vegetables & keep hens. We haven't had a holiday in 4 years & are not likely to have one for the foreseeable future.

We have 2 ravenous teenage kids but only one is under 18 so we only get one child benefit payment now, 140 Euro a month down straight away when my son turned 18. I hate being reliant on benefits. We are so broke right now, we taxed the car last week (a month late so had to pay the back tax) & we have survived on â¬56 Euro since last Wednesday. My son's grant for college hasn't come through yet despite applying in July & numerous phone calls. The VEC say his award letter will be here next week? He is paying for his bus fare to college (â¬30 week) himself out of his credit union savings. I just emptied the change jar for 20 cent pieces because he didn't have enough for tomorrow.

This is my reality & no amount of positive thinking is going to make the situation for my family any easier. I do try to be positive and put a brave face on when I talk to acquaintances I wouldn't burden anyone with my troubles not even my family (apart from on Y!A lol) but it is very hard, the weather is miserable right now, the chicken pen is like a quagmire already & another long cold winter looms. Very hard to stay upbeat when you are so broke & I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Edit : Thank you - I do my best & trained as a secretary many moons ago (back in the days when shorthand existed) so touch typing & correct spelling are second nature, I realise it may come as a shock to some that I am not really a doctor!

Don vs Sachin debate: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120906115444AAiNZFD&r=w&pa=EJFyD3bpBV_Mdvj?

Run Silent

This is in response to a senior Australian user's answer in that question. What makes Sachin better than Don? Do you agree with these points?

1.Pressure

Tendulkar plays under huge pressure. 1 billion+ people expecting you to perform in each and every match. To perform consistently well for 20 years as per expectations is just Brilliant! Bradman never had such pressure in his whole career apart from bodyline series and in his last innings against England. And just look what pressure can do. His average which was usually over 100 in maximum series came down to just 52 in bodyline series. When the whole world was watching him to score just 4 runs in his last innings he couldnât even score those runs. This is what pressure is all about. And Tendulkar goes through such pressure in each every match. Even the matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. With one failure public, media, everyone in India starts criticizing the Greats of Indian cricket. Still he is performing consistently. Isnât this amazing?

2.Fitness

Bradman played 52 tests in 20 years whereas Sachin has played 162 tests in 20 years. In Bradmanâs time not many matches were played. Players easily got 7-8 days of gap in between 2 tests of a series. In one year only 4-5 tests were played. There were no one dayers. Nowadays there are too much of ODIâs. Once a series starts, you donât get any chance to take rest. 5 ODI get completed in 12-13 days and as soon as ODI series is over, the Test series starts and between tests only 3 days of gap. No rest for players & they have to play each test and ODI. In Bradmanâs times you could get 7-8 days for rest & not only that, Bradman played some tests which were of just 3 days, and in almost every test he played, there was a rest day in between, so fitness level and total numbers of matches 4-5 and look at todayâs cricket, atleast 10 Tests and 30 ODIs each year and in ODIâs you just canât play cricket with peace at all. After every ball you have to look at the score board, have to accelerate anytime in the innings many times from the beginning, pressure with no rest virtually ! Though heâs is playing T-20 also at domestic level, but T-20 is just not the cricket. (You donât have plan when you go out to bat, just go and hit). It is because of the no. of Tests played now that we can note a remarkable achievement from Sachin who had already scored 24 Test hundreds before his 28th birthday. This in no way undermines Bradmanâs score of amassing whopping 452 runs in just 415 minutes!!! But that was precisely because the over rates during that time were far superior than now.

3. Position of Batting

Bradman usually came at no.3 or no.4 and mostly when the score were 176 for 1 or 217 for 2. No pressure!! Just play the natural game and dominated the bowling. Unlike Sachin, Bradman had some really good openers from the start of his career. Woodfull & Ponsford had career average of 45+, Sachin usually came at no.4 & mostly when India lost both the openers with the scoreboard reading something 20-2!!! And then this best batsman of all time rescues the team. In Onedayers Sachin opens and starts blazing guns from the beginning and then steady in middle overs and again all guns blazing in last 10 overs. And at 37, if you are still able to do after playing 20 years, then itâs surely a remarkable thing !

4. Opposition

Bradman played mostly against England and he got used to that bowling thats why scored over 5000 runs with an average of around 92. One series against each minnows [India, SouthAfrica and WestIndies were new in cricket that time] and scored heavily against them. Never played in Indian Sub-Continent against Indian spinners. Playing at Indian pitches is never been easy for any batsman.Nowdays Australian thinks Ricky Ponting is the best batsman after Bradman from Australia. Look his record in India! Sachinâs average in Australia is above 54. A batsman is perfect when he scores against really class bowlings. Excluding Larwood Bradman never played any quality bowlers. (and the other 2 were CV Grimmett & RR Lindwall, who belong to his own country) He never played against a bowler who bowls something like 160kmph+ on hard fast pitch where batsman hardly gets a chance to think of what should be played, whereas Sachin played against Ambrose-Walsh-Bishop, Wasim-Waqar-Akhtar, McGrath-Lee-Gilespie, Donald-Pollock, Warne-Murli and many more.

The fielder shattering stumps from the boundary was unheard in Bradmanâs time. Just see the class of fielding nowadays. These days there are special coaches for fielding. The standard of fielding is far much better than it was in that time!

5. Technology

In Bradmanâs time it was not easy to pick oneâs weakness just standing at slips or point. Thatâs why Jardine had to use the theory of bowling on chest height to stop Bradman from scoring runs.
Its true that then there was no such equipment like helmet, arm-guards to save you but then apart from Bodyline series there were no such instance where batsmen had to really save themselves from truly fast bowling. Interestingly, though Sachin plays few shots in the air when he tries to play drives on rising delivery (thanks to Todayâs technology) and many captain tried to get his wicket at the early part of his innings, Nasser Hussain tried something different to get his wicket, by not letting him to score freely against his bowlers (though Sachin still had the second best strike rate after Sehwag in that series for India).

True that the average of 99.94 is considered to be top achievement in any sport statistically, however Cricket is not just a game of averages. There are many other things which should be consider like the standard of playing cricket. Nowadays so much of technology is used so that you can take out weak areas of a particular player. The standard of fielding is just
Correction:

2) Fitness: Sachin HAS played=Sachin HAD played.
Contd:

The standard of fielding is just too good. The Media hype and pressure is so much. Lots of cricket played, scoring in every part of the world. Sachin not only plays role in batting but also in many other areas like Sachin can spin the bowl like Shane Warne, Sachin is never afraid of taking responsibilities. Tendulkar took the ball from Azhar and Kapil in Hero Cup Semifinal and bowled the last over and did not let South Africa to score 6 runs to win the match. Just imagine if those runs were scored. Public and Media of India would have definitely gone after the little master. And if thatâs not enough he is partially playing a role of mentor/coach of Indian Cricket Team.

Finally, its unfair to compare the two batsmen of different era but then it would also be unfair to call Sir Don as the greatest batsmen of âall timesâ.

Though I totally agree with the above points, these are not mine. I just copy pasted what my friend sent me. That's it. So, no personal attacks upon Sachin
and RSRD please :-)
Too many grammatical errors there, like batsmen for batsman, has/had, but then as I said, I just copy pasted it.

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I have a very new perspective on the BRADMAN vs SACHIN debate.
Let's leave arguments which are in favor of Sachin in this comparison. Such as those days bowlers were not great, fielding is poor, bowlers donât ball with swing pace etc etc. The real interesting thing is that even if you leave those arguments still there are the most obvious and provable points which recalls that Bradman and his 99 avg is not as greats as the numeric value shows. (The points you added in your Q can be considered as extra details which proves that Bradman is not great as his avg shows or Sachin is better than him)
BUT HERE ARE THE OBVIOUS AND ROCK HARD POINTS WHICH ARE NOT EASY TO BREAK!

(1) Bradman is the only player who played most percentage of matches against minnows other than any great player!
He played 28% of his matches (15 outta 52) against minnows like IND, SA & WI. Those teams were minnows those days. SA test debuted on 1889 but it even at Bradmanâs age they were losing matches like a minnow.
No other great player has played that amount of matches against minnows Murali has played 18% of his matches against BAN And ZIM. Sachin played so less matches against minnows (BAN ZIM). Just 16 outta 188 tests which is just 8.5% of his total matches.
And Bradman averaged 140 against those minnows!

(2) Bradman played 72% of his matches against one opposition (England). If you keep on playing mainly against one good opposition over and over, playing against the same bowlers over and over and having not to play against various type of opposition and bowlers without a tiring schedule then you can completely dominate them.
Bradman averaged 89.78 in 37 tests against England.
Sangakkara has played 16 test matches against Pakistan and scored 2320 runs and averaged 89.23.
If Sanga had to play over and over against Pakistan as the only competitive opposition plus few minnows, Sanga would be on for a avg around 100 too. Or even more considering that, unlike Bradman who donât have to play in ODIs and the amount of test matches against miscellaneous oppositions Sanga has played.

(3) Bradman played all his matches in two venues. Home(Australia) and in England which has Very Similar conditions. Sangakkara also averages nearly 90 against Pakistan at both home and away and also in UAE!
Bradman averaged 30 in SL in 2 exhibition matches.

(4) In Bradmanâs days test matches lasted more than 5 days which let the batsmen to bat more freely and take their time to play longer innings. But these days batsmen are always pressurized to bat at a good pace and declare the innings much quicker.
Bradmanâs 300 runs in one day was not a unique record. Why? Those days a day in a test match was very long and overs had 8 balls.
Sehwag could have ended up scoring 350 runs in a day had he get the opportunity to play through a period of a full day while he was scoring 2 triple tons way faster than Bradman!

These are obvious and true facts. Bradman is of course a great player. But he is not as great as his average suggests. He is just another great player but is he the greatest? Just played 52 matches and just average 99.94 with having the above advantages I mentioned? No player today has the luxury of playing 28% of matches against minnows, 72% of matches against a single opposition in two venues, playing more than 5 days in a test match and playing very less matches with no tiring schedule.
If any of today's great players such as Sachin, Dravid, Ponting, Kallis gets to play with such luxury, at least one of them would have averaged as same as Bradman (or higher)

We are not rude to take the fame away from Bradman though. He is the greeeeeeaaaaaatest in his era. But no point of comparing him with this era's batsmen. This era is very complicated and really hard to emerge to be a great batsman considering the obstacles you have to overcome such as the different venues/conditions, variety of bowlers etc etc....

Sachin should be compared with Kallis, Ponting, Dravid or Lara. Not Bradman. Sachin is the greatest in this era. the stats show it. And this era is better than that era so Sachin is the greatest in the greatest era!

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