Why do so many people in D1 missing legs?

Cobalt17

There are far more people missing legs in the D1 area, than any of the rest of the central post codes. Has anyone else living in D1 notice this?

Also limps, shuffle, dragging one leg?

Why is this?

sasta le

Substance abuse.bad diet no excerise

Trigger Happy

Carelessness. Forgetfulness.

Cobalt17

sasta le wrote: »

Substance abuse.bad diet no excerise

Gangrene due to improper injections I’m guessing in that case?

Rodney Bathgate

Junkies?

colm_mcm

Falling under Luas’s

Cobalt17

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Junkies?

I dunno if they’re junkies or not, but they tend to be rough enough looking.

The_Kew_Tour

That’s a new one.

glomar

used to work in dolphins barn in the 1990s .. while no missing legs the local hardmen all limped with the same leg !
Maybe its a fashion statement !
!

retalivity

They tend to go missing after a Yop overdose

shaveAbullock

Cobalt17 wrote: »

I dunno if they’re junkies or not, but they tend to be rough enough looking.

Do you think they are living in D1 or are they just there to attend one of the many methadone clinics?

Cobalt17

glomar wrote: »

used to work in dolphins barn in the 1990s .. while no missing legs the local hardmen all limped with the same leg !
Maybe its a fashion statement !
!

I used to live on South Circular Road, the end beside Dolphins Barn. Like you said, plenty of junkies and scaldies, but I never seen a one legged person there. Like I said, for some reason there’s an unusually high concentration of one legged people in D1

colm_mcm

shaveAbullock wrote: »

Do you think they are living in D1 or are they just there to attend one of the many methadone clinics?

Hard to know, they move in strange circles sometimes.

Cobalt17

shaveAbullock wrote: »

Do you think they are living in D1 or are they just there to attend one of the many methadone clinics?

There’s quite a large methadone clinic on Little Ship Street, none of them are one legged. Likewise, merchants quay.

If it’s a drug related thing, then the majority of junkies already live in D1, around Railway st, Talbot, Dorset etc.

10pennymixup

colm_mcm wrote: »

Hard to know, they move in strange circles sometimes.

Especially with just one leg

corner of hells

Cobalt17 wrote: »

There are far more people missing legs in the D1 area, than any of the rest of the central post codes. Has anyone else living in D1 notice this?

Also limps, shuffle, dragging one leg?

Why is this?

I'm not sure why theres so many in D1 missing legs , but it's a well known fact that methadone makes your legs grow back.

B.A._Baracus

City centre is mad when you think about it.
The Liffey does 'seperate' things. Take Parnell Street - it's a kip. But on the flip side take Grafton Street over the Liffey and that's full of up market shops. Brown Thomas and the like.

saabsaab

Could be ex British army? Dublin was a big recruiting ground once.

corner of hells

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

City centre is mad when you think about it.
The Liffey does 'seperate' things. Take Parnell Street - it's a kip. But on the flip side take Grafton Street over the Liffey and that's full of up market shops. Brown Thomas and the like.

Did you ever think about the word "scent" and wonder if the "S" or the "C" is silent.

B.A._Baracus

corner of hells wrote: »

Did you ever think about the word "scent" and wonder if the "S" or the "C" is silent.

What?

EmmetSpiceland

I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

corner of hells

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

Why'd he call the leg Smith ?

Leg End Reject

corner of hells wrote: »

Why'd he call the leg Smith ?

It's "What did he call the other one?"

Capt'n Midnight

City centre apartments cost an arm and a leg. But you can pay in instalments.

Viscount Aggro

There's a discount shop on middle abbey street, right at luas stop.
They sell crutches for 5 euro.
I'm serious... Used to work around there. One Monday, they found 2 stiffs in lane behind Wynn's hotel... Wasn't even in the news.

Mad_maxx

sold them for gear

kowloon

In before eugenics.

p.p. OP, just open a topic with your actual opinion.

Alrigghtythen

They've only second hand shops

saabsaab

OP are these mainly male?

Muahahaha

Back when I was growing up in the town there was a local character who had a missing leg replaced by a wooden one. He was nicknamed Peg Leg and was well known around all the pubs as a complete piss artist.

Anyway one night he was bladdered and fell over on the footpath outside the pub screaming in agony 'oh my leg, my leg, help'. To which someone responded to him 'well Peg Leg, should we call an ambulance or a carpenter?'

Fuascailteoir

Land mines stretching from Parnell street to summerhill

Cobalt17

saabsaab wrote: »

OP are these mainly male?

Mainly, though I’ve seen several women with the same affliction.

Hamsterchops

Cobalt17 wrote: »

Why do so many people in D1 missing legs?
Why is this?

Leg thief?

saabsaab

Fuascailteoir wrote: »

Land mines stretching from Parnell street to summerhill

Of course the Dublin DMZ.

biko

Dubs like getting legless.

nthclare

I'm dyslexic I can only think of legs with missing bodies

Leg End Reject

Alrigghtythen wrote: »

They've only second hand shops

Subtle, but I laughed.

With my username I felt I should post here.

Richard Hillman

I remember seeing one member of the heroin addiction community wearing shorts one day. He had a massive scabby hole in his leg from drug use. I wanted to vomit.

fran38

10pennymixup wrote: »

Especially with just one leg

Excellent :D:D

fran38

I tend to go with the alien abduction scenario. You know how the oul aliens are always after your leg like :pac:

OnYerPike

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

Once had a dog named Sparky, he used to chase everyone on a bike.

Had to take the bike off him.

Foweva Awone

Heroin users often get abscesses, particularly when the drug is mixed with corrosive substances which destroy the veins. If they don't get proper medical treatment, the area can turn gangrenous and sometimes the whole limb needs to be amputated.

When they visit needle exchanges, the nurses will often ask them about abscesses etc and treat them if necessary .... I've sat in on a couple of needle exchanges and the nurses are great, they have a good long chat with the clients and offer them all sorts of assistance (e.g. HIV testing, contraception, detox options), it's not just a case of handing over the fresh needles and sending them on their way.

Loveinapril

Cobalt17 wrote: »

If it’s a drug related thing, then the majority of junkies already live in D1, around Railway st, Talbot, Dorset etc.

There are a lot of homeless hostels in the city centre.

topper75

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

City centre is mad when you think about it.
The Liffey does 'seperate' things. Take Parnell Street - it's a kip. But on the flip side take Grafton Street over the Liffey and that's full of up market shops. Brown Thomas and the like.

It is a town most strange. There is a Nobel economics prize waiting for somebody who cracks the puzzle. I'm not a Dub so I come with an outsider perspective. I first encountered it 25 years ago when I did a six-month work experience thing up there and was mystified at the inequities in such shocking proximity and the starkness of the river divide. The phenomenon has intensified through the decades if anything and I'm no closer to understanding.

saabsaab

topper75 wrote: »

It is a town most strange. There is a Nobel economics prize waiting for somebody who cracks the puzzle. I'm not a Dub so I come with an outsider perspective. I first encountered it 25 years ago when I did a six-month work experience thing up there and was mystified at the inequities in such shocking proximity and the starkness of the river divide. The phenomenon has intensified through the decades if anything and I'm no closer to understanding.

+1 on this. I came to Dublin and thought that alll Dubs talked the same and were difficult to understand. etc. Then I discovered the north south thing and that there were in fact several accents and Dublins. I can usually understand 'Dublin speak' now.

Strumms

nthclare wrote: »

I'm dyslexic I can only think of legs with missing bodies

That’s dyslegic

antodeco

Who pays for their amputations?

I assume they're not able to foot the bill :pac:

Central Services

antodeco wrote: »

I assume they're not able to foot the bill :pac:

They be looking for hand outs as usual.

iamstop

Some of them lads in the city center take it a bit too literally when the Garda are doing their rounds and someone shouts "Leg it!"

Hammer89

sasta le wrote: »

Substance abuse.bad diet no excerise

It's hard to exercise with one leg.