Why do so many people in D1 missing legs?

Cobalt17 · 24-05-2020 9:38pm

saabsaab wrote: »

OP are these mainly male?

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

Hamsterchops · 24-05-2020 9:39pm

Cobalt17 wrote: »

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

Leg thief?

saabsaab · 24-05-2020 10:27pm

Fuascailteoir wrote: »

Land mines stretching from Parnell street to summerhill

Of course the Dublin DMZ.

biko · 24-05-2020 10:27pm

Dubs like getting legless.

nthclare · 24-05-2020 10:29pm

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

Leg End Reject · 25-05-2020 2:18am

Alrigghtythen wrote: »

They've only second hand shops

Subtle, but I laughed.

With my username I felt I should post here.

Richard Hillman · 25-05-2020 3:31am

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 · 25-05-2020 3:49am

10pennymixup wrote: »

Especially with just one leg

Excellent

:D:D

fran38 · 25-05-2020 3:56am

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

OnYerPike · 25-05-2020 7:52am

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 · 25-05-2020 8:02am

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 · 25-05-2020 8:07am

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 · 25-05-2020 10:25am

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 · 25-05-2020 11:41am

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.