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molloyjh · 15-05-2021 10:25PM

Fired Up Pizza beside the Goat in Goatstown is probably the best pizza place I've eaten in for years. The Proof is in the Pudding pizza is feckin' lovely.

swiwi_ · 16-05-2021 11:25AM

Best pizza I had was last night at my place: whisky tasting evening and my Italiano-Slovenian colleague brought his own ingredients and whipped up handmade pizzas.

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 06:50PM

My lovely dog Buddy passed away this afternoon from lymphoma. He was a great friend and companion and the house has suddenly developed a huge empty space.

sydthebeat · 16-05-2021 06:55PM

Very sorry to hear Jaco.

He was a majestic looking dog

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 07:00PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Very sorry to hear Jaco.

He was a majestic looking dog

He was just fabulous in every way.

Dave_The_Sheep · 16-05-2021 07:03PM

No doubt about it, he was one magnificent looking dog. My condolences, Jaco.

Shaka Hislop · 16-05-2021 07:04PM

jacothelad wrote: »

He was just fabulous in every way.

I'm very sorry to hear that Jaco... you had a good final few months with him, so treasure the memories

stephen_n · 16-05-2021 07:05PM

jacothelad wrote: »

My lovely dog Buddy passed away this afternoon from lymphoma. He was a great friend and companion and the house has suddenly developed a huge empty space.

Sorry to hear that. Always devastating when your dog passes, they are so much more than just a pet.

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 07:35PM

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

No doubt about it, he was one magnificent looking dog. My condolences, Jaco.

He was a very 'stately' and magnificent dog. Big, elegant, quiet and loving...even cats were safe with him.

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 07:41PM

stephen_n wrote: »

Sorry to hear that. Always devastating when your dog passes, they are so much more than just a pet.

Thanks Stephen. It is so true. He spent every waking second of his life with me. One of the benefits of being old and of course one of the drawbacks is that your pet becomes entwined in every facet of your life. I will be very lonely without the big fella laying his head on my knee at night. It's going to be a difficult time ahead. The decision was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life but it was the right one. He had crumbled under the onslaught of lymphoma in the last few days.

mfceiling · 16-05-2021 07:54PM

So sorry to hear that Jaco.

My god he was a fine looking fellow!!

Dubinusa · 16-05-2021 07:57PM

Awful news Jaco. Buddy was fortunate to spend his life with you!

Neil3030 · 16-05-2021 07:59PM

Sorry to hear Jaco, but 100% the correct call to put him out of his suffering.

Neil3030 · 16-05-2021 08:01PM

jacothelad wrote: »

He was a very 'stately' and magnificent dog. Big, elegant, quiet and loving...even cats were safe with him.

The canine Willie John!

kuang1 · 16-05-2021 08:20PM

jacothelad wrote: »

Thanks Stephen. It is so true. He spent every waking second of his life with me. One of the benefits of being old and of course one of the drawbacks is that your pet becomes entwined in every facet of your life. I will be very lonely without the big fella laying his head on my knee at night. It's going to be a difficult time ahead. The decision was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life but it was the right one. He had crumbled under the onslaught of lymphoma in the last few days.

Awfully sad for you Jaco.

Check in here as often as you like if it helps, you'll never be short of a bit of support from this lot.

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 08:52PM

kuang1 wrote: »

Awfully sad for you Jaco.

Check in here as often as you like if it helps, you'll never be short of a bit of support from this lot.

Thanks everyone for your kindness. I have just realised the path ahead for me is going to be a lonely one. As I am in my 70s I'm not sure about getting another dog.

“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break.”

Shaka Hislop · 16-05-2021 09:03PM

jacothelad wrote: »

Thanks everyone for your kindness. I have just realised the path ahead for me is going to be a lonely one. As I am in my 70s I'm not sure about getting another dog.

“Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break.”

It's too early to be thinking about that jaco, but perhaps when your grieving is over....a rescue dog... A couple of years old might be an idea

jacothelad · 16-05-2021 09:22PM

Shaka Hislop wrote: »

It's too early to be thinking about that jaco, but perhaps when your grieving is over....a rescue dog... A couple of years old might be an idea

That has been in my mind from time to time over the last few weeks but it felt staggeringly disloyal. Stuoid I know. It would be great to go back to Donegal beaches with a dog again. Climb the local Munros here in the Highlands with him. Maybe.

aloooof · 16-05-2021 09:22PM

jacothelad wrote: »

My lovely dog Buddy passed away this afternoon from lymphoma. He was a great friend and companion and the house has suddenly developed a huge empty space.

Really sorry to hear that Jaco, he was an absolute beaut, and I’m sure you gave him a very happy life.

jacothelad · 17-05-2021 04:07AM

aloooof wrote: »

Really sorry to hear that Jaco, he was an absolute beaut, and I’m sure you gave him a very happy life.

Yes, he lived a great life. Lots of travel, beaches, mountains and love and affection...and carefully weighed food.

17-05-2021 09:27AM

Sad time Jaco, take good care of yourself and take pride in having given Buddy such a great life.

Zzippy · 17-05-2021 09:51AM

Sorry to hear Jaco, but sounds like Buddy had the best life possible, with the best human friend possible.

Bazzo · 17-05-2021 09:54AM

Sorry to hear about Buddy, Jaco. It's obvious he meant a huge amount to you and I'm sure he enjoyed yer companionship just as much.

molloyjh · 17-05-2021 11:49AM

Condolences jaco. He was clearly loved and we'd all be so fortunate to have that our whole lives the way he did. It sounds like you did right by him from Day 1 to his last. Such a great looking dog too!

jacothelad · 17-05-2021 12:20PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Sad time Jaco, take good care of yourself and take pride in having given Buddy such a great life.

Thanks V. Today is really hard. Looking after all his bedding, beds, toys, etc. Making sure it is all cleaned if we give it to a local rescue centre or kep it for a few months to decide about a rescue dog or even a pup. Just paid the vet for the service yesterday and cremation next Monday. Need to return some unused chemotherapy meds and try and get a grip of myself. Despite knowing it was coming it all came to a crisis point like a train crash and the sad end within an hour .........so quickly it was a shock. He looked at me as if he was asking for help......and of course I could only hold him. Sadly there is an effective treatment for canine lymphoma called Tanovea but it is not available in the UK. I tried to get some from the US but it was impossible. It was like being hit by a tank.

I'd like to thank everyone for their kind words and it is comforting as I am far from home and lifetime friends and family.

mfceiling · 17-05-2021 01:17PM

Mind yourself Jaco.

It's no different a loss than a family member.

CatFromHue · 17-05-2021 07:12PM

Grief is the final act of love

Yeah_Right · 17-05-2021 09:25PM

Jaco, sorry to hear about Buddy. Take care of yourself mate.

Stheno · 18-05-2021 08:43AM

So sorry for your loss Jaco, take care of yourself right now

errlloyd · 18-05-2021 10:16AM

Random one. But does anyone remember much about Dublin in the 80s? I ask for a specific reason.

I'm at that age where all of my friends talk about mortgages and house prices. And of course the conversation always turns to "our parents got their 7 bed d4 mansion for free by collecting 5 coupons on their breakfast cereal" (or some other variation of that).

Usually then we talk about interest rates, and stuff. But generally we all go away from those conversations feeling a mixture of depression, self pity, and existential dread.

But I guess I'm beginning to think that the true thing being missed when we look back at the 80s is just that no wanted to live here. Immigration was non existent, emigration was sky high. The rugby wasn't great, the soccer was awful, curry chips was an ethnic culinary experimentation, it was illegal to be gay, a large amount of the island was a warzone, and films were genuinely getting censored by the church. And the weather sucks.

Laced between a few hyperboles there is an honest question. Should we (millennials) resent our parents generation for getting rich off property. Or should we respect them for being willing to set down roots, and invest in living in this hell hole?

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