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Old 12-12-2020, 05:59 PM   #1
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Today I saw the Booran Holden dealership with all the cars removed and all the signs removed. I've never owned a Holden but this sight made me feel sad.
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Two and a half weeks ago (so not quite today) we had to put our 13yo mare down. She had a gammy knee that she damaged whilst racing. It had been operated on and wasn't too bad for paddock duties. Unfortunately she came cantering down the paddock and for some reason she stopped suddenly and stuffed the knee totally. She could not walk and it couldn't be fixed. A very sad day as she was a beautiful horse.
A week ago our old border collie decided she'd had enough. She had been going downhill for a while but she was eating well even though she slept a lot of the time or just lay out on the verandah watching what we were doing. In between those we lost a chook too. I hate 2020! It's been very interesting watching how the other horses and dogs have reacted. They are not happy either.
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That’s an unfortunate run of events. Watching animals grieve is pretty harsh, too.
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Hi Guys,
I watched a Documentary called "Cocaine Cowboys" and it about how Miami in Florida became the cocaine capitol of the world in the 1970s and 1980s.
There was so much money being made that Miami Banks almost ran out of space to store the cash deposits.

There was gang wars and people getting shot dead in there cars because of the drugs.
Well a bloke was shot dead and shot his son also who was only 3years old and that upset me lots.
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I watched a Documentary called "Cocaine Cowboys" and it about how Miami in Florida became the cocaine capitol of the world in the 1970s and 1980s.
There was so much money being made that Miami Banks almost ran out of space to store the cash deposits.

There was gang wars and people getting shot dead in there cars because of the drugs.
Well a bloke was shot dead and shot his son also who was only 3years old and that upset me lots.
Where did you find this doco. Is it on one of the streaming services or somewhere else. Sounds interesting.
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I found it in a Sanity store !
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…Seeing a ninety-year-old crying relentlessly for their mother; a young child again.
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Washington right now...
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…Seeing a ninety-year-old crying relentlessly for their mother; a young child again.
Have witnessed similar in the last year.
FIL reliving the news of his wife's passing.
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I am all for an outlet but this seems a bit of a downer thread?

So this thread makes me sad.
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Old 07-01-2021, 12:21 PM   #11
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Downer, thread - you mean Alex in fishnets?
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Can't unsee that now..!!
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A friend in camp self harmed 2 days ago.


Details were only just released and i am stunned...
 
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That’s crap. Hopefully they’re on the mend.
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No mate she isn't on the mend RIP
 
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Witnessing the death of democracy.
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Two and a half weeks ago (so not quite today) we had to put our 13yo mare down. She had a gammy knee that she damaged whilst racing. It had been operated on and wasn't too bad for paddock duties. Unfortunately she came cantering down the paddock and for some reason she stopped suddenly and stuffed the knee totally. She could not walk and it couldn't be fixed. A very sad day as she was a beautiful horse.
A week ago our old border collie decided she'd had enough. She had been going downhill for a while but she was eating well even though she slept a lot of the time or just lay out on the verandah watching what we were doing. In between those we lost a chook too. I hate 2020! It's been very interesting watching how the other horses and dogs have reacted. They are not happy either.
Yeah,had a 13 1/2 year old beagle who developed a serious growth in his throat.Got to the stage he just couldn’t breath properly,so we had to let him go.His little heinz mate didn’t know what was going on,kept going to the old fellas bed looking for him.Probably took a couple of weeks or more before he seemed resigned to the fact that ole mate wasn’t coming back.Even now nearly 6 months later he still still gets a bit sooky at times
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Seeing one supposedly man ruin a whole country. A disgusting human being.
Only 11 days to go thank fully.............
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Seeing one supposedly man ruin a whole country. A disgusting human being.
Only 11 days to go thank fully.............

This is not the end but just the beginning.
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So what are you still doing here if you think that fruit loop is a genius ? On ya bike, bugger off..............
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So what are you still doing here if you think that fruit loop is a genius ? On ya bike, bugger off..............
Not to worry, with Arnie on side it's only going to get better

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Typically theatrical, but he does seem to be speaking from the heart. Thanks for flagging it here.
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The Trump thread was closed for a reason, please do not start another one here.
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The Trump thread was closed for a reason, please do not start another one here.

Looks at my posts in this thread and you will see he was never mentioned. I am talking about the attack on democracy. That makes me sad.
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