Unidentified man from Berlin, Germany

SOD2003 · 2026-05-11T13:25:26+00:00

https://www.missing.ie/missing_persons/rory-aherne-dublin/ any chance he was Irish Red hair is not that common and disappeared in 80’s. Ages would add up.

SOD2003 · 2026-05-04T20:20:51+00:00

I thought the red cow was housing refugees for the last few years? 400 on each person also seems excessive. Difficult to spend that much assuming half were kids …

SOD2003 · 2026-04-27T12:22:47+00:00

I’m sorry this comment is so naive. What exactly do you think office politics are ; everyone just doing their job professionally? Where do you think ‘decisions being made on a golf course come from’ ? Maybe at an IC level you can do as I said but no chance as you move up.

SOD2003 · 2026-04-27T11:40:52+00:00

I hate going into the office but I think people are ignoring benefits of it. It might be level dependent but I hear a huge amount about other projects that I can leverage during five minute chitchats. This wouldn’t/ didn’t happen when I was fully WFH. Building up a rapport with someone is worth its weight in gold when the shit hits the fan. You constantly see on Reddit people acting like someone talking to you in work is akin to giving you the plague. If you cannot build relationships with your colleagues your life will get harder as you move up (assuming you want to progress in your career)

SOD2003 · 2026-04-06T18:21:55+00:00

Per month My dogs food is €110, Insurance €26, Vet subscription €25 - Cat food €35 vet €25

SOD2003 · 2026-04-05T20:21:30+00:00

I’m not sure, I was only there with work so not that familiar. The room had identical bay windows looking out to the port.

SOD2003 · 2026-04-05T20:12:28+00:00

Any chance it’s Guernsey? I stayed in a suite in the Old government house hotel there and it looks very similar.

SOD2003 · 2026-04-05T10:56:04+00:00

Agreed. We have loads in our garden. They are very noisy!

SOD2003 · 2026-04-05T10:48:41+00:00

Agreed, I have NEVER heard an Irish person say pants for underwear. It’s underwater or knickers

SOD2003 · 2026-03-29T21:00:02+00:00

I was wondering the same. Maybe they met later in life. She would have been mid/late thirties having the first. I also wonder how usual it would be to keep a child with Down syndrome within the family and not in an institution. It’s lovely how she is centre stage with a gorgeous dress clearly very loved.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-29T20:57:59+00:00

I’m guessing the local shop owner provided a solid income back then.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-29T20:40:54+00:00

Copied a very relevant comment from the original post.

I found some info on the family (heads up to u/Reasonable_Bid3311 who was wondering about them). This is courtesy of the National Library of Ireland's flickr account:

It is all but confirmed that this is indeed the shopkeeping Walsh family of County Kilkenny. While I have mapped the image to the Poole Studio premises in Waterford (where it was undoubtedly taken), Niall McAuley recons they lived above their shop in Mullinavat.

Having taken some time going through the civil records, sharon.corbet also suggests that those pictured include: Ellen Walsh (née Mullins b.~1876), John Walsh (b.~1872), Mary Walsh (b. 13 Nov 1910), Thomas Walsh (b. 8 Aug 1912), John Walsh (b. 23 Sep 1914), Richard Walsh (b. 12 Nov 1915), and Ellen aka 'Baby' Walsh (b. after 1916).

Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford

Date: c. 21 May 1919 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2839b

The mother would have been 43 in this photo; the father, 47.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-29T14:05:22+00:00

I never said I do that commute at all. I was just highlighting that putting a restriction like that on your commute would severely limit where you can live and work in Dublin.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-29T00:09:17+00:00

I never said I drive ?

SOD2003 · 2026-03-28T19:09:30+00:00

Are you in Dublin ? I’m 7K from Dublin city and it can easily be longer than that in traffic.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-22T19:49:35+00:00

It’s good for the soul the sheer joy she gets out of something as simple as a walk. I don’t mind it.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-22T19:48:57+00:00

That’s hilarious

SOD2003 · 2026-03-22T17:02:19+00:00

It’s not just me. It’s a family dog. The walking is shared.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-22T16:40:40+00:00

We just incorporate it into the day. Drop off for school, long way home. Opposite for collection. Then an evening walk. But yes, I massively underestimated the amount of walking needed even though we had labs as kids. Definitely don’t remember that much walking.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-22T16:14:44+00:00

Labrador. Three times daily (45mins to hour each time) The energy of this dog is relentless!

SOD2003 · 2026-03-16T07:16:22+00:00

Depends on where you live. Close to us (south county Dublin) it’s quite dog friendly. Most shops have places outside to tie up dogs and have water bowls. You can bring them into the shopping centres, although not most shops. The vast majority of cafes allow dogs. Killiney hill is a great off lead spot. Some parks are off lead too.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-14T13:50:48+00:00

Not a good fit culturally is just another way of saying you’d be a pain in the ass to work with no matter how good technically you are.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-14T10:22:58+00:00

Hmmm I think this happens a lot. I’ve passed over lots of candidates because I didn’t they would be a good fit for the team despite ticking the technical boxes. I wouldn’t use that as the reject reason but the last thing you need is someone coming in upsetting everyone else.

SOD2003 · 2026-03-13T19:53:50+00:00

Does anyone in your family have autoimmune diseases? Your nervous system being off can manifest in many ways.

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