We’ll get the €5k, well done lads.
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It’s kinda hard explain really.
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Yes it is and it’s hit me like a tonne of bricks. I usually take these things in my stride. I guess the unusual nature of it has caused this.
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Some genuinely moving stuff here, fair play to ye lads.
@Locke best knowledge is he was not a member of any club(except TFK). I wouldn’t know much re his golfy side though. I do know he bust his knee a couple of years back playing football and doubt he swang a golf club since
@Ralphie Faldo was a TFK thing only to the best of my knowledge
The fundraiser was a joined effort including @ironmoth and @Rocko. Unbelievable amount so far. Fair play to all on the forum. The end date is just after the Galway races so we’ll try hard to get a few winners then see can we add to it
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I can picture Cancer Care West in Tuam getting a nice donation asking what the fuck is TFK? Who the fuck is Frank Faldo?
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They’ll probably take one look at the Russia v Ukraine thread and hand the money back 
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Shocking sad lads. @faldo was a pure gent and fair fucks to the lads for organising the fundraiser. it was a fitting memorial to the man.
If nothing else, what has been brought into sharp focus for me is that TFK is laden with sound skins.
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Fantastic cause. Fairplay to you pal.
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It is hard to explain. I do feel some comfort in the fact many posters here have felt the same. When I log in now during the day and see the maroon logo I stop and think.
You cant but feel for their families. The distraction of my own kids here has sort of kept me occupied but when I think of the 2 boys I cant imagine what their poor families have gone through.
I know from my own experience that you can be really lucky in this life and really unlucky. These 2 lads were taken in their prime. The bed of heaven to them. The Masters or a Clare hurling victory just wont be the any more and its sort of dawned on me we have to really make the best of things and value what we have.
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Super post @Smark , you’ve nailed all the corners. There must have been an Archbishop or at worse a Monsignor in your lineage. I’ll have the children contact you when I pop and maybe you’ll oblige. Seriously though, that funeral Mass and the occasion would move the hardest soul. RIP Frank, the comments here and elsewhere confirm what a man you were.
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He has gotten the highest honour that can be granted to a tfk poster “he wasn’t a cunt”.
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You’d imagine that if he was one, the commentary on here would be “he was a bit of a cunt, but by Jesus he was our cunt!”
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He was able to spot one a mile away too.
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We had him well trained for more than a decade
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There’s no great training needed to spot an animal in the zoo.
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Hi guys,
Just found this forum after Frank died. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I knew January was very tough for him but obviously didn’t realise just how tough. He was such a family man it’s hard to understand how life could be so cruel as to take him from his wife and kids.
Frank was a great friend and a great help to myself and my wife last year, we’ll miss him.
We’ve been reading all the lovely messages you guys wrote about him, they describe @Faldo to a tee.
I’m sorry Frank is gone but I’m glad I knew him for a bit.
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Really sorry for your loss
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Nothing to add to what’s been said here. Gave a small donation there. Lovely touch and well done to the lads who organised it.
Life is short lads. Enjoy it.
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@Copp85 sorry for you loss.
You’ve also read the only thread that brings out the good of everyone here. Avoiding every other thread on here is probably not a bad idea if you want to keep a positive view on us all!
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