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Sincere condolences.
Peanut Cat has been gone for about a week and I still miss him.
RIP Marley Cat

 

Sorry to hear that, it's never easy.

 

Sorry to hear about Peanut Opus.

 

Thankyou. Our condolences to you aswell.

 

No its never easy.

 

You, Sir, are a heathen.

 

Condolences. As much as they are pets and animals, they have a way of working themselves into a family member. Always a hard decision. Sometimes it really is a quality of life and doing the best thing for them.

 

No, it is in Iowa City. There used to be five of them back in the 50s, No.1 was downtown, No. 2 was on Linn St., and I think the other three were in Cedar Rapids. When I was there in the 80s, No. 2 was the only one still around. It was run by two brothers, sons of one of the two brothers that started it in the 40s or 50s. One of the founders used to come in every Sunday to pick up an order of fried chicken when I was there.

Younger brother Mike was killed by a drunk driver while I worked there; very sad, only in his early 30s, was engaged to be married at the time. Older brother Dave kept it going, recently sold it to some guy who liked it and promised to keep the same menu.

Unfortunately because Iowa became famous for its first in the nation caucuses after Jimmy Carter won there in '78, all of the politicians started coming there in the late 80s. I had moved on by then, but the Hamburg Inn became Des Moines Register famous for its coffee bean poll for candidates, and almost every hopeful makes an appearance there at some point. Glad I was gone before that started.

Great food, though. All the hamburger, pork, chicken, eggs, and milk is sourced locally, and was way before that became cool. There was a Mennonite lady who used to deliver fresh eggs in her blue Buick when I was there. Beef for the burgers were ground fresh every week, pork tenderloins and chicken also cut and breaded there, home fries boiled and chopped in the back room. Sometimes I would be assigned to peel the hot taters. Small place, seating for maybe 30, probably over half the business was to go orders. Highly recommend if anyone can get downtown Iowa City. Not truck friendly though. Avoid during presidential campaign season unless you like those kinds of people.

 

Thankyou. Marley was our fur baby. She was our girl. It was a hard decision, but we didn’t want her to suffer or struggle. With out the steroids she was suffering. It was best for her. Doesn’t mean we like it. But best for her. Hurting right now. Please excuse me if I don’t make sense or am real short and curt.