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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 07:56 PM Original message |
Family may lose 'ABC Extreme Makeover' home |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sometimes you SHOULD look a gift-horse in the mouth |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. If they can't sell |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. They wouldn't be the first |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I hate this show for that reason. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Plus the fact that they are always promoting the Iraq war as a "fight |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I couldn't agree more |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Ugh! I saw that too and had to turn it off |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. oh, the monster kitchen is standard |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Oh, and those kid's rooms! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. On every show that features a soldier or soldier's family, |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I always wondered about those things. And yet it always seems like... |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. 2500 sq ft is modest? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. For a family of four to five is sure is these days |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. My parents raised 6 kids in a 1400 sq. ft. house, |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Property taxes should NOT go up.... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Aren't they usually brand new homes? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yep, the old homes are removed and the new ones are four times as big |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I tear down my house except for one wall, then improve my house |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. My dad did exactly that. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is not a new issue with this show. |
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow! So sad! Okay, now let's funnel another ten billion into Iraq. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. I despise these "Queen for a Day" type shows. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I thought I was the only one |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Looking at this thread it seems we are not alone. Worst of all was those plastic surgery things. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "Extreme Home Makeover" was actually a spin-off of this kind of show! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not if you get the butcher who does all the GOP trophy wives |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. I also hate excessive sentimentalism |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. I didn't even get through the first show for that reason |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. This show should be called, "ABC Free McMansion." But I think that... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I like Holmes too.. he donates the repairs and often helps |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. One time I watched him and you could tell that Holmes was actually... |
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Bigleaf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Holmes is a good ol Toronto boy, my hometown. |
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Bigleaf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. One other great thing about Holmes you might not know. He's building the first home for Brad Pitt |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I think ABC or the production company needs to answer for this. |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah, I used to think that ABC paid for everything but the property taxes,... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. See post #3 |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. If they need to sell it, I am sure it would go for more than $250. |
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samdogmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Give me a break! |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. I was just trying to look on the bright side. I know it sucks for them. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Not in this market. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. People who have won the HGTV dream houses have |
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Codedonkey (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. That show has always disgusted me... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. And they spent what-ONE episode in New Orleans? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Had a truck driver tell me they built one of these Extreme Makeover homes in his hometown. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. i'm so sorry to hear that Jenessa has died, how do you handle your child's death |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. "Monster houses make bad neighbors" read a sign in Minneapolis. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Oh man, we have that all over down here |
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bleowheels (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. This is exactly what I'm talking about. My next-door-neighbors beautifully... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Don't care for those shows - but what do people expect? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. I knew there was a good reason I never watched |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. A family in our town got one of those houses just a few weeks ago... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I hate it when they reward excessive breeding |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Hear, Hear! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Hi Karenina! |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. Don't they have to pay income taxes on it too? |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. Why doesn't '60 Minutes' do a piece on this? |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Not likely |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. 60 Mins is on CBS |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. THIS THREAD NEED RECOMMENDS!! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I wish I could K&R a specific post |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
60. We have a successful local raffle here in AZ |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. Here's my take |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. I've often wondered about this |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. They just need to change the title - ABC Extreme Takeover |
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