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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 5:33 pm
Lainee, you are most welcome. 
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 5:36 pm
Kalekona...I couldn't agree with you more...I wasn't the best mother in the world...single parent of three but I loved my kids and did the best I could. We still have our issues to this day and youngest is nearly 22...
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 5:47 pm
How old were Daniele and Vincent when Dick gave up custody?
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 6:01 pm
Dont get me wrong, I totally see Dick as an actor, I cant figure out if the breakdown was for camera or not - and I dont list him high in my list of 'favs' at all - BUT I still think that there is more to Dick than what we're lead to believe - and I respect Kalekona's point of view tremendously... I dont like Dick, I dont Dislike him either... if I was in the house, I sure wouldnt trust him - nor would I judge him either - I may need him in an alliance ;) I do hope dick and dani can work something out - but what got Dick where he went - cant be fixed in a tv show! I do believe he's under the microscope,no drugs, and bored, and I think he is examining stuff he hasnt had time to before... and I think many believe Kail to be "safe" to talk things through - and mostly I believe they are coached from the DR!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 6:07 pm
no drugs,------- he is drinking every night. They ahve booze every night during the Showtime period
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 7:50 am
(I may get modded for this...) If EvilDick starts to use Howie's shack, would he be called "Dick in a Box"?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 7:59 am
rotflmao
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 8:21 am
ROFLMAO, Darrllh. That's a great one! Hypermom, it appears they were toddlers. Vac (Dick's son) has stated they were getting divorced when she became pregnant with Dani. He's only 13 months older than Dani, so it doesn't sound like they had their parents long. Vac says the Mom took off and no one heard from her.
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Llate
Member
08-21-2006
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 10:42 am
I agree Reader234. Dick and Danielle are acting. It's a great story and strategy for the two of them to go all the way to the end.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 10:47 am
i really see Dick's story about how 'awful' Dani was, as a ploy to gain sympathy. I thinnk someone else said something similar but last night around 2am Dick was retelling the story to Dustin. I think that it would be interesting to know if Grandma and Dad really Did die in December or whether Dick is just making up stuff AKA Johnny Fairplay
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 11:11 am
Well God knows that telling a young 20 something gay male about his daughter and how horrible she was as a child and what a good father he has been and is trying to be certainly is a way to gain insight into how to relate to children he gave up when they were very young. Now that he has talked to Kail and then to Dustin, it will be interesting to see who he talks to next -- maybe Jen? She's another one that can give him great insight. I am not surprised at the posts above that indicate he and Danielle are playing the other HG's. I am just surprised that he is playing so many of us. But then, the bad-boy-trying-to-be-a-good-boy act has always been effective for many men to use.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 11:19 am
What...I don't recall Dick saying what a good father he has been. In fact, I heard him tell Dustin that he recognizes that it must have been very difficult for his kids to have him for a father. He was also saying that Daniele's pattern is to just stop talking to the people in her life altogether instead of talking things out, she just shuts them off.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 11:59 am
I see it as just evidence that Dick hasn't been a very present or active father. He has all the father feelings, but hasn't learnt by experience how hurtful describing your daughter's bad points would be to her if she found out. It's like he sees her as an interesting person that he cares about, rather than his daughter. To me he always comes off as genuine. Wrong at times, but genuine.
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Hotfudge
Member
07-03-2005
| Friday, July 13, 2007 - 9:45 am
If ED and dani go up together and neiher win POV, or are saved by the POV holder, how do you think it will play out? Will ED campaign to stay over his daughter? Will Dani? Will ED sacrifice himself in attempts to save Dani?
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, July 13, 2007 - 10:13 am
I think ED will sacrifice himself...too bad because he really could make it much farther in this game than she could
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:52 pm
surprised this thread isnt hopping. It has been apparent to some of us Feed watchers that ED and Dani are not astranged. it is an act that some of us saw since day one. Since Dick won HOH there has been more opportunity for one on one private meetings and there is no tension or 'acted out' awkwardness. This is a two person solid team in a house of singles. Will anyone else in the house figure this out? Has any hg seen Dani sneaking in and out of HOH room?
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Suzsmarmie
Member
07-26-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:57 pm
I just saw that too, Sun..did you see her hide when Zack knocked on the door of HOH? That is crazy!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:01 pm
Y'all may want to look up the definition of "estranged." It also means "to keep at a distance." As in, Dani was mad at her dad and they never got together. Now they are thrown into the house. He's her dad. She's his daughter. Estranged does not mean "I hate him/her and will never ever talk to him/her again as long as I live." Blood will always be thicker than water. Or other houseguests' blood.
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:10 pm
Stop and think Sun, have you ever seen them that relaxed and happy around each other when NOT talking game? There are family issues of that there is no doubt, you can go back on his myspace and see that in blogs dating back to march 2006 and you can read what his son says about it. So the problems are real. Are they as bad as they made out? maybe not. But to say there are NO problems in their relationship is wrong there is far too much evidence to the contrary. These two have want this for years and they are gamers whatever differences they have can be put aside for the game. I think what we have here are two people who love this game and have wanted and tried to play for a couple of years.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:10 pm
I just saw Dick & Dani in the HOH together and it was a relaxed conversation. Nice to see that. I don't buy that their estrangement isn't real. When they have been totally alone, there have been times that Dick has told Dani he loves her and she was very uncomfortable. Would not tell him the same. It was awkward, real and sad to see. They have good and bad moments. I would buy that each had a feeling the other would be in the house, but that's as far as I go with a 'conspiracy'.
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:34 pm
Bonza i think these two have wanted to do this so bad and got so far in the audition Season 6 that even if they were not talking they would have to think the other would apply again. (or if one was contacted they would think the other might have been) Then the minute hey heard the twist they had to know it would be them based on questions they had already answered.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 3:29 pm
Does anyone think Daniele will dump Dick if she thinks he's hurting her gameplay?
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 4:40 pm
yes I've seen and heard Dani talk about when her dad goes into his "circle" of talking. She hates it and avoids him when he starts up. but that is one aspect of a relationship. Many of us probably have a parent that we avoid certain topics with....knowing that they will go into lecture mode LOL
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What555456
Member
06-14-2005
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 9:07 am
The one thing I find interesting about Dick and Dani having an alliance is that Dick, himself, has said that withholding information -- no matter how minute -- is lying and he calls out liars all the time. And yet, he continues to live a life in the House that is, based on his own definition, lying. I wonder how he squares that in his own mind.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 9:13 am
He's not in reality, What. He lives in his own mind.
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