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Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I fell & broke 2 ribs 2 1/2 yrs ago playing with my Lab. in ..... you guessed it, flip flops.

I still wear them & have many kinds/colors but I never play with the dog when I'm wearing them.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Holy cow those pics are nasty, I have the world's most sensitive skin. I will definitely stay away from those.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
You know after seeing "Walmart: The High Price for Low Cost"...I haven't shopped at Walmart, I don't even walk in. Kinda glad I have stopped. I love wearing flip flops and since I go through so many pairs, I do always search out for the cheapest kind. That could have been my feet. Ugh! Thank god!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Whack the Haggis

http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/whackthehaggisgame.php

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
http://crass.on.ru/flash/aaa-1.html

It's so much funner when you miss.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
http://www.sonnyradio.com/whosonforce.html

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Fish pedicures: Carp rid human feet of scaly skin By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer
50 minutes ago



ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.

ADVERTISEMENT

Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 people have taken the plunge so far.

"This is a good treatment for everyone who likes to have nice feet," Ho said.

He said he wanted to come up with something unique while finding a replacement for pedicures that use razors to scrape off dead skin. The razors have fallen out of favor with state regulators because of concerns about whether they're sanitary.

Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish. They were first used in Turkey and have become popular in some Asian countries.

But Ho doubted they would thrive in the warm water needed for a comfortable footbath. And he didn't know if customers would like the idea.

"I know people were a little intimidated at first," Ho said. "But I just said, 'Let's give it a shot.' "

Customers were quickly hooked.

Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md., heard about it on a local radio show. She said it was "the best pedicure I ever had" and has spread the word to friends and co-workers.

"I'd been an athlete all my life, so I've always had calluses on my feet. This was the first time somebody got rid of my calluses completely," she said.

First time customer KaNin Reese, 32, of Washington, described the tingling sensation created by the toothless fish: "It kind of feels like your foot's asleep," she said.

The fish don't do the job alone. After 15 to 30 minutes in the tank, customers get a standard pedicure, made easier by the soft skin the doctor fish leave behind.

Ho believes his is the only salon in the country to offer the treatment, which costs $35 for 15 minutes and $50 for 30 minutes. The spa has more than 1,000 fish, with about 100 in each individual pedicure tank at any given time.

Dennis Arnold, a podiatrist who four years ago established the International Pedicure Association, said he had never heard of the treatment and doubts it will become widespread.

"I think most people would be afraid of it," he said.

Customer Patsy Fisher, 42, of Crofton, Md., admitted she was nervous as she prepared for her first fish pedicure. But her apprehension dissolved into laughter after she put her feet in the tank and the fish swarmed to her toes.

"It's a little ticklish, actually," she said.

Ho said the hot water in which the fish thrive doesn't support much plant or aquatic life, so they learned to feed on whatever food sources were available — including dead, flaking skin. They leave live skin alone because, without teeth, they can't bite it off.

In addition to offering pedicures, Ho hopes to establish a network of Doctor Fish Massage franchises and is evaluating a full-body fish treatment that, among other things, could treat psoriasis and other skin ailments.

Ho spent a year and about $40,000 getting the pedicures up and running, with a few hiccups along the way.

State regulations make no provision for regulating fish pedicures. But the county health department — which does regulate pools — required the salon to switch from a shallow, tiled communal pool that served as many as eight people to individual tanks in which the water is changed for each customer.

The communal pool also presented its own problem: At times the fish would flock to the feet of an individual with a surplus of dead skin, leaving others with a dearth of fish.

"It would sometimes be embarrassing for them but it was also really hilarious," Ho said.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Umm there's no way in hell I'm putting my feet in a tub of water with fish in it.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
The thought of it is pukifying.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I don't want something touching my feet that has eaten the dead flesh of someone elses feet right before me. Now, I am all for pedi's but this just sounds way crazy.

However, it would probably be great for those people who like to have their dogs or cats lick their feet. (Shudder, gag)

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Aaackkk! I heard that on the radio this morning Darrell and it totally grossed me out. I can't stand swimming at the lake and feeling little fish bites on my legs, so I sure ain't gonna pay someone good money to let the fish bite on my feet!

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
I would try it and try to talk dh into it as well. I love those razor pedicures.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
This was one of the luxuries they won in " I Survived a Japenese Game Show" And there was one girl that all the fish were going to.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
Thank you Jasper! I knew I had seen it somewhere but couldn't remember where.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Man says he's porn inspector, demands free videos
Mon Aug 11, 11:00 PM ET
LONGMONT, Colo. - A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.
He made three tries within nine days last month and was turned down each time. The store manager called police after the third try.
Authorities said Monday that the man showed a badge and left a business card from the Longmont police "age verification unit." Cmdr. Tim Lewis said there is no such unit.
"It was inventive on his part, I'll give him that," Lewis said.
The business card didn't have anyone's name on it, but the store gave officers surveillance video of the man. Police are looking for him.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
LOL, so it takes someone living 1600 miles away from me for me to hear of something going on in my own town!

Update on the Porn Inspector, they've made an arrest. Suspected Porn Inspector arrested"

I really do need to check out my home town newspaper more often! I finally cancelled the subscription a year or so ago cause I never had time to read the paper. And everything is online anyway. Now all I need to do is to remember to click the online paper every so often to see whats happening!

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
That is too funny!!! Everyone at the office here is laughing, reading this.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Ohio man buys new truck with thousands of coins

"
CINCINNATI - An Ohio man who says he doesn't trust paper money has delivered enough coins to cover half the price of a brand new pickup truck.

Employees at a dealership in the Cincinnati suburb of Springdale say 70-year-old James Jones plunked down 16 coffee cans full of coins Tuesday for a new Chevrolet Silverado.

Salesman David Crisswell says employees spent 90 minutes counting the collection of dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollar coins, which covered half the $16,000 price of the pickup.

Jones and his wife, Betty, wrote a check for the other half of the cost.

Jones' son says his dad has always preferred to pay with coins. Dennis Jones says he's most amazed that his penny-pinching father decided to replace his 1981 pickup, which struck his father when its parking brake failed last year, putting him in a hospital."

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
When I saw the headlines, I thought that there actually was a job as a porn inspector. LOL

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
You'd have a lot of people applying for it.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
What do inspect porn for? LOL

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
LOL. Special effects? Digital Enhancements?

I think he was saying he was checking to see if any "actors" were underage. If the Olympic committee can't tell if gymnasts are underage by looking at them, how is THIS guy going to tell?

Naja
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06-28-2003

Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
You have to try this illusion. It's in French, but it's easy to figure out the instructions...Choose the direction of rotation, then the speed, then GO.

After staring at the red dot in the center for 30 full seconds, right away look at the palm of your hand.

http://www.psikopat.com/html/spirale.htm

Kimsue
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07-08-2005

Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kimsue a private message Print Post    
Cool My hand has a Spirograph on it!!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Just saw this on the news. There's a 15 second commercial, after that it's the cutest little boy having the time of his life.

http://www.kcci.com/video/17931045/index.html

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Ahhhh, Thanks Serate, that is one cute little guy and I suspect he will have a future in dance or somthing big....adorable...

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, November 10, 2008 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
What do you know about turkeys?

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Try this:
http://home.aristotle.net/Thanksgiving/trivia-submit.asp

Thought it might be fun. turkeyswild

My score:
Wow!, you got 19 questions right! You're a turkey expert!

No real expert here. Just got lucky guessing. LOL The only one I missed was which state produces the most turkeys.