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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 2:59 pm
I missed the first hour of this show. Can someone tell me who the young couple were that also lived with the family?
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 3:04 pm
They are the wife's brother and his fiance. They moved in to help out when the shooting occured and was sleeping on the sofa. They had planned to stay with them after marriage to continue helping with the children and costs.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 3:24 pm
Thanks, Kep. I kept thinking they would probably mention it again, but they never did.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:51 pm
Me being so computer / technology illiterate -- I can't help thinking when all the technology in the homes stop working or do strange things, who's gonna fix it?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:17 pm
right herck, about the tools and garage. i think i was trying to answer someone else's question about dangerous work. come to think of it, i would be concerned if he had a seizure using mechanic's tools, by the way...i guess his seizures only occur every few months, but the problem is you never know when they will happen. my m-i-l had one grand mal seizure and her license was revoked for 2 years. she never had another seizure but there was a "2-year without seizures" clause for driving purposes. and that truck? can he even drive it with his history of seizures? just wondering.
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Hootyhoot
Member
12-18-2001
| Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 2:09 pm
I have a friend who won a house in a charity raffle. This was about 20 years ago. She was making $8 an hour. The house was valued at about $175,000 and she ended up owing taxes of over $45,000. She was able to get a mortgage to pay the taxes, but between the mortgage, the real estate taxes, and the normal upkeep on a house (plowing, lawn care, etc.), she found it more expensive than apartment living. She lived in the house for a few years, then sold it. By that time real estate in this area had declined in value, so she got about $145,000 for the house. So, in a way this is a sad story, but still ... she got to live in a beautiful little house for a few years, and when she sold it she ended up about $100,000 ahead. Personally, I love this show, but I think sometimes the end of the story may be similar to my friend's ... they may be house-rich and cash-poor. But I don't think the recipients ever really lose ... there's always some financial benefit ... and the emotional boost of being helped by strangers may change their lives in other ways.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 7:11 pm
I can see things like the talking computer breaking, too. It would be hard to fix it.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 11:22 pm
in redding, ca, they auction off a house each year. brand new, sometimes with pool, etc. usually worth at least 250k. each time someone wins, they let them use the tax amount as a mortgage as hooty mentioned above. so far, each couple has been able to keep the house they won. i think the last house given away gave the people a 75k mortgage at a fixed 5.5 %. their payments were way lower than an apartment, even figuring in taxes and insurance (probably totalling about 3k a year for those two things.) so they put 250 bucks a month toward the taxes and insurance and their mortgage payment on the 75k for the winning tax is only about 550 bucks a month... i am trying to talk dh into selling our beautiful home (which we could get at least 400k for right now in our area) and buying a 2/1 in the next town for 85k. it's a fixer-upper, but dh is losing his job in a few months and is an excellent carpenter, plumber, electrician, etc. we could have our motorhome with us for spare bedrooms. if we got over 200k equity out of our present home, we could pay cash for the tiny house, pay off all our debts and still have many thousands left to help get the kids through college. i would keep my job and my husband would not have to find another job--we could actually live on his retirement pay! i would love to be out of debt, prefer the other town to the one i live in and it's 13 miles the other side of my job. so the same commute with a lot of friends i have met through my job. dd would have to drive 25 miles to school each day, but that's for one year only...she could even stay with a friend on weekdays...
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 8:12 am
Tabby, and your husband doesn't want to do this...why???? sounds like an excellent plan to me! (but then I have lived in an apt and been debt-free since I retired in 1997 and I LOVE it!!!)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 12:45 pm
Tabby, sounds like a great plan.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 4:12 pm
nope, right now, husband is not even speaking to me!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 7:28 pm
You just have to do what you think is right. It's very scary to jump into something unknown! Maybe if you got a professional opinion (realtor) it might help him decide? You could let the realtor do an estimate and talk to you about options.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:37 am
I don't think you should do what you think is right, I think you should do what BOTH of you think is right. He should have some say in this decision too. There has to be some kind of compromise here... He just might have valid reasons... Has he said why?
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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 7:52 am
I missed the opening few minutes of last night's show. What was the family's story?
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 8:03 am
Father was a single father of 3, working 3 jobs, one of them a Fireman. He adopted two brothers who were friends with his youngest, because the brothers were going to be separated after losing their mom (I think?). Anyway, he was originally nominated by a fellow fireman. He really needed the room with five kids... and boy did he get it!!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 10:58 am
Another great make-over. I really liked the dad. He seemed like such an amazing guy.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 2:42 pm
Kep, that's what I meant when I said do what you think is right. Of course, Tabby should include her husband. My point was to get a realtor there and talk to them both.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, May 09, 2005 - 2:56 pm
Also, a realtor will only give a fair market value of property. You don't have to sign anything with them. It doesn't hurt to see how much their property is worth!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:15 pm
Well as usual, I was crying from start to finish last night. My husband happened to come home right when they were showing the baby's room with the shooting star and HE started crying!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:26 pm
I loved the shooting star, Mamie.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 9:38 am
my husband always thinks he has the final say. if it isn't his idea, he won't discuss it. i love my house, by the way, but we are getting more and more behind. it is hard to keep up with the housework and yardwork, etc, too with everyone gone all the time. when dh is home, he always plays golf or something, rather than doing chores. i just think it would be a relief to have a simpler life where we could have both time and money to enjoy it!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 9:53 am
Loved Jon's skateboard room. Loved the colors and stuff. #2 wants those colors now. Frank's room was eh. It didn't need help but at least he didn't ruin it.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 4:11 pm
Tonight they're building a house for Lori Piestewa's family, her parents and two children. She was Jessica Lynch's best friend and the first woman killed in the war in Iraq. Jessica is on, too. I can hardly watch it through the tears. Don't miss it.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 4:59 pm
I enjoy EMHE, but Ty's screaming is over the top. There's no need for it. It's his "schtick". It's bad schtick. It is a turn off for me.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 5:35 pm
Oh crap I just realized I put that post in the wrong thread lol. Sorry yall. Great show tonight.
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