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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 5:31 am
I was able to see me - but only if I play the tape in sloooow motion
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:08 am
Now THIS is interesting... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4933223/
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:18 am
Although I certainly agree that these two guys, as NYC firefighters, were truly a great story, is this a really practical makeover? They don't own this place so what happens if and when they choose to move out? Their landlord certainly gets a wonderful apartment! Wasn't there a firefighter who actually owns a home that needed a makeover? I guess I'm just too cynical for this kind of situation.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 9:56 am
Last night's show had me crying like a baby again. When the young man got to see his room for the first time, he just cried and cried. Of course, that set me and my dd off. You just feel so happy for these people.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 11:11 am
I agree Mamie.This show has me bawling every week.That house was just spectacular! Only thing I didn't like,it looked like the Mom's bathroom didn't have a door. But,with everything else,who cares?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 12:26 pm
I didn't like that either but you are exactly right, if it was my home, that would have been the least of my worries!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 10:33 pm
don't forget--this sunday is the one from livermore with the 8 kids whose parents both died; only two weeks apart......
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Hereiam
Member
03-29-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 9:01 pm
I came in late to the show... How did the parents die?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 9:05 pm
mom died of a heart attack at age 43. dad died of a heart attack 16 days later, also at age 43. the older girls moved home to raise the younger kids so they wouldn't have to go to foster homes.
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Hereiam
Member
03-29-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 9:09 pm
Thanks so much Tabby. Wow, what a house!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 9:45 pm
at one time there was talk that this episode would be 90 minutes because there was so much going on--the furniture people backed out and the town wanted to supply the furniture, they had the fundraiser to complete the house, etc. we really got to see very little of the remodeling work itself. but i was happy to see each of them get their own bedroom, and the brother and sister didn't have to sleep in the room off the garage. God bless them all!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 9:46 pm
p.s. the neighbor that backed up to them donated 20 feet of his land for them to have the 4- or 5-hole miniature golf area and pool. what a neighbor!
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Hereiam
Member
03-29-2002
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 10:12 pm
I wish they would have done a 90 minute one. It seems on many of the shows there is a LOT that goes on behind the scenes... I bet they could make a whole series with that stuff. The neighbor sounds awesome and I would have loved to hear that in the show. It would have illustrated just how many people in the area cared about all of them. Thank you Tabby for all the great information - you rock! 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 11:34 pm
I was confused about the ages. The youngest "child" was 19. When did the parents die? Also, what was the fight about the portrait all about?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 8:28 am
the youngest child is 12 that the parents had together. the mother had 6 kids--the youngest of whom is 14 years old-- the father had 1 and they had 1 together. the link i posted from an article in the paper should be somewhere above! darn the link no longer goes to the story. but i think the two girls that wanted their rooms near each other are the 12- and 14-year-olds. i wish they had shown more of the work. for example, we never saw the miniature golf area til the reveal and it must have been a lot of work, too! texannie, the parents died last june. so not even a year. from what i could gather on the 'fight', there is always a fight about something on this show!! however, i think the parents had always wanted to do an updated family portrait and probably just never got everyone together to sit for it. the one gal wanted to do a drawing of everyone, which i really liked. perhaps not so big, though? i do hope she gave the drawings to the kids, so they could do something with them if they wanted to.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 11:42 am
Wow this was interesting info here...thanks. I tuned in to last nights show late (about the time they were fighting/voting over the painting and I couldn't understand why they wouldn't want it), and then pretty much cried through the rest of the show. What a powerful show...I would love to see it again. I knew they lost their parents but had no clue how...how heartbreaking. Did they say how they had managed to pay the mortgage to date? That about did me in at the end. For once TV not only made me proud, but it really did some good. Man I loved that show. And I wish they had gone 90 minutes and showed the stuff Tabby spoke of. But I would have needed a 2nd box of tissues for sure!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 12:21 pm
I always forget to watch this show. Fortunately I think they are rerunning some of them throughout the week. I wish they were on another night besides Sunday.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 12:42 pm
just for the record they have not had a fight on every show - they had been good the last few weeks until last night -
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 12:44 pm
This show is so great! I love how Ty tears up every week when talking about the families. I think he really loves doing this. The mortgage was paid off with some foundation that is connected with Sears. Notice that Sears is always a major sponsor of the show. Seems they do some really good work.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 1:48 pm
One of the older sisters is a teacher, so I expect she was dealing with the mortgage before. I don't know what the other older sister does, but they did say something about both of them moving back to the house after the parents died, so I assume they both had their own apartments and jobs. Together, and combined with whatever insurance settlements they got from the parents, I suppose they struggled a bit to make ends meet. I was with Paul on this one - crying from the beginning right on through!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 2:10 pm
Hippy...call me too cynical, but I see Sears as a HUGE winner here. Not only are they getting AMAZING free advertising, between the constant Sears mentions, the sears bags all over the place, the Sears shopping trips etc (and heartwarming stories for the ads they buy that relate to the show), they are coming across as a store with a heart, which is PR that no amount of advertising dollars can buy. And if that isn't enough I am certain a store of Sears magnitude has enormous tax bills and along with all the great advertising and PR I am certain they are getting a huge tax break for the stuff they donate. Also, they have a HUGE markup so while they most likely get to write off the retail values of what they would have made, they paid 50% or more less for the items. So seems to me someone gave Sears some excellent promotional advice here. But still high five to em for doing it. My only point is I'm certain they are getting back as much as they are giving.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 2:10 pm
As for why they wouldn't want the painting, my impression was is was going to be a mural on the wall, not a regular painting in a frame. I think it was the mural in the wall thing that bothered the others -- bothered me, too. a) You would always have you're dead parents staring at you. 2) If you ever wanted to paint the room, you'd have to paint over them. I thought the doves and the trees were much better as subtle symbols of their parents, rather than having the drawing on the wall day after day. (I mean, really -- I have a photo of my dead father on my desk, but it would creep me out to have him drawn lifesize on my wall.)
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 2:43 pm
A different episode is rerun on Thursday.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 2:44 pm
More than 3,000 people showed up to greet the kids. Largest crowd ever on the show.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 3:49 pm
You got it re: Sears, Lurknomore. It's PR that's worth every penny that they're paying for it. And I'm sure they're paying a bundle, because this show ain't cheap, and the network would NOT air it if they couldn't make money off of it from their sponsors. BUT, I agree what the show, and Sears, is doing seems to be a "win-win" for everyone.
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