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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 8:16 am
Amber gave him 3 months max to try his luck. Very nice editing of Florida beach scenes vs Las Vegas. They are good actors. If you didn't know who they were, you would think this is a new daytime soap. They don't look into the camera. I don't understand Poker, but could see the possible story lines.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 9:13 pm
Well, I watched the first episode finally. Two observations....Rob said something about how with what he'd been through in the last five years, there's no way he could go back to a 9 to 5 job. So I guess he fancies himself too much of a star to enter the normal work force or something? Possibly so, since the preveiw for the next episode has Amber telling him something like, "you're just a reality star, get over yourself." Second observation.......Amber was going over a checklist that I assume was to prepare the Florida house for being unoccupied for the three month trial period. And part of that checklist she read off was, "heat at 80..." Do people in Florida really leave an unoccupied house heated at 80? Holy yikes! I have my occupied house set at 70, and I often turn it down to 65-68 overnight since I'll be tucked away under the covers.....and I'm in a far colder state than Florida! Granted, I do have it set at 75 now, cause with the sub-zero weather outside, I have to set it to 75 just to get the inside temp above 65.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 9:23 pm
Naja!!!! omg.....ty so much. I had no idea that comcast had fox reality but sure enough. I turned to 108 and there it was! Thanks.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 6:26 am
Whoami, you are thinking that they are keeping the house HEATED to 80. They are probably turning down the air conditioning to only kick in at 80.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 6:36 am
Hmmm...ok Rissa. That would make better sense. But if I were doing a mental checklist, I would be thinking "air conditioning...80." Not "heat, 80." But I guess that's just semantics! And as long as Amber knew what her mental checklist was about, then I'll let her use whatever terminology she wants. 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 9:09 am
Isn't Amber from the north where heat is usually the norm? I get my semantics wrong on the "turn down, turn up" thing...she probably just mis-spoke.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 11:40 am
Yeah Rox... I think she's from Pennsylvania. I have some relatives who live up East (while I live down South), and when they visit here it gets very confusing with the turn up, turn down thingy. For example, for me to turn down the air conditioning means I will turn the thermostat lower to cool off the room (ex. from 75 deg. to 70 deg.), where as they consider turning down the the thermostat for the A/C to raise the temp up before the air conditioner kicks on (ex. from 70 to 75). Down South, whenever we are away from home, we "turn up" the "thermostat" for the A/C to about 80.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 11:42 am
Like see how Rissa (who is from Canada) said "turning down the air conditioner to only kick in at 80." Down South, we would "turn up the A/C to only kick in at 80."
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:03 pm
But Lexie... if I turn UP the heat it's so it kicks in sooner, I use the same phrase for A/C. Turning UP the A/C is cranking it so it kicks in sooner (ie at a lower temp), turning it down is the opposite. I look at it like a volume knob, turning it up is increasing its function. This is fun, lets argue about whether toilet paper goes over the top or behind the roll next. LOL
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:08 pm
At my house we are just lucky if it gets on the holder.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:15 pm
I refuse to get into a debate about whether toilet paper goes over the top or behind the roll... because everyone knows that the correct way is "OVER the top". ... and Clay really did beat Rueben.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:41 pm
ITA with Rissa. This had been a big tado in my household for years between the husband and myself. When I want the temp to be colder I'll say "turn up" the air. That drives the husband nuts. He's way too literal.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 12:58 pm
But Lil, you are also from up north like Rissa. Down south, turning "up" the air means to say turn it to kick on at 75 degrees instead of 70 degrees. During the summer, if I am cold from the A/C, I turn it "up." If I'm hot I turn down the A/C. During the winter, if I am cold, I turn the the heat temp "up" (i.e. from 69 to 72) so the heat will come on. If I am warm, I will turn the heat down, (i.e. from 72 to 69)
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 1:13 pm
But turning up the air means more A/C meaning the temp is cooler. I'm in the Chicago area.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 2:15 pm
(((Lexie throws her hands in the air and gives up...)))
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 2:26 pm
Color, I'm in the Chicago area too. LOL Hiya neighbor. Lexie, your way is a logical and more accurate way of saying it....if I think about it. But just to tick the husband off I will NEVER (lol) say turn down the air when I really mean turn it up which really means turn it down and so on and so on. sigh....drink please!
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Dontsayitdoit
Member
01-08-2007
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:57 am
Just wanted to say because of you guys I now realize I have the Fox Reality channel. I never knew it before! 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:07 am
When I say turn up the a/c I actually mean to turn the thermostat down. My DD always laughs at me. Hey, it hasn't been that long that she figured out the difference between hot and cold so I don't know why she laughs at me!
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 12:35 pm
you all crack me up!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 2:36 pm
Danzdol are you saying that and rolling your eyes at the same time? RFLOL
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 4:03 pm
Hey, Lilfair. I'm in Lombard. (Villa Park, where I grew up, is across the street. Haven't moved around much.) At one time had relatives in Northbrook -- on Crabtree near Pfingsten Rd.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 5:27 pm
I think putting the toilet paper on the "up" side is way better than the "down" side. My husband was very anal about arranging the roll this way. I easily gave in because the paper does seem to tear off better if it is on the "up" side.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 6:44 pm
Colordeagua, I grew up in Northbrook LOL....small world. My husband works in Woodridge and his band plays a lot of gigs SW burbs near Lombard. I think most of us say turn the air up when we want it colder, just like Amber. ;) Oh, I use to work on Pfingston right off of Dunee.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:18 pm
My cousin went to Regina Dominican (pretty sure that was it). Right, you turn the a/c up because you want more cold air, not because you want the temperature in the room to go up.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:22 pm
I watched the second episode tonight and I just don't see Rob becoming a professional poker player with his personality. Not gonna happen. He just doesn't want to go by poker rules and his way will only work if he gets lucky. Did they buy an apartment or are they renting? It sounded like Amber was trying to purchase an apartment.
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