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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 7:49 am
Countrydaze, "To me she came off very sarcastic and ungrateful for all the work that was being done. Maybe I misread it, but it really bothered me." I read it the same way. Maybe she thinks she's being cute? But it doesn't work-she comes off as anything but cute. Kellsma, "Even the workers were kind of teasing Jon about her behavior." This wouldn't be the first time that workers or others showed sympathy for Jon, due to having to put up with Kate's unpleasant personality. I seriously don't think Kate is capable of goofing around and or being cute, apart from her with her kids. She's pretty much a constant one-note personality- stick up her behind persona. And it appears most people don't appreciate it. Does she have any female friends?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 7:59 am
I don't think we have seen friends of either of them since the first season (or maybe 2nd). I have a technical question..there were solar panels and solar tubes installed. Does anyone know what the difference between the two are?
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 8:01 am
Lilfair I don't even see too much of her being cute with her kids anymore. I watched the last episode of Table for 12 and noticed how many times the family said I Love You to each other. The kids to the parents, the parents to the kids, there were a lot of instances. I really focused on this episode and never heard an I Love You even though this was done on VAlentine's Day plus I noticed one time when Kate left to go shopping and she walked out of the front door and one of the little girls was sitting there and she just walked over her, never said anything to her at all and I thought that was very strange and sad. Again, just my observation 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:31 am
We have a solar tube. It just lets in natural light. It is just a hole through our roof with a tube down through the attic into our living room to provide more light since our living room is in the middle of our house, no outside walls so no windows. It is just a circle in the middle of our living room.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:39 am
Happymom I know lots of people that have those and love them. They really bring in a lot of natural light. I am thinking of doing it at my house too.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:39 am
Those things that Jon called solar tubes were different than what you have HappyMom. I have seen those solar tubes that are skylights, these were actual tubes that screwed/snapped to the top and bottom of what I thought was the housing for the solar panels.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:08 am
yes, like dipo said. i thought they said something about it helping with the heating of water.
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Videomic
Member
04-15-2009
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 2:03 pm
Solar panels are photo cells that produce DC electricty, this is then converted to AC to run our household items. Solar tubes are generally copper pipes. A fluid is run thru them that the sun heats up. This then travels to a tank inside the house where that heat is transfer to the "hot water tank" for hot water.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 3:35 pm
thanks for the explanation, Videomic!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 12:03 am
Yeah that was what I saw, the panels to generate power and the others to heat up water. I really saw Kate and the guys as joking around. And they were happy enough to eat her cookies as well. The puppies have grown into handsome senior puppy dogs and seemed really mellow with the kids.. there was one cute show of one of the little kids with both puppies flopped down with her. As for the Globetrotters, well they reached out to the family, but that hardly means they don't also give away tickets to others. (a quick google showed an article from last year that says that the team and individual players have donated over $90 million to various causes, so I think they can make 8 little kids who they happen to enjoy on TV happy, not to mention get some publicity, with no shame.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 4:50 am
i loved that scene of one of the little girls sitting at the front door with the pups laying on/around her! i would have killed for my two kids to have that kind of land/running around space.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:52 am
Ah, Ok about the solar tubes. I haven't seen the ep.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:02 am
Texannie, i loved that scene too. One of the little girls sitting on the front door with her back to the front door and both puppies were laying down right next to her, so cute! I think she had her arms around both or was touching both in some way
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:15 am
i'm a sucker for little kids and dogs! LOL i saw Steve going over all the tax breaks/incentives you got for doing all this...how much does this kind of stuff cost and how much do you get back? i wonder if they would be deed restricted in our neighbhorhood.
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Kellsma
Member
08-28-2002
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:16 am
Haha, I tried looking up the cost and found that it could cost $20,000-$40,000 so even with large tax rates and very minimal utility bills it would still take a while to have it pay off but it can be done.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:51 am
yikes!! i imagine more and more new homes will built with these options, but that's alot for my pocketbook...but i would not turn anyone down if they wanted to film me getting some for free!!!!!
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 10:08 am
".but i would not turn anyone down if they wanted to film me getting some for free!!!!!" Texannie,I almost fell out of my chair..Please don't be offended,but ROFL,if someone skimmed that post over....
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 10:53 am
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! hey..it's tough economic times, whatever works!
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 4:16 pm
neither does kate
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 5:21 pm
Okay ... now that was funny. Thank you Texannie. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 5:40 pm
What happens when there are rebates is that the prices are held high. I remember years ago there was a pretty big tax writeoff if you had a solar water heater installed. My parents needed a new water heater and went that way.. unfortunately it never really worked THAT well and eventually they unhooked the solar part.. My dad had it WELL documented, as he did with everything in their home and life, so when we sold the house years later, the people were, of course, curious and I wa able to turn over a nice notebook with all the info for them. But after the rebate expired, the price for putting solar water heaters in, dropped. I had a friend from the labrador club (she's a judge, now) in San Diego (Escondido) way back and her husband was real handy (he was dean of students at USC and then at San Diego) and he built solor panels and put them up and they heated their pool and jacuzzi for free.. LOL.. they had labs of course and one especially was in the water ALL the time, so I'm sure she appreciated the heating. But the panels are heavy and your roof has to have enough support for them.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 24, 2009 - 6:15 pm

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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 12:36 pm
{sigh} I haven't watched the show this year and although I pop my head in occasionally... I haven't posted in here for quite a while either. Anyway, came across this and thought you all would find it interesting. Doesn't come from the most virtuous of sources but on the other hand, they seem to be sure of their info and are not pulling punches. Time will tell I am sure. Jon caught cheating
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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 1:38 pm
How reliable is Radar? 've heard of it but don't know much about its reliability. If true I'm not I'm sad for the kids. They really think highly of him because he is a great dad...but maybe not a great husband, if this article is true. It's tough raising 8 kids, doing a tv show their marriage may have got the short end of the stick.
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Lotsofkids
Member
08-11-2007
| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 2:02 pm
FROM US MAGAZINE! COVER STORY: Jon and Kate Plus 8 Dad Caught With Other Woman TUESDAY APRIL 28, 2009 Buzz up! The new issue of Us Weekly has shocking, exclusive pictures of the Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad leaving a club at 2 a.m. -- with a mystery woman and without his wedding band. Jon Gosselin arrived at the club at 11:20 p.m. and by 2 a.m. "could barely walk" as he exited the less-public back entrance of Legends Lounge -- near the family's $1.3-million home in Wernersville, Pennsylvania -- on April 18, a fellow partier tells Us Weekly. See photos of the biggest celeb scandals. The dad of 8 -- kids are twins Madelyn and Cara, 8, and 5-year-old sextuplets, Aaden, Joel, Collin, Hannah, Leah and Alexis -- was overheard yelling, "Hey, babe! Babe! Give me my jacket!" before climbing into his Nissan Nismo. (She complied.) As cameras began snapping, he panicked, urging his female friend to "get in the car!" before speeding off hastily -- without even turning on the headlights. See the ugliest star divorces of all time. Where was his wife Kate -- known for her insults and who famously once berated him for breathing on the show? Nearly 2,000 miles away, promoting her book Eight Little Faces in Bellevue, Washington. While TLC had no comment on the story or the couple's marital status, Jon sent an emailed statement to Us. "I went to Legends to speak to the owner. A friend of mine wanted to check out my car, so I let her drive it to her car," he says. "Yes, I have female friends -- but that is all she is. I'm not going to end my friendships just because I'm on TV." Check out the day's top news photos. In February, the 32-year-old was spotted flirting with -- and even attempting to kiss -- coeds at Juniata College, multiple students confirm to Us Weekly. (He denied any wrongdoing.) He told one coed "he was getting divorced." In the May Ladies Home Journal, he says, "I always thought I would be, like, 54 years old and marry a 19-year-old or something." See the most expensive star splits. For more details on Jon's bizarre late nights out away from his family, why neighbors in town believe they may have split, how he "hates" attention from the hit show -- and the real story on their marriage once the reality TV cameras are turned off -- pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.}
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