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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Saturday, December 04, 2010 - 9:01 am
I'm ready for it to end. They kind of lost me last season with the fake Matt collapse. I have watched some of the shows this season, but not all, just couldn't bothered.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 2:05 am
I'd like a show now and they on their activities helping others, like Amy's foundation and Matt helping with getting LP kids adopted. But agree it is time to move on, which they are. But I'll miss them..
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 9:44 am
That would be nice to have a special, maybe once or twice a year to see how they all are doing. I'll admit it, I will miss them too even if I did think it was time to end the show. I bet Amy saw to it that most of the money from the show was invested as safely as it could be.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 9:46 am
I too hope we will get a periodic update on all of them! I will miss them all.
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Scout
Member
01-19-2005
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 6:36 pm
I agree with you all that the show has pretty much run it's course, but I am going to miss them, too.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 6:42 pm
Since I live in the same general area as the Roloffs I will probably be seeing anything of real interest on the local news which I will post here. I would expect a fill-in show from time to time.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:51 pm
So they decided not to sell the farm.. for the life of me.. well I was frustrated with much of this two part finale. As Amy pointed out, Matt is the one who built the farm to be so complicated and big and apparently to require constant maintenance. He claims that the twins should leave but if they do, he cannot handle things but somehow the only way he sees for them to move on is for him to sell out.. nevermind that Jacob will still be around for awhile yet. He says the kids need to learn reality and move out, etc., yet he pushes Zach into buying a new vehicle that certainly isn't what most people would consider a starter for a 20 year old. I cannot imagine that legally, the Roloff kids haven't been credited with part of the money the family got from the years with TLC so if they aren't getting some money from that now, seems like they will at some point.. hard to say what legal stuff was set up for them. And being home at 20 might have made great sense since the twins were a huge part of the show. The boys cracked me up, though.. when they went to see what it would cost it didn't seem like they looked at the lowest rent level in apartments and then they went and looked at new furniture.. I know the first time I lived somewhere that wasn't furnished, my parents gave me my bedroom furniture and bedding and gave us other beds they had and other odds and ends and most families do help out like that with first apartments. Had to laugh when Zach said of course they'd need a flat screen HD tv on their list of items. Not odd that they'd want a TV but ... And they did leave the possibility of going separate ways in the air (Matt and Amy). They went and looked at some rather large nice homes but Matt, being Matt, had to claim that a huge living area would be his office. And early in the first show it was all about Matt going on one of his sudden rants about nobody taking care of things and one of his complaints was that Amy's car had dripped oil on his driveway.. this was the car he went out and bought without asking.. I get the feeling that Amy could do without 32 vehicles (that they counted up in the last episode) and probably thinks of a driveway as a place to park, more than something to be protected. (LOL.. I do remember my dad being protective of his driveway.. when I was going out with my now ex before we got married, he had quite the ancient Plymouth that leaked oil, and he had to park it on the street.) But there were nice flashbacks with old pics of the family and such.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 7:07 am
My dad is the same way about cars leaking oil on the driveway. LOL. I really didn't think the boys would move out. They are not ready at all. They really need to figure out if they are going to continue their education or get some kind of skill training or fully take over the business of the farm. So, yes, all of them have some life decisions to start making. And I didn't think they'd sell the farm with Jacob and Molly still at home. Molly will be gone to college soon, but Jacob still has quite a few years at home. I expect them to stay put and the marriage to stay put until Jacob is of age. I liked seeing the old footage. The kids were so cute and now they are all grown, well except Jacob. He's still got that young cute look.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 7:57 am
I do think with Zach's physical limitations that a new vehicle is the smart way to go. With his small stature if he were to break down at night anyone could take advantage of him. A new perfectly running car is the best way for him to go; at least if he was my son.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 10:32 am
A new perfectly running car does not have to cost $30K though. I thought it was too much for a first car IMO. He could have even gotten a used car which can still have the warranty and would have been just as reliable. He could have gotten a new car that didn't cost that much. Zach mentioned that he would be paying this off in 6 years. That's over $400 a month WITHOUT interest. That is crazy for a 20 yo who works in a soccer rec center and who is wanting to move out. I just think Matt shouldn't have pushed so hard for something so expensive. And the only thing new that I got when I moved out was a coffee pot. You can't tell me there isn't a houseful of furniture someplace in one of their barns out there. Heck, the furniture in their room alone would be able to furnish half that place. Are you telling me that they are not going to be allowed to take anything when they leave? Zach even had a tv on his list and they have a flatscreen in their bedroom right now. That is what confused me. And that apartment even though was nice and priced decently from the looks of it, was too high for them, and I think they didn't even go look at other, less affordable ones. I really don't think that they actually sat down though and discussed it. Sure, they made lists and looked at prices for furniture. But if the 3 of them were moving in together, $1400 a month between the three of them wouldn't have been too much. During these times, they probably would get a better deal renting a house instead. I hope that they did make something all those years on the show and it is just tied up in something and will not be given to them until they are like 25. I find it hard to believe that they will not have benefitted from the show at all.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 11:11 am
Matt and Amy made it seem that they only had 2 kids to think of, the twins. And when Amy said what are we going to do if the twins move out? Ummm what about the other 2 kids maybe devote the same sort of time to them as you did the twins. No way did I think the twins would move out or that Matt and Amy would sell the farm.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 11:59 am
The twins are only 20 and stil in school. I did not move out on my own until I was 27 and if I knew then (when I was 20) as I know now I would have saved a lot of money
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 1:50 pm
Zgoodgirl. Zach did have a used car for 4 years. he drove his mom's old Previa. I do have to laugh that Matt wants them to move out and then he complains that without the 2 of them he can't run the farm. I would like to know Matt's plan for the farm would have been if the boys went out of state for college after high school.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 10:07 pm
Lots of good points and no, I don't think Zach needs a car that expensive.. not sure what sort of deal Matt worked off camera but no matter it was pretty high. A used Volvo, something well built, could work well too, for less. I'm quite sure that Matt got some kickback for having that brand and that dealer filmed for the show. One of my good friends.. worked at with him in four different locations over the years, he was 15 years or so older and had six daughters, all spaced out.. in fact his oldest daughter's oldest daughter was about the age of his youngest daughter.. so he had plenty of kids in and out at various times and what he did, if they wanted to live back home, they had to contribute to chores of course and they paid $300 a month rent. He would save the rent and when they got to the point of moving out, he gave them that money plus interest to help get them started. His daughters all grew up and I know the local ones were there for their mom during her treatment for lung cancer and to the end and they've supported him through four boughts of cancer. There needs to be something other than total coddling or just throwing kids out. and yes, I would certainly think they would get help from family with furniture in their bedroom and such. Heck, my parents figured that giving me my furniture meant my room wasn't left as a shrine and they didn't expect me to return! I'm not sure if Matt really is talking about farm maintenance or continued work on project after project.. he always ropes others there into those activities and of course they CAN be learning activities, or maybe not so much. The boys certainly know how to run equipment and such, but it is such a shame that Mike Detloff died.. he was helping provide some excellent education to Jeremy and to Jacob in terms of welding, car maintenance and more, as well as a great help to all the boys with their soccer (along with Amy)
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