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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 3:13 am 
Kate 'being herself' makes for great TV?? Oh, I beg to differ.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 8:20 am
Isn't it nice, Holly, that you don't have to watch what you don't enjoy.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 8:33 am
True enough, but if one of your favorite shows (ones with different contestants) has someone on it that you don't like, it can be a bit conflicting.
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 9:00 am
It would be much nicer, Ophiliasgrandma, if I never had to see her on my TV at all, thank you very much. Even channel surfing.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 9:18 am
Serious question here: I wonder what people that don't think Kate and her kids belong on TV, think she should do to support 9 people and keep them above the poverty line? A nurse's salary is not going to do it especially having to pay daycare. At least the people of PA are not paying her way. I don't like her or dislike her and I am just wondering.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 9:39 am
Lazylu, your question has been address ad nausum on this thread. All you need to do is go back into the archives and you will find every opinion under the sun.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 9:48 am
OK
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 10:13 am
Some people thought Jerry Springer was good TV. Just sayin. 
I don't really think these Bachelor shows work well with older people. Sorry. She's aged out of that reality TV segment IMO. thank goodness
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 10:27 am
Actually, most of the archives for this show are now only available via download.
It's always okay to ask a question that's already been addressed, since of course, there are probably new people who haven't answered it before too!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 11:17 am
I think it would be a struggle for Kate to support her family through a "regular" job. I'm not saying it couldn't be done but having so many kids at the same age presents unique issues that other families don't have to contend with (everyone doing the same thing at the same time, no hand me downs, no help from older siblings, etc.).
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 12:26 pm
Good point.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 4:06 am
I can not believe my babies are 7!!!! where has the time gone? wow!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 10:20 am
What a nice party Kate had for the sextuplets 7th birthday! I'm so happy she had everyone sing HB six times. Those kids are still so cute!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 5:58 pm
she's always done that with each child. i think it's lovely too.
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Cyclope
Member
09-13-2005
| Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:39 am
I stopped watching a while back because I was tired of trips after trips but I watched last night and it felt like an old school episode where you see Kate in the house with the kids doing activities like coloring and preparing for a family event. It was nice to get back to what I want to see, how to care for 8 on a day to day basis.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:09 pm
Color me confused. When I was watching the Easter epi I thought what I was seeing was a dog lying down behind Kate. I paused and took a good look, but couldn't make it out.
Now, I just watched the birthday epi and there is a dog. Did they take back one of their dogs? Do any of you know anything about this?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:23 pm
OG, last fall there was an epsiode where Kate surprised the kids by getting back one of their dogs. The one that came back was Shoka. Supposedly he had been through extensive training during the year he was gone and is easier for Kate to manage. They aren't getting the other dog back, but Kate said she will be sure Shoka gets to visit Nala.
BTW, I was the one who said in the first place they should only get one dog (way back at the time of the ep when they were picking out the puppies) since they really never had dogs before as adults. And the work it takes to train 2 BIG dogs, let alone one, is something I knew would end up going wrong somehow.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 2:33 pm
Thank you, Naja. I must have missed that epi.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 1:10 pm
I really liked last night's epi of them helping at the Tenn. food bank. It looked like their celebrity brought in a lot of food and helped bring the need to people's attention.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Which TN foodbank? I volunteer weekly at the Nashville one, and I have heard nothing at all about this!
Our need is up about 35% this year, so all help is appreciated!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:12 pm
I remember the head of the Food Bank saying they were in northeast Tenn. I didn't recognize the name of the town.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:22 pm
I don't think they gave the name of the town. I was interested and listened but they just mentioned that region of Tennessee.. It was not Nashville.. as I had hoped
It was a nice episode.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:41 pm
Looks like it was held in Kingsport, TN. Here's a link to an article about their visit.
click here for link
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:46 pm
Well, hopefully the children got something out of it. I really think they did. But It's hard for me to imagine Kate doing it from the goodness of her heart when really it was for her reality show where she gets many thousands of dollars per ep. A few years ago she $75,000 per ep and I imagine it's more now. Doesn't seem so charitable to me when she got a huge paycheck for it being filmed.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:18 pm
From above article:
Gosselin’s visit is part of an initiative she plans to spell out in an upcoming season of the show, where she will go to different parts of the country volunteering her time for charities.
With or w/o cameras? With or w/o being paid big bucks to do so?
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