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Quote from: popple on August 20, 2015, 07:26:59 PM
I don't think they're having any more than 19. Her uterus has prolapsed twice... maybe three times? There is a rumor that when she miscarriage #20 she had to have an emergency hysterectomy. She hasn't been pregnant for a few years (which is out of the ordinary) and has gone to a high risk fertility doctor. No luck there.

Shouldn't this be a huge sign to her that Gawd doesn't want her to have any more babies? Any fertility doctor who would actually treat her needs to have their license stripped and their head checked. 

These people make me nauseous. There is no way she can properly mother all these children, which means the older kids have to be the parents for the younger kids. Sounds like a fabulous, psychologically sound childhood for all. Nothing bad could possibly happen, right? Smh.

Edit: As for the one who got cheated on by the pedophile: she does need to forgive him- for herself and for her kid. That way, she can close the book on that chapter of her life and move on, far, far away from these whackjobs. But, that will probably never happen. Jesus will tell her what to do, and surely he will tell her to stay in the tabloids as long as possible.
I still cannot believe this Duggar asshole is not in prison. There should be no statute of limitations on child molestation, the state should have picked up charges on him immediately.

Quote from: BobGrau on October 02, 2015, 05:01:33 AM

Hate to say it, but you need to check your neighbour is actually still alive. Good luck!

That was one of my first thoughts. We have had to deal with a dead neighbor before and it was unpleasant, to say the least. I have heard people walking around up there, so it's all good.

Because of where the water came in, I definitely wouldn't describe it as catastrophic damage. I get the feeling the landlord would say 'Eh' and that's about it. The workmanship in the mud room is subpar, especially the ceiling. The room is not climate controlled or drywalled, and the ceiling looks like someone just slapped some particle board up there and called it a day. If this had happened in the main part of the house, I'd have called immediately. In the bathroom, the water came through the pipe access panel above the shower, so no damage there. That's why I'm so undecided. Normally, I would have no doubts about calling.

Judging by the mess we had to clean both inside and in the yard when we moved in, landlord is not terribly concerned about the condition of his properties. Which reminds me- I do need to call him (again) to send someone to haul away a couch and loveseat that were left in the backyard by the last tenant. Ahhh. West Virginia. If the couch were in better shape, I'd drag it to the front yard for sittin.' We could holler down the street to the neighbor on his outdoor LazEBoy. I'm going to make an multi-purpose call.

In Which a Dilemma Takes A Lot Longer to Expain Than I Thought It Would:

I was reading this afternoon, minding my own business, when I heard water drumming outside. A couple minutes later, I realized the water didn't really sound like it was coming from outside the house.

Water, gallons and gallons of water, was coming through the ceiling in my bathroom from the upstairs apartment. At first, I thought the cats had somehow managed to turn on the shower.   It was contained to the shower stall, so I wasn't terribly worried. Figured Upstairs Guy had overflowed his bathtub, no biggie. It kept coming. Maybe he didn't realize his tub was overflowing? I got dressed and went to knock on his door. No answer. Probably bailing water and cannot answer the door. Went back inside. Still coming down. Heavily. Finally, it stopped. It was a good ten minutes worth of water. But, at this point, the ceiling in the front room was also leaking. Now, that's not too big of a deal, either, I thought. It's the mud room, which used to be a big front porch, and it has a concrete floor. My washer, dryer and freezer are out there, but nothing was getting damaged and the room itself seems pretty indestructible. I got some buckets out. We're all cool here, no need to be a dick and call the landlord. Shit happens, ya know?

It is now about 9 hours later and my front room is still leaking. Badly. The water is steadily dripping at at alarming rate and I've had to dump the buckets twice. Upstairs Guy never came down to say sorry, kiss my ass...nothing. If I dumped a couple hundred gallons of water onto my downstairs neighbor, I would at least make a sheepish appearance at their door, apologize, offer to help clean up, maybe offer a couple rolls of paper towels. Some sort of gesture, no matter how empty. But that is not what I'm worried about here.

I'm starting to think maybe I should call the landlord because I don't want to get charged for damages. I don't want to get Upstairs Guy in any trouble, but the water is still streaming down the wall. It's a nasty iced tea color and I think it's going to leave marks. I figured there would be dripping for a day or two, but the drip rate far exceeds my expectations for total output. Granted, I don't know a lot about dripping ceilings, but something seems off. It doesn't seem broken-pipe off, but I think the ceiling might warp. Ugh. I don't know what I should do. How much water should I be expecting in an overflowed bathtub situation?

It's a historical house, divided into two apartments, so all sorts of things could be going on up there in the ceiling. That tells me I should call. But, I've been an asshole and have been smoking inside, so I don't really want the landlord coming in here till I can properly air it out. Any water damage to the ceiling would ultimately be seen as the fault of the upstairs tenant, right?

Hello! I'm not really new, but I'm back after being away for about a year. Stopped listening to C2C back then because I finally couldn't take another minute of Jorch. Ugh.
Logged on here today and found out not only does Hoagie have his own show (?!) but Art is back! Ermahgerd!! Like, really back this time!

Yes, I have been under a rock. It's nice and cozy in here.

I'm looking forward to hearing Art again and to the live chat. And, of course, to the respectful, rational, open-minded and dispassionate bellgab commentary on the 2016 freak show. Good times.

How do flies know to disappear when you get the swatter out? Little bastards....

I am so flippin' annoyed. I have reached 98% completion of a game and cannot finish because it crashes. I'm so pissed. It crashes every single time at the same point and it takes 20 minutes to get to that point. I have tried probably 12 times in the past week. Crash, crash, crash.
It is an older title, so I do not think the developer supports it any longer, but I sent an email to support anyway, dammit.

God, Arpaio is one of the most conceited pricks I have ever heard. And he just said he has no ego, lololol! I've only tuned in about 5 minutes ago, but I swear he has used the word Sheriff at least 30 times already. (Shure-if). He really loves referring to his title, a habit of any person without an ego. What an ass.

Quote from: area51drone on June 07, 2014, 10:38:08 AM
Whoa, I had no idea this was a service you guys offered, and I myself worked at a restaurant for a while.  Do you know why these people wanted the drinks spilled?  Was it a joke or just to be mean?  Maybe to get out of a date?

Both times were when I was bartending. A chick gave me $50 to spill a drink on a guy she was dating. Earlier that night he cancelled their plans, saying he was sick. A couple hours later, he walked into the bar with another chick. She was more upset about the lie, I guess they were not exclusive. Not too bright on his part, he should have gone to another bar instead of the one they both frequented.
I cannot remember the reason why I 'oopsed' the second drink, so it was probably a similar situation. It all depends on the situation and the person asking. And the cash money involved.
Shit, I probably would have tossed a drink on that guy for free. Honesty in relationships, no matter how casual, is paramount.

I've been in the restaurant business for over 20 years, from dive biker bars to high end fine dining, as server, bartender, and manager, and I have never seen anyone intentionally do anything nasty to food. The worst was either the grill guy dropping a raw chicken breast and chucking it on the grill anyway or how many restaurants recycle the bread in the bread baskets. Although gross, they are not malicious practices, like spitting in someone's food. I have been tipped handsomely, more than once, to 'accidentally' spill a drink on someone, but would never even entertain the idea of spitting in a drink. The vast majority of servers feel the same way.

Edit: oops, I forgot. The nastiest was this Moroccan chef I worked with for a short period of time. Another one of the chefs warned me not to eat when he was cooking. He would go out back to his beer stash, slam beers, and then take a piss in the bushes. He would come back to the line without washing his hands. Gross. I never ate there again.

One of my biggest pet peeves is young waiters who refer to tables of older folk as guys. You do not walk up to a table of baby boomers or older and greet them, 'hey, guys,' no matter where you work, especially if woman are seated there. It is rude. I hate the whole casual-ing of everything that has been happening the past 20 years.

One of the cats puked on my flip flop while I was sleeping. I use my flops as slippers/house shoes, so I put my foot in ice cold, gelled hairball puke trying to make my way to the bathroom when I first woke up. Yuck.

I couldn't take it anymore last night and had to turn off the radio. That may have been the biggest pile of suckage, ever, on C2C. That is a bold statement, but I cannot think of one other show that was worse. It wasn't even a sucks-so-bad-it-is-amusing kind of suck. The first guest was talking so much bullshit, he was nearly incomprehensible. Then the Numbers Lady... and I'm out.

What grown man sings 'Happy Birthday' to another grown man? I'm so sure it was a spontaneous gesture. *snort*

I was out of the room, making an ice cream cone. What in the hell is this guy talking about? We have astronomy, math, and  quantum physics backwards? We think the universe is sterile? And only 200,000 people total watch both Fox News and MSNBC? Wtf? Where is this guy getting his info? And now synchronicity? Wth?

On our rinky-dink local news, I just saw another story that makes me glad we decided to not have kids. Some local middle schooler took a pic of his junk and sent it to his friends. They texted the photo around and someone told a teacher. The kid who took the photo and a couple of his buddies are being formally charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, even though they are all only 12ish years old. They will likely have to register as a sex offenders, according to the news. My thoughts on this:

1. Why do middle schoolers have phones in school? We all somehow survived to adulthood without cellphones. I imagine they are a huge distraction and problem for all the teachers out there.

2. Why condemn this kid for life with a sex offender status over one stupid decision? Kid's brains at that age are not developed enough to understand the long term consequences of their actions. It was a stupid thing, kids do stupid things, especially 12 year old boys. It is part of growing up.

3. If any photo of any private parts of any minor is illegal, wouldn't that make the ubiquitous 'little Johnny taking a bath' pics child porn? How can a kid be charged with possessing child porn if the photo is of himself? He legally cannot have a pic of his own penis if he wants?

4. When will mooning be considered aggravated sexual assault? Or is it already?

5. Why is the naked human body so taboo in the US? We all have one. It's a dick. Big freakin' deal.

I certainly don't think kids should be passing photos like this, no matter the situation. The kids involved need to be disciplined. Again, like so many other recent incidents, it seems there has to be a better way to handle the situation than calling the police and filing charges- especially charges that carry serious, lifelong consequences. Good luck getting into college or passing a background check, kid. Your school is really giving you a leg up on life.

A good word for a shot is 'Amazing!'
You know Jorch will find his special guests amazing! And his party amazing! And all the callers sharing b-day wishes and 'best host ever' delusions amazing!
Sorry, I puked in my mouth a little, just thinking about how 'gracious' he will try to act tonight.

Lately, the one that makes me want to smash my head against the wall is a long Fox News promo. And not just because it is Fox News, lol!
It plays at every break and has been the same for a year, maybe longer. They go through the most popular shows and there is a sound bite for 'The Independants' with the lady saying, 'cut the nonsense!' in a whiny, nasal, yet shrill tone. Later in the commercial, another lady snottily declares that 'everyday, I'm talking to heads of state, global allocators of capital...' He tone is so snotty, especially the way she emphasizes the word global. Makes me want to smack her.
Arg! I think because I have heard the commercial so many times, it is now like an icepick to my eye (or ear). I am so sick of that damn promo. Shouldn't they have made a new one, like 6 months ago?

Quote from: albrecht on June 02, 2014, 09:34:32 PM
I always wondered if that  was true. I remember a story of a friend dad "got it in his lungs" from a fire of logs with poison ivy but kid n camp so? I also heard oleanders will giveyou heart attack when burning? So just stay out of smoke said grandpa. But same guy also said bleach for poison ivy n turpetine or gas or clean up on self after painting.

I didn't get it in my lungs, I don't think, but I was covered head to toe and even my eyes were swollen. It was almost like a bad food allergy reaction. I must have been about 7 or 8 at the time, so I don't remember the technical stuff.

Quote from: wr250 on June 02, 2014, 10:49:08 AM
or burning poison ivy, which is illegal in at least NY.

I get poison ivy badly. My Dad and I both had to go the ER for steroid shots once when I was a kid because of our idiot neighbor burning poison ivy. It was awful.
I use a Qtip with bleach on poison ivy and it works like a champ. It burns, but it is scabbed over the next day and doesn't spread.

Quote from: aldousburbank on June 02, 2014, 06:20:16 AM
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That is one good looking dog! I love the speckly ears. 

As for tonight's guest, it reminds me something from my college days. The school I went to offered Beginning Recorder, which would satisfy the necessary Art/Music/Theatre Appreciation credit. I got an A, lol! Unfortunately, my father, who was bankrolling my education, was not impressed.
All those recorders sounded truly hideous. Good thing that was back when I smoked copious amounts of kind bud, which probably influenced my decision to take that class, now that I think about it. The Art and Music Appreciation material was stuff I had already covered, so I was looking for a new challenge.  :

Quote from: Nick el Ass on June 02, 2014, 02:10:55 AM
Well, it has finally happened. As of tonight I am officially banned from Coast to Coast Am's Facebook page.

Congratulations! There should be some sort of BellGab achievement badge to display next to the user name of anyone banned from the C2C FB page. That would be awesome.
You are so right- that guest sucked and sucked hard. The 'child molesters aren't ALL bad' talk was pissing me off. And the Bible Study session during the call-in segment was annoying, as well. I miss Art's beautifully ruthless cutting off of guests and callers. I think I miss that the most.
GNS.

I just googled a tick identification chart to figure out what the weird looking tick I pulled off the dog was (I really need to mow the yard). It was a Lone Star tick, which I had never seen before tonight. Apparently, they common in Virginia, so I am very surprised I have never come across one. Anyways, I looked up more info on them and found the following article:

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/3/the-tick-that-canturnitsvictimsvirtuallyvegetarian.html

Holy shit. 

And this is an interesting excerpt:
'She knows of another victim who had to cut out her favorite raspberry-filled pastries because the artificial flavoring is made with castoreum, a chemical that comes from the anal scent glands of the North American beaver.'  Beaver Ass Pie?

I'm glad Jorch and his guest got called out on their forgiveness spiel. It annoyed me to no end when Jorch speculated that he would be able to forgive someone for killing one of his family members in a drunk driving accident. Really? How do you know, Jorch? Then, he said if it were a 'Cold Blood situation'  he would not be able to forgive a serial killer for killing his family member. He forgot the 'In' and it was just a stupid statement that is probably offensive to anyone who has lost a family member to murder or drunk drivers. Again, how in the hell do you know how you would feel after such an awful tragedy? It's like when people tell mourners, 'I know exactly how you feel.' BS. No, you do not.
That being said, forgiveness is more for the victim than the perpetrator, but no one needs these fools advising them on how to feel.

Here's my vicious, inherently dangerous pitbull, obviously ready to chew someone's face off...if you refuse to cave to his constant demands for cheese and belly rubs. In his free time, he likes to lick cats and small children:

Nice job promoting the bs stereotype of pitbulls, Jorch. Yeah, I bet you are a real dog lover. Fucking moron.

He already said a few nights ago that he wasn't going to do it, no matter how many votes for yes. He claims he just wanted to see what people thought of the idea.

I just watched this on PBS and it was great. Death and the Civil War on American Experience:
http://youtu.be/goFFVg0T4e0

Edit: I cannot tell if the link is there because all I see is a big blank area. It is available on YouTube for anyone who is interested. And here is a written intro/description of the film:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/death-introduction/

I've consulted several facial hair id charts and as far as I can tell, Travolta's douchey chin hair is not yet a named style. One site described it as a chin hat. Another called it a nubbin. I like chin hat. It looks really, really stupid.
This is fun:
http://www.dyers.org/blog/beards/beard-type-chart/

Hmm. Maybe he has a modified chin puff?
This list does not show my husband's beard, the Lazy Biker or aka the Lazy Hippie

Quote from: Quick Karl on May 24, 2014, 01:59:32 PM
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/shooting-isla-vista-uc-santa-barbara-260505021.html

The word on the street is, he couldn't get a date with any hot blonde chics, so he decided to go on a murder rampage... His Liberal, Hollywood Director, parents, even warned the Police that something was up, but no one did shit because they were afraid of offending the douche bag. But, we'll sweep the real problem under a rug, so we can attack the rights of LAW ABIDING CITIZENS that would NEVER resort to such infantile logic.

Plus, the monster mass murderer, looks like a fag.

Oh, hells yes! Tonight looks like a good show, finally, after a week of norrycrap:

In the first half, George Knapp welcomes filmmaker Denise David Williams, who'll discuss John Mack's story and her current attempts to turn his life into a major Hollywood film (Indiegogo Project). Dr. Mack studied over 200 abductees from all over the world, who had never met each other, and found they were telling similar accounts. Followed by UFO film scholar and expert, Robbie Graham, who will talk about the history of UFOs in Hollywood films, and if filmmakers like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg know more than they are letting on.

Edit: can you image the idiotic mess Jorch would make of this topic/guests? Thank god Knapp is conducting these interviews.

Quote from: zeebo on May 24, 2014, 02:43:49 PM
I was a friggin Stratego mad-man back in the day, loved that game.  Another cool one, maybe long-forgotten, was MasterMind.

I forgot about Mastermind! I love that game, my mom and I used to play together all the time. We also played Yahtzee and Battleship a lot. Those are good memories.
When I was young, we played Memory. Mom still had her Sorry game from when she was a kid in the 50's and we would play that with my sister, if we could convince her to play. She is 6 years older than me and was usually too cool for board games with her mom and little sister, lol!