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Sorry for the delay. A lot going on the past few days. I just wanted to toss this story out there to show that people can...and do....these things and there are things hiding in their closets no one knew. Had social media been as big as it is now when this Diane did what she did, we might know more, good or bad. Here are some links. We drove by the restaurant yesterday while it was still light out. You can see where it was on fire, and that it's pretty damaged. Crash victim reeling after wild wreck in Snyder County | wnep.com UPDATE Chief: Selinsgrove woman appeared to have been driving erratically prior to vehicle landing on top of restaurant | News | dailyitem.com UPDATE Police: Alcohol a factor in Shamokin Dam crash; victims to be debriefed Tuesday | News | dailyitem.com (this site only lets you look at a few articles before paywalling - it's our only local newspaper, and a pain - I'll only post these two from them) Shamokin Dam crash caught on camera | wnep.com Woman arrested after allegedly crashing her car onto roof of Central Pa. Chinese restaurant | PhillyVoice (we're not in the Philly area, but at least the same state, lol) Woman arrested after wild wreck in Snyder County | wnep.com Theresa Risso in Custody | Eyewitness News (pahomepage.com) Supposedly, she was in a rehab somewhere and that's why they couldn't find her, but I'm not convinced.

On March 4th, I was bringing my mother back home - the end of a long drive and a long day, spent at a show I bought her tickets for at Christmas. I passed a restaurant on my way home very early in the morning that I've passed 5000 times. Nothing stood out. I arrived home at 2am, and went straight to bed in the living room so as not to wake my husband, who works Saturdays. In the morning, he asked if I heard the news. A car (a BMW sedan if it matters) had landed on the roof of that restaurant. The story - not anywhere near finalized - said she hit a van and catapulted to the roof (the van was waiting for a carry out order to be ready). The scuttlebutt was that she was hurt, a baby was in a car seat in the back and hurt, and a dog was dead. Many people called 911 to report her as she sped down the road, driving erratically. As the day went on, the story started to gel. Initially, they said she had come from a town about 6 miles up the road, and had hit a few people on the way, before having this accident. The baby was injured from not being strapped in correctly, but was still strapped in. The dead dog turned out to be a stuffed animal that someone mistook for a real dog when it fell out the back. When her name was released (she survived and was in the hospital, along with the baby, and a few people she had hit), people who knew her came out of the woodwork to say she would NEVER do anything to endanger her baby - it must have been something medical. My BS sense started tingling. Where we are now is this: She actually started from a town about 30 miles north - she lives just a few miles from where she wrecked She hit at least 8 cars, a bunch of poles and other property, and some barriers The van she hit that put her on the roof of the building had two people in it - the driver was shaken but OK - her passenger was in the hospital with a broken back (he had to have rods and fused vertebrae), broken collar bones, and some other damage (he's home) As she launched to the roof, she lost a wheel, and the engine to her car - the engine was on fire, and rolled into the restaurant, where it started a fire that was put out by the bank next door Her BAC was FOUR TIMES the legal limit Her children (not just the baby in the car) were removed from the house immediately When she was released from the hospital, they came to arrest her, and she took off - she was apprehended later According to a number of people who know her (who weren't singing her praises like the others were initially), she's had multiple DUI arrests in the past, but her family uses their money and influence to make it go away - I'm sure this will come out more SO......she's in jail. People who were injured by her (bodily or property) have not been able to reach her insurance company. The people in the van lost their vehicle (it's scary how damaged it was) and they had liability only so it's on the woman who caused the accident's insurance to replace it. They're in the process of suing. A local car dealer stepped up and loaned them a car. The restaurant has been condemned and may have a hard time becoming whole to repair and rebuild. They have released footage from the KFC across the street, and I can't fathom this was real. It's mind-blowing. Later, I'll have to see if I can post some links. This has just started. I'm wondering what's coming next. I'm sure more footage will surface. She crossed three counties. I'm not sure how she made it that far. Right before she vaulted, she sped up really fast. People think she had dozed off and hit floored the gas. ETA: She - so far - has 15 felony charges against her and authorities said more will likely be coming, as this is scattered across 3 counties.

Unfortunately, yes. There's a vlogger named Kendall Rae who does fairly decent true crime videos, but she just talks. I started watching a few by others, and the minute I saw they were doing their makeup, I was all "WTF?" and shut them off. It makes zero sense to me and I have zero desire to watch.

Not offended, but unfortunately, he has zero skills to work from home. No office training or anything like that. The thought had crossed my mind previously. I wouldn't say he's prone to victimhood, but he can be sensitive, and his prior workplace issue (when he lost a job we thought he'd be at forever where he had massive success) gives him horrible workplace anxiety. He is going to be getting therapy for that. Honesty, I could use it too. It's derailed his drive, and he needs to get that back. When he has drive, he's not so sensitive, but this is a work in progress. He also never received any proper counseling when he found a co-worker at said prior job deceased. They'd worked together at two different places for over 20 years and were friends. It really affected him badly. The company he was with at that time sent him for 3 sessions, but they really didn't help. The co-worker he likes the most put his 2 week notice in yesterday. The screaming nut tested positive for COVID, so he won't be dealing with him for a bit, at least (they sent everyone for testing - my husband came back negative - I guess it paid off that he stays away from the guy).

IIRC, the documentary said that she wanted kids but Danny didn't, and his mom bragged about how she pampered him incredibly while he was growing up, and he would be Diane's kid, or some similar cringey thing. And that eventually, Danny relented, but told her the kids were her responsibility and not to expect him to help out (or something similar).

You had given me some good advice a few years back on my job, so I thought I'd try again, but this time, it's for my husband. This may get long. Backstory - he was ousted from the industry he had been in largely continuously for over 20 years, due to a combination of a bully boss who came in part way through his time there, and his PTSD/Chronic Anxiety (not a veteran, but the survivor of severe abuse at the hand of a parent - certain things trigger him, like yelling, or calling him stupid) getting the best of him. Tied to a non-compete, he bounced around between other jobs, but being over 45, and being the low man down the line, he got laid off or made redundant, and had more periods of unemployment, and a bout of illness brought on by a doctor overmedicating him. It also didn't help that his old bully boss was purposely tanking him to people (we have proof, and threatened to sue the company). This has been incredibly stressful for both of us (I suffer from anxiety and OCD). About 2.5 years ago, his non-compete was up, and he returned to his old industry, but in a different segment of the industry, to avoid any issues with his old company. He spent 2 years with that company (one he had worked for before with good success), and thought he'd be fine. But after a bit, it became apparent it was no longer the same company, and cutting costs was the order of the day. Being stuck with broken equipment, a terrible coworker who had substance abuse issues and was just generally disgusting with leaving rotting trash around, etc, and a boss who was asking him to do shady things, he opted to leave. He had paid for some licensing education hoping he would make even a little more money, but he never received even a penny raise in 2 years, and was never reimbursed for the schooling. Plus, the pay was hourly plus guaranteed overtime and commission, so the low rate of pay was always bolstered by other things. The company ended up cutting all overtime, and his boss rarely gave him any jobs earning commission, so people at Wal-Mart were making more than him. He left the right way - he spoke to other companies, picked the best one (he was not wanting for options), and put in a 2 week notice. His boss at the new place was great, but tends to be high strung at times. He understood my husband had issues and worked with him, and he had great co-workers that had his back. But there was one that was a button-pusher. No one at the place liked this guy, but for some reason, the boss was willing to put up with him. He was not a great worker, made a lot of mistakes, frequently lied about having COVID symptoms so as to get paid time off waiting for testing (which was always negative), and just made things miserable. My husband tolerated him for a while, but then it really began to wear at him, and things started to go downhill with his anxiety. He worked with his doctors to come up with a gameplan, and the boss was supportive. Early on in his time with the company, he was called on a few times to sub in at another branch who was very short handed. They really liked him, and tried to poach him. They kept telling him they were more laid back than his current boss, and the problem coworker wasn't there (they knew about the guy - he'd been sent down to sub and they disliked him so much that they sent him back and said they'd rather be short handed), and painted all sunshine and roses. This kind of thing has happened before at other jobs and it always plants a seed that I wish it wouldn't. There was an assistant manager without a vehicle. Others were going out of their way to take him back and forth, and a few times they asked my husband if he could pick the guy up, or take him home, since he drove by the guy's house and they were unable to run him. He was supposedly in the process of buying a vehicle, so my husband agreed to start picking him up so the shop foreman (who he really likes, and the foreman really likes him) could get a break. He figured it would be temporary. Except the assistant mgr never bought another car. And eventually picking him up turned into also taking him home, so he'd be out for over 12 hours sometimes while the shop shut down, then he ran the guy to the bank, then ran our errands, etc. He never got paid or offered any fuel for this. There's also a mandatory morning meeting where all the boss does is complain about stuff, which sets his anxiety off. About the time he hit 5 months with the company, his nerves were jangled a ton. He was agitated with the loser coworker (he's not the only one), who was spending more time on his phone than working and making comments that didn't need to be made. He blew off at the boss a few times about this guy and his comments. My husband made a comment that he should have gone to the other branch when they wanted him. To make matters worse, he took the assistant mgr into a store with him, and he behaved very badly. He embarrassed my husband so much that when the assistant manager walked out to the car, he stayed behind and apologized for his behavior. They were both wearing clothing with the company logo on it, and he was concerned. After 6 months there, they hired an additional person. His anxiety kicked in, because he thought they were at capacity for workers, and he was assured that he was going to be a floater by several people and wasn't there for his job, but he got into an argument later in the week with the same moron coworker, and the boss said he was going to transfer him to the other store in the hopes he'd be better there. They talked it out and had no hard feelings, and off he went. Initially, everything improved greatly. He was told they thought morning meetings were stupid, and they gave him steady start and stop hours that gave him back 2 hours in the day. But after a month, the shine wore off. The foreman there is a nut. He screams non-stop (I've witnessed it). Don't dare ask him for help. Don't dare ask him if he wants help. Don't dare play the radio. He will throw things at people. He will scream about things so loudly that if he's outside, you can hear him inside. Clearly. There is one guy there he likes, and one that's only there until his seasonal job pops back up again, and he's quitting, and doesn't care about anything or anyone, and complains constantly. They all get a weekday off because they work a weekend day, and the foreman is the one who has the day off that my husband needs to go to his doctor appointments for his anxiety. He explained this to the nut, and asked if he'd trade a day once every 2 months. Nope - he says he's not obligated to help him, and to figure it out on his own. The doctor he needs to see isn't in on the day my husband has off (he had a different day off at the old shop - nut has that day off at this shop). He eventually works it out with the boss, and all is OK with his appointments. Recently, we stopped in at the old shop to drop off something for the foreman he had there. Old co-workers all come over to greet him and say they miss him - the jerk coworker has to come over and put his two cents in, but the old foreman tells him to take a hike. One week later, a floating manager tells him that the jerk from the old shop has been fired, finally. He says to me that he half wonders if he made a mistake transferring, but decides he still likes the new bosses better, and he leaves it there. I asked him how nut was when he subbed there. The problem is that nut was the one he was subbing for, so he had no idea what he was like. There was one day when nut went off on my husband really badly, and he told the boss he needed a few minutes and sat outside, and shook because his nerves were shot. The boss told nut to ease off (and actually told everyone to not yell at him), and asked if my husband was OK. He said yes, and things blew over. About 2 weeks ago, things took a sharp downturn. This is traditionally a slow time of year for that industry, and it's not unusual to be told there is no overtime, and that they may occasionally take turns going home early or coming in late if there are no customers. But it's really bad at the new shop. Some days, they don't take in enough to pay the electric bill, and he's losing, on average, a day a week. He's also not making much commission - hasn't since he's been there - because the bosses don't believe in selling services (I'm not looking to get into whether they're needed or not - it's not the point) and the foreman (nut) takes all of the commission jobs for himself - one of the reasons he left his old company (the shop he transferred from had policies in place to prohibit that, such as the foreman not being the one to distribute the jobs). After a particularly bad morning one day last week, he and the boss got into an argument, precipitated by nut being his usual self. It didn't help that they had no business that morning, and the assistant mgr had been out for over 2 weeks with COVID, and likely has corporate screaming at him for having no business. The boss decided that he and my husband were both upset, and he sent him home so they weren't crabbing at each other all day - he was going to have to send someone home anyway. Then this past weekend, he asked his bosses if I could bring my car in for 15 minutes worth of work. They said absolutely, since we don't have a garage and it's bitter cold here. With a waiting room full of people, nut went off on my husband, and people could hear every word. He continued to scream even after the boss pulled him aside and told him they approved it. After nut went off, my husband came in, shaking, and said "This upsets me" a little loudly (but didn't yell). The boss pulled him aside, talked to him, and told him to go work on my car, but he didn't want to get screamed at, so I took my keys and left, but not before telling the bosses that while I didn't want to really get involved, no one deserves to be spoken to like that. They made excuses for nut, but acknowledged that nut can be difficult. Last night, after being sent home shortly after lunch because they were dead, he said that had he known the jerk co-worker was going to be fired, he'd have stuck it out. And I reminded him of another time he left a job because someone promised him everything, but they delivered on nothing and he wasted 6 years there. He expressed a desire to go back to the old shop because he really misses his team of good coworkers who cared. He realized that sometimes means more than a boss who is a little high strung at times. The one coworker he likes at the current shop quietly told him he had an interview today for a new job - he has a baby on the way and can't live on what he's making there. If that guy leaves, and the one goes back to his seasonal job where he makes triple (which would happen in a month or so), that leaves my husband with nut, and a kid who comes in a few hours a day from the local tech school, to get practical experience who graduates in a few months. He will not stick around. His family owns a company he will be working for. I read some articles about getting back an old job. They were pretty much in line with what I thought, which was to first contact old coworkers, and see what they think, and get them on his side. If that goes well, the second thought was to swing by the old branch on his day off next week and speak to his old boss, which coincides with what the articles say. After this is where I get iffy because it's a different situation than the articles outline. He doesn't want to point fingers (something the articles say you should not do) but how do you get the point across that this branch is run better, and highlight some issues with the new branch, like them not having any business and you losing a lot of pay, and also how you don't get commission jobs because they're not distributed. And he genuinely likes the bosses there and does not want to badmouth them in any way, but their style is almost too laid back, and then there is no order. He didn't realize just what the nut was like, and that was way more than he bargained for, but that's a touchy topic he's afraid to approach. He has a definite long-term plan, and this company genuinely has great opportunities for advancement - it's one reason he chose them. And he feels his best chance to achieve that is to go back to where people cared about him, and he got along with the coworkers (we would have cookouts on weekends, etc. - that will never happen at the current branch). I think he should say that he's not necessarily ready to jump ship yet, but there are things coming down the pipeline that concern him, and he's hoping to transfer back soon - especially if things happen quickly. I'm not sure what to tell him as to how to say it. He will be talking to his old foreman on that, but suggestions are always welcome. I'd also like him to return to therapy, and honestly, I could use it too. I recently also set a long-term goal, and I could use some help in staying on track and achieving it. That's something that could be thrown out if his boss brings up past issues with that coworker that was fired. The old boss is very much a "pull yourself up" kind of guy, and I think that's how he needs to approach it - that he made an error in judgment, and he's taken steps to prevent that in the future. That he has set a long-term goal and he wants to stay with the company because he believes he can do it, and he believes the old boss is the one to help him get there. If things go his way, he does want to politely tell them he won't be able to run the assistant manager back and forth anymore with regularity. It was taking too many hours out of his day. He is about to go on some medication that will make him go to the bathroom a lot, and he'll likely have to make a stop on the way up to work to go, and that will affect his ability to pick him up, and he's getting home too late when he takes him back. Sorry for the long post - it's not an easy situation. Thoughts welcome.

Not sure about that, but it was 100% true that people on the swing would drop trou and people lost swimsuits.

I am in the minority that enjoys the show without Frank. I read a few articles about him having an addiction and being in and out of rehab. Maybe they felt he needed to be cut out of their lives. Not sure.

Frank had surgery and needs a lot of recovery time.

Except Cobra lives slightly north of Harrisburg. That area is rural, but I wouldn't call it that.

I appreciate that he stuck in some tenets of the programs: you don't have to do it alone, and to carry the message. I thought once it came up that she was either stealing pills or forging prescriptions. I could be wrong.

Sorry for the double quote. I'm on an aging tablet. Code enforcement does exist in those rural areas but really are not much of a thing they actively enforce. They mostly just leave it alone. The area is chocked full of rotting buildings and mobile homes. Code enforcement has more of a presence in towns. Cobra is in the far flung boonies. Fun info about the Statue. Everyone loves it. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/pa-lady-liberty/

There are several Buffalo Townships in PA. There is one right down the road from me. But Cobra is in a different one. It's very close to Harrisburg, our state capital. Quite a distance from Pittsburgh. Closest major city would be Baltimore. Very rural area. The mini Statue Of Liberty shown in the beginning is on the Susquehanna. Drove past it today - twice. This is the closest Hoarders has gotten to me (about an hour). It's the kind of place where you go into a business or restaurant and people know you don't live there. There used to be a restaurant near there that was always crowded so we stopped once. Everyone looked at us when we walked in. My husband joked we should try to find Cobra today, but he knows we would never find it. I got a little excited when I saw the people who brought his appliances were the same people who I bought my portable dishwasher from (Teates Appliances). Great prices and service. Most of his WWF stuff was worthless, but the Hasbro figures are worth some coin. I sold my husband's for a pretty penny. But then again, he kept them nice, along with keeping the boxes and accessories. He laughed hard when they gave Cobra a toy version of the Million Dollar Belt. Total throwback.

Depends on the state. Not all states refund sales tax. We also don't refund shipping where I work. If the item is returned for any reason other than defective/damaged, we may charge for restocking. We have issues with people buying stuff for their kids then returning it when the kids lose interest 3 or more months later.

It was Bucca di Beppo. Someone from the restaurant was at the chef's table later. We tried to eat at one a few years ago. It was SO LOUD we couldn't hear ourselves think. We ultimately left without eating.