CrazyInAlabama
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Spring Baking Championship - General Discussion
CrazyInAlabama replied to Aethera's topic in Spring Baking Championship
I'm a week behind, because of another program conflict, so I'm watching the episode 2 rerun. Some of the cakes were so well decorated that it was a shame to chop pieces out of them. Some of the cake decorations were magnificent, and then there's Michael. The kids on the other series are better at decorating than he is. And apparently zero flavor is a lot of the cake. They picked the right one to go home. -
I bet current tuition for spring and fall semester is more than double that scholarship. Plus fees, books, housing costs, and general living expenses. When I lived in Colorado, that school has a fantastic reputation for academics, but also was known for the high costs. I'm still wondering about a spin off show.
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18 March 4 p.m. episodes- p. 518, 3 January 2024 Little Dog vs. Little Brat? ; DJ Disappearing Act! p. 517, 22 November 2022 The Case of the Stolen Bulldogs? 5 p.m. episodes- Stop Laughing! Your Dog is Dead!- (JJ can't understand why plaintiff keeps laughing about her dog being dead, that she blames on defendant). Plaintiff Charissa Saverio suing defendant Timothy Parrish for accidentally killing her dog, and wants vet bills paid. Plaintiff claims she warned defendant not to step on her dog (bunch of bull), and claims the defendant stepped on her dog anyway when it ran under his feet. Dog died at almost 13 years old. JJ doesn't believe the plaintiff, and I don't either. Plaintiff claims the man was drunk when he showed up, but he denies that. Case dismissed. Man Jumps on One Foot for the Judge-Plaintiff Scott Marsalis had two minibikes, invited defendant Patrick Edwards to come over and ride, defendant crashed. Plaintiff wants the minibike money from defendant. Defendant claims plaintiff knew he couldn't ride a minibike. JJ tells defendant to jump on one foot, and he does it-qualifying for this week's "Fool of the Week" title, and it's only Monday. Case dismissed. "It was fun before I crashed", says defendant. Defendant gets the old mini bike, and plaintiff gets $1089 to buy new bike. p. 482, 31 December 2020 Endangered Child Rescue! ; Child Surrogacy Meets Plastic Surgery!
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18 March “Phoney Marriage” New, Season 10, Episode (Patrice Geanette Clark vs. Donn Carroll Hobbs Jr) From the show site: After nearly a decade, this couple discovered that their marriage certificate was never registered. He took that as a pass to be with other women - but that wasn't going to fly for her. She's now suing for thousands over his cell phone bill. Plaintiff/not really wife suing defendant/not really husband for his cell phone bills, and contract costs, $4399. Married in 2014, paperwork was never registered, and therefore was never legal. Plaintiff wanted to get passports, so ordered birth certificates, and discovered that the marriage license was never recorded. Defendant took this chance to leave. Corriero says the registration might not mean the marriage is legal. In California, the filing is a technicality that doesn't mean the marriage is legal. Plaintiff has consulted attorneys twice, and they gave her different answers about the legality of their marriage. Common law isn't legal in California (it's legal in very few states, and my state ended it in 2017.). Defendant claims the lack of registration means he's out of the marriage, and isn't going to discuss anything with plaintiff. Plaintiff says defendant wouldn't take his credit accounts and collections off of her financially, so she's still trying to get free of his financially. Juarez says in California that the state court settled this issue, so even though the marriage wasn't registered, that the marriage is still legal because it was performed by a person licensed to perform marriages in the state, and both parties signed, it's a legal marriage. Defendant says phone was a gift. Corriero tells the litigants he can still marry people. Judges decide to give plaintiff half, because they were sharing bills. $2200 to plaintiff, avoiding the issue of the validity of marriage. “Give Me My Money, Honey" Rerun, Season 9, Episode 78 p. 40, 10 July 2023
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I suspect when they have kids they'll build on another bath and a couple of bedrooms. Along with enclosing the porch into a 4 season dining room, it could work. I suspect the house was designed for that purpose. Great idea about the use of the tiny home as an office. That could really work, the interior could be redone by Dylan, and give Dylan some privacy for whatever he does that requires an office (I missed that). They could extend the utilities and water/sewer to the tiny home put it on a permanent foundation.
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Amazon still has a few Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores. They're mostly for Prime members, but they have cut down from the original 22 stores and smaller Go marts. A friend says she was in Montgomery, AL recently, and went to a drug store, and it was all self-checkout and no personnel were around. If the size of the Bloom Markets is like the Amazon Go stores, and they could work depending on location. Where I live the convenience stores are in gas stations, may have a few frozen items, mostly ice cream, and some food they heat up for you, but it's mostly junk food, and soft drinks. The only small grocery here is the section at our local Target, and it's pretty big now, including some fruit and produce. So, either you go to Dollar General, or convenience stores in gas stations, or you go to one of the supermarkets. Many towns have literal food deserts with nothing but fast food, or convenience stores without fresh or healty options. Supermarkets have been leaving inner cities, because they need room for parking, and stores that can handle more items, and that's very hard to find in urban areas. The stores need volume and space, and that's not an option in a lot of areas.
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The People's Court - General Discussion
CrazyInAlabama replied to Lillybee's topic in The People's Court
Titan TV now lists Monday through Friday as Monday Season 21 Episode 2, up to Friday's S21 E06, so now it's back on schedule. I'm glad it's accurate now, but who knows what's going to happen with them. I'm suspecting the information is being sent very late. Unfortunately, both local stations that air TPC, and Judge Judy take their information from Titan TV, so if that source is messed up, everything is. -
Tonight's new episode, "Old World, New Build" is a first. The original house will be bulldozed, and a new build put in it's place. Dara and Dylan are newlyweds, and were given the home by his parents. Their current 300 sq ft tiny home is just too small, Dylan built it. The parents bought and renovated other homes, but this one was too bad to fix up. For $150,000 budget, the house couldn't be fixed, and expanded. It would be cheaper to raze and rebuild. They want a bedroom, office, and one bathroom, plus another bedroom for eventual kids. The homeowners are quirky, and adorable. They want an eat-in kitchen. They'll all talk with the architects, and come up with a plan for the couple that reflects their quirks. Ben is really enjoying running the excavator for the ultimate demo. It's amazing how fast a new build goes up. House is seven weeks after demo, so walls are up, framing is done, prefinished siding is done. The parents' barn is on the back of the property, and Ben and Erin are going treasure hunting. Dylan's mother makes the copper bowls and jewelry that were featured in previous episodes. Ben is building three butcher block cutting boards that fit over the gas range for extra counter space, and Dylan's mother Shanna will do copper linings to the cutting boards for extra heat protection. The finished house is so adorable, and exactly what the couple asked for. I love the coffee table Ben restored for the couple. I love the knobs in the kitchen. I love the kitchen granite, and the tea cabinet. House is less than 800 sq ft, but looks so cozy, and has so much storage. The mushroom knob was made by the mother. The office furniture is beautiful, and the curio cabinet Ben and Dylan's dad made from items in the barn is beautiful. The porch for dining is so cute, and will be useable for most of the year. I think since there's so much land, that the house will probably be added to over the years, when they can afford it, and need more room. I think the dining room will be enclosed eventually too.
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For the cookies, I bet Barbara's first step was to get a co-packer, and tweaking the recipes to lower the calorie count. The calorie count is almost as much as the huge Crumbl cookies, and the cookies aren't lower calorie, just free of allergens. I don't see the cookie company succeeding. For the grocery mini-markets there are places where there is nothing, and people either have to decide between paying for transportation or using the corner convenience store, which is full of unhealthy, high calorie/low nutrition food. Almost everyone has a cell phone, and the array of foods offered can be tailored to fit the needs of the users. The boutique stores in hotels and airports are usually rather expensive, and that should make those locations, and vending machines profitable. If the stores in food deserts offer good selections on basics, then I think they can offer better prices, and have necessities only. They could work, because there simply aren't decent alternatives except fast food, and corner markets full of junk food. I think the stores need to be bigger, but still far short of a regular grocery.
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Coogan accounts are only in California (15% of gross earnings). They're only a small percentage of the child's income, and can be used for their living expenses during their childhood. Some accounts have been used up this way. I'm betting Alana's account is very little, and was never a trust account. I don't understand why Alana is going to a school that is so expensive, without checking on how much money she had first. Going to in-state schools would have been so much cheaper. I wonder how Alana rented a house? Most rental agencies won't rent to someone of her age. I'm guessing Dralin is moving in, so if he's a legal tenant he has to pass a background check, that should be interesting. Unless the production company is renting it for them. I'm wondering if a spinoff with Alana is coming? This was on a Morgan Stanley webiste about Coogan and other trust accounts: "Laws similar to the Coogan Act of California are in place in New York, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. There are minor differences in their statutes, but all require the establishment of a Coogan Trust before issuing a work permit to a child performer.3 These laws pertain not only to residents of those states, but to any child who renders creative services within the state, including actors, models, singers, authors and athletes. Who Doesn’t Need a Coogan Account, Yet Currently, social media stars, or “influencers,” are not subject to child entertainer labor laws and are not mandated to open Coogan accounts in any state.3 This is no small exception. Young celebrities who publish their content on the internet and social media platforms have rapidly become some of the highest-paid children in the entertainment industries." The legal investments of the funds for these accounts have been tightened up over the past few years, to avoid the trustees from investing in their own sketchy businesses. It's still not in a lot of states though. (I personally know of a case from the early 90's, where the grandkids were very successful in commercials, and small acting jobs. Grandpa and Grandma invested in their MLM business, which went bust, and the grandkids ended up broke except for their continuing residuals. Coogan accounts also are used to support lessons and training, housing, travel, education expenses, so even with legitimate uses the money can be gone by the time the child is a legal adult and can get their money.
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My Lottery Dream Home - General Discussion
CrazyInAlabama replied to AuntieDiane6's topic in My Lottery Dream Home
Yes, the NYC episode was a scratch off. The Philly to Fayetteville is probably a rerun, the Miami Condo doesn't sound familiar. However, I get this off of Titan TV, and lately they've had issues with listing shows as new that aren't. HGTV claims the Fayetteville and Miami are new, but they have big issues with their postings too. Unless they changed the title of the South Beach episode to Miami condo, I don't remember the Miami episode. I guess I'll find out Friday. -
Snark Talk: Home, Home on the (De) Ranged
CrazyInAlabama replied to film noire's topic in The Pioneer Woman
My father is from Oklahoma, and his family never owned land. One reason was that they had to have approval from some authority to buy it, to make sure the Native American who owned the land was getting a fair market price, and this was in the 1940's. The few times they had a chance to buy, another person (usually a relative) swooped in and got approval to buy, and came in with a cash offer. So, needing approval to sell land was a normal routine there. In his part of Oklahoma, the mineral/oil rights were separate from owning the land too. So, the relatives that live there farmed or ran cattle and built houses (and big storm cellars) on their land, but had others who ran the oil wells and had right of access. In the 40's, 50's and even 60's, a lot of the smaller ranches sold to bigger operations, because it was hard to have a profitable farm with a low amount of cattle land, and the small owners often had full time jobs, and didn't make a living from cattle or farming. The rental farm where my dad and his siblings grew up, is now part of a huge cattle ranch, and they rotate the huge pastures over a three year period, that way the grass can grow back without overgrazing the soil. -
My Lottery Dream Home - General Discussion
CrazyInAlabama replied to AuntieDiane6's topic in My Lottery Dream Home
New episode, not a Scratch Off edition, Friday 22 March, and Friday 29 March. They both sound familiar, and are listed as Season 15, but I'm wondering if they're really new. The one on 29 March is the couple moving to Fayetteville from Philly for BBQs with the grandkids, and to take care of a relative, so I'm sure it's a repeat. The 22 March Restful Miami Condo doesn't sound familiar, so maybe I missed it for some reason. In April they start doing Friday airings of Mega Secrets Revealed, with past episodes aired as new. Pretty much like Scratch Offs I guess. -
On Patrol: Live - General Discussion
CrazyInAlabama replied to Meredith Quill's topic in On Patrol: Live
The woman who drove through a house, all the way from front to back, a few weeks ago, had a Blood Alcohol .186. The poor homeowners will be out of their house for six months. They still haven't released her name. Tonight Devonte Carr, and Carli Drayton are both on the show, from Berkeley County. It's the first week back from maternity leave for Corporal Drayton, after the birth of their beautiful baby girl. And Bryce Hughes and Addy Perez are both on tonight from Richland County. The Hazen pursuit where the car was pitted by another agency was stunning. I couldn't believe the two fugitives weren't hurt in the rollover. -
My college had a nursing program, and the first two years were all prerequisites to the nursing program, plus the usual undergrad courses (math, English lit, sociology, psychology, etc.). If they passed the prerequisites, then they applied for the nursing program. They only began the last two years of clinical, and nursing specific courses to start the summer after their second year, and went year round with classroom and clinicals for the last two years. That's when they took their first national exams too. The best part of the school Alana was accepted to is that they have advanced Nurse Practitioner, and specialty programs at the same university after the BS RN degree program. I don't think Alana will be allowed to live off campus for the first year or two, unless she gets married, or family moves to the local commuting area. Dorm life could be the best thing that ever happened to her.