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23 minutes ago, ethalfrida said:
Southern hospitality is grand regardless of what you are serving, celebrating or mourning. I do agree that Jovi could have checked on her every once in a while, though. But she has to understand that different areas/cultures have different ways of doing things. If drinking wasn't a big part of New Orleans/Cajun/Creole culture then it would not exist there. I think they still have Blue Laws. And what is she bringing to the relationship? There are customs that travel well and if she had anything she liked about hers I'm sure she could be sharing them with him.
Louisiana got rid of most Blue Laws a few decades ago and NOLA has always been exempt from them anyway. I'm from Louisiana and totally understand where Jovi and his family are coming from. Yara needs to get over herself and adjust her attitude if she's going to make it there. Cajuns are very loving and friendly as a rule, but they don't like being looked down on. I totally understand why JoviMom is upset that Yara doesn't want her at the wedding. Make their Vegas wedding a "destination" deal and invite his parents to come along for the ceremony and a small dinner celebration. They can retreat to their hotel room to start their honeymoon afterwards. I'm sure the parents won't barge in on that.
Jovi must have a damn good, well-paying job and she just needs to be grateful for that. I do agree that Jovi could cut back on booze before 5 o'clock, although I always have a Bloody Mary as soon as a plane takes off. It's the only way I can relax for a flight.
23 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:She refuses to drink medicine as in won't take the pill, diaphram and IUD's are not her thing and Jovi is not fond of condoms so I hope she realizes that she will be having a lot of babies.
It's Julia that won't "drink" medicine and Brandon who doesn't think using a condom is "fun" 😆
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41 minutes ago, LittleIggy said:
Glad to read that I'm not the only one disgusted with moving some of my favorite shows to Discovery+. Comcast offers the Peacock streaming channel at no additional charge and I watched a couple shows on it. It was very frustrating to be right in the middle of a show and have the screen suddenly start dithering. I understand that has something to do with cable wifi speed. My Samsung smart TV isn't the newest model and I've even had trouble signing up for apps like Hulu to watch ACCN for college football. Again, the dithering in the middle of a game. Very frustrating. I imagine Discovery+ would encounter similar problems.
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3 hours ago, pasdetrois said:
I'm still waiting for Nicole, or another reno show, to deal with asbestos, tube and knob, AC, etc.
Try to find reruns of Mike Holmes shows. He often runs into those problems and other issues in the homes he renovates.
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6 hours ago, NYGirl said:
I loved the neighborhood in last night's show. I wasn't crazy about putting the kitchen in the dining room though. As usual they did a great job. Also, the piano was in the kitchen?
I love the flashback movies to when they were kids. I also love when they bicker..you could tell they are brother and sister.
I have Orthodox Jewish friends who live in that Squirrel Hill neighborhood. If that homeowner is Jewish, perhaps the reason the Fords 'added' the kitchen in the dining room is because she keeps kosher and needs two separate food prep areas.
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On 2/6/2021 at 4:48 PM, amarante said:
I stream a lot of television and I don't have these kinds of issues. The problem is with your internet connection and not with the services as the actual streaming occurs through your Wifi connection and your problems have to do with the speed of your connection.
Glad to hear you don't have a problem with streaming shows on TV. However, I'm sure I'm not the only one who does encounter streaming trouble. I know a couple of friends also have similar problems and they aren't on Comcast--they are WOW and Direct TV customers. I've even had shows cut out when streaming on my computer, which is hard wired via cable and not dependent on WiFi.
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Comcast offers NBC's Peacock streaming service for free. I watched a few programs on it, but with all the buffering and screen freezing it was difficult to watch and enjoy. WE also had the HULU streaming service for a couple months last year to watch college football on the ACC network, which Comcast doesn't broadcast. Again, there was a lot of buffering and freezing mid-show on HULU, both on the Samsung smart TVs and iPad. Because of those experiences I would hesitate to sign up for a streaming service for which I have to pay, I wonder if those of y'all are finding those problems with Discovery+. Any thoughts?
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28 minutes ago, NYGirl said:
Georgia couple. Correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't see a basement in the chandelier house.
It's rare to find a basement in Georgia houses. The ones that have them are usually on a hillside and the "basement: is usually a walk-out style lower floor.
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5 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said:
Yes!!! Why did he have her come over??
To get laid.
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2 hours ago, Spunkygal said:
I usually like every house that this couple does but I wasn’t digging Bowman Cooper’s house. Maybe it’s because I’m old, but I hated the “wine cellar.” I would never sit down there to enjoy a glass of wine. Never. I’d use it for storage. And I guess she could use it if there’s a tornado. I dunno. I also was not a fan of the loft. It was cute but I’d have to wear a backpack if I needed to take something up there with me because I would have a death grip on that ladder. I’d need a hand rail and better footing than what the ladder provided, although it was a cute ladder. I’m not the most graceful person and heaving myself off the ladder to the loft would not be pretty. The pink seemed perfect for Bowman.
Forgot to add...I hated the saying “looking’ good” in penny tile in the bathroom floor. I guess I am really losing touch with decor trends.
Perhaps it's my advanced age as well, but I agree with all you expressed. The wine cellar reminded me of a good spot to wait out a tornado, but too creepy to sit down there drinking wine. When they revealed the kitchen someone said something about friends gathering around the island and I noticed there was no overhang or stools to sit on. Was there a dining table? I don't remember seeing one. I thought they were going to finish the attic as an actual room with a real stairway in place of the fold down attic stairs. It looked like there was enough room for a stairway in that bedroom/study. That ladder didn't seem very substantial and looked kinda shaky whenever anyone was on it. Without actual stairs, the loft was a fail to me.
I'm so tired of the sayings in tile floors and painted or stenciled onto walls.
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20 hours ago, bilgistic said:
I'm absolutely not paying $5 a month for one show.
Last year there was a show I wanted to watch that was offered on the Peacock streaming service. Comcast offers Peacock free so I checked it out. It was very frustrating to watch because every once in a while the picture would freeze and then dither until it was ready to begin streaming again. We had a similar experience with Hulu when we signed up to watch college football on the ACC Network. Unless streaming has improved a great deal there's no way I'd pay for it again.
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2 hours ago, Crashcourse said:
Kauai couple looked old enough to be retired, especially the husband, so maybe the sold their home in California and have retirement savings. I think selling the paintings is extra income, just like her substitute teaching, but not their primary income source. I liked them just having fun and being relaxed.
That's the impression I got as well. She was a "school administrator" in California and probably earned upwards of $100,000 a year. She's likely getting one of those inflated retirement incomes that "educators" are known for out there. They got a pretty good deal on that unfinished condo, but the $1000+ per month assessment was really high on top of a mortgage, unless they made a killing selling a house in California.
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23 minutes ago, Red Bridey said:
I am disliking the extra long background stories the show has included in this season. In the past they would introduce Person with a Horrible Condition, spouse would say (Horrible Condition) has ruined Person's self confidence, then it's off to Dr Lee to cure Horrible Condition. Now there's ten minutes of family/friends discussing Horrible Condition, five more minutes of Person poking, stroking, and palpating Horrible Condition, worrying about if Dr Lee will be able to do something to cure Horrible Condition, and it's all too boring. Let's get right onto the curing, dagnabit. Don't fix what ain't broken!
That's why I record and watch the show on DVR. I fast forward through all the sob stories and angst. We get enough "background" when Person with a Horrible Condition is in Dr. Lee's office and explaining it to her.
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15 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:
The cloudy hot tub because of clothes being worn? What kind of clothes do people wear in a hot tub, a bathing suit sure but clothes? I remember years ago husband number one wanted a hot tub, it came with a VHS tape of directions for the chemicals, spa up, spa down, it was maddening but we did it, tested water, adjusted chemicals and never had cloudy water, we would drain it every so often and clean and wax the inside. I do not miss that spa tub or husband number one.
We had a hot tub and I always wore a bathing suit in it. Hubby went au natural. We never had a real problem with cloudy water, but I was careful to check the PH daily and add the necessary chemicals. You can get quite sick sitting around in hot water that's not properly balanced. As I recall, when we bought the hot tub it came with a beginners supply of chemicals and one of them was a liquid to "repair" cloudy water. I used it a few times when we'd been out of town and the tub chemicals weren't adjusted daily and the water sparkled after dumping some of it in. We usually only emptied the tub when it needed it. It's obvious when it needs to be emptied and scrubbed, especially here in the south where we have pine trees and "pollen season"--even with a lid the yellow crud would get inside and leave a ring around the tub. I don't miss it, although I enjoyed it a lot in my younger days.
The idea that wearing clothing, other than a bathing suit, in a hot tub is just silly. However, lotions or just the natural oil in your skin can change the PH of the water, which is why checking it and maintaining the proper balance is so important.
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8 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:
I don't disagree, but I think they could mud wrestle for that title, and both end up just covered in mud. I can't say I'm surprised by his lawsuit. I thought it rather strange that the show was so out there with the allegations and inuendos about him and his business practices. I wouldn't have thought that there would be solid information/evidence at the time they were filming. We'll see I guess.
The lawsuit doesn't surprise me either. The allegations about him and Alison Victoria's faux angst made the second season of the show unwatchable. Shame on the production company for filming it and HGTV for airing it.
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4 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
I bet one huge piece of evidence will be all of the nasty remarks, and conversations about Donovan right from the TV show. It will be hours and hours of evidence. I'm guessing the raw film footage will have a lot more juicy remarks on it too.
I suspected that Donavan wasn't the total bad guy that Alison made him out to be. She's so arrogant that I have a hard time believing anything she claims.
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1 hour ago, Atlanta said:
When we had our kitchen remodeled, we had the old cabinets installed in our garage for storage.
Yes, these houses seem tiny, but in LA they aren't cheap. I have a friend who a long time ago worked as a celeb personal assistant. She enjoyed her job and only left due to health reasons. If you're interested what it's like to work for celebs/LA rich, this book is great: https://www.amazon.com/Youll-Never-Nanny-This-Again-ebook/dp/B000FCKLX4/ After reading it, I wanted to work for Rhea and Danny. LOL But avoid the Ovitz family at all costs.
Got sick of Zooey and Jonathan and the PDA. Seemed awkward.
It's great that your cabinets were able to be reused like that! We bought some inexpensive cabinets from Lowe's for our garage. If we ever had to replace or kitchen cabinets we wouldn't be able to recycle them because they were custom built in place and, thankfully, are still in good condition after 30+ years. Even if they are the oak that people hate these days. I liked them when we bought our house because they match my oak breakfast room table and antique ice box.
My brother worked for Steven McQueen many years ago and enjoyed being his bodyguard/motorcycle mechanic. Thanks for the tip about the book. Sounds interesting.
The PDA was awkward. I'd probably like this show better with hosts other than the property bros.
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1 hour ago, AZChristian said:
Finally got to watch the new episodes last night. Wow! What they did for Reggie was quite something!
It was a thrill to see him and his entire family so happy.
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On 1/4/2021 at 11:17 PM, toomuchtv said:
My anniversary is May 10th, the year we got married it was the day before Mother’s Day. The thought didn’t even cross our minds when planning and neither of our mothers brought it up. I’m not sure if it even occurred to me until our first anniversary was on Mother’s Day that year and we were trying to find a restaurant and they were all overrun with families celebrating. Now that I’m a mom of young kids our anniversary gets overlooked in favor of Mother’s Day. That could change when they grow up.
Our first choice of wedding day was May 10 (1975) and Mother's Day was the next day. Our priest suggested we change it to the following Saturday, May 17, which we did because on the weekend of Mother's Day he advised us that it would be next to impossible to get flowers and even a cake would be iffy. One week later was no big deal.
That said, I really felt bad for Julia. Future mother-in-law Betty is an insufferable bitch who doesn't seem to realize Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May every year and can fall as late as mid-May.
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14 hours ago, biakbiak said:
Oh wait Rebel Wilson was on so she probably is the least famous.
LOL! Rebel Wilson is one of the few that I actually recognized.
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Am I the only person who hasn't a clue about who some of these "celebrities" are?
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3 hours ago, Empress1 said:
When the Dallas realtor said that couple was the most difficult she’d had in 17 years, I howled. “This is Dallas, we don’t have views!”
Loved the Dallas real estate agent! She should get a medal for putting up with those two.
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What's up with calling the master suite the "main" bedroom & bath? I've noticed that on HH and other HGTV shows.
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9 hours ago, LittleIggy said:
The “mold mansion” is the one that should have been razed. 😷 What a money pit!
I don't believe for a minute that someone with Bryan's experience was surprised by the mold. He commented on the mold smell when they first walked in and it was right out in the open in the basement foundation walls and attic roof. He's playing dumb for drama.
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57 minutes ago, chessiegal said:
No kidding! It looked weird and uncomfortable. I wonder how much it cost.
The room turned out nicely. I thought it fit with the kitchen.
So was this the end of the season? Their talking heads at the end had a feeling of finality.
Found the stool - $1,195. Get rid of a couple more things like this and the husband could have a nice big screen tv and a comfy chair.
That stool was one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. If it were me, I'd return it for a refund, but that homeowner wife seemed like the type who'd like it. Edgy, ya know. The rest of the sun room, as well as the front entryway, did look nice.
The outside of the house didn't look as bad as I thought it would with the dark siding on the new sun room. Glad to see that the husband got something for himself in the garage with all the money spent.
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Rock The Block - General Discussion
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I disliked that ombre tile. It reminded me of what the walls looked like in our neighbor's house after a fire in their attic. Soot dripping down from the ceiling... just no! As a rule, I like Mike Holmes, but it really disgusts me that HGTV is pushing Allison down our throats. Can't stand her.