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Wracking my brain

stilltamn8r — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:34:16 GMT

Trying to remember a poster from years past who had a very dramatic story of posting on VP while watching her house burn down.. Didn't she say it was caused by a malfunctioning electric blanket?

Anyway...trying to remember her name...anyone?....anyone?

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brii — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:35:28 GMT

I don't remember her name? Farley?

Wasn't there somebody that was posting from the emergency room too? Was that the same person?

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nunya — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:37:43 GMT

Farley posted from her car after her house was destroyed, I thought by fire or flooding. Her husband fell thru the roof while repairing it.

I don't know if that's the same poster Tam is asking about tho.

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:44:07 GMT

I can't remember her name, but emergency room posting sounds familiar- she had quite a saga....

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Preds — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:48:47 GMT

I've heard the stories of the ER poster, but not the house one. Was before my time I guess. I watched my house flood from the couch at FIL's. They kept showing it on the news because they were launching boats in to save our neighbors who didn't follow us out. Darn, I should have been a poster back then. LOL

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:50:15 GMT

Yeah Preds, it was way before 2012... it was pretty bizarre...sorry about your house...

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Preds — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:52:29 GMT

On 5/9/2014 stilltamn8r said:
Yeah Preds, it was way before 2012... it was pretty bizarre...sorry about your house...

Thanks. Too bad she's not here anymore.....sounds like a lot of fun.

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 09 May 2014 14:53:35 GMT

Actually, it WAS pretty entertaining at times....

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lulu2 — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:06:33 GMT

Wasn't she suing QVC because the blanket (or heating pad?) was faulty?

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nunya — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:13:18 GMT

On 5/9/2014 lulu2 said:
Wasn't she suing QVC because the blanket (or heating pad?) was faulty?

oh I remember that. It was a heating pad that caught the recliner on fire.

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DREAMON — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:18:53 GMT

After living through Hurricane Sandy and watching the destruction of my entire area on TV while staying at my DD's after we were evacuated...I can tell you the last thing on my mind was posting anywhere...... or even thinking about a computer. I find that really hard to believe.

Posting from the ER is equally as bizarre to me. When I am in the Emergency Room I am more concerned about the emergency at hand....but I guess some people think differently.

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Surfnturf — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:21:37 GMT

First came ER Doc. That happened right before I starting posting. Then came Farley, and the fire. She was supposedly posting during the fire and her husband's injury fighting it. The heating pad story came from yet another poster who lived out west. Farley lived in southern Maryland, not too far from me.

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lulu2 — Fri, 09 May 2014 15:25:08 GMT

Was the heating pad poster (from California) the same poster who wrote personalized children books? That one was always asking posters their grandchildrens' names, so she could personalize a book. (yeah, right)

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stilltamn8r — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:07:44 GMT

Dang!!!! We could write a book after all we have read and heard here!!!!

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Preds — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:20:49 GMT

On 5/9/2014 stilltamn8r said: Dang!!!! We could write a book after all we have read and heard here!!!!

There are probably a few posters working on that right now. Shouldn't be long before one of them come out.

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Free2be — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:21:35 GMT

My only recollection about the woman's house fire from the malfunctioning heating pad was that her father lived in close proximity and she would have to move in with him, with trepidation. They had a difficult relationship.

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Surfnturf — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:27:11 GMT

On 5/9/2014 lulu2 said:
Was the heating pad poster (from California) the same poster who wrote personalized children books? That one was always asking posters their grandchildrens' names, so she could personalize a book. (yeah, right)

Yes, I'm almost positive she lived in Cali. I didn't want to say so in case I was wrong, but your post reinforces my belief that she lived there.

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Moonlady — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:30:00 GMT

OFPS, that's just what I'd do--post here while my house was burning down.

*sigh*

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tansy — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:34:34 GMT

On 5/9/2014 Preds said:
On 5/9/2014 stilltamn8r said: Dang!!!! We could write a book after all we have read and heard here!!!!

There are probably a few posters working on that right now. Shouldn't be long before one of them come out.

How about a reality show? Maybe Board Wars?

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Preds — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:40:02 GMT

On 5/9/2014 tansy said:
On 5/9/2014 Preds said:
On 5/9/2014 stilltamn8r said: Dang!!!! We could write a book after all we have read and heard here!!!!

There are probably a few posters working on that right now. Shouldn't be long before one of them come out.

How about a reality show? Maybe Board Wars?

Now your talking! WOO HOO