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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:41 PM Original message |
Family Dumps Elderly Aunt, Goes To Disney |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. The happiest place on earth! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Poor aunt beverly! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. "You've just abandoned your elderly aunt... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. . |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. . |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. People have lost their sense of responsibilty to each other |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like the poor woman will be better off with strangers. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. More endearing red state "family values!" |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. North Carolina is now a blue state. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. well, you're right -- and two Demo ladies (Gov., Senate) to boot! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Now, there are family values in action. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds like people who watch National Lampoon's Vacation too much. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I was thinking the exact same thing. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Isn't it fun having a twisted mind, and meeting other twisted minds on the Interwebs? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Great minds and all... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
72. That would take this from being like National Lampoon's Vacation ... |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Was going to say the same thing |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
68. That's the first thing I though - just from the headline. eom |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Apparently Aunt Ruth has no appreciable assets to |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Disposable senior citizens. This is making me cry. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know anything about this woman or her family...but |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, but ... heading to Disney World right after dumping the old lady? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Hmm...so you're asking for understanding for people |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. What a lovely post |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. We don't all have the same skill set and we don't know the story. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wonder how long Aunt Ruth had been with them |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. +1 on everything Warpy said here (nm) |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bad karma, look what she is modelling for her kids. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wanted to take my Mom with us to Disneyland on the day after Christmas, |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. good for you. At least you know what is important. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. and yet they still haven't learned anything from it... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. how sad for them. They will be old, or disabled, or sick one day and have that much more |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I agree, and I can see it coming for them. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. You have a stupid family |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Good point, but that's the wrong reason for bringing her along. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Wrong reasons can bring about right thinking |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. You two will have an amazing time together. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I remember when I was a kid, they somehow got my grandmother onto the |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Looks like the Mark Twain is fully accessible |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's almost the plot of National Lampoon's Vacation |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Would you rather he slipped her into the night deposit box, Ellen? nt |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. They did the right thing. In the wrong way. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Okay but when did people get that fucking stupid? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. One would hope that it's also been thus.... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. nah, that's a new kinda stupid. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. kinda surprising that they ever took care of that aunt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What I find incredibly sad are the people in nursing homes |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Don't be silly. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. What I find weird about this story |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. WWMMD |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. i hope this family thinks long and hard. because there will come a day |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. I advocate the application of capital punishment in this case |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Or at least corporal punishment... |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. obviously the pressure of this imploding economy made them do it |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. 96-year-old woman recovering; guardian plans to seek charges |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
66. Thanks for the update! nt |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Imogene Coca? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
71. That is exactly what I thought of too |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Is this Christian values? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. is it like donating to Goodwill? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. one day this cretin will be as old as her aunt and no doubt, her children will treat her the same. |
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DarbyUSMC (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. This would be my guess: |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. Somehow, I don't think Disney is going to do a commercial about this |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. true . n/t |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. It would be one everyone would remember though |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. So they let just ANYONE into Disneyand? |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. I bet she took her aunt's Social Security Check to Disneyland |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
63. Did they drive her all the way to FL before dumping to make sure she |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. My parents and I took my 85 year old Grandma on a cruise with us. Pathetic people. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
65. Now if they took a Disney cruise they could have pushed her overboard and sued Disney |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. There is a larger story in this screwed up mess |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
70. Just reading the headline word "dumps" gave me a flashback to the flick "Vacation" |
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