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Post by success19 on Aug 5, 2010 0:17:11 GMT -5
Hoarding show is repeating on those 2 days. This is the one with I think it was 75 tons of stuff hauled out or such.
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Aug 5, 2010 12:09:57 GMT -5
wow that is a lot of junk...75tons is 150,000 lbs
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Aug 5, 2010 16:39:07 GMT -5
I am watching now....it was huge mess...wow were they lucky no fire....
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Aug 6, 2010 19:51:06 GMT -5
again I spent the afternoon watching this show...it is amazing where they had gotten to....it was really amazing....she had some kind of income to keep buying all this stuff she had in that house....wowwie  |
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Post by success19 on Aug 7, 2010 3:08:18 GMT -5
Actually she wasted so much money - I bet they are in debt or savings all gone - sad - they could live another 30 years - and could use that money - look at the waste - huge house - full of stuff that basically mostly got trashed. I think unless a person watches this show - it would be impossible to understand how much stuff she had.
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Post by serenitynow on Aug 7, 2010 8:46:16 GMT -5
On the Oprah message board one person who actually saw the warehouse said the show didn't begin to do it justice! She said it was incredible...and most of it was junk.
People were given a bag they could fill for $20 and she returned the bag.
Sad. The blurb at the end said that 3 years later, the house was still clean!
Good luck to them. Happy endings are few and far between.
serenitynow
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Post by Chris on Aug 7, 2010 9:14:36 GMT -5
I couldn't get past the huge spacious house full of stuff -- and the big money it all represented.
I guess I'm petty and jealous. I've worked so hard to overcome so much but my self and my house would not be pretty enough for Oprah or HGTV -- so I fall into the jealousy pit I guess. Like there they go helping people that have a giant fancy house and lots of money. My perceptions could be all wrong I realize. It just always triggers something like that in me.
I'm not upset that they helped this family - I think that is great. I just mourn for those who may be more deserving and/or needy but won't fit the profile of these type of shows.
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Post by success19 on Aug 7, 2010 12:15:19 GMT -5
I suspect they bought the house back in the day when houses were cheaper - probably it is all paid for or a cheap bill each month - can't imagine the cost of heating or cooling a huge house like that. Oprah did feature a woman named Carol at one point - would love an update on her - see how she is doing.
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Post by Arid on Aug 7, 2010 12:38:57 GMT -5
Chris: Number 1--you are a beautiful person, in all ways, so you need have no concerns there!
Secondly, I think that they chose this house and this lady for a special reason. Think about it: most people think that squalorous people are broke (as in, dire financial straits), uneducated, ***, and/or disabled. Here, we have a beautiful, healthy-looking lady with a beautiful looking home. This puts a whole different "spin" on most people's perception of squalor, don't you think? In other words, one doesn't have to be "trailer trash," etc. to have squalor. ANYONE, from any walk of life, can be living in squalor.
Here's what concerned me: they went on and on about how full of mold the home was, how sick some of the people who worked at the clean-out became, how the lady of the house had a persistent cough, and how entire walls had to be ripped out and replaced due to the black mold contamination--yet, they turned right around and sold those contents to innocent, unsuspecting people!! Just think about the number of asthma attacks that must have ensued after those purchases were made!! Probably, some people got sick just from looking at the stuff, even if they didn't buy a single thing. (And how many of us could have attended that "garage" sale without buying SOMETHING?!!! Yeah; right!)
Also, I think that the reason that they sold the things for so very little money was to make the point that even though hoarders think that their "treasures" are oh, so, so valuable, at the end of the day, they are worth very, very little.
Arid
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Post by puppybox on Aug 7, 2010 17:22:56 GMT -5
i thought it was wonderful what a loving couple they were, they had that huge problem and they were still so in love., after more than 30 years. they didn't blame and condemn each other, you didn't get any sense at all of them doing it when the cameras weren't there either.
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Post by bigtimetroubles on Aug 7, 2010 20:23:45 GMT -5
yes her hubby put up with alot and Oprah asked him...he said it just seemed that things kept on coming in and he never thought anything of it....wow
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Post by puppybox on Aug 7, 2010 21:53:16 GMT -5
oh he had 35 years of paperwork hoarded too. couldnt get rid of any paper without shredding it- but didn't shred it. he needs your dog, BTT.
and he should have got her a counselor, not just let her get worse and worse.but as I said, they didn't blame each other, and were so loving, it touched me.
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Post by serenitynow on Aug 7, 2010 23:59:54 GMT -5
I thought the same thing, Arid. All those stuffed animals lying in piles for years, collecting dust mites and who knows what else :-0
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Post by serenitynow on Aug 8, 2010 0:05:24 GMT -5
[ Oprah did feature a woman named Carol at one point - would love an update on her - see how she is doing. [/quote]
She was a classic case of someone hoarding after major trauma. She was in touch on the old board quite some time ago.
I doubt she would even accept an offer to return. She was very unhappy with the way she was treated, both on the show as well as off.
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Post by fluffernut - now Jannie on Aug 8, 2010 9:44:22 GMT -5
Very emotional shows! I can relate to the woman. I don't particularly like Peter Walsh. I think he is mean. But the wonderful people at Step out of Squalor are nice. You don't condemn or act Holier Than Thou. One thing struck me-it took a crew of 100 eight weeks to clea out that house. That works out to 800 weeks for one person- about 15 years.
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