Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Apr 27, 2019 23:41:16 GMT
My DS is graduating from an electrical lineman program that pays for your degree and then places you in the area of the state where there is a need for lineman. He will be living in Altoona. Wasn’t there a story about Altoona police on the old board? I was trying to recall the details and drew a blank.
We spent the day checking out rentals. He starts his job on May 13th so he had to find a place quickly. Luckily the second place we saw was an open plan apt. over a huge garage on a beautiful horse farm. He and his girlfriend can ride whenever they want. There is a ton of acreage for hunting and fishing. On one side of the farm is a beautiful Amish farm and on the other side is a country club to which DS will have access.
Every time we passed a police cruiser today I thought of the Peas. And if anyone can remember the story I’d love to hear it!
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Post by ddly on Apr 28, 2019 0:33:14 GMT
Wasn’t it a pea that was going a little cuckoo and people were worried and wanted to call them to check on her?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Apr 28, 2019 0:35:05 GMT
Wasn’t it a pea that was going a little cuckoo and people were worried and wanted to call them to check on her? Close to this. |
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Post by 2marbles on Apr 28, 2019 0:41:07 GMT
I can't find it in the history....although, I am super tired from driving, and it has been so many years...
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Post by Nanner on Apr 28, 2019 1:54:15 GMT
I was here during the blow-up, but I forget it. I'm thinking someone on the board had an issue with someone she worked with (she reported her for something or other) and the kooky pea was going to call the Altoona police on her. I've forgotten the details.
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Post by kate on Apr 28, 2019 1:56:37 GMT
Despite a (relatively) long history with the Peas, I don't remember...
But CONGRATS to your DS - that sounds like a delightful living situation!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 2:06:44 GMT
Congratulations to your DS!!!
Funny how we were all around back then on the old board, but we can't quite recall the details about Altoona!! I do remember that on Larry King's show, it always seemed that people from Altoona would be calling in. He'd say (in his gruff voice), "Altoona, come in........." It became a joke on many threads..........
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 28, 2019 2:25:45 GMT
Haha we used to drive through Altoona when we would drive from MI to VA. The first time we did it after reading that thread I about peed my pants from laughing so hard. My husband thought I was insane and I had to explain it to him. 😂
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Post by Nanner on Apr 28, 2019 4:52:03 GMT
I may be remembering more. Did the co-worker smack the Pea's child? I remember that they worked for a charity or non-profit.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 28, 2019 5:09:26 GMT
If I am not mixing pea lore up, a pea took her kid to work, co-worker swatted/smacked said child. Altoona police were alerted...
Or it was when someone was going to sew us
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Apr 28, 2019 5:41:54 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKY |
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Post by *sprout* on Apr 28, 2019 11:16:24 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKY In all my years of being a pea, I knew the references to Altoona, but never knew the actual story. Thanks for enlightening me!  |
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Post by Judy26 on Apr 28, 2019 13:59:12 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKY In all my years of being a pea, I knew the references to Altoona, but never knew the actual story. Thanks for enlightening me! Thank you! I remember that now. I think I’m going to make a vial decal of a torn bear and stick it on DS’s macho big honking truck. I sure hope the crazy torn bear lady doesn’t own a horse farm! |
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Post by Nanner on Apr 28, 2019 14:46:44 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKYI'm pretty sure the torn things.drama had nothing to do with Altoona. Two separate dramas. |
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Post by flute4peace on Apr 28, 2019 14:47:46 GMT
What the heck is a torn bear?
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Post by prapea on Apr 28, 2019 15:07:42 GMT
I think it was when a pea said she was going to kill herslef, that altoona police were alerted.
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Post by *sprout* on Apr 28, 2019 16:15:01 GMT
I think it was when a pea said she was going to kill herslef, that altoona police were alerted. We had more than 1 pea that this happened to? I remember when a Kansas pea did this (I want to say she faked, though) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 16:19:01 GMT
I think it was when a pea said she was going to kill herslef, that altoona police were alerted. No, that pea was in Kansas and happened several years after Altoona. Altoona May have been referenced though. |
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Post by Rhondito on Apr 28, 2019 16:32:01 GMT
I think it was when a pea said she was going to kill herslef, that altoona police were alerted. We had more than 1 pea that this happened to? I remember when a Kansas pea did this (I want to say she faked, though) I think that was Sassafrass.
The Altoona police pea was crazy.. It's right there and I can't quite remember, ugh! Does Ann Marie ring a bell?
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Post by KelleeM on Apr 28, 2019 17:05:19 GMT
What the heck is a torn bear? Google torn bear paper piecing and click images. 😊 |
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Post by just PEAchy on Apr 28, 2019 17:32:45 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKYI'm pretty sure the torn things.drama had nothing to do with Altoona. Two separate dramas. This is what I remember as well. The original Altoona reference was the coworker/spanked child drama. |
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Post by sasha on Apr 28, 2019 18:03:18 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKYOMG, good times! These were the days when the pea board was addictive! |
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Post by flute4peace on Apr 28, 2019 21:12:03 GMT
What the heck is a torn bear? Google torn bear paper piecing and click images. 😊 Um wow. Sorta cute but not really striking me as hundreds-worthy. |
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Post by *sprout* on Apr 28, 2019 21:55:06 GMT
We had more than 1 pea that this happened to? I remember when a Kansas pea did this (I want to say she faked, though) I think that was Sassafrass.
The Altoona police pea was crazy.. It's right there and I can't quite remember, ugh! Does Ann Marie ring a bell?
Sassafrass! That's it! I somehow missed the original Altoona drama. I remember the aftermath, so to speak, but missed how it started. |
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Post by Sarah*H on Apr 28, 2019 23:41:23 GMT
Apropos of nothing, my family drove through Altoona twice yesterday and the first time, saw a terrible car accident with many Altoona police officers and first responders on site. The interwebz are a weird, weird place.  |
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Post by Sarah*H on Apr 28, 2019 23:42:25 GMT
There was also definitely something about a scrapobook store in Altoona and murders in Ocean City, MD. I think this story was unrelated to the Altoona police post though.
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Apr 29, 2019 6:40:33 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKYI'm pretty sure the torn things.drama had nothing to do with Altoona. Two separate dramas. Yeah, I thought that too, but this was what I found. |
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Post by ddly on Apr 29, 2019 10:01:50 GMT
The interwebs never disappoint: There was this crazy woman who used to buy torn bear paper piecings from EBAY. She would drive up the price like crazy. She would pay $200+ for these bears. The peas noticed it was the same woman buying them and a thread got started. As usual the woman showed up on the thread and the pile on began. She threatened to sew everyone and to file harassment charges with the Altoona police. It was classic two peas drama. She claimed she was wealthy and could afford whatever she wanted, posted pictures of her fancy watch and home. It was classic. LINKYThe torn bear pieces! LOL 😂 |
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Post by wholarmor on Apr 25, 2023 23:20:43 GMT
And Sassafrass didn't have her co-worker smack her child, but she did brag about smacking her (adopted) children- which caused a big stir as I remember. And yeah, she had her husband come on and say she had committed suicide. Some crazy times!
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Post by cecilia on Apr 25, 2023 23:47:43 GMT
And Sassafrass didn't have her co-worker smack her child, but she did brag about smacking her (adopted) children- which caused a big stir as I remember. And yeah, she had her husband come on and say she had committed suicide. Some crazy times! I missed this I guess? I joined in 2004 and it was hit or miss for a while if I would get on/read the boards. |
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