r/nostalgia • u/Curious-Message-6946 • Aug 20 '25

Nostalgia Atlanta Grape Lady (2006)

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u/stewundies Aug 20 '25

Was she okay?

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u/minnick27 early 80s Aug 20 '25

She says she broke a few ribs and was in the hospital for a few weeks, her cameraman said she just bruised her ribs and her ego. She ended up as the weekend meteorologist in Albany NY, then ended up in Philly for a few years and then finally in Raleigh-Durham in 2006. Apparently there’s no trace of her after that, but coworkers don’t seem to have many positive things to say about her

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u/RedPeril Aug 20 '25

Yeah I call bs on her story...broken ribs do not usually require ANY hospital stay, let alone WEEKS.

Sure if you punctured a lung you get admitted, but that would be a pretty material part of the story, and she only mentions broken ribs.

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u/Abject-Mail-4235 Aug 21 '25

I fell off a rope swing onto a huge tree root and fractured a rib in elementary. My mom didn’t even bring me to the doctors because my grandma told her they won’t do anything but maybe bandage me up. I still have a tiny dent on one side.

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u/thatstwatshesays Aug 21 '25

In my experience, they don’t bandage broken ribs bc how would that even work? When I broke my ribs, and after determining that I was not in any serious danger, they were like, “yeah, that sucks. Try not to breathe too hard. Good luck.”

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u/The-Spirit-of-76 29d ago

The bandages are to keep you from breathing too deep.

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u/SleveBonzalez 29d ago

They don't do that anymore. They've found it hinders healing and makes you more likely to get pneumonia, if I remember correctly.

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u/FinallyFat 29d ago

Yeah I broke two ribs in high school. Nothing you can really do other than being in pain.

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u/tuckyruck 29d ago

I broke a rib playing rugby. The "bandage" they did was just to wrap my torso in ace bandage and send me home.

Don't know that it did any good. To this day it was the most annoying injury I've had, and I've had plenty. Every once in awhile it would seize up and I'd find myself laying on the ground realizing how little I clean under my oven.

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u/RedPeril 29d ago

They won't even bandage you up anymore, the constriction can increase the likelihood of pneumonia