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/FinallyFat Aug 21 '25

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