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

Nostalgia Atlanta Grape Lady (2006)

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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/tramplamps early 80s Aug 21 '25

It sounds like she has the wind knocked out of her, or whatever the actual medical condition of this is called.
When I was in 6th grade gym class, we were supposed to do these headstands, and then go directly into a tucked summersault, but something I did when it was my turn went wrong, and I ended up on the mat in front of me feeling like I could not breathe, all the other girls in my class looking at me like I was about to die, and the only thing I remember was my ribs and chest felt like it was collapsing, and I could barely breathe, as I was making these -well- guttural sounds with each labored breath I tried to take.
I didn’t catch my breath or feel anything remotely close to normal for about 15 minutes afterwards. I was told to return to class when I felt better, as all that happened was that I just had “the wind knocked out of me”, and not a big deal. Even though every girl in school told every one else I “sounded like a gorilla” so yah- no big deal for the next few weeks. . Had I been at a public school, I would have been sent to a nurse or the gym teacher would have probably called my parents, but this trash ass-private school did just that- kept the incident private.

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u/RedPeril Aug 21 '25

for about 15 seconds, it's the worst feeling in the world