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   Message 49,910 of 51,410   
   Lewis to Charles Bishop   
   Re: UL: Bob Vila Not Very Nice?   
   30 Oct 15 07:08:29   
   
   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message    
     Charles Bishop  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  George Cornelius  wrote:   
      
   >> longhaircountryboy1@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> > On Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Steven Tyler wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >>equus@mindspring.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >> >>Permit me to join your thread.  Conrad Bains never appeared on Diff'rent   
   >> >>Strokes as a regular character.  He played Mindy's Father in Mork &   
   >> >>Mindy, much as it shames to realize that I still know this fact.  Bains   
   >> >>bought the house from Vila and later sued Vila for fraud and Breach of   
   >> >>Contract (?).  I don't know if the suit was settled yet.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Here's the kicker:  At his deposition, Vila admitted that: A) He had   
   >> >>never worked as a contractor.  B) He had never worked for a contractor.   
   >> >>C) He had never worked as a builder.  This was in a news cast.  I don't   
   >> >>remember the news show.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Thanks,   
   >> >>Steve   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > I actually watched this on court TV, Conrad Janis sued Bob Vila for   
   >> > selling him a crappie house. Bob's defense was, I'm not a carpenter   
   >> > or know anything about the construction business, I'm just a TV host   
   >> > that's all. He just tried to play dumb but the judge wasn't having   
   >> > any of it. Conrad won his case and Bob had to pay for repairs.   
   >>   
   >> Congratulations on responding to an 18 year old thread!   
      
   > Given the traffic on the site of late, I'd welcome comments on 18 yo   
   > threads.   
      
   What site?   
      
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