The Chateau Diaries #94 I predict there is more growth in Tattle.Life than your gardens come spring.

[OhIDontKnow...]

I just saw the beginning of Selmar and Tattys latest. I made it about half a minute. OMG. Her car is a complete junker and he’s to work on getting it running. And she wants people to invest in her. Oh they are idiots showing this. She can’t even maintain a car. I hope he just moves to England and stays there.

 

[Ginginger]

These are my favs from thread #47! I’ll choose one by Wed. All so very good!

the "narrative" has become a dark and forbidding sea of deceit, avarice and arrogant contempt @NotAChatelaine

@arwensgal1975 Ain't no scandal, us Tattlers can't handle

Obviously it pays off to humiliate oneself on you tube....unfortunately.... @sissel sid

Perhaps you could make Michael Petherick July's GAG charity beneficiary? @MojoDublin

@Seeingitasitis No longer Doing It himself. Just doing everyone else

@OhIDontKnow...:This Pether-Train-Wreck has certainly DERAILED!! All of Chateaux Land must be agog!

The Goons were in a strata of their own; this bunch is seriously low end mediocre. @BlackWolf

@Thecheshirecat 'Gullibles Travels' - a book by Jonathan Grift!

Run Selmar Run @LonePalm

Gibson said: .... they are trying to play the homophobic angle to cover up their grifting

......I was hoping Curtain Boy would tell him he was a ugly begging witch ! @Pekey

And as the (very horrible) song says, " Money can't buy you class". @Arfarf AND.... Snorts has a camel toe AGAIN

No..... its not drugs --- its his Boy Friend's shiny teeth that is blinding him! @Pekey

I'm a scroungerphobe ... @the TaxInspector

Viewers are only good when they make money for them. @OldSoul

leads one to believe that something is not quite right and that Selmar is being used, perhaps as her stepping stone to fame and fortune (??????) @Welsh-chatelaine

@KiKiGee What's up with the motel art??? Their taste level is very telling.

@CountessPompidoo She's totally delusional. She's spending champagne money on beer ideas !

@Mummy Dearest Claim something is $14,000
when it’s actually $4000 and pocket what wasn’t used

In Stephanese, it makes perfect sense. In English, it sounds more convoluted.

@OneMoonbeam a side of hantavirus along with the charcuterie boards and cheap wines....


Sherrie Petherick
Stephanie receives over €30k per month in patreon. We have to work and make vlogs.
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@Bored Mermaid CC


@Gibson
'Doing it to others.'
We are a lifestyle channel, promoting all that is not DIY.
My story of love, life and grifting.

@plopityplop2 Fed up of SJ acting as if she’s the Don of the Chateau mafia

@Clara Burnett she films other people who create "content" for her.

@Jikki2 Do you really want to know the logistics of gay sex with twins?

@Arfarf Or did Andrew already escape?

@OneMoonbeam Fake subs don't support Patreon ye wee idgit it's all smoke and mirrors

@Seeingitasitis My mother cannot stay awake for 24/7 to delete the negative comments.

@MojoDublin Think this is definitely the
Petherick summer of discontent

@Jikki2 Today we're gonna tour Le Mans with facts from Wikipedia. Rejoice!

 

[Le Baiseur]

I just saw the beginning of Selmar and Tattys latest. I made it about half a minute. OMG. Her car is a complete junker and he’s to work on getting it running. And she wants people to invest in her. Oh they are idiots showing this. She can’t even maintain a car. I hope he just moves to England and stays there.

Perhaps things wouldn't have gone south so quickly if they didn't put the chateau purchase at the forefront of their plan and just focused on selling tickets to their event instead? Still though, it smells of Fyre Festival.

BTW, why does T always appear to be on the brink of an ambien passout?

 

[Chocolategoggler]

I found a video last year on Eventbrite during lockdown, showing you how to do. The main point was make all your foliage go in the same direction round the base and it will look good, which I didn't know being a complete beginner.

I sympathise. . Falling is horrible. I hope you get better soon.
I had my third booster last week, decided I would go for a walk in the park , despite feeling groggy (this was 10 hours after the shot) and blacked out, falling over a low wall in the process. No one saw me, luckily, and I only had injured dignity. I lay on the grass feeling very stupid for a moment. Should have listened to the people at the vaccine clinic.
Can we Tartlets manage to stay upright?

Thanks for this. I was thinking eucalyptus then it lasts all year and can be changed about.
Know what you mean about the booster. I had the Moderna which put me in bed for 2 days and the effects started almost immediately but wore off in 3 days. Luckily I didn't fall but I understand injured dignity as I am always falling - runs in the family!

 

[nastynan13]

At this point, they’re so far away from the goal that it’s almost unsportsmanlike for me to even comment or poke fun at it…it’s like “kicking them when they’re down.”

I do have to agree. I think they are far down. My husband was asking about SJ's involvement with so many ppl trying to start up something YouTube or chateau etc. I said I have a weird feeling that she enjoys their failures and I can't put my finger on why

 

[Wilhelm]

oh please no no, no warm blooded animal to be left in SJ's care, she only likes the chickens and peacocks and rats and hedgehogs. Please no dog that needs love and affection she has none to give!

And she should find a better and more responsible home for those poor chickens and peacocks and sheep and Ruby!Hedgehogs better stay away too ,lalande is full of bonfires,diggers and mowers....

 

[Perplexed bee]

YouTube

www.youtube.com

This just came up in my feed - a bit chateau related and I expect the author has Tattler genes and boy!!! did she cheer me up. Wouldn't it be great if he/she did one of the chateau diaries???
p.s. keep the pause button handy and apologies if I haven't done it right but I struggle with all this new technology
Gotta be a girl doing this surely ! We know what we're like!!

I'm sorry, but the link didn't work... you could just name the YT channel name, and we could find it. Talking about YT, and derailing a bit, who has seen J. Baumgartner's video today (I know there are quite a few fans here), that was something!

 

[dumbblonde]

These were the nominations in thread #29 ready for #30

@claraburnett :The chateau Diaries #30 Church of Stephanoligy: Hey Hey, Ho Ho Sir Snortalot has got to go
@claraburnett :The chateau Diaries #30 Church of Stephanoligy: The Charlatan Chatelaine & the French Heritage Society
@prettyplease : "The Chateau Diaries #30 The Church of Stephinology: I smell a rat: the Stephanie Jarvis Story”
@Phoenix Richards-Bingham : “The Chateau Diaries #30 I see London, I see France. I can see she’s not wearing underpants”?
@definetlymaybe :"The chateau Diaries #30 Church of Stephanoligy: The Charlatan Chatelaine & the French Heritage Society"
@stella65 : "The chateau Diaries #30 Church of Stephanoligy: supporting the greedy not the needy"

"The Charlatan Chatelaine & the French Heritage Society" was picked ,
but my personal favorite remains - "Hey Hey, Ho Ho Sir Snortalot has got to go"

 

[nastynan13]

Glad to hear you are improving bit by bit and I hope your progress to full health gets faster. What you have been through sounds awful
The wreaths the friendly shopkeeper was making were pretty, rather like the ones you get on market stalls, with cinnamon sticks and orange slices Very festive. They were being sold as soon as she'd made them. Anything festive was going like hot cakes as Haworth was so busy. They were not as creative as Marie's but she was doing fine.

Oh thank goodness!! I'm so glad they were selling@ i was worried Marie's were selling and hers were not -but PHEWF!!

Thank you -it's getting slowly slow better. I will say, it's massively depressing BUT!! Tiny steps! They still get you there. The year I severed my Achilles I was traveling far too soon after that and we went to Paris. When my husband saw the steps to Montmarte (sp?) He said how on earth are you going to do this 10 at a ttime. 10 then rest. 10nmore then rest. It's just like how do you eat an elephant-one bite at a time (not that I would ever do that to any animal, much less such a majestic one)

 

[Chocolategoggler]

I'm sorry, but the link didn't work... you could just name the YT channel name, and we could find it. Talking about YT, and derailing a bit, who has seen J. Baumgartner's video today (I know there are quite a few fans here), that was something!

See I told you I was crap at this! It is the CTippy YT channel and the one called what. the. fuuuuu Elizabeth Bennett being iconic for more than 6 minutes straight
Am currently watching the Darcy staring one which is the male point of view and was wondering to myself how the sainted Heathcliff might comment on this......
I also note there is a Poldark one.
Wish someone could do this to the Chateau Diaries.......
I am watching it on a 60 inch telly which might make a difference.

 

[nastynan13]

And, if I remember correctly, she was possibly even posting on here at that time. At least there was certainly someone posting about SJ’s singing abilities in a way only a mother could post.

Was her mother posting things like: she has a beautiful voice, she sings like and angel etc? Because I literally have no idea who told this woman she can sing. It's freaking painful

Weird though-doesnt ANYONE else tell their kid -ya, you are sooo not good at that, or it's not your thing? I do. I crazy harsh on some things -but if my kid sang like that... oh.. no, I would say-have you tried ballet‽ I mean... its so bad.

I LOVE that IJ has been reading this. I think mummy may have been a bit competitive with princess

 

[Arfarf]

Lalande is very busy to delete any comments about PhiPhi's advice to watch the ads for their revenue.

And they are still answering the nice comments. And liking ALL of them...

What's happening at Lalande ? Are they bored ? Or worried ?

They are busy, busy, busy perpetuating the unreality of their lives and keeping up the lies that keep their idiotic cult members in the dark so as to keep their spending money rolling in.

 

[Reader's digest]

Selmar and Tatty must still be asleep or have given up deleting.
Delores has questions. My guess, this will be the event's sleeping arrangements.
TICK TOCK...

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Dolores Du Bois
10 minutes ago
You need more specifics. Lack of information makes you seem vague and uncertain. How can you sell tickets to events in a chateau you don't own? Have the current owners agreed to this? Say so, if so! Is there a limit to the number of attendees? 1) What does the ticket for the events include? 2) Where do visitors eat? Sleep? 3) Are there accommodations in town/s nearby? Do owners of B&B's, Guest Houses hotels, restaurants and cafes know of your plans and are they prepared to house and feed your ticket buyers? It would be helpful to have a listing of businesses in nearby towns who are informed about the events and happy to serve your Event attendees. Questions about children and pets, types of food and sleeping accommodation - what to do in case of inclement weather? I assume you do not want a repeat of Woodstock, this is a different population. When you speak of Portable Toilets, alarm bells go off! Details, details, details, please!


Gnarbel Jo
22 minutes ago
There’s no need for offensive comments. When following this my thoughts are that one possible obstacle here is you may have misunderstood the interests of the loyal audience of Chateau-channels. What I mean is my impression or assumption is the main interests of the followers (those who don’t simply see this as entertaining reality TV but also contrubute in some way) is in the renovation and management, custodianship, and investment (in all sense of the term) of Chateaux with a very real history, very real practical needs, in a wider and deeper context than just someones home or a location for a business. This forum is quite special and different from other media audiences this way.

I wouldn’t be too sure it’s the right target group for events, for business start ups, or people interested in fantasy-scripts and fantasy-history, fairytales etc.

I may be totally wrong, and in a way I hope I am as it would be intereating to see you take a ahot at this venture. But in my experience people with a slightly nerdy interest in actual historic conservation are not amused by fantasy-genre production and are interested in the very real challenges financial and practical of preservation amd maintenance of places that represent actual history with just as fascinating albeit perhaps more subtle stories in the masonry and woodwork to be uncovered and discovered, and cared for in the process of renovating a grand property of regional significance. I understand your concept here, and like Selmar said, it’s not very different than selling tickets to a dance festival, rave event or a food festival etc. But in order to sell those tickets you have to present an attractive line up of DJ’s and production teams involved, or chefs and wineproducers represented, and the location whilst important for setting the scene (whether it be a techno festival in the desert or woods, a food festival in a French villeage or Paris fairground, it’s secondary and not the main focus.

Events can be arranged in various locations, and the followers here are interested in locations not festivals. Everyone has been exited to hear you have plans to invest in the Chateau life yourselves on your own as a couple. The surprize is you’ve chosen a huge one you can’t possibly afford to maintain. Regardless of how you manage to raise funds for the purchase.

Being handly won’t cover the costs. It’s a huge responsibility to take on running a house and grounds like this, and very different from writing or event planning. And besides this businessplan of hosting events, it’s quite unclear (at least to me) how you’ve planned this work financially and practically for the near future of at least a few years not to mention a long term lifestyle commitment.

And that’s the bit that this audience is invested in.
It’s like you’ve skipped this entire subject. Also, this audience hasn’t seen you arrange any event of your own yet. As a media communications professional I think you understand the value it would entail to first create something engaging of your own, in any capacity on any location, aquiring interest and followers that would be happy to invest in more of the same, or more extravagant events.

This following would be interested regardless of the chosen millieu too.
Perhaps in a variety of different type events, who knows? It’s not that the businessplan isn’t a cool one and doable, it’s just an entirely separate topic than that of running a grand house. And I can’t figure out why you seem unaware of this. I watch many Chateau channels and other channels about unusual comitted totally submerged lifestyles. Ones that require an extreme passion for the commitment at hand and the tough requirements involved to manage, maintain and enjoy them fully. If someone want’s to buy an old barge and sail the seven seas, but I’ve not seen them sail a boat and they’re selling tickets for a cruise between Martinique and Guadeloupe before puchasing the vessel….well that’s a long shot. If they want me to invest in their Etsy shop where they sell model boats in order to buy the barge, that’s an even longer shot. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

How do you expect to maintain ship? What’s the budget for all the work on the hull, the leaks and damage from the elements?
Do I care about model ships? Would I buy a model ship of an epic barge already up and sailing against the odds I follow?
More likeley at least. Like
I’ve stated elsewhere on Chateau channels; there’s a huge difference between owning a French Chateau or English Manor, and owning a rare expensive vehicle.
One some people may not understand. You cannot own or purchase history.
Even with a fortune invested you remain custodian and caretaker for a very brief period of the houses existance. That requires a huge commitment and serious passion for history, culture, context and living without modern comforts. I’m sad to see a few who don’t quite realize this and just do as they please with some estates, thankfully not most who chose the challenge.

Anyway, just my two cents. I really do wish you the best of luck!

Karina Vrijdaghs
28 minutes ago
My comment is by no means intended to be negative or destructive, only to point out the need of realistic planning. I have watched this video twice, to be sure my first impression was founded. It seems to me that these two people, how good their intentions may be, are deluded and very naïve. Have they started to organize these events, contacting insurance companies, legal advisors, suppliers, personnel? Have they started to produce the merchandise they will sell? Have they started to contact specialized people to work out the on line participation in the events? Do they have the necessary funds for all that? It seems to me that all they have done, until now, is the designing of three articles, like T-shirts. It is no good to say "it is all right there", because nothing is there, really, at this moment. Or "we prepared it for years in our head". Also, instead of learning English, shouldn't they rather learn French? It has been very difficult to watch the whole video without having the feeling this is all so terribly childish, and therefore dangerous when playing with big amounts of money and the goodwill of people, the present owners of the château in the first place. They seem to ask everybody to do it for them (pay tickets for events they are just dreaming of, asking a lot of people to go as volunteer workers, leave positive comments, watch out the commercials) instead of working themselves and take the necessary risks. Also, they should be aware that owning a château implies big costs for repairs and maintenance, all the time. We have seen some success stories, but only of hard working people who are producing You Tube videos constantly and moreover organize B&B, weddings, events, etcetera. We have also seen people who could not afford the maintenance of their château and had to sell (It's a wonderful world). So please, Selmar and Tatiana : "When are you gonna come down, when are you going to land?"

Good job, Tati. Free advice!

 

[shaken&stirred]

What I can't help but find funny is that the two volunteers are of his generation and are who, in a typical scenario, would be dating and flirting with. I wonder if that comes to mind when Stephanie is with 20-something women, if she realizes that's the age he probably should be dating, and that she's much more mature ...and by that I mean "mature" with stress on the quotation marks

That would be a normal response but the “mature” person would have to be self aware. Fanny thinks everyone should be happy to be in her orbit, freezing and unpaid. (Except for Squirrel and his generous rations).

 

[Reader's digest]

Best of "The Chateau Diaries #39 The Grifterista Social Club"

"Honey for pomerol" by # purejuice

The one where Heathcliffe has a lot of rants about inner beauty
and S got a bedroom with a picture of a dead body assigned.
Phil has a " separate bedroom" and no dessert.
Marie does not want to be told what to do.
And best picture ever

@Jeeves

 

[shaken&stirred]

They are busy, busy, busy perpetuating the unreality of their lives and keeping up the lies that keep their idiotic cult members in the dark so as to keep their spending money rolling in.

The cult is probably ecstatic with their hearts. Envision a candlelit supper at your obnoxious neighbor’s house where she rolls out her computer desk to show you the “heart” on her comment.

 

[LaFrancaise123]

When my husband saw the steps to Montmarte (sp?) He said how on earth are you going to do this 10 at a ttime. 10 then rest. 10nmore then rest. It's just like how do you eat an elephant-one bite at a time (not that I would ever do that to any animal, much less such a majestic one)

There is a funicular in Montmartre (since 1900) to help people

 

[Freesia54]

Someone posted an attachment of the live chat and it was mentioned that maybe Snorts can make it to South Africa if and when they go?
Then this pic popped up on my feed and I couldn't resist posting. Merely as a warning as to what can happen to large nostrils for instance if one was to go on a Safari. Amazing photography though.

 

[Bleu Lala]

At this point, they’re so far away from the goal that it’s almost unsportsmanlike for me to even comment or poke fun at it…it’s like “kicking them when they’re down.”

Every time I read another Selmar & Tatty post the lyrics to The Way, by Fastball pop into my head.
"But where were they going without even knowing the way?"


They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down
They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

 

[Green Fairy]

I'm sorry, but the link didn't work... you could just name the YT channel name, and we could find it. Talking about YT, and derailing a bit, who has seen J. Baumgartner's video today (I know there are quite a few fans here), that was something!

Baumgarten's video was phenomenal. Julian is so skilled. Can't wait for part 2.