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Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Oh! Oh! I bet we're going to see some fur fly (& I don't refer to the animal critters roaming the plains).

"Let Them Drink Their Haterade" (Lake Manyara, Tanzania)
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Yep Folks, in case you didn't notice, ol' Bisc is running a tad late tonight - but she wouldn't forget you!

My TAR & Survivor loving Kid Sis (& her two Shitzu pups) moved in with me one week ago today from Phoenix. Wasting no time, she had them install a satellite dish and tivo on Wednesday. So, we've been tivoin' fools in catching up on our political shows tonite. As usual, I'm finding it's a whole lot more fun watching TAR/Surv with another junkie!

ETA: hehehe, tomorrow she's taking me to test drive the spanking new recliners that Sis and my Big Bro found. So we can all watch in luxury, furry roommates and all.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Mark was on the team that won this years Rally at www.realityrally.com!

He was so quiet and sweet.

Rachel and Brendon were so gracious and fun. Rachel wants to interview my hubby for her Adventures4pets.com site!

will post pics later :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I definitely think that most of these reality shows show people at their worst.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Did golf really end on time or did CBS kick it over to a sports channel? I'm thinkin' because 60 Minutes is dedicated to Mike Wallace tonight, it was going to start ON TIME -- otherwise not necessarily.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Has it started yet?

Jag2000
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07-01-2009

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jag2000 a private message Print Post    
No one spoiling...rachael n Dave didn't use the u-turn, Mark n Bopper didn't use it, Art n JJ used it against Brenchel. Art n JJ are really mad because they made a pact with Rachael n Dave to use it against Brenchel n they didn't. Brenchel u-turned Vanessa n Ralph. Mark n Bopper came in 1st., followed by Rachael n Dave, Art n JJ. Nary n Jamie have to preform their speed bump. The last 3 teams were close until Nary n Jamie realized they had the SB. Brenchel came in 4th., Vanessa n Ralph 5th., and Nary n Jamie last and were eliminated.

Toolhound
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06-22-2007

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Toolhound a private message Print Post    
Nary and Jamie were the last to arrive again.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
thanks guys, I wanted to know who was out. Darn I was hoping vanessa and ralph went home!!

Roblover
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05-17-2011

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roblover a private message Print Post    
Could Phil look any cuter in his hat and bouncing to the beat at the pit stop?!

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Phil did look cute dancing.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I was pulling for Vanessa and Ralph elimination tonight too. Oh well. Thanks, Jag2000 and Toolhound.

Whoami
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08-02-2001

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Although I'd love to see Vanessa/Ralph go soon, they were actually tolerable tonight compared to Art/JJ. To be fair, I think it's just one of them that's getting to be a real bellyacher. In fact, I think I saw the other one giving him a "geeze pal, chill out" kind of look during one of their confessionals.

What a stupid thing to hold a grudge over. So what if Rachael/Dave didn't use the U-Turn. There was really no need to. Why put a target on your backs when you don't need to? You should use it for game strategy, not just to be a spiteful jackass against another team.

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
My hopes were so high when Van/Ralph had that flat tire but it was not to be.

I was so happy for Mark & Bopper!

JJ is just too much. I don't care for Brenchal but let it go already! The guy isn't even appreciating where he is any more.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
04/15/2012 Leg 8 - Kilimanjaro, Tamzania - Lake Manyara, Tanzania

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Mark(45)
Bopper(41)
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Rachel(30)
Dave(33)
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  L6Express Pass1
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Art(43)
J.J.(42)
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Brendon(31)
Rachel(27)
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Vanessa(31)
Ralph(36)
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Nary(32)
Jamie(33)
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Joey(29)
Danny(27)
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Kerri(30)
Stacey(30)
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Elliot(28)
Andrew(28)
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Dave(44)
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Misa(27)
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1 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Rachel and Dave won the EP at the end of Leg 1. In Leg 3, after trying the first option of the Detour, Rachel and Dave chose to skip the Detour and proceed to the Road Block task.


2 Leg 3 Road Block Penalty: The Road Block task for leg 3 consisted of one team member mastering some dance moves with a bottle balanced on his or her head. There was a finite # of bottles and if all broke, the team went to the Pit Stop and had to endure a two hour penalty.

Rachel and Dave, after using their Express Pass to abandon and skip the Detour (they didn't even try the second option), incurred the penalty. They arrived in second place.

At about 30 minutes, Brendon and Rachel arrived and moved into second place, and Joey and Danny moved into third place. Bopper and Mark, Nary and Jamie arrived with just seconds to go on the penalty, taking fourth and fifth. Rachel and Dave and Rachel then got sixth place. Phil told them that they are the first team in Race history to not finish any challenge on a leg and stayed in the race.

3 Non Elimination Leg.

Leg 4 was an NEL, thus saving Mark and Bopper, who came in last. The will have to perform a Speed Bump task in Leg 5.

Leg 7 was an NEL, thus saving Nary and Jamie, who came in last. They will have to preform a Speed Bump task in Leg 8.

4 SPEED BUMP - A task that must be performed only by the last place team on the next leg after they come in last during a NEL. Mark and Bopper were last in NEL in the fourth leg, so will have to perform a Speed Bump in Leg 5.

In Leg 5 in Bavaria, before starting the detour task, Art and Bopper had to complete a yodelling task for their Speed Bump penalty.

Nary and Jamie were last in Leg 7, which was NEL, and thus they will have to complete a Speed Bump in Leg 8.

Nary and Jamie's Speed Bump task was to set up an art display to match a diagram; (ed. seems longer than many SB tasks!)

5 At the end of Leg 4, Art and JJ came over and told Bopper that they would split the $10k they won with him (no details on amounts) for his daughter. They also said they would be friends for life. THEN they found out it was NEL and the four hugged again. Phil joked tht Art and JJ would have to be careful. Bopper said he would return the favor.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Nary and Jamie came SO close to catching up.. that seemed like a longer Speed Bump than some.. but I have to wonder just how much time they spend getting out of the car watching elephants last let, which meant they left much later than Vanessa and Ralph.. so hard to almost catch up like that.

So now we have one couple bickering with each other.. one with her bickering with him.. two couples still hating each other, two guys with one obsessed with controlling, and one with a hurt leg.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
In the previews for next week they go to Cochin (also called Kochi), India, and Mark (Bopper's partner, Kentucky) is having a meltdown, literally. He apparently can't do the task because he is SO hot, and he is crying into his hands about how he has three kids to raise, and he can't do the task and is going to let everybody down. WE were going to be in Cochin, India next Friday, until our cruise ship caught fire in the Philippines a couple weeks ago, and our cruise got canceled. Now we are not going to Cochin. We are going someplace hotter, Delhi and Agra (Taj Majal) on a land tour and catching the cruise in the repaired ship in Mumbai.

Okay, and so, we leave Tuesday and will be gone a month, by which time this show could be over. Y'all have fun and enjoy the rest of the race and send me cool thoughts in India.

Oh, and I have come to LOVE Bopper and Mark. Bigdog cannot understand their accents, but I can. They are so cute! They get to repair bicycle tires tonight, and Mark exclaims, "I been repairing bicycles all my life!" Hahahahaha, they must think by now that these tasks were chosen just to help them win, as one or the other of them keeps saying they know how to do the task, and it is easy, and sure enough they do it bada-bing bada-boom. I would be thrilled silly if they won.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
me too, Juju!!

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 4:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Rachel had to go ahead and do another 'cry face' tonight!

She was sitting comfortably in the back seat of a taxi. There was no need for that 'face.'

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, I also wondered how much time they spent watching the elephants last week and if that time difference cost them being eliminated or not being eliminated.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 7:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I wondered that too. Oh well, they got a really sweet trip no matter what...anybody else now thinking that Tanzania would be a great place to visit? One of my favorite things about the Race is that I get to experience places that I would never even think about going...and there are some truly beautiful places in this world! Of course the Race also shows the poverty and desperation that people go through but I always think they do it in a way that shows the triumph of the human spirit.

Mysti
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09-28-2005

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mysti a private message Print Post    
Rachel is like a toddler, she cries when things immediately don't go her way or when she's tired. Somebody give her a nap please!

Hummingbird
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08-21-2002

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hummingbird a private message Print Post    
I find myself rooting for Brenden and Rachel now because two other teams are so nasty toward them.

The rural Kentucky accents are funny: "We saw animals we didn't know what they was!" I say rural Kentucky because we don't all talk like that.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I'll never root for Brenden and Rachel. She is the one that is pathetic. The only one that seems nasty towards them now is J.J. He is one piece of work. I feel badly for his partner in the race.....I think he's embarrassed by J.J.'s ranting. I did not feel Vanessa and Ralph were inappropriate at all this week. They kept trying to focus on completing their leg of the race.

Cpaaa04
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06-14-2011

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cpaaa04 a private message Print Post    
I now hope Dave and Rachel will U-turn Art and JJ when the time comes. Art and JJ would not even listen to why Dave and Rachel didn't U-turn Rachel and Brendon or the teachers. I think R & D were right and still have the U-turn. It could benefit Art and JJ later if they hadn't flown off the handle about it.

I agree with them that you gave your word but in the end it didn't benefit Art and JJ so R & D were right.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, April 16, 2012 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
There was no point for R&D to u-turn anyone else...they were so far ahead and they knew the "teachers" were so far behind. U-turning simply because you want to out of spite really is stupid. R&B needed to u-turn Vanessa and Ralph because they could have overtaken them and perhaps so could the teachrs...they had no idea how long the tasks would take. I felt Art and JJ acted like spoiled little boys. I was rooting for Rachel and Dave to u-turn them instead...which would have made more sense because Art and JJ are the only people who have come close to RAchel and Dave's domination so far in the race.