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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:27 am
I'm glad to hear that because I think it would be a travesty if Nick and Vicki make the final three.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:54 am
Phil isn't there when they are sent on their way, is he? We don't see him. I think he's long gone, onto the next destination. I'll be really disappointed if this 6 hour penalty doesn't eliminate them. If it doesn't I think we'll see more teams trying it when they think it's a non-elim leg, with the hopes that a bunching up will be the great equalizer. They just gave up on this task. It wasn't like it was something that they couldn't do (like eat a bunch of meat or climb something). Looking for something where all you have to do is sit there and look is something every team could complete.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:30 am
Thanks for the added explanation Jimmer. Nick is a loser even if he wins the million dollars.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:31 am
I kept hoping Nick would fall asleep and Vicki would kick him overboard.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:43 am
When they quit this task, you see them take the birds back and give their explanation (we choose the 6-hour penalty), and the bird man is instructed to give them that piece of paper: Pit Stop Statue Square. FWIW, I think Gidget is right on. What a piece of work he was! I was really hoping they were gone!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:50 am
Vsmart- not necessarily- there's always the "hours of operation" bunching; it'll depend on where they have to go and what time they get there.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:07 pm
She should get a gold medal for staying with that schmuck.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:22 pm
Oh that's a good point, Brenda. Phil isn't actually there when they leave.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:26 pm
Bon, the rules were enforced fairly. When Rob and Amber didn't complete their task, they were able to wait out their penalty because they knew there were several teams behind them that were also going to do the same thing. Nick and Vicki were the last team to check in. Did you want Phil to stand outside for six hours with absolutely nothing to do while Nick and Vicki waited out their penalty? The only reasonable conclusion was they would take the 6-hour penalty at the start of the next leg (which, by that time, Phil is long-gone).
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:47 pm
It would have been fairer to the other teams if Nick and Vicki had to wait at the pit stop. For what Phil is being paid, he can stand there too.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:55 pm
Well, they could have had phil just tell them they had to wait the 6 hours, and then have a staffer check them in and not show us. I agree it would have been more fair to make them wait 6 hours, and uncomfortablel 6 hours with no where to sleep, rest, etc.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:56 pm
Jimmer, that's just mean... plain mean. What if our darling Phil caught a cold standing outside for six hours. 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 2:22 pm
LOL - Phil's made of tough stuff. Maybe has a heater or two hidden there as well. 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 2:25 pm
Okay, I have finally succeeded in wrapping my mathmatically challenged brain around the fact that eighteen hours are eighteen hours! Nick and Vicki could check in six hours later and then wait the mandatory 12 hours, OR they would wait the mandatory 12 hours and then take the six hours penalty! Same length of time! I GOT it!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:19 pm
LOL!!! The only diff is whether they wait the six hours in relative comfort at the pit stop, or wait the six hours outside (not being able to join others at the pit stop). I will say this... If Nick isn't out the next leg, I'm gonna scream. The man acts like a child... throwing temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way. I'd be curious to find out if Vickie is still seeing him. (Then again, she's got a strange mentality cuz she's always apologizing to him. Almost battered wife syndrome, although I would NEVER say that!)
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:30 pm
I'm with you, Lexie. I don't see any purpose in having Phil stand out there any longer than he already had. I think it was the wee hours of the morning already when Nick & Vicki checked in. I don't see the point of having them wait 6 hours to check in and make Phil wait, too. Makes much more sense to tack the 6 hours onto their start time. I think they're toast anyway. Why do they always keep the worst teams in with the NEL??? I felt so sorry for Vicki when she was having trouble with her asthma. It was probably pretty hot and poluted, which isn't helpful to asthma sufferers. Nick should try running when he can't breath. I have a friend whose mother actually died from a severe asthma attack. Asthma is no joke. People who have never had breathing problems just don't get it. I can't think of anything more scary than not being able to breath.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:31 pm
I am always amazed at what kind(s) of crap women will take just to have a MAN in their lives! If anybody EVER talked to me the way we have seen some guys on here act, they would be saying the second sentence to the back of my head as I walked away! After the difficult day SHE had had, I am glad Vicki got to make the wait in relative comfort. I would have been okay with Nick making it in a cold drizzle while sitting on a sharp stick!
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 3:38 pm
Okay, I have finally succeeded in wrapping my mathmatically challenged brain around the fact that eighteen hours are eighteen hours! Nick and Vicki could check in six hours later and then wait the mandatory 12 hours, OR they would wait the mandatory 12 hours and then take the six hours penalty! Same length of time! I GOT it!! Yah I think I had that same lightbulb moment. I had forgotten that they don't all start at the same time. But I wouldn't have minded having him sleep wait out in the cold... sleeping on the sidewalk... maybe someone could have given Vicky a blanket and pillow though
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 5:40 pm
Dont forget about the production people that would of had to wait out there with vicki and nick.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 6:42 pm
quote:Asthma is no joke. People who have never had breathing problems just don't get it. I can't think of anything more scary than not being able to breath.
I hear ya. Even members of my own family don't get it. My Mom finally does I think, cause she has emphysema now. You should try having asthma and being fat too. I think in all my life, I only had one person comment on my wheezing as having asthma. The rest just look down their nose at me, cause obviously if I weren't so fat, I wouldn't be huffing and puffing to catch my breath like that. Years ago, I finally figured out that in order to try and not wheeze when I climbed the stairs (or did any other exertion type activity), that I would actually hold my breath so people couldn't hear me wheezing (which of course made it all that much harder to catch my breath when I reached the top of the stairs, LOL). I actually had to consciously "train" myself to take nice deep breaths while doing those activities so I could actually catch my breath easier! 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:44 pm
BJM, I thought someone said it was close to 4:00 a.m. when Nick/Vicki checked in at the pit stop. We can't have Phil and the camera/production crew waiting around until 10:00 a.m. to check them in. Phil's got to get moving to the next destination!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:26 pm
Maybe they still get the same time at the pitstop and then are booted outside to wait to get the first clue 6 hours later than normal? But I wondered when the first place couple, being SO far ahead, made their flight reservations and went back to the hotel.. I hope they weren't allowed more time in a room to sleep, but still a hotel would be better for hanging out and maybe getting a meal.. small consolation when they knew they were losing their advantage due to flight bunching but they could be in better shape with the extra time at least.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:01 pm
I am a Phil fan as much as anyone... and I have resigned myself to the fact that hour for hour it doesn't matter when the penalty was taken... but gosh I can't feel sorry for Poor Phil if he had to wait for those guys. That is the race and the way it has been set up. Didn't Nick say it was 4AM when they were looking for the boat??? Perhaps the producers screwed up this one... They didn't time it well because it seemed that most every couple was looking in the dark of night. The producers should have taken poor Phil and his need for rest into account when they scheduled the tasks. And as Jimmer said, "for what Phil is being paid, he can stand there". (I still think that they should have made them take the penalty before being allowed to check in at the pit stop)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:10 pm
Maybe I'm just annoyed about how Nick behaved but I have to confess I would have got a certain sense of amusement out of Phil standing there and saying to them, "Your penalty is six hours. Please take a seat on the bench over there until it is time to check in." 
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:45 pm
Why was the penalty 6 hours when before it was 4 (Rob & the eating challenge, then the Globetrotters & the phone challenge)?

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