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Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I wonder if M/L will get a time penalty for taking a tray of cups of tea to try up to the judge. Everyone else had to take them up one by one. That would give M/L some amount of time advantage. Wouldn't matter if they got to pit stop last, but otherwise it could.

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I love my Globetrotters! They come across as really nice people, plus they are fun to watch. I don't even know what to say about Luke/Margie. I'm glad to see them gone. It was hard to watch Luke crying all over the place, I'm not sure I understand what the crying over the tea was all about. I know it must have been frustrating, but geez, make yourself throw up and keep going or something if it's that bad. Maybe it's because he's young, but Luke has no idea how to suck it up and get through stuff.

Longbeachbbfan
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08-17-2005

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Longbeachbbfan a private message Print Post    
Pippin, I have never been a fan of the GTs either.
Thanks again.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Luke didn't even take the cups over, he just held them up. I don't think I would have applauded.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Luke is 25. It's about time he grows up. Margie, let him go.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I applaud the servers and the GT's who recognized Luke's efforts! I continue to see th GT's as a class act!

Hypermom
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08-12-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
I felt bad for Luke. It was a frustrating challenge for many of them. I thought it was wonderful of the servers to care. The GT's are terrific.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
What is up with Luke? Was he that exhausted? Does he have any other delays or has his deafness delayed his maturity level??? (I honestly am not being snarky here, he just seems a lot younger than his age would suggest.)

Hypermom
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08-12-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Julie, I think quite a few were exhausted. Zev chucked a cup, and Big Easy was tearing up at the pit stop.

I guess because I grew up with hearing impaired kids, I know how frustrating it can be for them.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Luke didn't even take the cups over, he just held them up. I don't think I would have applauded.

They all had to take the cups to the stage so the judge could see the small print on the bottom. But Luke took a number of cups of tea on a tray to the stage which saved him time. No one else did it. If M/L hadn't been last it would not have been fair. IMO they would have deserved a time penalty.

I guess because I grew up with hearing impaired kids, I know how frustrating it can be for them.

Luke is 25 -- not really a "kid" any longer. It IS time for him to grow up.

Lostfan
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03-10-2010

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lostfan a private message Print Post    
wow .... Luke has a lot of growing up to do! come on, he is an adult. Margie did not do luke any favors by babying him all his life. She should have taught him to be more independent.

can you imagin Marly Matlin on "the apprentice" acting like that?

very glad that team is gone.

Hypermom
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08-12-2001

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Sorry, but I think Luke and Margie are just fine. And with that, I'll stay out of this thread.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
You guys are harsh. Yes Luke is immature by many standards, but none of us knows what he's battled or why he is like he is. Can't we just for one week say that he fought hard and long and give him a bit of credit for that? For me the best thing about them being eliminated is I won't have to avoid this thread because of the comments here about him.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
At 25, if Luke could not run the Race with anyone but Mom because he needs Mom's shoulder to cry on, then he probably should not have been running the Race. Not because he's deaf, but because he's still got some growing up / maturing to do.

I'd be very willing to bet that Margie would say he could not do it with anyone else . . . he needs ME.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
It seems to me that Margie is supporting her team partner just like every other racer. She always with him on the race, just like Ron is always with Christina, Gary is always with Mallory, and Big Easy is always with Flight Time. Mothers and sons seem to be judged more harshly on this race than other pairs.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Could you see Luke running the Race with dad, a sibling, cousin, friend? That's hard for me to picture. I'd like to see the difference if any.

Txhazeleyes
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02-12-2008

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Txhazeleyes a private message Print Post    
Oh, Kitt. I'm so glad you said that, I couldn't have put it better myself!

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I could see Luke running with someone else. It's not like he's the first person on the race to ever be frustrated or cry. It happens all the time.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I read that Luke had posted that he wanted to represent for deaf people and make them proud, but wish he could see that making it this far on a second race is a GOOD thing. So much on the race is a crapshoot.. look what happened to FT/BE kicking that bucket and having to repaint most of their Ganesha.

I think Luke put too much pressure on himself. Really with the HOO.. hours of operation after all being on the same flight, this was pretty much a sprint with that frustrating tea challenge in there.. it honestly could have gone many different ways.

But he isn't the only racer to ever be frustrated, not by a longshot.. and people far more "mature" than Luke and with much uglier behavior, blaming their partner, etc. Luke didn't try to blame anyone. And Margie did at least remind him that quitting would not make him happy later.

Also glad the Globetrotters had taken a pledge not to every take a penalty again. And liked hearing about that.

Still I have to agree that he needs to grow and separate. I didn't see anything about that task that gave him any disadvantage or advantage.

And Ron would say Luke did have an advantage not having that loud music to hear in the Ganesha challenge.

Ron, who often gets distracted, did an amazing job of just smelling, taking his time and off they went, and it seemed that the book task was really fast which helped G/M and others.

What I loved this episode was how the Globetrotters took time to sympathize with Margie and Luke after they got the tea, finally. And they didn't go into huge celebration out of respect for M/L following them to the mat at the pit stop. Somehow I wonder, had M/L pulled it off with a good taxi, if they would have been quite so nice. Who knows.

And the second thing was how nice all the people AT the tea challenge were when Luke finally got it right. I liked that they weren't laughing and jeering (as happened in that horrible tasting challenge where several people got so sick and the people watching, granted I think they were drinking, but probably they didn't make some of the eaters feel very good.

And I'm SO happy the Globetrotters are still in the race!!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
There were spoilers that there WAS a lot of throwing up that just wasn't shown on the show.. perhaps there will be insider video or that or perhaps they realize that many of us really don't necessarily want lots of barfage (barf footage) on the shows..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 12:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
03/27/2011 Leg 06 - Kunming, China - Kolkata, India

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Gary(53)
Mallory(25)
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 used
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  Express Pass!2
Indian feast
1million rupees
(>$10000 each)
 
Jet(31)
Cord(30)
1130306020102      04.17J3
C2
    $5000 each 
Ron(61)
Christina(29)
08100403P+040703      05.83R2
C3
      
Zev(28)
Justin(31)
040101080804      04.33Z2
J3
    Cancun trip
Costa Rica trip
 
Kent(35)
Vyxsin(32)
10070709P0405P05      07.17K3
V2
  UT
J/C
   
Kisha(30)
Jen(26)
03040405050406      04.33K3
J2
      
Herb/FT(34)
Nate/BE(29)
05020305P-060607      05.17H3
N2
  UT
by
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Margie(53)
Luke(25)
070508010308      05.33M2
L3
    Aruba trip06
Jaime(32)
Cara(28)
0608090709       07.80J2
C2
  UT
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UT
HN
  05
Mel(70)
Mike(40)
090610P         08.33Me1
Mi1
     03
Amanda(25)
Kris(27)
0211          06.50A1
K0
  L1/L21  02


1 AUTOMATIC U-Turn: A penalty assessed at the beginning of Leg 1 to the last team to find the proper airline tag needed to obtain their flight (first or second) from LAX. The last 3 teams got a second flight due to land 90 minutes behind the first, but the last of those teams has to perform an automatic U-Turn which will force them to perform both options of the first detour. Kris and Amanda were penalized thus in Leg 1. They completed both parts of the detour in Leg 2. While they actually left the detour ahead of others they ended up in last and were eliminated, blaming the u-turn.

2 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Gary and Mallory won the EP in Sydney at the TBC "end" of Leg 1.

Gary and Mallory chose to use the Express Pass in Leg 5 which saved them from the dinosaur building task, where they had arrived last, and put them in second place behind Jet and Cord.

3 At time of TBC on first leg/show, Jet and Cord had not actually completed all tasks required to get to Phil and be declared 11th. They did complete and made the second flight, so benefitted from airport bunching.

TBC To Be Continued.

Leg 1 of this race ended with racers being given a clue and sent on, but first place team Gary and Mallory left with the coveted Express Pass and Kris and Amanda were still to perform their automatic U-Turn.

Leg 4 of this race, at least on the fourth show, ended with racers being sent on with no actual pit stop, and with Zev/Justin still working on the Detour task and Kent/Vyxsin about to have to retrace to the gondola looking for their pack with money and passports, and not yet at the detour. ETA: Zev/Justin came in 8th and Kent/Vyxsin came in 9th (NEL)

P- Leg 3. The Globetrotters arrived 3rd at the Pit Stop and Ron & Christina 4th, but Phil imposed a 30 min. penalty on the Trotters because they took R/C pack and left it in the changing area and didn't tell R/C who lost time looking for it. This moved R/C into 3rd and the Trotters into 4th, but Jen/Kisha arrived within the penalty time so they took 4th and the Trotters were 5th.

Leg 4: Kent and Vyxsin didn't take the designated flight. At the TBC end of Leg 4 they were informed that they would receive a 30 minute penalty at the NEXT Pit Stop (presumably because 30 min at the point of the TBC would be meaningless if they all bunch to take the train back to Kunming.)

At the Pit Stop for Leg 5, Kent and Vyxsin arrived fourth but waited out their 30 minute penalty, so Jen and Kisha moved into fourth, with Kent and Vyxsin taking fifth.

P Leg 3 Mel and Mike didn't complete the detour due to extreme cold.. Mike called it off. And this meant they were last and eliminated.

NEL Non Elimination Leg.
Leg 4 was a non elimination leg.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 12:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I get so confused. Mumbai used to be Bombay; Kolkata used to be Culcutta. Makes me feel like singing "Istanbul Constantinople now, Istanbul Constantinople been a long time gone in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul"

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 1:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I laughed really loud when they got to Town Hall and some of the teams that arrived first egged on and rallied the late teams to "go sign in, run, run, run!!!" One of the funniest moments on any AR, in my opinion.

I'm not someone who revels in other people's pain, so I didn't like seeing Luke so distraught. But...he does have a lot of growing up to do. I never hated that team, but I was always a little puzzled by them. Luke acted and reacted to situations like someone about 10-12 years younger than he actually is. Margie never saw this is as unusual. If that's the way they roll, I'm not one to tell them it is wrong. Every one of us has different quirks and unique relationships. Theirs was shown on national TV. I, for one, am glad that my personal shortcomings remain private.

It was neat to see the Indian people embrace Luke at the end. I felt good for him at that point.

Ron cracked me up once again. Complaining about the music, then trying to "disco" to it...when he's not berating his daughter, he's actually kind of entertaining.

The GT's showed their heart. If you saw the ep, you know what I mean. I really like those guys.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 1:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh that was hysterical!! Glad they had a sense of humor together..

And agree with the rest of your post, too.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, March 28, 2011 - 4:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I would have been in big trouble because I don't have a great sense of smell. However, lots of foodie types will smell a dish before they taste it. As we "eat with our eyes," so too with our noses -