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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 7:55 am
Laurence acts pretty much a jerk anytime he can. I like Zac but daddy acts too much like a jerk for me to want them around much longer. So glad it was a non elimination round. I thought it was pretty obnoxious not to want to pay the truck drivers, really....did they think they could just get a free ride, shame on them!
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 7:58 am
My take on Laurence is that he's extremely selfish and a huge egomaniac, even more so than most "A" type personalities that do these reality shows. His assumption that women would know how to sew does show his age, and the fact that Cathi was a great seamstress also shows the generation gap and the differences in what was taught and expected many years ago vs. today. I don't blame him for that assumption, but his tone of voice was condescending and I didn't like that. But didn't Sandy say she could sew up a body (being a Nurse Practitioner), just not clothing? Theoretically, that should have shut him up. It doesn't seem to have passed on to Zac, at least they've edited it so far to seem like Zac is a really likable guy compared to his daddy. I don't remember seeing Cathi fall down this episode, which is a plus.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 7:59 am
I have trouble relating a man who would let his teenage daughter try to sail around the world with a man who is condescending and sexist. The two don't seem to go together? Now none of the above means that I like the guy. He seems like one of those driven individuals, which would be okay except he seems misdirected and and wants to "drive" his kids as well.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:13 am
I think he lives vicariously through his kids. He "makes them do" what he cannot do. It is evident that his son is the more mature and skilled of the two on team. I find it very sad because he seems to be lacking in humility and generosity of spirit. He does come across as an egomaniac but I think that just shows his insecurities.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:55 am
In their defense (this crossed my mind last night) there have been legs of the Race where they have had drivers, and I haven't ever seen them having to pay their drivers (although I think this usually happens when they are in a more dangerous or less accessible part of the world). Perhaps they were thinking that these drivers were provided to them? Not excusing them by the way, and I don't care enough for Justin and Jennifer to be unhappy that they had to return and lose 2nd place...and did you see the way Justin practically shoved the people behind him out of the way so he could drag Jennifer on the mat to get 2nd place?
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:06 am
Cathi's voice drives me up the wall. What kind of accent does she have?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 2:52 pm
I can't remember the last time I used the word 'spacious.'
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 3:02 pm
Dogdoc..probably last time you were in Africa.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Ah, that must be it!
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 4:17 pm
I still like all of the teams. 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 5:35 pm
LOL! "Spacious" is used several times an hour on HGTV! Although never - to the best of my recollection - in regard to a country
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 7:01 pm
Well it has been used.. at least for the sky in the US. "Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain.." But if she sees any "alabaster cities" or "fruited plains" she may be hallucinating. Maybe Cathi was just stoked not to see mud or water since she seems to fall in so often? And then realtors probably use the word too.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 31, 2011 - 7:15 pm
Yep, realtors use that tern left, right, and center even when it is neither true nor even needed for the sale!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 3:59 am
I thought it was funny that she used the term to the driver. Yeah, he would understand what she was saying. lol
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Mimi
Member
04-30-2009
| Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 8:20 pm
Auntie Mike I agree with you about Laurence. I think he is a jerk.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 5:37 am
At last they found a place to send the racers that I didn't hear anybody mispronounce!
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