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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 14, 2011 - 5:17 pm
Kent and Vyxsin haven't actually caught up, have they? They still had to do the Zodiac prayer thing and then choose between pounding candy or carrying a huge horn. LOL For once a task perfect for Big Easy and Flight Time.. a horn for them!! And a fun task too, it seemed. I think there is a difference between random helping of another team and when two teams state that they are "working together" in an alliance.. that seemed to be what Cara and Jaime for sure thought with Margie and Luke and what they had done in their previous season, and the remarkable turnaround was when four teams were carvanning and Margie and Luke took off, leaving Jaime and Cara in the dust.. they were at the same place and in alliance I'd think would have at least said to J/C.. we are moving on, follow us! Jaime and Cara had helped them. And I'm not particularly a J/C fan but M/L are even more on my nerves this time around. Mallory too. I wonder if there will be penalties for R/C and for K/V, though as I think Sean pointed out in the blog, Kent and Vyxsin, while they didn't take the correct flight out of Narita, were behind by a huge number of hours so that was plenty of penalty and it wasn't like they could have taken the designated flight and just chose another one. And I get what people are saying about the passports and money and clues and the pack.. I'm guessing they are required to use the packs and not some other device. I'd want something that was accessible but under my clothing (next to my heart? for regular travel but of course for regular travel you don't have to suddenly shed all your clothing and go underwater or undermud where you cannot bring along money or passport. If the producers didn't want these pack loss mishaps to occur, they would simply have the camera crew hold onto that stuff during a task like that. But that isn't what they want..
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Shenanagon
Member
07-28-2009
| Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:01 pm
Did anyone think it overly nice of the Basketball players to aid Ron and Christine when they had their bus stop to pick them up? I thought that was VERY kind considering this is a race. Then I was disappointed R & C didn't help the Basketball players with their animal signs before moving on to the next challenge.
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Mimi
Member
04-30-2009
| Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:50 pm
I agree Shenanagon it was very, very nice of the Globetrotters to help Ron & Christina. Were they all at the astrological signs together? If so, I think R & C should have helped. Can some explain to me why these people don't get directions before they drive off on an endless quest going the wrong way? Two minutes with a local who could have drawn the route on their map and Kynt and Vyxsin would have caught the correct flight.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 6:32 am
I still can't belive Christina jumped out of the moving car thingy!n
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:30 am
If I had been stuck on that little vehicle with Ron, I probably would have jumped off, too. That man needs to get a grip on himself.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:37 am
I was talking about "catching up" in that they were at the same Zodiac task as Zev and Justin...who also still have to do the rest of the tasks...although they are still behind they are not nearly as behind as the other teams probably think they are. Of course having to go back to find their fanny pack is going to set them back even further. It definitely wasn't their leg of the race!
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:55 am
I was thinking the same thing as you, Roxi - they caught up just enough to be at a same task as another team. Sometimes when one thing goes wrong, it can just screw everything up! I am sure I'd be one to lose the fanny pack.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 1:41 pm
ack! To be continued! That was a very good show! Good for Kent for being so patient with Vyxsin!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 1:47 pm
I wasn't a huge K/V fan on their original season but am liking them a lot more this season.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 3:14 pm
I'm wondering if there aren't going to be any traditional NEL's this season- They've had 2 uberlegs so far, so that basically takes the place of 2 normal NEL's..
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 10:16 pm
I'm okay with that.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 5:55 am
The GT's were nice guys on their first season, and they are nice guys on this one! I still carry that vision in my mind of them dancing around on a country lane in their first season -
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 6:06 am
I'm ok with that too. I'm not a fan of NELs, but the uberlegs (love the term) are great because it shows the stamina of the racers (or lack thereof).
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 6:30 am
Just because it is an "uber-leg" it doesn't automatically mean it is non-elimination, does it?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:08 am
By a leg taking up two shows instead of one, an uber-leg takes a show from the schedule. The eliminated show would have to have been a NEL. I don't know if I explained that well enough -
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 10:00 am
Maybe this will make a little more sense: There are 12 legs this season. 8 of the first 11 must be eliminations, to leave 3 teams for leg 12. So there are 3 legs in the first 11 where a team isn't eliminated. Instead of stopping at a non-elimination pitstop for a rest period, they're immediately starting the following leg (it's not an uberleg in the traditional sense, it's back to back legs without a break). We've had two back to back legs so far, which means there is only one non-elimination point left (assuming this is a non-elimination of course, but it's likely). Since these are teams who have raced before, they seem to be switching it up with the back to back legs, which is good.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 2:06 pm
Much better than how I said it, Wilson!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 6:16 pm
Watching the last two episodes again before I clear them off my DVR and just watched when Ron found the pack in the changing room. He was holding an item of clothing and threw it back on the bench when he saw the pack.. no wonder I didn't remember him throwing things around as some described last episode. I know he's irascible but just throwing an item of clothing back where he picked it up is hardly noteworthy. But this time I did see the blurring out they did for Jen/Kisha after the mud. So COLD!
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