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Raenstorm
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07-16-2004

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Raenstorm a private message Print Post    
Heh. It did, Scuba, it did!

Nerovh
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06-11-2005

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
Great minds think alike. Everytime I saw Nick on the screen tonight, I was thinking the same word that starts with "D". lolol. I cannot stand that man, I hope Vicki breaks up with him and he goes to find Flo from TAR 2.

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Great spoiling as always, Raen - Thank you!

Yikes ~ My word for everytime I saw Nick began with a GIANT "A". And to top it off, he isn't even eliminated! At one point he said he wished he'd never done the race because of the stress. What an ungrateful GIANT "A"! You know how many people would trade places with you - you GIANT "A"?!

Please, Vicki, find someone who is a grown-up. You deserve better!

I could never be partners with someone like Brook either. While I usually enjoy her, she really can not get past that Claire is not a marathoner like herself.

Go Kat and Nat!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Dammit! I so wanted Nick to go home and leave Vicki to run by herself. Vicki has been sucking it up and doing the challenges like a trooper. I believe they are supposed to have a LOT of smog in those cities, probably really contributing to her asthma problems!

Meanwhile Nick never stops whimpering and whining. Wendy Whiner all the time, when he's not being verbally abusive. I hope all his buddies back home watching this are 'suitably impressed'!

I've also had a belly full of Brook's cutesy-ness. Does the woman EVER shut up? Must have been even harder trying to concentrate on finding the fake sushi while dollbaby was hamming it up all over the restaurant.

Nat & Kat, I'm rooting for your win!!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 10:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Vicki and ICK, er Nick.. what a downer he is. After she went through all that eating and barfing he cannot even just sit in a sampan and look for numbers? SICK.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
11/28/2010 Leg 10 Dhaka, Bangladesh to Hong Kong, China
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Nat(31)/Kat(35)
hair:long blonde/long dark)
Scottsdale AZ Santa Monica CA
doctors/friends
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K4
  used
L9 on
C/S
L5trip for 2 to Belize
trip for 2 to Costa Rica
$5000 each
trip for 2 to Rio
 
Jill(27)/Thomas(30)
hair:long blonde/dark wavy bangs)
Marina del Rey CA
dating couple
010507050301050102P0102  3.200J5
T5
 L4used
L9 on
B/C
 EXPRESS PASS1
trip for 2 to Sao Paulo
$15K Discover giftcard
 
Brook(27)/Claire(30)
hair:long blonde/brown)
San Diego CA Reno NV
co-hosts
04020603050202040403  3.500B5
C5
  L9 by
J/T
 10 day trip for 2 to Hawaii 
Nick(26)/Vicki(26)
hair: fauxhawk/coppery)
Henderson NV
boyfriend/girlfriend
100805060607NEL03030204P+NEL  5.500N6
V4
L7
L11
     
Chad(26)/Stephanie(23)
hair: dark/short blonde)
Ft Lauderdale FL
dating
08040307070507P060105   5.111C5
S4
  L9 by
N/K
 trip for 2 to Belize09
Gary(53)/Mallory(24)
hair:gray/short blonde)
Morganfield KY Lexington KY
father/daughter
0609020202060406    4.625G4
M4
     08
Michael(58)/Kevin(20)
hair: dark/darker)
Sugar Land TX
father/son
070309NEL04040306P
07 
     5.286M3
K4
L4    06
Katie(23)/Rachel(24)
hair:longer blonde/shorter blonde)
Rahway NJ Moorestown NJ
teamates
0502040808       5.400K3
R2
     05
Connor(22)/Jonathan(22)
hair:
Chesterton OH Cranford NJ
friends
03060109        4.750C4
J0
    $5000 each04
Andie(43)/Jenna(21)
hair: darker/dark)
Atlanta GA Athens GA
birth mom/daughter
0910          9.500A0
J2
     02
Ron(45)/Tony(42)
hair: hair/bald
short/tall
Los Angeles CA Tucson AZ
best friends
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     01


1 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Jill and Thomas won the EP when they came in first in Leg 1 and they used the EP in Leg 4 to proceed to pitstop without completing the last task.

NEL Non Elimination Leg.

Leg 3 Michael and Kevin came in last/ninth but will continue to Leg 4 where they will have to perform a Speed Bump

Leg 6 Nick and Vicki came in last/seventh but will continue to Leg 7 where they will have to perform a Speed Bump (which we never saw on the show and which reportedly was not ever done because of some glitch with the piano detour when the team was told "nyet" when they were indeed correct.)

Leg 10 Nick and Vicki came in last/fourth (with a 6 hour penalty too) and will have to complete a speed bump in the next leg.

P Leg 7 -

Michael and Kevin came in sixth but incurred TWO 30 min penalties. This moved them to seventh and they were out of the race.

Chad and Stephanie came in seventh, incurred ONE 30 minute penalty which allowed them to move to sixth place and stay in the race.

P Leg 8 - Jill & Thomas arrived first at the pit stop but incurred a 30 minute penalty for hiring and following a cab. They dropped from first to second place.

P Leg 10 - Nick quits during detour, then Vicki quits with no help from him, so they accept a 6 hour penalty and get directions to Pit Stop.

Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 11:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
I just want to say that I met Flo at the one TAR party I attended and everyone there defended Flo saying she was really sweet but had bad dysentery at then end of the race and was running on gumption, had very little strength.

ETA apparently dysentery is a regular problem on this show, I remember and interview with the sisters, Peaches was one, and the woman was being mocked by people who saw the show because she could not drink some herbal tea, but she said with every sip she had to run to a primitive bathroom. I heard other dysentery stories, but can't remember just now.

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 11:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
I wish that Nick had been eliminated tonight. Such a waste of a Non elimination Leg.

But I think they should have had to wait the 6-hour penalty before checking in at this pit stop.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
The Amazing Race 17 - Elimination Station: Via Hong Kong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGUKleog8wo

I may have to wait until tomorrow to write up a summary. I had a super busy day today and really tired.

But quick comment, Chad & Stephanie call in. Later it shows them packing and guessing where End City will be.

Brenda1966
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07-02-2002

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I really hope there's no bunching up at the next leg. I want that 6 hour penalty to really count and get him Philiminated! What a poor sport, poor partner, and total whiner. I hope she's kicked him to the curb by now. She deserves much better!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 1:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Nick seemed ready to give up as soon as they didn't make the first bus and then the ferry.. and was suggesting they take the 4 hour penalty and then did take the 6 hour. So sad for Vicki.

Karen
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09-06-2004

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 2:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I could feel my anger for him boiling as I was watching. I was so hoping she'd stick it out and find the clue, then not speak to him for the rest of the race. He's even more sour than that crybaby with the devil horns for hair from a few seasons back.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 2:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
This is a jaw dropping clip, shocking. Seems that Nick and Vicki also had a tough time getting to the Pit Stop as well. Vicki was sweet (the more I see of her the more I like) feeling bad that she snapped at a taxi driver after the 3rd driver didn't know where they were going.

Nick says (seriously!!) he doesn't like the people of Hong Kong "because, to be honest with you, they're rude." They're pushy people...

Language Barrier
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/video/?pid=cbCp0CkLDifxbsWrbUKDP_7o9eTAmIoF&vs=Default&play=true

Now, if I had someone come up to me on the street looking hostile & bad attitude body language, (yelling at his lady) like Nick always seems to do, dang straight I wouldn't help him either.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Bonbon, that struck me too about the penalty. As far as I can remember, the penalty was always taken before checking in at the pit stop. Why is this penalty being carried over to the next leg? While I DO NOT like Nick, fair is fair, and the rules should be the same each time.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
TNT, I'm assuming the reason the penalty is being taken at the start of the next leg is because they were last and it really wouldn't have made sense to give them a 6-hour penalty before checking in.

When Rob and Amber took the penalty for not eating the meat, they had teams behind them that were also taking the penalty.

Colordeagua
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10-24-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
N/V were the last to check in. No one coming in after them. But they'll start the next leg six hours + after team before them leaves.

Freetimefinally
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01-26-2006

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Freetimefinally a private message Print Post    
They couldn't make them wait out the penalty because it rea;lly would mess up Phil and the crew. They have to catch the next flight out to get ahead of the pack to go to each destination and film Phil saying what the task will be and such. If they made them wait it out before checking in Phil may be flying with the first couple of teams. Although I have heard that has happened in the past it is not wanted by production.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
It used to be a 24 hour penalty for not doing either part of a Detour- not 6. The problem is this; if there is an airport/train station/operating hours/etc. bunching point next week (and since they're going to another country, it's likely), it will negate most if not all of that part of the penalty completely (though they'd still have their Speed Bump to do).

If that doesn't happen, it's a fait accompli they'll be eliminated unless one of the other three teams makes a huge blunder or does something like quit a Roadblock and take the 4 hour penalty, which makes for a boring show.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I am confused. Does the 6 hour penalty start being counted when they say "We quit"? If they had quit sooner would they leave sooner the next day?

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, I think the penalty time-clock started at check-in.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Thanks Lexie.
Would they tell them where the pit stop was at that point and they still had to get there?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
When they quit the task, production tells them where the pit stop is and they continue on to the pit stop. It is the same as if they had completed the task and were continuing on. So they still have to find the pit stop and get there. And yes if they had given up on the task earlier then they would have got to the pit stop sooner.

Nick is a really mixed bag of emotions. He feels that Vicki brings out the best in him and he freely admits that he has issues with temper and frustration. He gets angry at Vicki for running slowly and then later on just wants to give up.

The frustrating thing about them giving up is the task wasn't that demanding. Remember the woman who kept searching through hay bails until she was totally exhausted and Phil finally told her they had been eliminated? Now that was demanding. Relaxing in a boat looking for numbers just isn't that demanding a task.

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Whether they were 1st or last shouldn't change the way the penalty's are enforced. Yah, it might mess up Phil's schedule... but heck, this is a race for a million dollars.

It could affect the outcome if there is a bunch up during the next leg.

(not that I am a fan of Nick's but I think they should enforce the rules fairly)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
The only difference though would be the comfort factor. If they applied it at the end of this leg, they would have to sit out there by the pit stop for six hours rather than presumably going to their hotel room. Time wise it works out the same regardless of whether it is applied at the end of this leg or the beginning of the next. So if they were allowed to go to a hotel, then that is a big advantage for Nick and Vicki and rather unfair to the other teams.

ETA: I'm not sure how Phil's schedule would be any less messed up either way. He still has to be there to check them in and send them on their way, which means that Phil has to leave considerably more than six hours behind the leading teams.

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
Lots of flights from Hong Kong to Seoul- so no bunching.