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Kappy
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06-28-2002

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Yay Cowboys!
Yay Kent & Vixsyn!
Boo to shark mentality!
Good episode!


Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Sorry about Jaime and Cara...they were nice to look at.

Good for Jet and Cord, they have good souls and it's nice to see them win.

Glad for Kent and Vyxsin...like both of them

I'm not really disliking any of the teams at this point.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Oregonguy ~ A pox on kent and vixsyn for u-turning cara and jaime causing their elimination!

Oregon, I thought of you when I watched and laughed. Did you see that 'Happy Smirk' on the face of the paleontologist when Jaime (redhead with the sharp tongue) stripped off her white shirt due to overheating? She was struggling so much, he must have known he was going to get a bit of "eye candy" for awhile.

Jmm
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08-15-2002

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Donut, Going to move this over to the cooking thread since it's something I'd like to pursue with you.

Quick Questions

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 11:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm not disliking, but tired of ML again sucking on other teams and tired of Christina helping other teams and being beaten by them.. she helped Kisha on something in the dino and people followed them.. loved when the following cabs got lost but C/R lost time on the dolls so their followers went ahead.

But.. then there is the UTurn. Loved how Jaime/Cara wanted to throw FT/BE under the bus with K/V then did U Turn them but still came in last. Glad it wasn't R/C or Z/J who were eliminated.

GM.. I guess I would have used the EP though had they known of the 30 min penalty they might have held onto it for later but since they didn't know they did see correctly that this was a rather strenuous task. But happy for Jet and Cord that they picked up $5000 each!

Jaime and Cara definitely not eye candy for me so happy to have them gone (but would be happy for ML or Mallory to go as well}


LOL.. I sure did see the guy at that task brighten up when Jaime took off her shirt! Made his day.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
And much like RFF poster I do have a leaderboard.

03/20/2011 Leg 05 - Li Jiang, China - Kunming, China

team1TBC234TBC56789101112avgRBSBEPW
turn
FFprizesE
Jet(31)
Cord(30)
11303060201       04.80J2
C2
    $5K each 
Gary(53)
Mallory(25)
0109020302       03.40G2
M2
 used
L5
  Express Pass!2 
Margie(53)
Luke(25)
0705080103       05.40M2
L2
    Aruba trip 
Kisha(30)
Jen(26)
030404050504       04.00K2
J2
      
Kent(35)
Vyxsin(32)
10070709P0405P       07.60K2
V2
  UT
J/C
   
Herb/FT(34)
Nate/BE(29)
05020305P-0606       04.80H2
N2
  UT
by
JCa
   
Ron(61)
Christina(29)
08100403P+0407       06.40R1
C3
      
Zev(28)
Justin(31)
0401010808       04.40Z1
J3
    Cancun trip
Costa Rica trip
 
Jaime(32)
Cara(28)
0608090709       07.80J2
C2
  UT
by
KV
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.

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.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 11:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Funny in past seasons the taking of another team's taxi was a HUGE deal.. no one upset that Jet and Cord stole FT/BE taxi? Of course FT/BE had more to worry about later after being U turned but came out okay.

Triciatoronto
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07-04-2010

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 5:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Triciatoronto a private message Print Post    
I was happy to see Jamie and Cara go home. Does anyone know if Ron and Christina got a penalty for taking the wrong shuttle in the last episode?

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I'm thrilled that Jamie/Cara are gone. Once Margie/Luke are eliminated I will have no problem with whoever wins this race. There are teams I would like to see win it over Gallory, but I won't be distraught if Gallory wins it.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I realized last night that my favs are K&V and R&C. I didn't even think I had favs this season until I realized I was in a little panic until they were both checked in.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Me too, Naja! Well I did realize it but I was happy they made it through.

I WOULD like Mallory to leave along with Margie and Luke (Gary could stay).

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I guess it should bother me that the Cowboys took the other guys' cab but since the cab driver didn't seem to have an issue with it...besides, does that mean that the Cowboys' original cab driver lost the fare because don't they usually not pay until the end of the total trip? Glad that it didn't penalize the GTs in the long run.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Rooting for my guys Jet and Cord. Last night as I was explaining to DH that I adore these guys, for all the obvious reasons, they are gentlemen, they are cute and funny, and I've learned to say Oh My Gravy (!) hahaha. BUT, I said, unfortunately sometimes they can be thick as planks, and dumb as a bag of rocks. Well, as soon as I uttered those words, they were the first to complete a difficult task, so I looked like an idiot. LOL. Anyhow, I am thrilled silly they came in first! I love it when the good-guys win. (Sadly, that doesn't happen enough in real life, that's for sure.)

ETA, Roxi, I was shocked when they nabbed the last cab that wasn't theirs. But that's the kind of thing that any of the other teams would have done too, so it didn't bother me, except that I was worried it might come back to bite them in the butt, somehow.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Roxip, I was thinking the same thing about the fare. Why did the Taxi leave before getting paid? Makes no sense, unless the Cowboys paid them, but I didn't see that.

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I think it wasn't a big deal about the Taxi, because that's how the GTs roll. They often just take what comes at them, and go on. It was a much bigger deal to them to get Uturned by the Red-heads, apparently, because they made a big fuss about that!

I wonder if they just thought their own cab left, versus someone else taking it?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Did you hear somebody shout "OH MY GRAVY" (and it wasn't Jet and Cord) when K/V showed up during the basketball game? It just cracked me up. In some ways I love the fact that all these teams seem to be having a great time with one another outside of the confines of the race.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I just meant that a loved team can do things that an unloved team can do, without viewer comment.

FT/BE.. hard to say.. they didn't seem pleased but thankfully found a cab after awhile.. of course that was eclipsed by being U turned by Jaime/Cara but at least

"we passed them ol dirty redheads ".. still I'm guessing that they'd have rather gotten their own cab and possibly been ahead of the redheads down the line.

And I doubt that Flight Time/Big Easy held a grudge anyway. Maybe didn't know until tonight that it was Jet/Cord who took the taxi waiting for them.

I don't think whether the cabbie cared is relevant.. just means a bad cabbie.

I would think they had paid the fare up to that point, or they wouldn't leave at all. So often we don't see them being paid, unless there is an argument about it that the producers want to share with us. THEN it seems like they pay right when they want to be running to a task!

Cabbies surely end up being a wild card for so many racers in so many countries. Like I couldn't imagine picking up a cab here and then having them pull into a gas station!

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I heard that too, Roxip, and loved it! It sounded like one of the GT's to me which made it even funnier!

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Well of course your favorite team gets a break! That's part of the fun, to me, to root for who I perceive to be the "good guys" versus the 'bad guys.' I don't really think that in real life, but it's like any competition. You cheer on your favs and hate it when they lose. <shrugs shoulders> That's the fun of it!

Of course, in this case, it was one of my favorite teams stealing a cab from another of my favorite teams. I was mad for one and happy for the other! LOL

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I would have been unhappy about the circumstances if FT/BE had been eliminated, but since it really didn't seem to make a huge difference then I wasn't unhappy about it...but since I'm for the Cowboys then it is a clear case of my favorites doing it and me just being happy that they were still in the Race...and not following other people around. The sheeples are really getting on my nerves.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Well, the Globe Trotters did take Christina's back pack by accident and didn't correct the situation.

Somebody took their taxi. It all evens out.

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
They semi-corrected by putting the pack with Ron's clothes. They could have made it worse, of course. I got the feeling while watching that they thought it would be easily found where they left it; not that they were clearly sabotaging. Which taking someone's taxi knowingly is!

But it's all part of the game I think. Keep an eye on your stuff and your taxi drivers...lol

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
The Globetrotters got a 30 minute penalty for accidentally taking the pack. That right there pretty much evened it out. If my Globetrotters had been eliminated, you bet you booty I would be complaining about Jet/Cord stealing their taxi. But I like Jet/Cord, and FT/BE made it through anyway, so it's no biggie. Now if Margie/Luke had stolen the taxi, I would be hollering to high heaven, and I'm certain I wouldn't be the only one lolol.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, March 21, 2011 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think GT corrected by having their shuttle stop for Ron and Christina, which Christina seemed to acknowledge to them on the spot.

Just leaving the pack in the men's dressing room, well that saved them from probably a bigger penalty, I'm guessing. If they took it with them to the pitstop they'd have been in trouble.

LOL!! That's what I was saying.. of course we forgive our favs!

Not sure how they could keep their eye on a taxi in many of those tasks. And of course Christina WAS keeping their money closer by bringing the pack to a place closer to the task but that didn't help when it was taken back down the hill.

I'm sure in the GT mind it did make a difference in that they dropped back and then were U Turned. Thank heaven they didn't come in last due to that, so its all good.

Amy
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07-10-2002

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 1:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amy a private message Print Post    
Was anyone else surprised when Jamie and Cara were allowed to use the double u-turn after they were u-turned?
When I first saw that Kent and Vyxsin had u-turned them I figured they would have to go back and do the 2nd task before they would be able to try to u-turn another team since technically they hadn't finished the detour which has always been a requirement for using the u-turn in the past.
I guess it was a different situation being that it was a double but it would have been better if they had clarified that a team that had been u-turned could also u-turn another team if it was still available when they got there and found out they were u-turned.
It just seemed wrong to me.