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Watching2
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07-07-2001
| Monday, September 18, 2006 - 11:02 pm
Gee, I felt sorry for Sarah when she was trying to get up that wall. Sure, it seemed classless to use her disability when it profited it them, but then it was "karma" when she had the hydrolic leak in the leg. I wonder how far she'll get. I had a hard time keeping a lot of them straight as to names, but I have to say the Kentucky couple/woman was getting on my last nerve w/her screaching and yelling "SHUT UP!" Yeah, I liked the "eye candy" guys too and I wasn't sure if I would but so far, they don't seem to have too much attitude. Don't like the bickering couple and the jury is out on the gay couple. It depends on how they act. I also was surprised at the beauty queens and even the cheerleaders. Yes, they're college cheerleaders.. someplace in SC for whomever asked way up thread! They don't bother me much yet. I kept getting them confused w/the beauty queens actually. I think they started "hard-core" with getting to the matt last night. I know I never would have made it up that wall! What I really liked was how all the teams were encouraging each other and even helping each other. It was refreshing. We'll see how long that lasts! LOL Looking forward to the rest of the season except that it's on Sundays and football is going to make it run late and then it's going to mess up my viewing schedule. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 7:52 am
I'm really liking the diversity of the teams this season, and was really bummed that two of the most diverse (the Muslims and the Indian couple) were eliminated so early. I laughed when Peter said they'd be able to play that preboarding card a while... um, no. Everyone has assigned seats (isn't Southwest the only one who doesn't assign seats?). So, no, you're not gonna have any advantage other than getting settled faster. You're still gonna sit in the seats assigned. That said, I'm rooting for Sarah. She's got a lot to overcome and I think it's gonna handicap them a bit (no pun intended). The coalminer and his wife kinda bug me. Yeah, OK, so they are "real" people. Still, I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to handle them if they make thru to F4. (Her screeching and accent... ack!) I really hope Lauren's dad sees her for who she is and not what she is. I think this race is going to really do wonders for their relationship. And I think dad will see that her sexual orientation has nothing to do with how phenomenal a daughter he has. The models, the cheerleaders, the beauty queens... kinda out on that. I hope the models don't do the dominate all season thing. But I do like their backstory. The moms seemed to have a lot of grit and determination. I did think bowling moms, and I hope they can keep pace with the others. The guys from San Francisco. They are so lucky they didn't get hauled in for the squirt gun antic. Geez, especially in this day and age. They are lucky, is all I can say. (Stoopid and lucky.) I don't remember much about the couple on the verge of marriage. Musta not been paying much attention to 'em. I think the gay couple need to get over themselves. They are NOT Team Guido (thankfully, there was only one of them!). I'm on the fence about liking them. Since Bilal and Sa'cod and Vipul and Arti are gone, I think I'm now kinda rooting for Peter and Sarah and Duke and Lauren. That, of course, is subject to change without notice! I'm glad TAR is back! This is still my all-time favorite reality show. And I'm glad that it seems there are less of those looking for their 15 minutes and more there to learn, grow, and improve upon their relationships. But I did hate that double elimination. When I saw "Last Team" I knew that was gonna be the elimination. I really loved how all the other teams reacted though... some seemed shocked, but most seemed sad to see a team go so early in the race.
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Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 8:50 am
TAR is not on cbs.com innertube yet. They have clips and the eviction. I don't know if they will put the full episode up or not. I hope so! I missed the first epi and will be traveling for several others now that it is on Sunday. This is my FAVORITE show. Thanks, Raen, for transcribing! I really appreciate it.
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Nancypj
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08-17-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:20 am
For Survivor and BB they said at the end of the episodes that you could watch the full episode at cbs.com. They never said it for TAR. I remember last season they had episodes on Comcast Digital Cable On Demand. They cost 99 cents, but was worth it to me last season when I messed up taping an episode. I haven't checked my On Demand menu to see if they list it for this season, but that may be an option for you. Or maybe iTunes?
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Aahlife
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08-06-2005
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:45 am
Thank you for suggesting looking at itunes to find the first episode I missed. I did check itunes, and although other CBS shows are there, for some reason TAR isn't. It doesn't seem to be available anywhere, which I find odd. I sure want to see it, this is so frustrating!
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Shelb724
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10-20-2002
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:52 am
i remember one time, we flew with our baby (who is now a sophomore in college). she was maybe around 8 months old, something like that. Anyway, they let us on early, and it wasn't that much time before everyone else got on the plane. it sure seemed like it anyway. here i'm all happy because i was allowed on the plane first, and then it seemed like 2 minutes before the stampede! really glad TAR is back tho, i love watching it. miss watching it with my daughter tho!
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Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 11:55 am
Couldn't find TAR on my Comcast on-Demand. The cbs website has a nice written recap of the show. ITunes has CSI, NCIS, Numb3rs, Survivor and Big Brother, but not the Amazing Race. DANG!
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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 12:24 pm
Interesting article/interview with Vipul and Arti: http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=155605&x=articles&s=showbiz Taxis tax Amazing racers Tara Merrin Calgary Sun September 19, 2006 Blame it on the taxi driver — again. For Vipul and Arti Patel of Florida, the first Indian-Americans to be on CBS’ The Amazing Race, their elimination on the Sept. 17 premiere episode was, as is often seen on the popular reality series, due to a cab driver. While not shown on TV, the couple wasted over an hour on the side of a road in China trying to bargain their cab fare. They say their taxi driver wanted to charge them double the cost of the ride to the final challenge, at the Great Wall of China, in order to pay his way back to the team’s starting point. The only problem was the Patels didn’t have enough cash. “We had to pull to try and translate with our cab driver … so by the time we got to the Wall, the final team had just climbed over,” says Vipul. “If that didn’t happen, we would have gotten there at the same time the other teams were starting and we wouldn’t have been eliminated.” A surprise twist actually made them the second team to be eliminated. Halfway through the leg, best friends Bilal Abdul-Mani and Sa’eed Rudolph, the first Muslims to compete on Race, were axed after another confused Beijing taxi driver drove them into last place. After training for months and studying world languages, being cut so quickly was a tough pill to swallow and Arti says she and her husband feel their pain. “Even after we climbed the Wall, I was hoping maybe another team was lost or it would be a non-elimination round. When Phil (Keoghan) told us we were eliminated, I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ We really wanted to have that experience and to know that we weren’t going to, initially it was very hard. “But after that, I realized at least I got a chance to do the little that we got to — I mean we climbed the Great Wall of China. That’s amazing on its own.” The Amazing Race 10 takes contestants around the globe, awarding the winning team $1 million US and has been hailed as the most diverse season yet. Race airs on CBS and CTV Sundays.
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Alisons
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01-10-2003
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 12:25 pm
I can't believe anyone would be so mean spirited as to deny some SLIGHT advantage to someone who is MISSING A LEG. Especially someone missing a leg whose artificial leg has a hydraulic leak! CAN YOU IMAGINE a life where you had to worry about your artificial leg springing a leak?? And what did she really gain, a WINDOW SEAT? Please! 
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:13 pm
I think all's fair and people can use whatever individual traits they possess to gain advantages, if they can successfully use them. Whether it's a one legged player with a faulty prosthesis claiming a place in the handicapped line, or a multi-lingual player who can speak fluently in another country asking for directions, or sexy young players using their "wiles" on opposing teams or others for help. If ya got it, use it! Play ball!
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:33 pm
the point that some were making is this, yes, if you have something use it, but not in the same breath as bragging about being just as strong or stronger than others. And we don't know if the other teams even knew that she was having a problem with her leg.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:43 pm
Anyway, there is a TAR podcast featuring Rebecca Cardon and BJ Averell available to view here
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:53 pm
Really? Not on iTunes? That is wierd. When the new issue of TV Guide comes out I will look in the weekly listing they have of places you can go online to see free and paid episodes of shows.
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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 1:56 pm
Exactly what Ladytex said above. I don't have a problem with using what you've got -- but don't say you have a point to prove and then point at your leg while you say "emergency!" to a taxi. That bugged me waaaaay more than the early boarding thing. But I did feel for her when she was climbing that rope -- and I do think Lyn and Karlyn might want to focus more on their own race and not so much on other teams (though who knows -- it's entirely feasible that the seeming-focus they had on them was a result of editing).
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Native_texan
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08-24-2004
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 2:14 pm
I don't think Sarah using the prosthesis to be able to board first (they didn't get to the destination any faster than anyone else anyway) or to get a cab had anything to do with proving her strength which she did just by climbing the Wall. As others have said, you use what you can - looks, language, disability, whatever - as long as you don't break any rules.
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Nerovh
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06-12-2005
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 2:49 pm
So what is Sarah supposed to say instead of saying that she is as strong or stronger than the others? "Oh, yes, I am weaker and will have a tougher time than all the others." That wouldn't be much of a boost to her self-esteem. It was obvious in the way that she runs that she has a harder time doing it than the contestants with two legs. I thought she was going to go head-first down the first hill in the show. Can you imagine how many people have said or implied to her that, no, she is not as strong or as good as a person with a whole body. No matter what face she puts on it, or what she says, I guarantee you that part of her is afraid that she will fail and that people will think that it is because she is NOT as strong as "normal people". I think the advantages they got were damn small in comparison to the hurdles she's going to face in this race that the others won't have to deal with.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 3:22 pm
Poor Sarah, damned if she do, damned if she don't!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 4:04 pm
Sarah was proclaimed by someone (I think she said it but not sure) as a "world class athlete" and she said she was as strong or stronger than the others; therefore, why would she need to use her handicap for an advantage? But she did. It was about the same to me as those claiming to be so almighty religious and basing their lives on the Lord's word and praying about every breath they take but then lying and cheating like heck because they can ask for forgiveness later and all will be okay.
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Mocha
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08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 4:22 pm
Well she did use it to preboard. What other reason would they have to preboard? But it doesn't bother me. I'd use whatever hustle I could work.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 4:39 pm
If you missed the broadcast, the show seems to be up on Youtube.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 5:23 pm
When you look at hard it was to climb that wall for the people with no handicap, Sarah was the strongest. It could be that it was safer for her to preboard than to chance her prosthesis being damaged in the jostle. Perhaps, for liability purposes, the airline required her to preboard. And it could be she used the emergency bit with the cab after watching the small woman (I can't remember her name) use it or it could be that with leak that had developed she needed to get off of it.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 6:46 pm
Nancypj, that is a TAR internet show podcast with Amazing Rebecca and last season's winner BJ
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 9:09 pm
Sarah competed in the Iron Man Triathalon. She has a lot of upper body strength (as you could see during the climb over the Great Wall), but she is at a disadvantage in maneuvering with the prosthetic (as you could see while she was running down the hill as the race started, or as she was climbing up the stairs later on). I think she is a strong woman mentally, too, though, refusing to let the fact that she has a prothesis limit her horizons. And to that, I give her nothing but kudos. (And Iron Man? Holy crap! I'd never even start it, let alone finish it! ) Preboarding gives you nothing but a few extra minutes to get your luggage situated and yourself seated. Advantage: none. It's a courtesy that airlines extend to passengers, so that they (the passengers) don't hold up the rest of the herd as they board. And believe me, it's not that much time. (When I had my pedestrian vs auto accident, I was doing a lot of traveling afterwards, and preboarded all the time. Sometimes I barely had gotten to my seat when the hoardes of folks in the first boarding group came on board.)
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Lizziedi
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10-05-2005
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 9:48 pm
Enjoyed going through the posts & everyone's take on the people. Someone asked earlier about the next show clips of the horse. I just watched again & I just couldn't tell. It looks like a Mongollian climate, and everyone has coats & big hats on. The only thing you can really see is a leg & it looks like a woman's leg to me, possibly the coal miner wife. This clip puts a chill in my heart, because I grew up on a horse farm and the one accident everyone feared most was this one. It's almost impossible to get oneself out of it unless the horse can calm down & stop, so you are at the mercy of a panicked animal and those back hooves. It becomes second nature to kick out of the stirrups if you can, in an emergency. I only saw this happen once, and fortunately there were plenty of people around & the horse became calm enough for everyone to free the lady.
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Lizziedi
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10-05-2005
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 10:44 pm
Thanks Yankee, for posting that article on Vipul & Arti. Training for months & studying world languages! To be eliminated because of a cab ride must have been a bitter pill! And they showed such grace and mutual love in their goodbyes, after what must have been a grueling day. Best wishes to them in life!
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