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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Yes that was rather inconsiderate to say the least. I just don't get good vibes from him in that relationship. I like her though.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I didn't enjoy the show a lot tonight. There was just too much rushing around the whole time. I am not sure that using the "Hanoi Hilton" was a good idea. Too many bad memories for our imprisoned soldiers there to make it a rush through. I am glad that two teams and the Kentucky girl did pay their respects.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Crap! My tape stopped at 9pm! Well, one vcr starts taping DHW, the other Mystery on PBS for me.
I hate this new time! CBS loves it since people who follows TAR probably has no chioce3 but eat up the rest of their Sunday night show!

Thanks Rean for doing this. I'm not reading yet. Going to watch my half first and pray that some fan will put the rest on Youtube. CBS doesn't even innertube TAR when this is the one they need to do so the most!

.... End rant. Sorry about that!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks a million, Raenstorm. I am usually in chat for spoiling but left chat tonight because the show was going to air in eastern and midwest time during my dinner. So I came here for the lowdown.

Hamsterlady, sorry to miss you in chat.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
anyone notice how they accidentally said Sarah and Peter were in 1st place when they were actually currently in last place (getting to the detour)

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 8:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
Anyone else more than a little skeezed when Peter ran ahead while Sarah practically had to crawl across the rice paddy?

I TOTALLY WAS!!!! It was horrible! and isn't he supposed to be like her "coach" if not "love interest"? He should have been carrying her!!!! (if they can do that)

James and Tyler rocked it! They may not have come in first but they did pass teams up several times!Didn't one of them say "It's like frogger, dude!" LOL I loved that!

The coalminer's wife is finally getting to me WITH THAT VOICE!!! I've heard other people complain on previous episodes but it didn't phase me then......IT DOES NOW! I wanted to just hold a hand over her mouth!

I agree that it was kind of choppy editing. Especially when they were making their way to the fuel detour. I couldn't really tell what order they came to it. I like to know so I can tell if some teams particularly kicked butt by speeding ahead! I think the coalminers came before James and Tyler...but I think J/T left first.

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
I wish I could go back through my recording and get the exact phrases but I'm too lazy...lol. Does anyone else remember hearing the single mom's saying a bunch of crap about how they like to help people out? Said that "most southern people do". Well why couldn't they help out James and Tyler before? I didn't really care before (well I did) but now hearing them talk about how they like to "help people" made me mad!

Oh darn it all.....I'm going to look at exactly what they said! I'll be back....

Karen
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09-07-2004

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Tureheart, I heard the Mom's comment about that, too! I turned to my BF and made the same comment you did, "What, they like to help people, but they wouldn't help Tyler and James?"

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
It was very touching watching the moms, coalminers, and gay partners at the end tonite.
I loved how they were all cheering each other on.

Sad to see the dad/dd team go.

My ds is doing a Nation notebook for school and he had picked Vietnam so he was excited to watch this leg.

I am thrilled this is on 8 again, it really is a family show and I hated the 10 timeslot

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
"We got to the cab and we were going to try to pair up with kentucky and realized that the taxi would not accomodate our teams. Dave and Mary are just sweet people and helping people is just what most southern folks do." (Lyn and Karlyn are from Alabama so they were speaking of themselves!)

Yeah they sure do like "helping people" LOL They couldn't even stop to see what Tyler and James needed. Now I didn't expect them to spend a half an hour helping them put the new tire on, but if they would have checked with Tyler and James they would have found that they only needed a jack. And since they like "helping people" they wouldn't have minded right? LOL

Now people...I was ready to put that to rest. I was willing to forget that they sped right by James and Tyler and made some snide/rude comment. But when they said they like "helping people" my eyebrows just about hit my hairline, and I was like "OOOOHHH really!!" LOL Can't wait to see next week if they say anymore about what "good people they are"!

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, I think using the various sites of "high importance" ends up being of importance to part of the group--not all.

But for those who stop, it is indeed important. I think back to the slave trading place a show or two ago. Only one team was deeply affected. But I like the places get included, as the race is for most a life changing experience.

We should all be so lucky to get to go through something like that in our life time. :-)

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I am just now watching the show since my time zone is behind everyone else. Sarah hopping on all fours behind Peter through the rice paddie looked like Golem following Frodo through the swamp. Or is it just me?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oh, dear Lord, Chiliwilli, I hadn't thought of that but you are right. That is exactly the image evoked.

Pamy, we were in Vietnam less than a year ago. E-mail me if your son needs any pictures. The amount of commerce that is conducted via those ubiquitous motorbikes, is just amazing, and we have some photos of that.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Willsfan a private message Print Post    
I am so glad Sarah managed to hop, crawl and walk to Phil. I don't know if Peter could have carried her (according to this years rules) but in a past TAR I seem to remember some guy carrying his wife/GF on his back and she was crying, but it might not have been to the pitstop. It might have just been during the race.

I don't get all choked up when I see stuff on TV but when I visit somewhere historical I can get all teary eyed. So, if I had been in that prisoner of war building I would have been feeling sad.
(I almost cried at a Civil War site that listed their ages & some were so young and the uniforms looked so tiny.
I don't know if men were smaller back then or what but I could have easily worn the one on display. Not kidding.)


Roxip
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01-29-2004

Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I noticed the error listing Peter and Sarah as in 1st place too. Weird -- TAR usually is more accurate than that.

This was a frenetic leg. Didn't like it all that much, especially since I watched the 2nd half first since my TIVO had moved on to Desparate Housewives by the time I got home...fortunately missed only about 6 minutes. Thanks Raen...I would have wondered what the flower market stuff was!

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I can't believe people are still angry about Lyn and Karlyn not helping the models. If the models couldn't work that jack, and if the other teams that had passed before them had obviously kept going, what were the women going to do? I thought it was suggested last week that the moms, the Kentucky team, and the two other teams had formed a kind of underdog alliance on that bus trip. Well, the end of this episode confirmed it. They are all very close to each other and they help each other out. That's why Mary and David helped the moms last week and the moms tried to reciprocate this week. The other teams aren't a part of that, so why would the moms be helping the models with a flat tire? They're the opponents, and they had started that leg in first place. As long as nobody was hurt, there was no reason for the other racers to stop for anything unless they had some kind of alliance going. Apparently the models hadn't inspired enough warm, fuzzy feelings in their opponents to get help.

What's weird is that on another board I go to it's Mary & David who were being criticized for not helping with the flat tire.

Shock of all shocks, Sarah and Peter didn't bother me this week. It's true that she had to crawl that last stretch, and it would've been nice if he'd gone behind her instead of in front, but for all we know Sarah might've asked him to go ahead of her so she could make it across without having him on her tail. I'd love to know what the rules are about one partner carrying another, but something tells me Sarah might not go for that anyway. They've made such a big deal about her showing how strong she is that she might not like the idea of being carried in the race.

Sorry to see the father/daughter team go. I was hoping Rob & Kimberly would be the ones.

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 12:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Starshine40 a private message Print Post    
I messed up when setting my VCR tonight so this show didn't tape, darn it! I was watching Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. I love to watch both of these shows.

I really wanted to see the Vietnam prison after reading Raen's spoilers before the show aired here. I admire Senator John McCain so much and think he is a very good man. (not my senator) I know he was a POW for over 5 years, I think about 5 1/2. What a thing to be able to survive that. I'm sure I would have cried also seeing his uniform.

In 1994 my bf and his family and I all went to Hawaii. When we went to the Arizona Memorial, after watching a documentary film about the attack, I looked at the wall of names (inside the memorial) of those lost and could NOT hold back the tears.

Thanks once again Raen for the wonderful spoiling you always do!

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Willsfan, I think that was Zach and Flo. If it was about a girl crying on her way to the pitstop there's about an 80% chance it was Flo. She cried about everything and Zach carried her more than once.

My husband was in Viet Nam although he was not a guest at Hanoi Hilton, he did have to bring his best friend's body home to his family. He got up and went to bed when that part came on. He still can't visit the memorial wall when it's on display in our town.

Curlyq, I wasn't angry about them not stopping. I was angry because of the tease (start to stop, speed up, start to stop, speed up) and then the nasty comments they made as they sped off. Those two just have an attitude toward others that is wrong. I'm not sure what it is but, for example, when ep 2 started they said they thought the other teams were annoyed with them for doing as well as they did. What? It could be just editing but I've watched every clip available on CBS and their attitude just disgusts me. I wish this was on 2 nights a week so we could see more of the interaction between the teams.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 5:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Juju, that would be great...it is an ongoing project due in march...so I am sure he would love to chat with ya in the future...thx for the offer!

Freetimefinally
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01-26-2006

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 9:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Freetimefinally a private message Print Post    
I got so confused at the roadblock. I have always assumed a roadblock is to be preformed by the one individual. I swear I saw some members helping their partners by holding and counting the money while they were still selling. I thought the partner could not help at all.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
Yes, I noticed that, too. It was pretty chaotic so maybe they let it slide. Or maybe they got minor penalties we didn't see.

Ark
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07-10-2001

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ark a private message Print Post    
I can't believe people are complaining about voices and accents. I love to listen to Mary talk. She is so open and honest about her feelings. Her delivery just makes her more charming to me. Listening to "white bread" people on TV does nothing to perk my interest. You hear the same voices and accents over and over again. When someone comes on with a unique voice, a southern accent, a New York accent or any regional accent, my interest in hearing what they have to say is instantly perked up.

As for people stopping to help a competitor during the race. I would think a team was stupid if they jeopardized their position in the race to help another team that was having difficulties but weren't hurt. You don't see cyclists stopping to help with an opponents mechanical problems on the Tour de France and we shouldn't demand it from these competitors either. Now if they drove by someone they knew while they were on their way to the grocery store, I would think less of them but not in a race for a million dollars.

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
I just meant that they stated that they enjoy helping people "that is just what most southern folks do". So they are saying that it is a way of life.

Then why would they discriminate on who gets this "help". Now I'm not trying to blow this thing up really big. My earlier posts were merely my observations about the last episode. The models didn't "do" anything to jeopardize their game. That is where my confusion comes in. I could understand the moms NOT HELPING the models had they done something to them. But they didn't. My CONCERN is that everyone is ready to make the models the bad guys. But James and Tyler aren't!

And I was simply amused (and yes, a little mad) by several statements that Lyn and Karlyn made on the last episode. I realize that they weren't the only one's to drive by James and Tyler.But as most people know it is not "that you do something" it's "how" you do it. We were able to see the reactions in the cars. Lyn and Karlyn's attitude and tone was RUDE. So it put me at odds when they later were claiming other stuff that didn't really fit with their previous gameplay.

Pdxmom
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08-08-2006

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pdxmom a private message Print Post    
Southern people help out other southern people. Southern people don't necessarily help out "Yankees". I am a southern people, so please don't slap me for my over-generalization. LOL.

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
Mary's voice only bothers me when she is screeching at David, which seems to be a lot of the time.

And I just don't really like Lyn and Karlyn's atitude. I loved them at the very first time I saw them when they were talking about "Forrest Gump", but they very shortly became my least favorite team. I know the race is hard, but complaining all the time isn't going to help. Did they expect it to be "happy, happy, joy, joy" time?