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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 8:58 pm
Hope someone can answer this. I missed tonight, so I'm confused. If U/J had a clue to go directly to pit stop, why were they last? Thanks!
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Dee
Member
08-08-2000
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 8:59 pm
Why were Uchenna & Joyce so far behind? (I missed the first 30 mins). Did they miss a flight? Thanks, dee
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 8:59 pm
all teams had cked in all ready
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:00 pm
Cause they missed they're connecting flight in Frankfurt, Germany. They took a chance and paid the price. They had to catch a later flight and were so far behind they were a non-factor during the show and there was no need for them to do the Detour or Roadblock.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:10 pm
Yay Dustin and Kandace!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:17 pm
Thanks, Lt and Teach. I wasn't paying full attention. U/J's connecting flight in Frankfurt was extremely close. Just one hour between SCHEDULED landing of one flight and SCHEDULED take-off of the next. They said they're supposed to check in at the gate (?) at least 45 minutes before an international flight. That gave them only 15 minutes to get from one gate to the next in the Frankfurt airport. Their first flight was not on time, so they missed the connection. It was close, but they missed it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:27 pm
U and J had booked a flight Danny and Oswald were considering. The connection was only 1 hour, and D & O said w/international flights that wasn't enough time. They played it "safe." Even U said they were taking a risk, but if it paid off, it was worth it. Their plane came in 10 minutes late, but it was enough that it made them miss their flight and they couldn't get another one for wayyyyy too long for them to be competitive. I liked that they were willing to take that risk though!
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Dee
Member
08-08-2000
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:37 pm
Thanks for the info!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:41 pm
Dee and others wanting to know about Joyce and Uchenna - at the very beginning of the episode, all of the teams has the option to take the flight J&U chose, but preferred not to because if they missed the connection in Frankfurt, they were screwed. There was only one hour to change planes. Eric and Uchenna had a discussion about it, and Eric pointed out that even if you get there 45 minutes before an international flight, they won't let you board. Eric said that means if your flight is 15 minutes late, you won't make the connecting flight. Uchenna acknowledged he knew all that but felt they stood a good chance of making it. Eric commented that Uchenna is braver than Eric is. Uchenna and Joyce gambled and lost. Their flight arrived ten minutes late; they didn't make the connection, had to wait until the next flight the next day, by which time they were totally out of the race.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:08 pm
I wonder what Eric's parents think when they see a show like tonight and hear his comments regarding women. How could they be proud of a son like that?
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 1:35 am
At least Danielle's reaction was a little more understandable (though still silly) since her original team was eliminated because of a Yield. Eric has no excuse for complaining about dirty gameplay when his original team perpetrated what I consider to be the dirtiest tactic ever in TAR (cancelling other teams' cabs).
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 1:41 am
Charla and Mirna got the best flight by using the computers at the hotel to book online. There were two computers and they took both and refused to let Eric and Danielle use them. Other teams went to travel agency, called to book or went to the airport. The flight that most people first considered had a VERY short connnection time and at least one team was warned away from that by the travel agent. All teams other than Joyce and Uchenna decided it wasn't worth the risk. And, it wasn't worth the risk. Joyce and Uchenna were not allowed to get on the second flight and were denied entry on yet another flight that hadn't left but was considered closed. They were stuck overnight. They were sent from the first clue box directly to the pitstop and sent home. I really like them, BUT, they really needed a different "reason" for being on the race. It simply made no sense to use exactly the same bit about trying to see if they really belonged together. They WON their season and had the million plus some other perks (including a free round of in vitro). If that didn't allow them to decide to stay together, why would running another race? Just be honest and say, we want to run again, love doing the race, love each other and we want a chance at another million. Charla and Mirna were way ahead. They said they chose not to yield because they wanted to play a fair game, blah blah blah, win on their own merits (guess not allowing the other team to use ONE of the two computers was fair but they were aghast that another team would yield someone) They must have spend a long long time biting cookies before they switched to the art task, but they did a good job of that. Danny and Oswald seemed to choose better on where to get the bus, but one of them didn't understand the cookie task, saying they just had to bite one cookie per box, that the box with the licorice cookie would contain all licorice centers. They bickered, lost time going back and forth to that task twice, then had to redo part of the art task because they counted incorrectly. The Beauty Queens giggled about yielding Eric and Danielle, though later realized that they just created ill will.. they didn't need to have yielded anyone, since they came in first. They made quick work of the art project and didn't dither about which project to choose. Of course none of them realized how far behind Joyce and Uchenna had fallen, so they all could have relaxed more. Danielle and Eric had to stand out the yield but were fairly lucky (and didn't argue) doing the cookie task. The bike and newspaper task.. BQ did a good job and of course probably found the closest sources of papers to recycle. Mirna got more than she needed, did a good job collecting. Danielle complained and complained about it being a man's task (but Mirna and the BQ who did the task seemed not to have that much trouble). Oswald was already frazzled from arguing with Danny and the other task problems and was pretty inefficient with the papers. Danny and Oswald had some trouble catching a cab which probably sealed the deal that they would come in behind Eric and Danielle. I'd say D/O and D/E might have been in big trouble had Joyce and Uchenna caught that flight. Eric had some unneccesary words about the BQ for yielding them.. but he never hesitates to degrade women with his words, so that was no surprise, I guess. BQ and Charla and Mirna were definitely the stars this week as far as working together within their own teams.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 1:42 am
Oh and the irony is that Joyce and Uchenna lost because THIS TIME they couldn't talk their way onto a closed flight. That is exactly how they won in their season.
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Kizz
Member
07-26-2001
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 4:46 am
Sea I thought of that too last night. I know a lot of folks here on the boards (myself included) thought TAR producers had a hand in that. It seems like this season there is much less accomodation at the gates, many more "no' answers than there ever were. The world we live in I suppose...
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Cpmfinster
Member
08-15-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 6:21 am
U/J said on the Early Show that the printer broke at the first airport so they didn't have their tickets to get on the connecting flight and that they did, in fact, make it in time. They also joked about the fact the it was a plane that won it for them last time and a plane that lost it for them this time.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 6:33 am
I have a question...I watched last night...and I could have sworn when they had to choose between the art and the cookies...they were told to travel by foot to whichever location they chose...one was like 1/3 mile the other like 1/2 mile...I don't record shows, so I have no way to replay it...is that not what they said? TIA for the help.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:31 am
On The Early Show, U/J said that at the first airport, the printer broke (or ran out of paper) before it could print the tickets for their second flight. It was having to check in to get tickets printed for the connecting flight that caused the delay. If the tickets had been printed at the first airport, they would have made the flight. They also said they spent the first mil on Uncle Sam, some bills and the rest into savings and some giving. They have annual giving goals, apparently. I wasn't aware that they apparently had lost a great deal of money in the World Com and Enron debacles. They also have a website called uchennaandjoyce.com for updates on their life. So far there is nothing there but a home page, unless I"m missing something! (Scoot, I thought that too, but many of them took cabs, right?)
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:47 am
Karuuna...no...not in that part...they were the only ones I saw...the rest appeared to go on foot...I thought I was watching pretty closely, but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 9:15 am
Scoot, who did you see take the cab? I thought I remembered two couples doing it - D/O and M/C. And then cabbing back and forthe between the two options when they changed their mind?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 9:15 am
we had the same conversation at our house last night. the clue said specifically to go "on foot" to the cookie task. we rewinded our DVR to check, and mirna/charla took a cab.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 9:37 am
I saw Mirna and Charla take a cab. I don't recall seeing anyone else do it. Shouldn't they have been penalized?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:33 am
Didn't D/O take a cab also? or someone? I know that they took a cab in going from one to the other task, and wonder if that was okay?
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:49 am
I must have missed that...
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:53 am
The clue did say "on foot," and C/M took a cab. I'm going to assume they took a 15 minute penalty, but it was a non-issue with U/J so far behind them. As far as I know, everyone else went on foot. The little tiff in the cab between D/O was after the cookies incident while on their way to the next clue box.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:59 am
Thanks Lexie....IMO they should have gotten more than a 15 minute penalty, as they did it twice...once to the cookies, and then once when they gave up the cookies and went to the other place. I know it was a non issue..but couldn't it make a difference when they take off next?
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