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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
LOL. Pamy! I loved that line too!

There are not any Nonelimination rounds this time. Folks with mathmatical skills - a group that does not include myself - have figured out that there need to be two "To Be Continued" rounds to fill up all the episodes. The last leg is always a TBC, but, apparently, we will see another one as well. Hence the "could be eliminated" -

Costacat
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
IIRC, when the season first started, the number of weeks and the number of teams seemed to indicate that there would be no non-elim legs. The only way there could be is if there is a "to be continued" leg, to make up for it.

Kimmy_1
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kimmy_1 a private message Print Post    
Funny I was sure I heard Phil say that there would be 3 non-eliminations this time.......of course, there is that slimmmmmmmm possibility that I heard wrong.

Scooterrific
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Kimmy I thought I heard the same thing on the first episode.

Colordeagua
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Semantics matter. The first time N/J arrived at the pit stop, Phil said (paraphrased), "You're the second team to arrive," but . . . . Normally he'd say, "You're team no. 2."

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I thought I heard there were no non-elimination rounds.

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
N/J were not Team#2 because they did not take a taxi.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Kimmy and Scooterrific, I also thought I heard that same thing very first episode. And then Wilson has always said there are no non-elimination rounds this season, and Wilson always knows his stuff, so I have to go with what Wilson says and not what I thought I heard. :-)

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
I'm pretty sure that Phil said there were 11 pit stops and 8 of them were eliminations. I made an assumption then that there were some non-eliminations. But hey...I've made wrong assumptions before!

Mack
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07-23-2002

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mack a private message Print Post    
Well, if there are going to be any non-elimination stops they're quickly running out of time for more than one or two. We were really sorry to see Hendekea and Azaria get eliminated so we're kind of watching TK and Rachel as our favorites now.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Before the show started the articles all said there would be no non-elimination legs. But at the beginning Phil definitely said there would be 11 "legs" and 8 eliminations - we were talking about it at the time and about how the maths didn't add up if there were no non-eliminations.

It would take 8 straight elimination legs and a final leg to get a winner if the last leg had the final three teams, so there are two extra legs in there somewhere - either the original reports of no non-elims were wrong or they're ending two legs some other way.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
the two extra legs have been said to be 'to be continued' legs, not non-elim. meaning the leg ends but when they reach what they think is a pitstop, Phil tells them to keep racing.

Kimmy_1
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kimmy_1 a private message Print Post    
Thanks all......I guess that is what I heard (11 legs - 8 eliminations) and then "ass"umed that it meant 3 non-eliminations.

Here is an article about the lack on non-elims...

2007_Jul_25_non_elimination_dropped

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
We're probably due for the uber-leg, we need one soon (the finale date is supposed to be January 20th from what I've heard).

And CBS officially picked up Race XIII over the weekend!

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
So far, I like the support that the Goths give each other when they are doing their tasks. But, it looks like in the next episode they have a bit of a meltdown.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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BuddyTV Interview with Azaria and Hendekea

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yay Race XIII!!!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
OK, I must be getting slap-happy because all these "legs" mentioned here and even an "uber-leg" have gotten me laughing. :-)

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Just quacked TAR & Survivor with my Sis in Phx.
Both of us loving this season, ESPECIALLY TAR!

Both so disappointed to see Az & Hend gone. Both enjoying the Goths and TK/Rachel & Az/Hend mainly because they're having such a great time, enjoying the experiences!

Both TRULY saddened that Jen/Nathan didn't take an exit last night!

Sis said I should post for her:
"If I were Nathan who strayed [cheated] on that young woman, I would have strayed on her, too! When this race is over, he needs to run away from her FAST!"

When I commented that it looked to me like that same taxi driver looked like he took another team that must have been just as wet, after doing the same challenge. Sis said she figures that since the taxi driver is his own boss, he didn't need to take them, whether wet clothes or not, especially with the lady acting so snarly doing hissy fits.

hehehe! Great minds think alike! Bisc

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I hated to see A & H eliminated because they were a stong, very physical team. However, they were not travel-savvy which counts for a lot at times. Also I was not impressed with the way he disrespected her most of the time - little sister, yes, but still a person in her own right!

Panda
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07-15-2005

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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:20 am
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So far, I like the support that the Goths give each other when they are doing their tasks. But, it looks like in the next episode they have a bit of a meltdown.

I was thinking the same thing about the Goths!!! I am sad to see they are going to have a meltdown next week! I guess every team has their moments.

There is always a bickering couple that ends up doing well and it drives me nuts! One minute it's "I hate you" then they pull together...grrrr!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Yes, I agree about Az disrespecting his little Sister. IF he had ONLY kept his mouth shut and let his Sis finish talking, without interrupting her several times there with the Ticket Agent, she MIGHT have been allowed to ask for "Economy" seats.

So often, the interruption just jars a person (thoughts then fluttering) so they can't remember their train of thought and then commence to overlook IMPORTANT LITTLE DETAILS! Like the detail that lost them the race.

I'm sorry to see them gone, but feel that it was a fair loss.

Kitt
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Monday, December 10, 2007 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yeah, they didn't work together. But as a sister, I blame HIM!

I'd have thought a sibling partnership would be the most volatile under stressfull conditions, because, well, brothers and sisters don't hold much back. These two did well, even if some of their sibling rivalries showed through here and there.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
The thing that got me was the "big brother pusing the little sister to achieve," thing that they kept bringing up. Hey, he is 27 and she is 24. There is not that much difference in their ages. He acts like he is years older.

As far as the Goths go, he is prettier than she is. LOL

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
lol Allie!

Karen
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09-07-2004

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
As a girl with a brother three years older than me, I can attest that that "Big Brother / Little Sister" dynamic is pretty accurate. I'm marrying a man three years older than my big bro, and Jeff still acts like he's lived lifetimes longer than me.

I'm impressed than R&C pulled themselves into first place. They weren't my favourite team out the gates, but they're strangely growing on me. Maybe it's just the voyeur in me wanting to see the two of them work things out.

But I'm so over N&D. I can't decide which of those two I dislike more.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
So much for my bonus points. Although I didn't care from those two from the start, I picked A/H to win the whole shebang, because they were such a strong team. Shows ya!

Never thought I'd see R/C pull into a pit stop in first place. Kudos to Ronald though. He is trying to change, trying to improve his relationship with his daughter. But most of all, he is keeping that flappin' trap shut on occasion now. Either that or the guy in the cutting room couldn't stand listening to him any more either.

Christina is my absolute favourite. She is bearing her father with an incredible amount of patience and grace.

TK/R are a pleasant team to watch, but there are times when I'd like to kick him into gear. Talk about laid-back!!!!!!!!

The Goths are still working very well together, and ITA with the rest of you on J/N and N/D. Hope to wave bye-bye to those two teams soon.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm on the N/J "get out of there" bandwagon, after finally getting caught up on the last two eps. Sheesh. I don't think he's a prince, but she sure as heck isn't even close to being a princess, or even a prize. Girl, if you don't wanna be there, go. We won't miss you.

I think Christina deserves a medal for putting up with a father like that. Seriously. He is overbearing and rude, and wrong most often. She is one heckuva strong woman for not breaking down (and I love her "I love you" comments! almost seem to be borderline sarcastic, but they sure do put him in his place, yes? <grin>).

Nicholas and Doug (is that right)? Geez. I'm having a hard time liking either one of them. The grandson is pushing the grandfather to row faster. Um, hello? Aren't you younger and stronger? I'm also not a fan of the younger's snarky comments and attitude.

I love watching TK and Rachel, as well as Kynt and Vyxsin. Those two couples seem to really be enjoying the ride. I hope it's CBS misdirection with the K/V breakdown in two weeks. And I'd totally love to see these two in the finale.