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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 3:38 pm
Just getting this started.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 3:46 pm
All right! Do we expect any delays tonight or will it start on time?
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Aurora
Member
11-24-2006
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 4:15 pm
It will be on time tonight. 60 Minutes started on time.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:05 pm
Yay! Thanks Aurora.
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:06 pm
Woohoo, almost time! I'm hoping the cheese will show up in Germany to haunt them! Go cheese!!
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:12 pm
Previouslies on now.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:32 pm
Alps. 1st Pit Stop. 2:56 AM: Margie/Luke departing. Fly to Munich, Germany and drive themselves to Ruhpolding. Ride cable car to top of the mountain for next clue. Margie and Luke talking about how deaf people can do the same things as everyone else. 2:57 AM: Victor/Tammy leaving. They borrow the driver's cell phone to call about flights. 2:59 AM: Mark/Michael leaving. They are high fiving about location. 3:18 AM: Mel/Mike leaving. Mel says he injured himself in the last leg. 3:47 AM: Amanda/Kris leaving now. 3:56 AM: Brad/Victoria leaving. 3:59 AM: Cara/Jaime leaving. 4:02 AM: Kisha/Jen leaving. 4:04 AM: Steve/Linda leaving. Steve says he was wrong for treating her like he did. Tammy/Victor making a reservation on SwissAir. Others also booking tickets via phone. All seem to be getting the 7:10 AM flight. The next earliest seems to be 8:45 AM. Mark/Micheal say they can chill because they started third. They are counting their money. Don't think they did what everyone else did in calling to make reservations. 4:12 AM: Christie/Jodi leaving now. Steve/Linda say they are keeping calm Margie/Luke arrive with Mark/Michael right behind them. Both looking to get on the 7:10 flight. Margie/Luke get the 7:10 flight. The ticket attendant asks if they are already holding a ticket reservation. They say no and they can't get on that flight. Christie/Jodi in the car also getting the 8:45 flight. All but Christie/Jodi and Mark/Michael are on the 7:10 flight. MUNICH All teams out and running. Tammy/Victor are out first. Victor is confident they are going the right way. Margie/Luke in 3rd. Cara/Jamie in 4th. Mel/Mike in 5th. Kisha/Jen not sure they are going the right way. Tammy/Victor in 1st and they arrive. Amanda/Kris right behind them. Tammy/Victor in a car that's leaving in 2 minutes. They are off by themselves. Amanda/Kris right behind them. They have to wait 15 minutes. Tammy/Victor loving the view from the cable car. They get to the top and looking for marked path. ROADBLOCK: Fly like an eagle. Run off mountain and paraglide off mountain 600 feet below. Other partner rides down on cable car. Once they are reunited at bottom, they get clue. If there are unsafe wind conditions, they can way undetermined amount of time for wind conditions to improve or choose a 60 minute hike down. Kisha/Jen are lost. The others are all at the cable car. Tammy is doing the Roadblock. Wind conditions are unsafe so she has to wait or walk down. She decides to walk down. Other teams at the top. Kris is doing the roadblock. Mel is doing it. Mike says his leg is not going to stand going down the hill so he's going to wait until they can fly. Christie/Jodi and Mark/Michael in Munich now and on their way. Brad/Victoria arrive at mountain top. Victoria wants to fly. Steve/Linda in the cable car now. At the top, people are waiting on the wind. Victoria decides to walk. The others are waiting. Linda is going to do the roadblock. More deciding to walk down now... Kris going. Luke says he really likes Jaime and Cara. Luke tells Jamie to kickass and not get eliminated. Mel worrying about walking down the hill. All watching the wind. Linda decides to go down the hill. Tammy sees an arrow and is still on her way down the hill. Kisha/Jen and Christie/Jodi are there now. Mike is worried about Mel having to wait. Jamie decides to go down the hill. Mark/Michael finally there. Mike hopes the wind will change now. Mark is going to do it. Mel tries to psych them out by yelling, "Don't be afraid!" Mike keeps hoping the wind will change. Mel worried about all the others deciding to go... Christie and Jodi talking about it. Mark is going to down the hill. Mel hoping the other girls won't leave. Now everyone but Mel going down the hill. Mel is worried about being a loser because he stayed and waited.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:44 pm
Back with Mel worried that he's lost. Mike says this is the first time he's felt like they could lose. Mel still praying for the wind to change and it's good. They get to go. Mel says it was a miracle that the wind changed. Tammy sill running down. She hasn't seen a marker in awhile but she sees it and gets to the bottom. Drive themselves 25 miles to find next clue. Margie gets to the bottom as Mel starts on his way down. Luke and Margie are off as Kris gets to the bottom. Margie and Luke looking for where to go. Kris and Amanda getting directions from someone. They leave in 2nd place. Victoria gets down and they are off. Mike is on his way down watching his dad fly down. Mike thinks they are still in the race at this point. Linda isn't sure she's going the right way. We see that she misses the marker. We get to see the others running down too. Mel says this a treat of a lifetime. Cara sees Mel and says, "That makes me angry." Mel and Mike hug and head off in 5th place. Everyone else is running. Steve says he can see them (he and Linda) going back to last place real quick. Tammy/Victor arrive and find clue box. DETOUR. Balancing Dolly: Ride Segue along obstacle course. When they reach end, they get clue. Austrian Folly: Throw pies at target. Target is partner's face. Must do this until they find pie with cherry filling. Tammy/Victor doing Austrian Folly. They realize they have to throw at each other. Tammy gets Victor first and then he gets her back. She tells him not to smash it in her face. Tammy/Victor get cherry filling. Make way to woodcutters. Have them cut small piece of wood and it will be stamped with their next clue. They head off. They get their piece of wood and get clue. Pit Stop: Drive themselves Schloss Hellbrunn. Last team to check in MAY be eliminated. They head off. Linda trying to get down the hill but she appears to be going the wrong way. Steve says Linda is not the best at directions. Mark/Michael done and heading off. Jamie and Cara doing the same. Linda doesn't see any road markers. She hears traffic and hopes that is where she is supposed to be. Jen gets to the bottom and she and Kisha head off. Linda gets to a road and realizes it's not where she's supposed to be. She says, "Oh, God, he's gonna hate me now." Christie/Jodi are off. Linda realizes she is lost and is walking along the side of the crying. She says she wishes she wouldn't have walked down that stupid mountain.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:58 pm
Back with Linda crying. She asks someone for a ride back to the cable car station. Tammy/Victor arriving at the pit stop now. They are team #1. They cheer. Victor goes to hug her and she says, "Oh, you're gross." Phil raises an eyebrow at this (I think he was agreeing). They win two go-carts. Amanda/Kris arrive at the DETOUR. They decide to do Austrian Folly. They start throwing at each other. They find the cherry filling pretty quickly. Kris says the pie is actually delicious. Linda finally back at the cable cars. She now has the markers and they get their clue. They head off. Steve says they aren't far behind. She thanks him for not being mad at her. Amanda/Kris are off to pit stop. Mel/Mike say they are Segue pros and decide to do that. Luke thinks the pie thing will take forever and he's not happy about doing it but Margie wants to do it. They head over there and start throwing. Mel and Mike on the obstacle course and Mel thinks they picked the longest challenge. But they are getting it done. Margie/Luke still throwing pies. Mel/Mike finish and are off for their piece of wood. Luke wants to switch from this task but Margie says no. Mel/Mike head off as Brad/Victoria arrive. They decide to do Austrian Folly. Kisha/Jen going the wrong way and they have to go back and turn around. Steve/Linda on their way. Margie/Luke still throwing. Luke is quickly getting frustrated but they finally get it and head off. Brad/Victoria get started as Margie/Luke get their piece of wood. Brad/Victoria are off. Brad licks a piece of cake off of her. Jaime and Cara doing the Segue challenge. Kisha/Jen and Mark/Michael arrive at the same time and they all decide to do the Segue challenge. Christie/Jodi arrive and decide to do the pie. Mel/Mike arrive at pit stop but they can't get the gate open. Mel says he thinks they should go around.... Mel/Mike are team #2. Amanda/Kris are team #3. (They arrived as Mel/Mike were trying to open the gate.) Margie/Luke are team #4. Margie hugs him. Brad/Victoria are team #5. We see the other teams doing the Segue challenge. Mark/Michael are in 7th place and off to get their piece of wood. Mark/Michael are off to the pit stop. Kisha/Jen also off to the pit stop. Christie/Jodi are throwing pies. 14 Hours Later.... Jaime/Cara are team #6. Christie/Jodie finally finish and head off to get piece of wood. Steve/Linda decide to do pies. Christie/Jodi searching for woodcutter. Steve/Linda in the pie tent now. Christie/Jodi still looking for wood cutter. They pick up some wood... Steve/Linda having fun with the pie throwing. They finally get the cherry pie. Christie/Jodi still not sure what to do. They are wandering around wondering what to do.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:06 pm
Christie/Jodi still wandering around. Steve/Linda running now and see Christie/Jodi. Mark/Michael driving now and appear to be a little confused. Kisha/Jen stop at a gas station to get directions. Jen is annoyed at Kisha wanting to be the older sister and says she is not an idiot. Christie/Jodi finally figure it out and get their piece of wood. Steve/Linda get their piece and head off. Kisha/Jen are off again. Christie/Jodi stopping to get directions and find out that they went the wrong way. Steve and Linda see the sign but they bicker a bit as Linda shows him where to go. Mark/Michael appear to have found it now too. Kisha/Jen are team #7. Kisha is very relieved. Jen says she would never have thought this would the most frustrating experience of her life. She says it is annoying just to listen to her talk. Mark/Michael are team #8. Christie/Jodi and Steve/Linda appear to be arriving at the same time but I think it's editing here. Christie/Jodi are team #9. Steve/Linda are the last team to arrive. They say they figured. They have been eliminated from the race. They both break down in tears. Steve says Linda gave it 100% and it wasn't her. They did this together. Steve says he couldn't imagine running this race with anyone other than Linda. Linda says what she loves about Steve is how much he loves her. Says she is very fortunate to have that.
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Raenstorm
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:11 pm
Next time: When the race heads to Romania, teams go for the gold in gymnastics. Amanda/Kris make a potentially fatal mistake (looks like they misplace their fanny pack). Tammy struggles to be heard. We see Tammy talking about how Victor thinks she can't do anything and he's have to accommodate for her a lot.
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:25 pm
I'm glad Linda is gone. I can't deal with her breakdowns for the whole race, it would be too stressful and annoying. I wonder if they would have gotten any kind of time penalty for not doing that task correctly if they had gotten to the pit stop before the other team?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 6:54 pm
Thanks so much Raen! I had to restart my computer so I wasn't able to be here while you were busy! I am glad Linda/Steve are gone, I think they gave it a shot, but just couldn't seem to follow the clues, better to be gone now than struggle so much and make us all crazy!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 9:11 pm
Great spoiling Raen. Another fun show. I enjoyed seeing how much Steve and Linda care for each other but they just weren't up to this sort of race so in a way it was a relief that they were eliminated. I think that Tammy and Victor may be very hard to beat this season. I imagine they will bunch up again pretty quickly but there seemed to be a huge gap between finishing teams.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 11:32 pm
Raen, I have no idea how you spoil so well. You're amazing. Just watched the tivo of the show and, while I'm OK with Linda leaving, I kinda think they weren't that bad. There are a lot of other teams I would prefer to leave first. Linda brings the drama and I kinda enjoy that. Now what do I have to rely upon? The flight attendants and the "mini-men"? Anyhow, I really like Tammy and Victor as a team. They have a blow up apparently next week, but that happens to everyone. They are both adorable and seem to have a strategy.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 12:45 am
Raen rocks at spoiling.. and it isn't easy. I can vouch for that! I'm fine with Steve and Linda leaving.. but I will say they redeemed themselves compared to the first show and I'm happy to see that. I think it will make it much easier to be viewing the season. Had they left after the performance last week, not so much. I really didn't dislike anyone this week. Like both pairs of siblings, but see in previews that they have older/younger sibling conficts in both cases. Margie/Luke, Mark/Michael .. early mistake not calling ahead for reservations. Mark/Michael learned the lesson while Margie/Luke lucked into the last seats on the plane, so their first place from week one, helped them, despite bunching. Christie/Jodi made the smart play but their last place lost them the chance at the tickets. Mel at least stuck to his guns and the winds of fortune changed in his favor. I have to assume that even had Steve and Linda managed to arrive at the pit stop ahead of Christie and Jodi, there would have been a penalty for Linda hitching the ride back to the base of the cable cars. I really enjoyed Tammy and Victor. I was cracking up when Christie and Jodi were wandering with the wood and interacted with the horse.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 2:15 am
Phil's blog for this episode: link
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 6:24 am
thanks for the link, Spear. I guess I am glad Steve and Linda were eliminated, it was like a relief as someone mentioned above and I felt bad when they were so emotional about it. OMG I was laughing when one of C&J said "hello horse"....haha I was like where the heck did they end up? They cut it close 2 times now!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 7:20 am
I have to wonder at Margie being so vehement on doing the pie in the face task. Of course I also have to remember that they didn't realize that they would be throwing the pies at each other until they got there. I could tell that Luke was visibly upset at doing a task that was rather physically humiliating. Poor Luke - he could never play poker, could he? His face is so expressive! (Besides I would want to try the segues...they look like such fun!) I was really turned off by Mike and Mel this week. I think Mike could have a tendency to be pretty snarky about the other teams. And I'm tired of hearing about his groin. But I think he had the best time at the detour (and that he was very lucky the winds changed). I'm glad Steve and Linda are out of the race. They really didn't add much to the show in my opinion. Probably nice people but not suited for this show.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 8:00 am
I am sorta sad that Steve/Linda are out, at least this leg. I feel bad that she is so hard on herself. I was hoping they would squeak through this time and stay in long enough to have a really great leg, maybe not come in first but for Linda to kick a$$ in a challenge and be proud of herself.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 8:09 am
With respect to Steve & Linda, I was surprised at how sad I was to see them be eliminated. They tried hard and they seem to really be in love and care about each other. It was nice to see Steve redeem himself and feel bad that he had been hard on her in the previous leg. It's interesting how they always include couples who obviously have a very minimal if any chance of winning. I'm happy it is not all about being competitive and winning and that it is also about getting to see different types of people experience the race.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:07 am
I am also glad Steve and Linda are out. It was aggravating seeing a woman "thank" her own husband for being kind to her for a change. To me it felt as bad as if she was thanking him for not beating her that day.
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Jandy
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:57 am
i thought it was painful to watch Steve and Linda. I'm glad they're safe at home now
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:47 am
Exactly, Naja. I cringed at how grateful she was that he wasn't mad at her. She went on and on about it. I know I can't extrapolate the exact dynamics of their relationship from the little time I saw them, but it did remind me terribly of my abusive relationship. I was always so grateful when he was being kind. It made it very difficult for me to watch them.
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Yellek
Member
08-22-2001
| Monday, February 23, 2009 - 1:20 pm
When Linda was saying how grateful she was for Steve, and what she loved the most was that he loved her, it really seemed she didn't feel she deserved that love. Very sad.
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