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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:42 am
I don't recall her specifically saying that. I wouldn't mind going back and taking a look but I don't feel like watching the whole show over again. Do you remember when she said it?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:47 am
OH gosh Jimmer, really? You are going to make me do that? I do know Steve crying was about 6 minutes in right after the opening credits where he saying he is going to try to treat her nicely. I'll try to pin point the other.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:50 am
No, please don't take it that way, Naja, because I didn't think you were being hostile (and I hope I didn't come off that way either). It's just that I usually limit my debating posts to News & Views, lol.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:04 pm
I was switching between TAR & the Oscars and also going over some work while watching tv Sunday night and I don't recall what Linda said specifically. So I just did a quick search and found this interview in which Linda and Steve discuss arguing and Steve mentions that several other Racers also got lost on the trail and he thinks someone else ended up getting a car ride. I can't believe they wouldn't show all that! Link to interview at Reality TV World
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:26 pm
Personally I got the impression it was a bit of both, that she knew he got mad at her easily and therefore was more scared than you would hope someone would have been in a relationship AND because she was more scared than she should have been she overcompensated which made him worse. One of those relationships that looks so toxic from the outside but might actually be ok on the inside. Here's part of another interview with them, where they say their behaviour on the first leg wasn't normal for them: A lot of fans thought you had a volatile relationship after watching the first episode. Was the second episode a more accurate portrayal? Linda: Absolutely. I know that I am not a physical person. I didn’t want to let Steve down on the first leg of the race. God bless Jennifer and Preston. I feel bad that they were the first ones out, but I didn’t want us to be the first team out. It was a lot of pressure and a lot of stress. I was trying real hard. He wanted me to do good. He was getting frustrated. I totally understand where he came from. Steve: Part of that argument was it was a long run to get to the church. We got into a footrace with Chris and Amanda and we didn’t do too well. That was where we started bickering with each other. The second thing was when we signed in, Jodi and Christie had signed the book twice. When I read the book it looked like we were in 11th when we were actually in 10th. It seemed like we were always in last. We didn’t want to get eliminated first. The pressure was just really on. It brought the worst out in me. http://www.fancast.com/blogs/the-amazing-race/the-amazing-race-exit-intervew-steve-and-linda-are-lost-in-emotion/
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2:55 pm
Kar, I felt for Linda being so alone, but remember, she did have a camera and sound crew with her all the time.. and I gather they were heard by some locals (remember when another team was lost and stopped to ask for directions from a guy on a bicycle?.. well not sure if it was him or another person they talked to, but that family realized what they were seeing and went to the pit stop area and got pictures of cars and several teams and then the next morning went back and got pics of all the cars lined up there and they heard one camera crew complaining about the woman who went all the way down the mountain and then climbed all the way back up and down again.. lol.. they aren't allowed to interfere but they do have to make the same trek. I'm sure they were relieved when Linda finally got that ride. But I still felt for her, for sure. I suspect that if Kris did get a ride, we might hear about a penalty at the beginning of the next leg. Kris and Amanda are in third place so it may not have made any real difference, so I guess they didn't choose to use it as drama for this episode. Also from that interview, he had wanted to be on TAR for years, they had applied before (or he had?) but this time they really worked hard.. he taught her to swim, they worked out, she lost 35 pounds and did other training, so she clearly was wanting so much to perform up to snuff.. she went on the race for him.. it was his dream. The way she was getting so winded, I do hope she gets herself checked out by a pulmonologist just to see if there is something that should be treated. I think the age difference also made her more sensitive to being an "older" racer, because Steve is a decade younger. I just got nervous for her/them. I still think they probably had quite an adventure during and after the race and no one can take away that they did the race so they'll be able to do the various events that reality stars do. I just doubt that they will ever regret actually going on the race and getting to see Phil crook his eyebrow.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 7:28 pm
Thanks for the interview link, Calamity. Very interesting. I think it was in the very first part of second episode where teams were giving their impressions of the competition. One of the teams called Luke's Mom, Robo-Mom. LOL. She is indeed one heck of a 50 year old competitor.
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 7:29 pm
Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I read it in the interview, Kris had already completed the task of walking down the mountain, but had taken the car keys with him to that spot so they had to walk all the way back to where the cars were instead of Amanda just bringing the car around while he was walking down the mountain. It sounded like he just caught a ride (or at least Steve thought he did) to where the car was originally parked, not like he took a ride to the end destination of the actual task like Linda did. At least that's the best I could figure from what Steve was saying.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 6:44 pm
I just finished watching last week's episode and... I've decided I don't like Mel and Mike. The father really irritated me while he was waiting on top of the mountain for the wind to change. He seemed to do a lot of whining, to me, and it wasn't enjoyable. I think Steve should give Linda a giant high 5... think about it. They were not that far behind the sister flight attendants, right? Yet Linda did that mountain task TWICE. She walked down that hill twice, and they still weren't that far behind. I don't know why people didn't pick the Segway task. It takes like 2 seconds to learn how to maneuver them and it would have been a lot faster (and cleaner) than trying to find a cherry/raspberry cake. That was a LOOOONG leg if it was 14 hours and it was still daylight. Should be interesting to see the time gap between the first place and last place peeps as they leave this week.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 9:49 pm
I so would have taken the segway task simply because I've always wanted to try one! I'm relieved Linda and Steve are gone because I just found them painful to watch. I felt bad that I felt that way until I watched the video from "elimination station" over at cbs. Steve would not let it go that the first couple eliminated would not team up with them on the first leg of the race. 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 10:56 pm
I just got done watching my tape of this leg of the race and I have to say (although I'm prejudiced) I didn't think Mel whined all that much all considered. He didn't want to disappoint his son and he couldn't make it down the hill. Granted my tape is "gargly" in that part since I'm playing it on a different VCR, but I'll tell you what I DID appreciate. I really appreciated when he said God was really busy taking care of so many other things, he couldn't pray to win a contest. Then he said he wouldn't mind if the wind did change though and he made some comments about him losing it for Mike. He was so appreciative of the beauty of the glide down though. Maybe I was expecting so much worse because of what I read here and on the next leg about him. I think there was a lot more whining from others. The sisters argued in the car constantly and the one complained about the other while she went in for directions and there was another team, not counting Linda and Steve who complained a lot. So anyway.. I still have another episode to go to be caught up, but from what I've seen so far, I'm not disappointed in Mel and Mike. Besides, he's 68 yrs old and doing stuff I couldn't do. LOL 
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 11:29 pm
ITA Watching! I loved that part when he said "God was really busy taking care of so many other things, he couldn't pray to win a contest. Then he said he wouldn't mind if the wind did change though and he made some comments about him losing it for Mike." I kind of like Mel & Mike, both seem to have a wry sort of humor. They appear to work together without the backbiting and I was sure worried that groin injury might toss them out of the race.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:47 am
I'm glad you pointed that out Watching and I agree. Sure he was disappointed but it was contained and he kept his disappointment in perspective. So good for him!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, March 09, 2009 - 11:56 pm
I've never met Mike, but knowing how he writes and what he's acted in and knowing Mel, I can pretty much assure you they both have a wry sense of humor. Mel is passionate, but he's known for his joking around and well, we called him the "ham" since his partner Gary is sort of quiet. They make a good balance. Actually, because they're running around so much and so much is edited out for all of them, they're really not showing how funny he can be and talkative! Like I mentioned previously, I haven't seen him in quite a few years, but I had some wonderful and life-changing times with him. I know I have some pics on floppy disks(!) somewhere that I had transferred from uploading the digital photos. Not the greatest quality, but I know there's a picture of my then 16-yr-old DD (now 25) Gary, Mel and me that I can post if I can find them. Good thing we still have an old enough computer around that still has a floppy drive! The big task is finding them! 
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