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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:36 am
Exactly landi. And I love watching a good hit in football and if it results in a broken bone so much the better. Go Rob!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:38 am
Sorry, that is soooo wrong. (at least in my opinion.)
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:43 am
That's football.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:44 am
Oh Landi... I'm sorry to learn that. Always thought professional pro atheletes had greater respect for each other... Well I think Rob would make a great NFL player then...he certainly seems to have the attitude for it.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:52 am
Mocha, Mocha, Mocha! You're so bad. Can I be on your team? I'm sorry but I do flips (well, I would if I could) when Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart, who has intentionally caused wrecks, total their cars. And, I for one, would not stop and check on anyone in the middle of 40+ cars doing upwards of 180 mph flying by.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 10:54 am
I think Rob is mostly bravado. What he says and what he thinks are often quite different, he says "hey's it's a race" to make himself look more arrogant but, and this is just my opinion based on the way he treats Amber and talks about the people he cares about, when he saw the accident I'd bet he wondered if anyone was hurt, wondered whether he should stop, assessed the situation, then decided he should just drive on and act like it was no big deal. I think that's who he is, he puts on a show. Mostly, to me, it's an entertaining show, this time it was not an entertaining show. I can't wait for the Ron&Kelly incident tonight to see what that's all about. Maybe it'll give us something else to talk about.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:00 am
ITA, Kitt. I still remember how he tried to protect Amber from being voted out while putting himself in jeopardy on Survivor and it was still early in their relationship. And, yes, I know he helped oust the person who backed him, but that was part of the game.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:05 am
Finally, I understand. Some of you do not really have an opinion but are just posting to see how many posts you can get. Duh, when someone said they would have to root for Rob tonight in order to have more posts (a complete change of mind) - it dawned on me. Sorry it took me so long. Now remember that you will be held to your very own "Rules and Regulations" in this competition. That means if one of you gets a hangnail or your ISP goes down, the other will wait for you to catch up right?

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:06 am
Rofl!!
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:08 am
Spear, Rob, to the camera, said this is a race but no one wants to see anyone hurt. He did not cheer. It is a tradition in the Tour de France to do just as Lance did. Jan did the same thing to him when he got knocked down by a womans purse in 2003. It is a tradition in this race and not an individual decision.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:11 am
I also think Rob saw that there were people ALREADY stopped - -why should he? Remember, we saw what he said IN PART -- who knows what his entire conversation w/ Phil was because of editing. He could have said, "I didn't stop because there were already people on the scene, I couldn't do anything to help and, Phil, this is a Race!" Editing could easily boil that down to, "I didn't stop because this is a race." I'm not saying Rob DID say that, just that it's possible. After they've been shunned and actively gunned for by other contestants, I'm guessing they're less likely to stop and help other teams because they're pretty sure the other teams would be doing the happy dance and not helping them if Romber were the ones in trouble. On a personal level -- he should have at least rolled down his window and hollered to make sure everything was OK -- hope they didn't edit that out just to make us think it was worse than it was. If he didn't do it, he should have! It will be interesting to get the "whole scoop" after they're done w/ the race.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:12 am
Weren't Rob's first words when they saw the accident something like, "I hope nobody is hurt. It's a race but you don't want to see people get hurt".
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:32 am
Jimmer, now you've gone and done it. That would mean that Rob might have a heart and that would be totally unacceptable.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:34 am
Fruitbat, I didn't say Rob cheered (he smirked). I'm just addressing the comments by some people that say it's okay to cheer when your opponents are injured. I agree that even Rob wouldn't go that low. I agree that it's traditional Tour de France behavior to do what Lance did and I would say it became a tradition because the athletes wanted to promote good sportsmanship. However, cyclists are free to ignore this tradition without penalty. (And that cyclist would be both condemned and cheered just as people condemn and cheer Rob for being the only one not to even slow down and ask about the cameraman.) Anyway, I'm not the one who brought the Tour de France into the discussion and my point is that even in such a real sporting event, athletes generally don't have an "it's just a race" attitude with respect to crashes and injuries.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:42 am
Once again, I have to ask. How do we know that Rob did not slow down or ask about anyone's well-being? Since it has generated almost as much discussion as Jonathan's treatment of Victoria, I think we should start a thread with a simple yes or no post to vote on this question.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:29 pm
When Rob talked to Phil at the pit stop he admitted that they did not stop.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:34 pm
And he said 'it's a race'.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:45 pm
He said they did not stop. He did not say they did not slow down or ask questions.
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:47 pm
I don't think the brothers should have received a replacement car. If you break your car, then you have to walk or get a ride from another team.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:00 pm
I disagree.
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:38 pm
I would not have expected anything else.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:47 pm
Native, we saw them drive by and heard the brothers comment on that fact. This is not in dispute. Rob admits it, we saw it, Alex and Lyn griped about it.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:59 pm
So you think Alex and Lyn would have given the brothers a ride? hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 3:04 pm
Nah, that's a long time rule.. if a vehicle breaks down you do get a replacement.. I guess that includes if you roll it or snap off a part (something like that happened to Lori and Bolo didn't it?)
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 3:06 pm
.......and it has happened to others in buses and taxi's that broke down, regular fuel in a diesel, boats...........
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