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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Boston population

I'm surprised.. percentage of Hispanic/latino folks in Boston is 14.4, in Massachusetts is 6.8, in the US is 12.5 for the year 2000.

However this doesn't say what the demographics are in the building industry there or that all of those who identified in this way on the census speak Spanish.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
By contrast, my former city, Santa Ana, CA, was 76.1%, California is 32.4% hispanic/latino.

Riviere
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09-09-2000

Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 4:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
America's "golden boy and girl" of Reality Game Shows...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 12:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Channeling Randy Jackson..

Yo, Dawg!! A little pitchy in that food comp but I'm liking it!

Go Rombuh!

Sassynegal
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01-21-2005

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I applaud them for thinking of something the other teams would never think of! They have my vote just for thinking outside the box!!

Go ROB & AMBER

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 9:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rob isn't as dumb as most people think.

Rob was born and raised in Boston. Growing up, he was very involved in athletics, especially hockey, baseball and football. He attended Xaverian Brothers High School, where he played on the varsity hockey team and helped his golf team win the state championship in 1991-92. Rob then attended Boston University, where he boxed and played rugby. In 1999, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.

Rob currently works as a construction foreman and part-time bartender, while also serving as head coach for Boston University's Inline Hockey Team (which he has done since its inception in 1999). In 2001, he coached the team to victory at their first League Championship followed by another victory at their first National Tournament, where they proceeded to defeat the two-time defending national champion Michigan State Spartans in overtime. Always encouraging his team to give 110 percent, Rob has since coached the team to two additional National Tournament appearances and one League Championship.

Rob's hobbies include hockey, fishing and playing cards. In 2000, he woke up the day of the Boston Marathon and decided to run it as an unofficial entry with absolutely no training. He stopped along the way to eat burgers and drink beer. He ended up walking the last 13 miles of the race and finished in 6 hours and 20 minutes. He couldn't walk for three days afterwards.

Rob continues to call Boston home and his family remains most important thing in his life. He has one brother, Mike, one sister, Heather, and his parents are Bob and Linda. He is currently single and living in Canton, Massachusetts. His birth date is December 25, 1975.




Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No wonder he thinks he's God!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had no idea Rob had a degree in psychology, but it makes a lot of sense. Thanks for posting the article Csnog.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for posting that article, Csnog. I always knew he wasn't stupid, and I love reading stuff like this.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for posting that CS!!! As I said in one of my earlier posts, any team that thinks Rob is stupid is going to be in for a rude awakening. Rob will eat them for lunch (assuming he doesn't take a penalty)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me too! Never thought he was stupid. I didn't like his bordering-on-cruel confessionals on Survivor but I think/hope he has learned from that and so far on TAR he's balancing what he says.

He seems to read people well.. like he knew who to approach, which teams might sit out that meat competition with him and he accurately assessed that the woman from the all woman team would complete the task and gave her props.

Many of his statements are loaded with irony.. much like Simon Cowell, he is confident but he's also tongue in cheek at times and then people take it as dead serious.

Good info, Csnog!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rob's bus "shenanigans" really came down to wasted energy and fellow travelers' goodwill, but his latest 4-hour-delay diversion is classic Boston Rob. Couldn't help a big grin spreading over my face, accompanied by a good chuckle. That lad does mix things up, doesn't he.LOL

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Apparently one of they guys on another team, one of the ones who chipped in, claims that it was HIS idea but Rob made the deal.. I agree it didn't make a difference but I guess they never know, right? Like when the gate crashed down on Hera's head and because she was dizzy she and her dad didn't get to the envelopes until the last and that made a critical difference because they were ordered for that leg and I think made a difference in who could take one of the rare fast forwards.

They neverw know in advance when ORDER is critical, so they took the chance and in this case it didn't matter. But, they WERE thinking.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Point taken, Sea. It just seemed so futile, because he got caught in the first case and only gained very little in the second. A bit early in the game to p.o. potential allies. But I am enjoying his "craftiness".

Ms Coattails hasn't shown much initiative, just like on Survivor, but she is very supportive, willing to do everything she can and not nagging/b*tching at him. So in that respect she is the ideal partner for the "doer" of the team - so far anyway.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Heck that is way more than coattails.. and she not only didn't whine but she did very well in the Inca tote task, when many of the others whined or dropped the baskets.

And she seems fully engaged in back seat driving and I mean in a supportive way.

So I think she is a full team member, at least haven't seen any major weakness yet.

So many partners spend and waste time second guessing the other and just not supporting.

But as we both said.. so far.. time will tell.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, March 18, 2005 - 5:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the only teams that will be in top 4 are teams that get along with Rob and stop trying to beat him!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay for Rob and Amber!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Go Romber!!

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Although Rob didn't have to be quite so smug about it, under the circumstances, I cannot fault them for not giving M/G any money to start off that leg. This is a competition, and I don't think the show intended for the competitors to subsidise the "broke" team, but rather to force some brainstorming as to how to finance that part of the race.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The taking of the money and other items just doesn't work for me; hope they will drop it next season.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The taking of their clothes and personal items (especially underwear) is just plain mean. It serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever because they still have to beg for money at the start of the next leg.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmm well I think if it is at all like last season they will be back to getting money at the beginning of each leg, at least.

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoa! Can it be that Amber is a battered woman??? Emotionally, I mean. When she and Rob were waiting to do that aerial walk (you wouldn't get me up there for all the tea in China!), Rob kept pressuring her to make the decision to do it or not, to make SOME decision, and her eyes got all glazed over. She checked out mentally! Clearly, Amber is used to, and seems most comfortable, doing what she's told. I'm not saying that Rob is verbally abusive toward Amber, as a matter of fact, their relationship really seems to work for them, but somewhere down the line she learned the age old female trait of deferring to others, especially to men. I liked Rob this episode. He made some mistakes and he owned them on camera!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Roppie, Rob and Amber were only contemplating whether or not they should leave right away to do another task. They chose to wait to make sure that Ray and Deanna accomplished the aerial walk. Then off they went to the village task.

Rob immediately figured out a fast way to handle the village task too. Lynn and Alex took forever in the same task.

Comments were made upthread that perhaps Amber appeared tired last night. Maybe Rob was trying to keep her awake?



Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am enjoying them so much! I hope they make it to 2nd pl so I can enjoy them all the way!!