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Mysti
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mysti a private message Print Post    
I'll bring the spinach dip & french bread......see ya there!!!!!

Woofy
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08-09-2001

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Woofy a private message Print Post    
Maybe one of the Weavers is a weaver?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
After watching tonight (and sippin' a few), I don't think the "Trip" was on purpose...it looked like the Linz boy went down, Weaver kid went over him...but then the Weaver kid tried to cut in the line in front of Linz boy -- and the Linz boy pulled him back (not too roughly) and said something to the effect of "Not a chance."

Both teams were shown making one comment (I'm sure others were edited out), it wasn't a 'huge deal."

Finally, A TOAST (can you do that w/bellinis?) to a Weaver THIRD place finish -- and the Linz win! :-) DH and I were seriously sitting on the edge of our seats at the end -- what a great finish! :-)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
The Linz brother joked about being beat by a squirt, and patted Rolly on the back. It looked like Rolly then tried to pat the Linz bro on the head. That's when the Weaver mom (yet again) made a mountain out of a molehill and said "don't touch him."

And yes, Teach. You can do that with bellinis!!!! A toast to a Linz win, a Bransen second place win with a car added on, and a Weaver LOSS! :-)

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
I think we deserve to TOAST these wins AGAIN today! Finally the majority gets what it wants! LOL

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Er, Watching? We are toasting 'em today! <grin>

BUT... I'll toast 'em... hic!... again!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Will there be links for post-race interviews? I'm dying to hear the scoopage on the Weavers. I'm sure the Bransens and Linz' have plenty to say.

<< toasting all the Linz and Bransen lovers >>



Iheartkaysar
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08-16-2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Iheartkaysar a private message Print Post    
Lexie_girl- the video of The Early Show interview is on the cbs website. Nothing "behind the scenes" was revealed about the Weaver situation, but it's a fun interview from the Linzes and Bransens.

RE: the praying. I'm an atheist, and I had no problem with the praying. I just had a problem with the constant reminder "We are Christians." Whose to say the other teams aren't? And, the prayer was mixed with very un-Christian behaviour, IMHO. That's what I had a problem with. And, I was uncomfortable with the way they spoke to the cab driver about religion. I'm not sure why, it just seemed inappropriate.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
Praying doesn't bother me...like when the Mom was saying...Please Lord, help us find the entrance... THAT is very appropriate in my opinion and is something I do from time to time...ask for guidance, or help in accomplishing something that's hard for me to do.

What I objected to was the mom's constant reference that GOD was setting things up for THEM to win...giving them cab drivers, etc. To me, this indicates that the Weavers think GOD THINKS the Weavers are better than the other teams and deserve His attention so much more...

Its all part of the Weaver delusions that they are better than everyone else because they are christians...

*insert eye roll here*...Yeah..right...

Hobbs
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08-05-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hobbs a private message Print Post    
I work in Ormond Beach, FL. There are two very big christian churches in town. The Weavers are members of one of them. It's a big thing in Florida to be "born again" and wear your religion on your sleave. Frankly, I don't trust those big churches. They are like big monuments to money. I've attended services at those churches as a guest of members. It's not my thing. I think they suck those people in just like a cult. Then they suck them dry. JMO. Give me a small 100-200 member community church any day.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I just want to scream a loud WOOHOO! This great finale almost made up for a drab season. So glad to see the Linz kids win this thing and the Weavers take 3rd. Do you think they really completed that map puzzle of the US?

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am from the "buckle" of the "Bible Belt," so I know prayer!

I am fine with praying for strength to forgive your enemies or to overcome your own faults - not for strength to beat out someone else.

I am fine with praying for guidance to live a better life or find a way to help others - not to find a clue box.

Christianity in TN must differ from that in FL!! Or at least from that practiced by the Weavers. And I prefer our brand!

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
yeah Tnt... but do you think God favors your brand???

*please note tongue in cheek here*

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Nope, I think God favors His universal and all encompassing brand -

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I agree with Tnt... I think it's OK to pray for strength or guidance, but to pray for something tangible just rubs my fur the wrong way. If the Weavers are born again, well, no offense to anyone, but to me that explains a lot.

I found their body language during The Early Show to be quite telling. They sat there, rigid as all get out, with nary a smile on their faces. As the Bransens and Linzes and Phil and what's his name the host all joked around.

There's something about the way they pull out the dead daddy card, too, that just kinda bothers me. They pull the oh woe is me my daddy is dead thing whenever it's convenient. Then again, I think they hadda piss poor attitude anyways (thinking it was all fun when someone else was doing most of the work, like Ted).

One last note: If Rolly had NOT been on that team, there is no way they would've made it as far as they did. Rolly did EVERYTHING last night -- from the trapeze, to climbing the sail, to leaning out of the boat to grab the clue ("Rolly, get it!" the mom screams). That poor kid. I really do feel sorry for him.

No matter... the Linz win (and the Bransen winning the car) more than made up for a totally lackluster season. I don't know when I jumped on the Linz bandwago, but it was quite early. And mostly for the same reasons as Phil liked them -- they had fun!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
not that I'm saying anything but y'all may want to listen to the fishbowl radio show friday or the archives later ...

Kittystj
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08-10-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kittystj a private message Print Post    
I wanted the Weavers to win. They played a great game and Rolly really showed up the Linz boys. Very disapointed as to who won.

And as to pulling the 'dead daddy card', he is still dead and always will be , so let them mourn him.

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Starshine40 a private message Print Post    
I don't believe we should ask God to help us win a race but maybe they really needed to win the money, or felt they did.

I pray occasionally for something like a spot in the handicapped area (cause I really can't walk very far without a walker or shopping cart). I know that God does watch over me and I had a dramatic episode just this past Sun. evening. I was loading my purchases in my car and rushing so I could get around to the front of the store to pick up my handicapped mom.

We got about 5 min. away from the store and I was looking for my purse and couldn't find it! I turned around and headed right back to the store and my cart was still where I parked it but no purse! I went into the store talked to clerk and manager and left my name & phone. Took mom home (she kept on that I had to call right away to cancel my credit cards). As we got out of the car I told her to pray. As I opened her door the phone rang and I answered it and it was my younger daughter who told me I had lost my purse!

A nice honest lady found it and used my cell phone and called my daughter!!!! I met her back up at the store and gave her $100 reward!

My daughter had been so worried at my purse being found out in the cart in the parking lot and me nowhere around. They were worried I had been carjacked/kidnapped! God does look after me all the time.

Chalupa
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09-21-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 6:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chalupa a private message Print Post    
"And as to pulling the 'dead daddy card', he is still dead and always will be , so let them mourn him."

I would totally agree with that statement, if I actually believed they hadn't moved on. But seeing how Ma Weaver is already engaged (http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/PublicRecords/03VitalsVIT121005.htm) it kind of disturbed me how they used the so-called "dead daddy card" while she was proudly wearing her fiance's name on a shirt throughout the whole race.

And if her kids were still dealing with the death, I would like to believe that as a mom, she would put off marrying someone else until they were ready to move on.

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
I know we are all entitled to our opinion but I truly am shocked that it has now turned into a "dead daddy issue." Their daddy and husband is dead and how they deal and cope with it is up to them.

I have been very close to a very similar situation and it so tramatic to the individuals involved. You never truly understand how it is and how you may react or behave unless it happens to you.

As far as Linda being engaged......who cares. She's human. A person who fell in love with someone and had a family. She is choosing to love again. End of story.

Of course JMO.

Chalupa
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09-21-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chalupa a private message Print Post    
I guess we will just disagree on that Spit...

I think I just find it difficult to feel sympathy for a woman who one minute claims that her husband was the leader of the family and they just don't know what to do without him, and soon find out she had mourned, met someone else, fell in love, and got engaged all within roughly 18 months. If she's happy thats great, and god bless them all.

But no way could I have moved on that fast, and thats probably why I, as a viewer, had a problem with watching the Weavers this year.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Like Spitfire, I find it difficult to judge, when we really know so little about her. Frequently, from a psychological view, it is the folks who had the happiest relationships that move on and remarry more quickly, because they know what a great relationship can be like. I've never been in that situation, and I've been humbled so many times by saying "I would never..." and then finding myself in that situation and doing exactly what I said I would never do. Parenting is a great example. Whatever the case, I wish the Weavers all the happiness in the world.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
LOL...is it Ted the taxi driver?

Stopjustwatchin
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08-19-2005

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopjustwatchin a private message Print Post    
LOL Roxip!! That's the funniest thing I've heard all morning. Beyond, that I'm going to reserve comment on that situation for the time being. I have my thoughts, though.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
I know we are all entitled to our opinion but I truly am shocked that it has now turned into a "dead daddy issue." Their daddy and husband is dead and how they deal and cope with it is up to them.

I couldn't agree more. I have come to realize that this family will never do anything right in the eyes of some.

While the kids did cry and mention their dad several times, I don't recall ever hearing the mom crying about him. As a matter of fact, when they were at the Talladega track (which had to have been extremely hard at least on the kids), she was very firm with the kids about sucking it up and doing what needed to be done. That was probably her strongest moment in the whole race. If she has found love and happiness again, good for her.

My materal grandfather remarried 7 months after my material grandmother died. That had been happily married for 40 years. While the family was not real happy that he remarried so quickly, it turned out to be a true blessing that lasted for 20 years before he was widowed again. And my step-grandmother was a jewel in our family who is still deeply missed.

On the other hand, my paternal grandfather mourned the death of my paternal grandmother, his wife of 60 years, until the day he died 10 years later.