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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 8:59 am
I think the Bransens got there right after an eruption, and the Weavers got there right before the next eruption, so the Bransens were there for close to an hour and a half before the Weavers.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:00 am
Well hopefully the cop will see that the Weavers are simply being their silly selves...and will over look any tude he might encounter... ....okay you got me... I don't really hope that...
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:18 am
LOL, Kep. Let's hope they have 'nuff sense to be respectful. And I do mean that. 
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643urout
Member
11-30-2005
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 9:55 am
Murfra, you asked earlier why other teams hate the Weavers. I have read several articles of interviews with eliminated teams and discovered the dislike for this team happened at the first few pit stops. All the teams would mingle and try to get to know each other, but when anyone would try to talk to the Weavers, they would either ignore them or simply walk away. Then when the cameras were rolling, the Weavers would be totally different. I guess the other teams just got tired of that. Another issue I remember was in the second episode when the Schroder boy was talking to Rolly and Mom Weaver told him to get away from him because he was the enemy.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:03 am
Boy it sure amazes me how so many people change the story. I don't even like the Weavers, but it was not mom Weaver who told Rollie to get away from the other boy (Schroeder or Rogers) it was the stepmom of the nonWeaver boy who told him that Rollie was the enemy.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:07 am
Nope, not the way it happened..... Raenstorm Member 07-16-2004 Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 6:14 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schroeder son talking with one of the other sons, I missed who. The Step mother asks what they are talking about and then tells him not to talk to the other kids. The Schroeder son then says, "What a •••••."
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:08 am
Thanks Julieboo, you got to it before me. 
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:18 am
You know sometimes people just come across very unlikable on TV and for me that's what happened with the Weavers. They seem very unlikable and rather mean spirited. Which isn't a given for me to dislike someone. Rob was a complete asss on AR but I couldn't help but like them as were other teams like The Guido's. I love trash talking teams but unless there is humor or an underlying niceness forgetaboutit. The latter is the case with the Weavers, for me. And darn it if I didn't want to root for the widow and her kids. Basically I find them unlikable...all of them. One thing positive I can say about them is that if they win they deserve it. They play the game well as far as getting from point a to b. They've had very few setbacks....even with the yields.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:24 am
The "we found it" comment was right before the fake pit stop, not at Old Faithful.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:32 am
Honestly, I think the other teams dislike of them has made the bond within the family even stronger, and they work much better as a unit. So all the animosity has made them even better competitors.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:41 am
As much as I dislike the Weavers, if they win, at this point, I believe they earned it. Right now, the only team I feel doesn't deserve to win is the Godelewski sisters. However, I reserve the right to change this opinion without further notice, based on upcoming episodes...
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 11:48 am
Hooray for Kep!!! At least you are willing to admit that, though it must hurt to say it.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 3:00 pm
The problem with the Weavers winning is they will gloat that the "good team" won. And sorry, but that just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! 
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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 3:20 pm
The only team I feel has not been rather nasty is the Branson family. Sure the Weavers have not been the greatest team ever and are rude at times but I think part of that is their personality and is their way of joking. The Linzs and the Godlewskis have been pretty snarky themselves.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 7:20 am
Well, this may be the Weavers way of joking but it is nasty, petty and mean and I don't find it amusing or attractive, and definitely IMO opinion negates their Christian witness. But that's just my opinion...
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 9:34 am
Did you find it nasty when the Linz boys referred to mom Weaver as a witch, commented on her wrinkly face and cackled in a mocking way toward her? BTW I don't see much of this from the Linz girl. My point is (I've said this so many times I should cut and paste) that what Weaver's say and do is not any different what the other teams seem to do, they just get hated on for it. And of course....this is just my opinion.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:00 am
Yes, I did find it nasty and unnecessary, but (again, my opinion), I find the Linz kids to have a better sense of humor and not be quite so malicious as the Weavers. I guess I think that Mom Weaver should admonish her children (and quite frankly I used to think she probably did off camera until she joined in the fun!) about their remarks and their attitudes. I guess you totally forget you are on-camera when you say things like this - otherwise I would think they would guard their mouths more carefully. All of them - not just the Weavers. Do we really think that the Godlewskis think what they are doing among themselves is appropriate for viewing? All in the name of good television, I guess...
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:40 am
Malicious is a good word to describe the Florida children, Roxip. Some joking is in good fun, like the comments about the house falling on mother Florida or about "three strokes" [LOL!] and some of it is simply malicious. It's sad. So sad.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 11:30 am
I truly always wonder - do these people look at themselves on television (and you know they ALWAYS watch) and find that they are appalled by what is captured on the screen for the rest of time? Or do they really just scream 'EDITING' and mark it up to that. No matter how it is edited, they truly do say and do the things captured - no way you can edit that!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 4:49 pm
Wishing for a house to fall on someone is all in good fun, but the Weaver children are malicious? ma·li·cious ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-lshs) adj. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip mal·ice ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mls) n. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite. Law. The intent, without just cause or reason, to commit a wrongful act that will result in harm to another. I think that is just going too far. After reading the discussion we are having here about the Weavers it only reinforces my opinion that the Weavers probably did nothing to warrant all this hate. All of us that have watched BB feeds 24/7 over the years know that in a competition people gang up and look for someone to be 'against'. They will take the smallest thing and retell it and exaggerate it. Then they will nitpick to death every little thing the person does. I feel the same thing is going on here. I'm not saying that the Linzs and the rest are even doing it consciously. It's like an instinct I think to rally people against someone else, so your competition centers their negative thoughts and actions against that person instead of you.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 5:53 pm
We are never gonna agree on this team. I'll admit all teams have been a bit nasty. The difference is all OTHER teams are not claiming to be "Christian" and the "only good team." The others are there, having fun, and making fun of others. And the Weaver mom really is not leading by example. She's been acting like a teenager and practically goading her (nasty) kids on. I am positive the Weavers did something to start the dislike towards them, and have continued to do things to enforce the others' first impressions. The way they gloated when they got to the balloon challenge, then confronted the Linzes, and THEN the MOTHER (of all people) made the snarky threatening remark about the Linzes being sorry for using the yield... Sorry. At this point, I have seen nothing that would make me like this team.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 9:16 pm
The Weaver's had also confronted DJ Paolo in the airport after "the Cleavers" (never understood why they got that nickname) had yielded them - and Mom Weaver didn't seem "jokingly" to me. (and not to mention while the Weaver's were waiting at the Yield, they were pointing at pictures and were making fun of the "the garbageman", the fake boobs, etc) I dislike the Weaver's for most of the reasons already stated, but mostly because they are hypocrites. If they didn't whine with the "poor me", and their "holier-than-thou" attitude, and all the "living the Christian life/we are good Christians/people" (and no other teams are), and "we're above all that" (see comment above in blue italics as just one example) - I wouldn't dislike them so much. All the teams trash talk. But I don't find the others hypocritical. And the Weaver's seem to complain about EVERYTHING on the race. They just seem to be so negative. And just to be a little bit petty, , to not know that Pennsylvania is a state; where Washington DC is (Washington State? no, Maryland); and say that Lake Ponchartrain is one of the "Great Lakes" - especially when you're an elementary school teacher??? (not a reason I dislike them - just an added thing that annoyed me )
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 9:56 pm
Actually, Pennsylvania is a commonwealth. I am really hoping that Mrs. Weaver teaches art or Kindergarten or something where a sense of geography isn't needed. Her lack of knowledge is frightening!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 10:15 pm
As is her lack of parenting skills and family leadership! I certainly don't HATE the Weavers, but I find them immensely petty and annoying. Now, if I were in the race and exposed to them 24/7, I just might feel more than annoyed, but who knows?
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:30 am
Just for the record... I don't believe anyone "wished" a house would fall on any of the Weavers. I remember one of the Linz's saying something to the effect: "Someone is going to drop a house on her"...when they were talking about the mom acting like a witch. I took this to mean unless she changes her behavior, someone is going to treat her like the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ and drop a house on her. I didn't hear anyone say "I WISH someone would drop a house on her". Small difference...but in my mind significant.
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