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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 6:38 am
Maybe the younger kids will handle it better than the adults!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 6:48 am
All I'm saying is that iffin I wanted to travel with some pissy moaning kids, I'd go pick up my nephews and drive them to Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us.
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Bbgunny
Member
06-07-2005
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 8:52 am
This is my first time posting in the TAR section. I'm normally in the BB section, but I can't wait for TAR to start up again. I thought I would share this: I saw bit of a preview of TAR8 on the evening news last night. They talked with some of the families and Phil. Phil made an interesting point- he said (and I'm paraphrasing here of course) "Its difficult to get a team of two to agree on a course of action, its more difficult when you make it three. When you have a team of four it can become almost impossible." Which looking at some of the mix of family relationships involved it seems that it will be very interesting. The father-in-law with his three sons-in-law are an early favorite for me just from the preview. I think they'll be a hoot to watch. Phil has a point too- the parents with the little kids may sometimes have a disadvantage in some of the more physical challenges, but then they may have an advantage in others where speed or working together without questioning each other is necessary. Some of the older groups or siblings etc, may have more fighting or differing opinions which may slow them down... or cause them to make a mistake. Overall,I'm looking forward to it. I haven't missed a season yet and I think this one will pleasantly surprise alot of people.
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Bbgunny
Member
06-07-2005
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 8:56 am
By the way- I am a dad- and I have seen my kids and others handle stuff and difficulties alot better than some of the so called grown ups on past seasons. Umm- I also think some of these kids might be more mature than Flo, Hayden, and Jonathan, Ray and Deanna- oh the list could go on.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 9:09 am
Bbgunny, so very true!
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Bbfanatic
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 9:36 am
Kappy- I agree about watching to see places I will never go too. I love seeing the different cultures.
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Serenity
Member
06-28-2005
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 5:42 am
Bbgunny - Thanks for posting Phil's comments. They confirm my suspicions that the older teams of 4 may have a bit harder time cooperating than the younger kids will! It'll be interesting to watch.
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Monmurph2
Member
07-06-2005
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 1:02 pm
Step by Step...inch by inch...spoil me now and who were the 3 teams spotted at the falls???
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 12:38 pm
Bbgunny ~ I hear ya! But I just can't get past the thought that for our family to have a good trip, plenty of sleep no matter where we were was a must. And we know from past TAR's that sleep is not always easy. I'm hoping I'm wrong but my son needed his sleep back then and I can't imagine waking him at all hours to run off somewhere. Like I said, I just hope they haven't watered it down too much ~ we'll see.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 6:53 pm
dh and i traveled to 8 states, a wedding, the tetons, yellowstone and reno with 2 kids, one dog, one cat and a beta fish for 16 days. other than wanting to leave dh on the side of the road a few times, we got along great! dh decided to see how many miles we could get to the gallon in our motorhome and drove through nevada at 50 mph. at one point, i was sure we were passed by chain gangs walking and nuns with strollers. the kids were begging me to think of a way to get dh to stop so i could jump behind the wheel and drive like you're supposed to in nevada--85. i would tell him i had to use the bathroom and when we'd stop, he'd stay glued to his seat. we plied him with juices, waters, coffees, to try and get that stubborn guy to have to get out from behind the wheel and urinate. LOL oh, and for the record, we got 9.7 mpg at 50 mph and 9 mpg at 75 mph. for me, that less than one mile was not worth getting to lookout points and campsites at midnight rather than in time to bbq and enjoy the sunsets!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:53 am
Just read the Reality World Article (I do believe spoilers are in this article... as well as a space you need to highlight, a photographer has said to have captured the final 3 families ) TAR Article
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 8:54 am
Tabby ~ so what you're saying is, your family could do this and get along great. But if your husband was driving, you'd be the first family eliminated. 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 12:46 pm
I'm not so sure about the final three spoilers in that article, Reader. Location spoilers I definately believe, but if you look at the descriptions the article gives of the third place team... and then go to the CBS website... can you tell me which team they are referring to? I don't see any team even closely resembling what is described there. One of the descriptions of the second and first place teams could be one of the teams... but I'm not going to base my pool picks on that spoiler.
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 9:46 am
When I think of these kids participating in TAR, the image that comes to mind are the trains in India that pretty much every team in every season of TAR have had to take. Can't wait to see small children being crammed on to those moving sardine cans.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:15 am
they've put some new interviews of the families on the CBS website...check the homepage.
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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 4:59 am
I've seen promos a couple of times the past week for the family version. It's supposed to start Sept 25th or 27th (can't remember which).
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 7:42 pm
scorpiomom, i thought this family adventure (cannot call it amazing race!) all took place in north america? so they might not cram kids into moving sardine cans...even if they feel like it at some times! yeah, kappy! i would have to drive to make sure we got someplace both alive and on time, and i get carsick looking at a map, so dh might have to read it for me. dd would be making snacks for everyone and darling son would complain about the countryside. he would love the big cities, though! i so do not know where he came from sometimes! oh yeah, he was born in boston....LOL i so much prefer the country and camping and lakes and fishing...ds loves crowded cement sidewalks, nice hotels, and is a vegetarian. 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 7:48 pm
well, i visited the TAR link posted above and maybe they did cover more than north america. guess we'll find out!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 9:00 am
the race is shorter this season...11,000 miles altogether, so it looks like it's North American centered (and we have never gotten any major action in the US, so it's a nice change)
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 9:07 am
our tv guide said that it seems it is north american centred with two canadian cities (montreal and toronto) reporting that they had seen Amazing race flags in town
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 4:40 pm
3 in a row for the race....they won the Emmy again.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:52 am
And they deserved it!
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 12:11 pm
I look forward to this TAR season! I heard 50 US cities plus one or two, Canada and or Mexico? In the state of world travel some contestant family feels cheated out of travel per one rumor. Wonder how the 2 families with kids age 9 fare? I drove Alaska to MI with age 15 and 10 yo sons and it wasn't a picnic with a screaming old cat and chirping parrot! That only lasted 6 days.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 9:56 am
Title for ep 1, per TV Guide: "Go Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them"
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Katidyd
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 7:38 pm
I'm anxious to get this season on the road (so to speak). BB is over. Rock Star INXS is over. Time for Amazing Race and Survivor.
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