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Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 2:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MISSED THE SHOW!! Sunday eh? Darn. Wanted to see the Ishe Ahmed showdown. SIGH

Robok
Member

10-28-2003

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunshine, I believe the show is repeated on the USA channel. I can't remember when though. I'll try to find out.

Robok
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10-28-2003

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sunshine, it repeats tonight at 5:00 pacific time on CNBC. Not on the USA channel.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's also scheduled to be on CNBC twice on Friday night. And I'd highly recommend y'all listen to the interview those guys gave yesterday. Peter Manfredo and Jonathan Reid gave awesome interviews. I like them more now than before. Ahmed was Ahmed, still no humility.

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
not sure if I get that station ....will check THX


Madelane
Member

08-20-2001

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the show and I'm so bummed I missed the last episode! And I didn't check here until yesterday so I missed all the repeats, too. I'll keep an eye out but I think I missed that boat entirely. Anything else besides the Ishe/Ahmed fight and the suit buying?

There was a good article in my local paper today about the next episode and how good the show is. It says tonight's show is about Najai, the one who killed himself. They said it's very profound and emotional. And they said whoever leaves leaves for medical reasons.

Keepers
Member

03-31-2003

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is not right that they had to vote one of the losers back in, while the guy with the chickenpox never gets a chance. They could have kept him in quaratine til he got over the pox then let him in. He gets zero chance and Manfredo gets a second. Sound fair to you? I didn't think so!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Life isn't fair.

Legalboxer
Member

11-17-2003

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
not an easy ep to watch

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone else notice they didn't mention suicide?

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 11:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
???????? I dont understand why Chickenpox would be a criteria to eliminate that guy!

Mild illness which is extremely rare for an adult to get. The other guys could have been questioned and I am sure they were all immune. This just seems kind of silly.

It isnt like MUMPS which can really cause bad damage to an adult male.


Hootyhoot
Member

12-18-2001

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was really sad to see that guy disqualified. But besides the other contenders, they would have to check on the whole tv team, which probably is 30 or 40 people ...

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Naji reminded me of a young Mike Tyson in round 2. Too bad he couldn't fight like that the whole time.

It was heartwarming to hear they had set up a trust for his daughter.

After seeing him with his daughter I am surprised he killed himself, you could see the joy she brought to him, I guess it wasn't enough.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought chicken pox in an adult is bad...

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Chicken Pox in adult IS bad. Add to that the fact that there are all the other people working on the show, their families, etc. Children aren't allowed in school with chicken pox, adults aren't allowed to work with chicken pox, he shouldn't have been allowed to remain with chicken pox. I don't know their rules about disqualification, how many days missed, etc., that could be the reason, that he would be quarantined too many days.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
my husband almost died 10 years ago from chicken pox. he had never gotten them as a child. and the vaccine was almost to market, but not yet. my daughter had them over her fifth birthday, and he caught them. he had them so badly, they were on top of each other, and the worse part that made things really life threatening was that he got them inside of his lungs. my husband is asthmatic. CDC in atlanta was called, and he was put into a clean room, with extensive antibiotics. he was starting to hallucinate from the severity. chicken pox in an adult is not something to play lightly with. it took over 4 weeks for him to be somewhat normal again.

Max
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08-12-2000

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Watching this, I began to wonder a couple of things about Najai's death. I wondered if maybe he couldn't face having everyone watch him lose that fight when the show aired and, knowing it was about to begin airing, decided not to face it at all. I wondered if perhaps his girlfriend and he were breaking up and the thought of not being able to see his little girl as much as he wanted to pushed him over the edge.

He definitely seemed like a young guy struggling with depression and a very difficult life. People on the show seemed to see that clearly. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that anyone saw it clearly enough to reach out to him and try to get him help. It's so hard to know how hard to push in such situations. People who suffer with chronic depression are often very withdrawn (as he was) and, when they do present a social face, take pains to make it seem like everything is okay. So sad.

Part of me likes that they didn't say "suicide" when talking of his death, but part of me also wishes they had made a statement about chronic depression and how to recognize warning signs of suicide and get help.

I love that they set up the foundation for his daughter. She is SUCH a cutie!

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I knew the inevitable outcome of Naji's story, so going in to last night's show, I was telling myself not to get attached. I thought I had it all under control, but after he lost the match, the tears started to fall and I couldn't get them to stop for quite a while.

My heart ached for him. I am glad that they didn't broadcast the suicide element. Suicide has such a negative connotation. Someday his daughter will see this, so I am sure they wanted to show him as much respect as possible.

Sweetbabygirl
Member

08-31-2002

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dammit, I missed the show again!! So, the repeats come on CNBC like The Apprentice?

What days?

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sure ... the tvguide was wrong last week ...

Katbry
Member

10-27-2004

Monday, March 21, 2005 - 11:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, Chicken Pox in adults is definitely worse and lasts longer, even in teenagers as a friend of mine had it @ 15 and she was out for two weeks w/a high fever, etc. And a boss I had also got it as an adult and had it like Landi's husband, just not the asthma, so not as serious, but definitely out of commission for at least 14 days+. What a bummer for him!!! That is why I know a lot of mothers w/kids between 4-10 will bring their kids around others with them just so they will have them at a young age since then they are so much less severe to have then (also, as you can guess, not good for babies to have).

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 1:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thx for reminding me! I never thought about all the crew and camera people possibly being at risk since to become seriously ill is so rare though...it is easier to give the kid the boot off the show then bother to ask the staff.

As if they all didnt already have DAYS of contact with him AFTER he had the virus. And there IS a vaccine for goodness sake LOL
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Chicken pox is a selflimiting virus. RARE for an adult to get really badly and no- it is NOT worse than MUMPS which can render a man sterile.

Of course anyone with OTHER medical conditions can have their preexisting disease worsened when they have ANY virus including the flu. Many flus can last a week or two as well.

http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/who_gets_chickenpox_shingles_000082_3.htm
Between 75% and 90% of chickenpox cases occur in children under 10 years of age. Since a varicella vaccine became available in the US in 1995, however, the incidence of disease and hospitalizations due to chicken pox are showing a dramatic decrease of up to 84%. Experts expect the disease to become a rarity in the US.

WOW Landi, that must have been really scarey!!

it sounds like your husband started with Chicken pox but then ended up with pneumonia!! They dont treat viruses with antibiotics.






Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 6:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the show was probably shot in a condensed time frame. I don't think there was enough time left for Jeff to recover, and to ask him to fight sick, is not even worth considering. They did the right thing.

Sweetbabygirl
Member

08-31-2002

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, saw the rerun (thanks, Ladykins!)….

OMG what a sad eppy, especially knowing how things turned out for Najai. What breaks my heart is the fact that his “pride and joy” will now never grow up with her daddy, who obviously loved her very much. It is a shame that he couldn’t focus on her and her future this past Valentine’s Day.

Am I the only one that can’t stand Ishe? Uh dude, Ahmed didn’t just become your enemy….YOU were the one that was playing with him mentally. While Ahmed should have just ignored you, don’t make yourself out to be the innocent in all of this.

I will be glad when he and Gomez (the one that beat Peter Manfredo) leaves.

Sunshyne4u
Member

06-17-2003

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The show is being done in Las Vegas. Ishe is from Las Vegas, if I recall correctly. Maybe that is why he feels so cocky?

I like gomez at this point. He has such character.

Anyone else think it is strange that the guys would vote the STRONGEST contender back into the show??? If you wanted to ensure you have a better chance you would want the weakest player back.