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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:32 am
I love Color Splash!!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:09 am
I'm with Prisoner. Tracee definitely got no respect or cooperation from the others. She was doomed to fail once she got the project leader position. It was defintely time for her to go anyways, but the others clearly had it out for her from the get-go. Personally, I'm glad Mikey-V went. He was a great carpenter and all, but he seemed to relish in his self-appointed role as the backstabbing leader.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:19 am
Me too Lexie!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 10:06 am
Me three!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 10:21 am
Me four ... David Brondstat is so fun to watch!! I like Trish and Matt. It's too bad they couldn't have a show together.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 12:24 pm
Hukd, that's exactly what I was trying to say.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 1:42 pm
The interesting thing is that she knew they had a problem with her, so she was relunctant to force the issue, but what she never got was that the problem with her was mainly that she would NOT be decisive. Just like the tile for the blacksplash. Since there was a difference of opinion in that area she should have made the decision one way or the other It is true that the others did not cooperate with her, but they had learned a long time ago, that her "few minutes" would never end. Then she should have told the ones that did want it that they were going to come with her and pick it out, and that it was their job to finish it. And she kept saying no one told her to bring the tile back. Why should she have had to be told. Couldn't she do the math for the time. She had to know that they were not going to have enough time when she came dragging in at nearly 7:00. But the others had to know she would not be able to manage the time. Someone should have gone with her and insisted that she stay on target. But it was her time to go. Way past time to go.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 2:41 pm
I just hated that Mikey V went as well!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 3:31 pm
I think the right choices went again, though I must admit that I feel bad for each of them for different reasons. They really did gang up on Tracee and I think set it up for her to lose the challenge...but I know if I had been there I would have been part of the gang!!!! On one hand I think she is misunderstood...but on the other, I think she is flat-out annoying. Mikey was the worse hosting (LOL Prisoner about his "experience"), but still he was likeable. Didn't quite understand why he has to go back to the PD....can't he just make his living as a designer? Seems like it would be far more lucrative than a police officer. I guess it made me feel that he wants to be a tv star more than he wants to be a designer, so I was glad he went home. I like all of the ones left, though Matt remains my favorite by far. And I enjoy him more on camera than some of the others.... I think what he has to say is more natural for a host that is more than a talking head. Not sure where the judges are coming from there. I think maybe they watch more than they listen. Jen is my next favorite but I don't feel that I know who she is (not her fault...she just doesn't seem to get camera time.) Trish seems OK, but I just don't relate to her. I want to see more about all of their own personal design styles. It seems to me to be way more team oriented this year. It wasn't like that in the past, was it? And I love Color Splash and David, too. It's my favorite HGTV show (well, maybe Househunters ties.) I would LOVE him to do a room in my house. (Or my whole house.) But one thing I like about him is that he tells what he is doing and really seems to want to help people learn. He loves what he does and it is infectious.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 5:39 pm
I was feeling sorry for the "picked upon" Tracee until her final confessional, where she said she was tired of working with (can't remember the exact word but it was similar to "idiots"). Until that point, I did think she was picked upon. After that, I thought she got what she deserved. If you walk around with the "I'm better than you" or the "you are all eejits" attitude, well, karma baby! (Sorry, I totally forgot about that last little statement of hers, where she was whining about how she's so appreciated at home and with her friends and her business. And then she blew it.)
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 6:16 pm
Yesitsme... House Hunters and House Hunters International rock!!!
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:08 pm
Matt reminds me of an actor who was in a sitcom. I think it was Suddenly Susan. Every time I see him, I think of that character. lol He is my pick.
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:11 pm
Phooey! Wrong sitcom. Now I have to figure it out. lol
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:34 pm
Just Shoot Me (Enrico Colantoni was on that, played the dad on Veronica Mars, and is now on Flashpoint.)
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Carlpsmom
Member
01-03-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:05 pm
Yes, that was the one. 
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Ramsfan
Member
01-27-2004
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:16 pm
I have mixed feelings about this week's show. On one hand I am celebrating the fact that Tracee is gone b/c she grated on my nerves and was quite a blame shifter. On the other hand her team really sat back and took none of the responsibility so they were also blame shifters. I am with those rooting for Matt to win. He seems pretty low key. Trish and Jen are meh to me.... A little OT but what is Myles of Style about? Is it the generic redo show?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:26 pm
I actually thought Matt was easy, informative and authentic in his "hosting" the past two episodes. I completely disagree with the judges on that one.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 8:28 pm
Ummmmm.....since when is it appropriate to call the Fire Dept to your house to have them cut off a frigging wedding ring? Is the ring cutting off her circulation to the point that she can't ride in the van (that has an unseen driver), and go to an emergency room or something? I mean, how irresponsible is it to bog up the Fire Dept.'s time to come and cut off a ring?
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:31 pm
Whoami, that's a great question. I was very surprised to see the fire department show up. They did have the right tool to saw through the ring, though, so maybe they deal with this kind of thing a lot. Maybe the cop knew that and suggested calling them so they wouldn't lose time with Trish possibly sitting for hours on end waiting for her turn in an emergency room. But I would like to know if this is normally what we're supposed to do in a situation like that. I'm wondering how long it would've taken them to put up those tiles Tracee brought back. They were the kind of tiles that are already connected to each other, so it's not like they were going to have to stick each individual tile to the wall. When they first started discussing it, I thought they had decided from the beginning not to tile at all. Matt was adamant that tiling is what always causes the teams to miss the deadline, and that he wouldn't do it.
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 6:27 am
I had to have my ring cut off a few years ago because of a swollen finger. I went to the jeweler. They have a neat little ring-cutter thingy, which doesn't hurt your finger, AND doesn't mess up the ring (except for the obvious cut!!). My ring is thick, like hers is. And, it only took thim a minute to get it done.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 6:49 am
Who, two words: Good TV. There was no reason they couldn't go to a jewelers to have the ring cut off. But it's ever more dramatic to have the fire dept show up with sirens blaring and lights flashing! Curly, it's not just about putting up sheets of netted tiles (btw, smaller tiles almost always come netted). You have to prepare the surface, apply mastic, set the tiles using spacers for the sheets, let the mastic dry, grout the tiles, and clean up. While the actual task of setting the tile doesn't take long, prep and dry time does. At the time they were discussing the tile, they hadn't even picked out the tile or design yet, so add several hours to the entire task. I think they could have gotten it done if they'd gotten the countertops set earlier, but they had less than six hours after that and that would've been cutting it close.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 7:48 am
Why not put the granite also on the backsplash?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 7:57 am
Now that would've been a great idea Vsmart.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 8:53 am
My impression was Mikey V. was hell bent on doing tiling and being the first team to get it done, and no one was going to change his mind. Matt tried to talk them out of any tiling. When Tracee arranged for that countertop in such a short time (she did some things right), the plan was to tile the backsplash.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 9:20 am
Remember, too, that the client wanted a tiled backsplash. Or at least, she wanted color (and granite countertop is NOT color!)
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