Archive through December 17, 2002
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Archive through December 17, 2002
Hermione69 | Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 09:00 pm     She does have a lot of lines on her face for 53. I think sun exposure could account for a lot of that. I still really like her. I just feel like she is a very nice person and I think that her trying this is admirable. I'm 20 years younger than her and would never make it! |
Wiseolowl | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 05:40 am     Jan and I are the same age and that scares me . Nobody in my family , including brothers and sisters -in law who are older, nor any of our friends look anywhere near as old as Jan . This is a terrible thing to say but every time I look at her it reminds me of my own mortality - which is not an easy thing to accept for the baby boomer generation. |
Hermione69 | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 07:01 am     Wow, Wiseolowl. Mortality is pretty scary. I live in Virginia and am not all that far from the sniper mess and that has made me think about mortality a lot this last week. Not easy thoughts, whatever the catalyst to having them. I was thinking about Jan's appearance and when I was growing up, the couple across the street were serious sun lovers. They were my parents age and I was just thinking that they probably looked 10-15 years older from all their sun exposure. I also have a student in my school who is from an unstable Middle Eastern country and she lost her whole family in a bomb attack. She herself was in a coma for a month. She is nineteen and looks closer to thirty than twenty. I'm just bringing this up because there are a lot of things that can age people. I guess I should go get some work done! I don't want to, but I am starting to feel guilty! |
Wiseolowl | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 07:13 am     Hermione Thanks for the post. Being a Canadian where we don't have that long summer season we don't expose ourselves to sun exposure quite as much - on the otherhand when we do have the opportunity for hot warm weather we tend to overdo it , sort of like the "mad dogs and Englishmen " reference, but we use sunscreen up here like maddogs and have been for years. I would assume that Jan as a teacher , would have been aware of the problem and dealt with it. On the otherhand we all age differently for different reasons and your point is well taken. She's probably in better shape and will last longer than me! |
Tabbyking | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 07:20 am     unfortunately, i am very blonde and fair and blue eyed and don't tan and don't try! i live in california and use sunblock-- ever since it was invented, although i did get some nasty sunburns as a kid in our annual one-day trek to santa cruz! and i hate the heat! anyway, jan is 5 years older than me and even though i have quite a few wrinkles for my age, i think i won't look like jan until i am at least 60....please! |
Alegria | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 10:29 am     >>i think i won't look like jan until i am at least 60....please! << 60??? try 80! Her age MUST be a typo! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 11:11 am     Ahem! She grew up in Texas where it is plenty hot and sunny all year round. Since she and I were born in the same year, I can assure you none of us had ever heard of sunscreen when we were growing up. You just tried not to get sunburned too bad because it hurts. That's all. We did not know about sun damage and skin looking like leather at age 53. Way back in the late 60's and early 70's I started using Coppertone Shade because I didn't like getting sunburned. That was the ONLY sunscreen in those days, and nobody else used it because they all wanted to get tan. And I now look 20 years younger than Jan, which is to say I look 33. JUST kidding about the 33 |
Hermione69 | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 11:13 am     I look 33 also JuJu! Oh wait, I AM 33. |
Ladytex | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 12:14 pm     Jan had better watch her behind. Since Helen has decided to kiss up to the guys, Jan will be the next one off if they lose immunity next week. |
Alegria | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 01:01 pm     Is it ok if I call her 'granny'? |
Ariasmum | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 01:11 pm     I think they were calling her Janny, although Granny seems more suitable. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 02:11 pm     Well, yes, Jan can almost watch her behind. It hangs pretty darn low out of that swimsuit. <races off to look in mirror backwards while applying sunscreen>
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Lilliegirl | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 05:39 pm     I think her age is not right,I went to cbs and looked her up when it said she was 53 ,im 54 I ran the tape for my husband and asked him how old do you think she is and he said 70 and I said wrong she is nice but she looks about the age of my mother, Im olive skined brown eyes and I do not get in the sun but my older sister lives in the sun and she looks like she is in her 70s to so ladies stay out of the sun, unless you use sunscreen. Seems like she would have a tone body with all the running she does. |
Knightpatti | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 06:00 pm     Here is another point that might have aged Jan. Is she a smoker? She has alot of lines around her mouth. I agree she looks 73 not 53. And she does not have much muscle tone for an athlete. She is nice, but I think her age has to be wrong. |
Misslibra | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 07:44 pm     Good point Knightpatti about smoking because it does age you. My aunt smokes and my mother does not. My aunt is about 8 years younger then my aunt and mother looks ten years younger then my aunt. |
Fruitbat | Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 05:52 am     I agree that her age is a misprint. I smoke and have sun damaged skin. I am 56 and do not come close to looking as old as Jan. I am told I look younger than my years, often. |
Car54 | Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 06:34 am     Chiparock posted this earlier...remember they are out in the elements with no soaps, lotion, etc...with water and food issues. Remember how bad Tina Wesson looked and in Africa how old MamaKim looked after a couple of weeks in the elements. They both looked wonderful in the finale with proper lotions and cosmetics. Some skins really need a lot of care...let's wait to see what Jan looks like at the end! |
Lilliegirl | Sunday, October 13, 2002 - 07:45 pm     car54 I guess they did look good after cbs did there makeup and hair and another thing when was this show over. I forgot Im a smoker too, but not wrinkles. |
Zipsdaddy | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 11:18 am     I can see any two survivors (Clay, Brian, Ted, or Helen) taking Jan along to the final two and Jan wins. Is she really flying so low and playing this game so perfectly, or just going along with whatever they tell her to do?? |
Hermione69 | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 01:48 pm     I agree, Zips, that she could easily make it to F2 either by immunity or being taken along for the ride. I think she is being overlooked because too many others are calling attention to themselves. I think this is her strategy. People seem to think that "playing the game" means acting like Brian or Clay. I don't think that is necessarily so. I remember JPs comment when jury started about how tricky maneuvering is from here on out. You want to get to the end, but you don't want to alienate anyone in the process to the point where they won't vote for you. That was Dani's downfall on BB3. Jan is apparently doing a great job being buddies with everyone. Furthermore, I don't think that anyone is taking her seriously and that is why they'll take her along. No one thinks she could possibly emerge the victor. Snewser at SurvivorNews.net has currently picked Jan to win it all. |
Tabbyking | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 02:35 pm     i am wondering if each of the survivors thinks they will win over jan at the end if she goes to the final 2. will the other person win because they 'played' the game? or will jan win because she didn't make any of the jurors mad at her? plus, the last couple of people out--who would come that close to the end, but not make final 2--might be upset at whoever 'played' the game, knowing he or she played it better than they did. let's say ted is in final 2 with jan. brian might be upset, because he might feel he played a good game, and is pissed because he comes in behind ted. he might resent ted and vote for jan to win. or helen might resent brian, if he makes it in and she doesn't...there are ways jan could win, but right now it would be because she ISN'T playing the game or making anyone mad; not that she is a particularly good player. (well, except for clay hating her funerals and goofiness, which i laugh at!) |
Car54 | Monday, November 25, 2002 - 03:42 pm     I don't know. I think this group on CG are the clearest headed group I can recall. They are there for the money...they are not there to make pals for life, and I think when they get booted they are going to know it is part of the deal. Maybe it comes from most of them being older than the players at SJ...where it was more about personalities. Since Ghandia left, my impression is that this tribe is all about business. |
Alaginger | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 09:08 am     I just finished listening to the video of Ted chatting about Jan's Plan over at the CBS website under the video archive. This may have already been discussed, and I missed it......so if so, please excuse. Anyway, sounds as though Ted had already figured out that while he and Helen were away on the reward, that Brian, Clay and Jan probably formed an alliance..... therefore he figured either he or Helen were targeted to go. This makes me feel even more strongly that Helen will be first to go at the final show unless she wins immunity!!! |
Car54 | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:17 am     Gives new meaning to her comment in that newspaper article that it was all "in her control"....bet that means from the Jury. The Sooks all like her, Ted holds no bad feelings... bet Helen has a lot of influence over what the vote is if she is on it. |
Webkitty | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 10:50 am     Car, that newspaper article was taken out of context. Helen was talking about making plum pudding, not Survivor. I posted the whole explanatiion somewhere.....can't remember where right now. Probably in the Helen thread, that would make sense. Regarding Jan, there was an article in the St. Pete Times that come out when the show first started. Jan wasn't supposed to give interviews, so invited the reporter in for a drink of wine. She said she was just having a drink with her "new friend" and that's how she got around it. Whatever. The reporter said, I suppose you can't tell me how far you got? Jan gave him a sly look and smiled, then went over to the mantle, and said, Your not supposed to see these. She took a water jug and a bowl and put them in the bedroom. I didn't pay any attention to it at the time, thinking she was a little nutty, and had taken those with her when she got voted off. Looking back, the WAY she handled that whole question was a huge give away. She might have taken those items while breaking down the camp. I know they all take little things when they go, but I got the impression this was the BIG jug, I could be wrong. I'm now wondering if she not only makes it to F3, but goes all the way. The radio spoiler that Grooch reported regarding Ted's statements about not knowing who is in the final two are making me rethink the whole thing. Either TDT is totally wrong, or MB is misdirecting us through Ted. (or Ted just mispoke) |
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