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Ambie

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 02:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to say, this season does not impress me either. I definitely don't like Jan. I don't like the other team at all. I will give it one more week, but if the show doesn't improve I will ditch it. I can't wait for Amazing Race - my fave show.

Fruitbat

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 04:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like Ted, Brian, Jake, Sui Ann, Ken and Penny. I bet we all get into this show. It always takes awhile for me. Give it some time.

And I LOVED those bats! What cute little faces. We have ugly bats here in the states. Those were precious. I liked the snakes too.

Jan is 53!? Wow. I am 56 and do not look anywhere near that old, or at least thats what my mirror tells me and it can lie, I swear it does that sometimes.

Jeep

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 05:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I also agree that Jan looks much older than 53. Either she's had a previous big weight loss or sat in the sun too much in her younger years, maybe both. Either one will give you lots of wrinkles. It was really bad that she didn't show any interest in getting the water. I would have voted her out just for that.

Ghandia seem just too full of herself. I like Ted and Helen. Clay better keep his mouth shut when sleeping......with all those bats above!

I haven't figured out the other team yet. Robb seemed a little more subdued last night. They all seem to be going in different directions. I hope they don't win everytime.

With such different personalities in each tribe, it will really make it interesting when they switch around. I can't wait for that!

Grannygrunt

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey I'm 52 and I certainly hope I DO NOT look anything like that. I would guess 65 or more. Maybe just has had a hard life but still. If I look like that in a year, then I will not be here playing with ya'll I will be in a retirement place where there are people to wait on me 24 hours a day. LOLOLOL

Jkm

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey - besides the Ghandi/ Ted fight - Didn't the previews show Robb with his hands around Clay's neck?? and Clay going ahhhhhh!

Fruitbat

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
yes, that is what I saw too.

Jeep

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Jkm, it did show that. Another place on this board said they get pretty physical next week and Jeff has to break it up. Should be an exciting episode!

Fluff

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey could anyone give me any details about the preview? Please?? I missed it. Had to see if Kurt Angle was wrestling on Smackdown.

Laura11103

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 07:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been wondering how old Jan is. She looks so freakin old! My boyfriend was saying "please put your shirt back on".... I know it's mean, but I'm shocked to hear she's only 53???? She looks like she's 75. Personally, she seems ok, but I think she needs to go go go!

Was sorry to see Tanya go.... I think this tribe is gonna get picked off one by one... they obviously can't win anything, hope I'm wrong though.

Hermione69

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I also noticed Jan's lolling in the water while Helen lugged the jug herself. It seemed so unlike what anyone except the most self-centered eejit would do that I found myself wondering if Helen had insisted that Jan stay there and rest and she would get the water herself. I can see that as what happened because Jan does not seem that inconsiderate and Helen does not strike me as the type of woman that would bite her tongue if she felt like someone was slacking off. That whole part seemed so obviously cropped here and cropped there that I wondered what was missing from the sequence. I think it was done just to make us wonder if Jan would go, especially after she lost them time on the IC. They were trying to create more tension than what existed, IMHO.

About the pigtails-- it is probably just a very convenient way to wear your hair when you don't have the luxury of washing it with shampoo and conditioner.

I like that whole team and was sorry to see them lose the IC and very sorry to see Tanya go. I hope that it is not true about Ted making advances on Ghandia. I guess we'll find that out.

Sook Jai seems to be splitting rather decisively into two factions. It will be interesting to see who is targeted if they lose the next IC.

About the weight loss-- several of them come home 30+ pounds lighter, including Jan as someone mentioned above. I know Jeff says they all lose weight, but that is A LOT of weight to lose if you are only out there a couple of weeks. I can't imagine she would lose that much at Loser's Lodge. She would have to keep practically starving herself and why would she do that? I predict she makes it to the merge at least. MHO, FWIW and all that jazz.

If you want to know who the others are that lost that much weight, it is in the spoiler thread. :-)

Retired

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If Chewy's water supply is so hard to find why don't they just mark the beach with rocks or twigs or tie a bright piece of clothing around a tree? Or is that not allowed?

Jeep

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Retired, that is exactly what I said to my Hubby last night, "I hope they marked the spot for next time"! It didn't show anything like that, but a little common sense would tell you to do it......but then again, they didn't take the map!

Niceguy

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Retired: it was John's way of making himself invaluble. He must have discerned a short cut to get to the water on the map and decided not to share that info with the rest of the tribe. His thinking,"Kick me off and suffer for a few days until you figure it out."

Betty

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I suspect Mark's editing of Jan is a replay of Kathy's character. But will someone give that woman a tissue! Helen wouldn't have said she'd have shot them both if it was just Jan that was at fault, nor would she have excused Jan's physique. There's more there than meets the eye to this storyline. Jan isn't going anywhere for a while.

Retired

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeep: Great minds think alike!
Niceguy: Could be. But since they found it why not mark it. Maybe they did & we just didn't see it--all in the editing.
Got another question. Where did the purple team get fire? They didn't go to tribal council last week & get the torches like Chewy. Were they given matches? Remember how they used to make such a big deal out of who could start a fire-- Africa with the magnifying glass, last year with the sticks? I don't recall seeing anything like that this year.

Finqwik

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
About Jans age I'm sure that during the introductions in week one they said she was 60. She certainly looks more 60ish than 50ish to me. Whatever, I wonder why Helen did not ask Jan to help her carry the water? or maybe she had to stay and keep the boat from floating away, as its too heavy for 2 people to drag onto the beach.

Tabbyking

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i think jan is 53. she looks a lot older than my mom, who is 69! maybe my mom should go on survivor or amazing race! she still skis and drives like a race car driver!

Turgon

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i dont understand the whole lets take a boat ride to get water. theres obviously bamboo all over the place and its the monsoon season so it pretty easy to rig a system to collect the rain water.

Realfan

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know, Retired!! I would grab a piece of red cloth off of a shirt, one of those scarves that were tied around the mailbox, or even a buff (though that's probably not allowed) and tie it to a branch to show where the danged waterhole was. Is that so hard?? I still like the idea of collecting the ever-present rainwater. Makes the most sense of all.

Hermione, ITA, I like that tribe a lot better than Sook Jai, except I do like Shi Ann. I think porno guy (Brian) is awfully cute, and he seems very nice.

I'm beginning to think Ghandia is a head case. What was that crap about Helen not emoting enough, but then complaining that she goes ballistic or whatnot? The two don't jive. I'm so tired of these people thinking that other people have to be the way they want them to be. Helen is who she is. Obviously she has a heart--she nearly cried at TC. Ghandia probably expected her to get all emotional and effusive over the crown. She didn't, but clearly she appreciated it greatly.

Mygetaway

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 10:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Retired..
I mentioned a couple of times about the fire last week. I kind of think they either were provided with it, or it came very easily to this bunch, so they just skipped over it. I wish they would have given us 15 seconds or so to explain it since it is such a big part of their survival.

** edit**
BTW, Tanya said on The Early Show that she lost 15 pounds in just the short time she was there. She said not eating good and dehydration started a few days before they got to their final beaches, while they were in "trianing camp."

Jkm

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 10:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My hubby and I were talking last night -- the hour seems to go so fast - and they seem to be showing us even less than last year. Only hint they have given us at an alliance was the three treading water. They seem to show us one activity (building shelter) Not much of the day to day struggles -
Like I was surprised they didn't show the tribe conspiring to prepare for the really bad anniversary singing/party for Helen.

Maybe that will come as the cast gets smaller.

Where's my 24/7 live feeds when you need them -- BB withdrawl -

I want more info!

Squaredsc

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
turgon, excellent idea, i wonder why no one else there thought of that.

i missed the preview but i can't wait to see it, sounds like next week will kick things up a notch.

Pottedplant

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
re Fire. I think they got flint as a firestarter in the 'starter" kit they get on Day 1.

I agree about collecting rainwater, I was wondering why they were not putting pots etc out to collect it.

Don't like Ghandia at all. So hypocritical to critize Helen for losing it, when she blew IC last week.

Tanya lost 15lb in 6 days, i don't think we can go on weight loss too much this time as a spoiler, as it is extremley humid there. Tanya said she was not eating before the game even began as it was so hot.

Hermione69

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, I heard about that from Tanya's transcript from the Early Show. The only other thing that would make me give validity to the weight loss is that I would think the loss from dehydration would happen very quickly, like with Tanya's 15 pounds in 6 days, and then would taper off a bit. Can the body really lose 30 pounds in 2 weeks just from water? Anyone? I'm not a doctor, I have no idea. I just know with diets, you lose a lot quickly from water loss and then it slows down so it would stand to reason that something similar would happen here. I can't imagine the body would keep losing weight at that rate. Everyone would die!

(I'm hoping for this to be the case as I'd like to see certain people stick around. I'm not very transparent, am I?)

Tabbyking

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 12:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i was absolutely amazed at how nothing jed is!! he later said he passed water around, so that counted as part of building the shelter. well, not in my book! a 90-year-old woman could pass out water! if he doesn't start helping out, he is history!