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Kitt

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was just about the last thing the grannies said on The Early Show. Just been to the CBS site but it doesn't mention their interview, just the survivor ones :-(. I presume they all left one day plus 12hrs after they arrived, so they were in the same order, but allowing the host and backup crews not to be in two places at the same time.

Julieboo

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wait, I don't get it. So if the grannies were that late and they were 2nd to last, would all teams them have to wait? That doesn't seem right (Am I making sense?) I guess my basic questionis the same as Jewels'--why wouldn't they leave 12 hours after they arrived like the rules say?

Muse

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 02:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels, sometimes in TAR the pit stops are longer than 12 hours because of production difficulties (in TAR1 the teams stayed at the pitstop by the Taj Mahal for several days because of some kind of production difficulties), weather issues (TAR1's sandstorm in Tunisia meant a longer pitstop as well), etc. The teams probably really enjoy that because it means a longer break and time to rest up and get ready for the next leg.

Julieboo

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, in that case it makes more sense...

Now why did no one take the Fast Forward? Was it not offered?

Judy

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's my only pet peeve with this show-
They only show the viewersinfo on the fast forward IF it is being taken by one or more racers.
It is available on every leg.
I just wish they would give a brief description of it for us...

(My other Pet Peeve has been remedied this year. The Host is standing at the Pit Stop for EVErYONE not just the last one's to arrive.)

Puttergirl

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 03:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was amazing the Grannies got as far as they did! I knew they were toast on the first one when one of them, driving the car on that very first race to the airport, said to the other one... "I don't like to drive fast".

Also, lets face it, this program can get very physical!!!!!

Jewels

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I understand it for technical difficulties and mother nature...I don't understand it just because the last place team is a day behind. I am sure the players appreciate the extra rest, I just see it as another one of those "let's make it up as we go along" things and that bugs me. You would think they are trying to keep these people on a sort of schedule the best they can. All it takes is for the host and a camerman to stay behind and film the Grannies coming in. And like Julie said, what if the Grannies weren't last, but were still that far behind? Would they hold up everyone else because of that? I love this show, but there little things that drive me crazy!

Julieboo

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
the little things drive me crazy too, Jewels!

Crazydog

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 03:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't understand why multiple teams would share a tent. If I was sleeping and got woken up by an earlier departing team's alarm clock, and couldn't fall back asleep and as a result wasn't as rested as I could have been, I'd be a little annoyed.

I also don't understand why the Grannies are so convinced that Blake and Paige turned off the alarm when there really is no solid proof. I think they were just so tired that they turned it off themselves and didn't realize it. I have done that myself many times and although I would like to blame the clock, I know I must have turned it off. After they complained about Blake and Paige not waking them up, I wish they would have been asked about not loaning them bus money.

Fanny

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That tent didn't look big enough for four people to me. This may be a dumb and ignorant question, but did they for sure share a tent? If it were me, and especially if I were sharing a tent, I'd keep the alarm either close to me or someplace where it wouldn't be in the way of anyone (like in a corner of the tent where I could reach it when it went off). That would make it difficult, I'd think, for someone to mess with it without me knowing.

Neko

Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 05:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah I know...that's what I was thinking.
It didn't look big enough to me.
But why would they say that on The Today Show if it wasn't true?
The sharing of the tent I mean, not the turning of the alarm.coolneko