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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 4:06 pm 
Almost forgot!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 5:23 pm
Yay! 
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 5:26 pm
The title is a little troublesome to me as I'm not really a fan of alliances on The Amazing Race, but we'll see how it goes.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 8:35 pm
group 1 8:15 cesar and ricky Juan and Shane
group 2 8:30 rod and leticia Angie and danny Amber and vinny
group 3 8:45 sunny ans Buzzy derek and sheila Yvonnne and Melissa
detour - bicycles to recycle plastic. or gauchos throwing bolos.
then off to race track - single .
then off to a bubble soccer team! single
detour finger prints or Identify beef cuts.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 9:59 pm
Well, Mom and Danny surely would have been out if not for their alliance, and the other two teams could have been in jeopardy as well, as they were terrible navigators and relied totally on Danny to get them all to the sites. So, it was a good demonstration of how using each others' unique talents can actually work in TAR.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 11:35 pm
I'm officially over any team in the alliance. I could almost put up with it right up until the meat naming task and then I was done with them.
I'm rooting for the teams who do their own work to accomplish the tasks. Sorry to see Derek and Shelisa go.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 12:11 am
Their choice, and the alliance seems to be mutually helpful, but I am not a fan.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 8:34 am
This is Boston Rob level of strategy! It was so nice of that team to help the mom finish that driving task. It certainly seemed like the contestants were making the puzzle too hard.
Sorry to see the grandparents go. They were a lovely team.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 10:33 am
Until they forbid it, alliances are part of the race. I do sometimes want to slap that mom, and other times when she tells her son to quit being so helpful, I applaud her.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 12:07 pm
When I initially saw the diving challenge...I thought they had to DRAW the course freehand! I thought I would never , ever in a million years be able to do that. Am a bit claustrophobic and get car sick... So I would have been done by the time I got out of the car lol. But then I realized it was tiles, and it was just a puzzle really. No need to even go on the ride to solve. Was surprised at those that found it so challenging. They got in their head.
I also, do not care for the continual mass alliances. I spend half the time yelling at the TV at Danny to stop helping everyone. It's likely going to bite them in the butt at some point. It also potentially drags weaker teams to the end. Not a finale I particularly want to see.
Rod cracked me up on the bubble soccer. His head was totally above the rim, because of his height. He was taken aback when they first toppled him over... Then you could kind of see him say to himself, okay, So this is how you're going to play...and he plowed through them. Although it did not seem that the other players were playing at even half strength. The mom would never have scored if they weren't lol
I was disappointed that no one chose the fingerprint challenge. That seemed much easier to me. I know my cuts of meat, and I still would have been more confident in the fingerprint challenge. Especially because of the language barrier. Must have been a bummer for the person that came up with the concept that no one even attempted it!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 12:20 pm
I think they thought it would be really hard to match a fingerprint, but that challenge seemed so cool, I was disappointed too that we didn't get to see anyone try it.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 4:10 am
Danny and Angie may have some of the best navigational skills I've seen in forever on the race.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 10:31 pm
Agreed on the navigation, but I think that is a sign of the times - that contestants nowadays have always had access to GPS.
And I can guarantee the fingerprint challenge would have been easier. When I attended the federal law enforcement academy 50 years ago, we had to learn how to dust for and lift fingerprints. The key is to use the powder sparingly, very sparingly and then put the lifting tape on slowly, so as not smudge the print. The identification part is easy if you know there is a correct one in the batch to be examined. Could have been a five to twenty minute task.
On the soccer task, the clue to that seemed to me to be to get down close to the goal as soon as possible, since there was NO GOALIE, and then let your team set you up, which they would because they are professionals. But, in fairness, if I had been on the field, I would not have immediately recognized that. I forget which player reached that strategy first.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 12:43 am
Derek and Shalisa said they were so disappointed that they didn't get to do the last roadblock.. their clue told them time was up and they should go straight to the mat to Phil. Both having been cops, they would have chosen the fingerprint task.
Turns out they had never seen an episode of Amazing Race until they were chosen then they binged like crazy. Several relatives ARE big fans and urged them to apply. Derek opened their video saying that they were long time viewers and fans and Shalisa zinged him about lying but promised that if they got on the season they would certainly become fans!
Years ago I got to go to Community Police Academy in my city. It was really a great experience and we had lots of sessions about all aspects of policing here, got to go to the shooting range, meet the police dogs, do a ride along, lots of lectures and we got to fingerprint too.. yep.. very light dusting.
I think it was Cesar who realized that he could just bowl over the others (apparently even went for his own team as well) and get down there..
And Angie was really bounced around..
I also wouldn't have realized it and would be very short in that bubble..
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 4:44 am
Juju, yes we now have GPS navigation skills but these racers have to use a map. They can't use GPS - that's why I'm giving mad props to Danny and Angie. They can read a map without getting lost.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 10:21 am
And... Danny is of an age where GPS has always been available, so the fact that he has excellent map skills is even more impressive.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 10:45 am
Well, Danny did get them lost this last leg, which is what allowed the two all lady teams to pass them and arrive at the meat challenge first.
My parents did the cop thing through their county. They really enjoyed it -- seeing the police dogs, learning about the crime unit, etc. It's a multi-week thing and perfect for retirees who are available during the day.
that's too bad they didn't get to do the fingerprint thing. Sounds like they were pretty far behind.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 12:02 pm
Our Community Police Academy was in early evening, so those still working could also attend.
As for the racers, they are allowed to look at phones which might help them get oriented to the map, but self driving eliminates the ability to borrow a cab driver's phone.
Some people take map reading instruction before going on the race.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 12:06 pm
Podcasters wonder how the start times will go.. One of the three allied teams may start 15 minutes ahead.. Will they wait? Probably not.
Danny has the map skills and cannot stop helping everyone, even outside the alliance, Angie does not want to help but needs and takes help. Vinnie has some Spanish skills. Amber is very loyal in helping the allies.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 3:01 pm
I guess alliances are a part of the game but actually completing tasks for another team seems to be taking it to another level. However, given how well it seems to be working, we’ll probably see more and more of it in the future.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 10:23 pm
I guess I must have said it wrong. My point was that Danny seemed to be the only one who could read and navigate with a map, so all of a sudden he became a hot commodity. And the lost skill of map-reading is what is causing many of the others to keep getting lost.
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