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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #275 on: May 10, 2009, 06:47:38 PM »
Luke set out on this race to show America that deaf people can do anything just as well as hearing people can. And while I respect and applaud him for that, he failed. Margie did all the hard work while, in a way, he sat on the sidelines and watched. For a team to be considered deserving of winning the money, they have to be just that: a team. Which is why tonight, if it isn't Cara & Jamie that cross the finish line first, I'll settle with Tammy & Victor only.

It's been an interesting season. The casting in this was eally good. They managed to find people who arn't your run-of-the-mill couples. As this chapter comes to a close, I'm already looking forward to the next one!

While its true that Luke didn't do any driving and literally most of the communication with strangers, locals, and the service industry was from Margie.  He certainly did his share of the tasks. and he certainly wasn't dead weight being drug around (more the point he s the one shown consistently dragging his mother around.

We have certainly scene teams were racers did less without a viable reason why they couldn't do it.

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #276 on: May 10, 2009, 07:42:00 PM »
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #277 on: May 10, 2009, 07:56:34 PM »
tammy and victor grabs the win!
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #278 on: May 10, 2009, 07:56:45 PM »
okay all threads are open! discuss!

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #279 on: May 10, 2009, 07:58:55 PM »
I knew it was coming but it still made me sad to see Jaime/Cara come in 2nd.  :'(


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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #280 on: May 10, 2009, 08:00:19 PM »
I really wanted Luke/Margie. Oh well, but what Luke said to Margie at the end was very sweet, brought a tear to my eye. :'(

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #281 on: May 10, 2009, 08:01:56 PM »
Maybe by posting this theyre trying to lead people away from thinking M/L are going to win but they do actually win.  Now its starting to confuse me.

I don't think Luke's expression in the group photo is very indicative of a million dollar winner.  I think it's between C/J and T/V.  Only a few more hours 'til we know!
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Every picture tells a story? And both pictures you posted show the teams in the same order.

1. Tammy and Victor
2. Jamie and Cara
3. Margie and Luke

*sigh* would've loved for M/L to pull this one off, it just sucks that they were so far ahead and obviously screw up really badly!
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #282 on: May 10, 2009, 08:04:14 PM »
is there really some kind of curse when you arrive at the roadblock first?

like eric and jeremy TAR 9

like ron and christina TAR12

like Dustin and kandice TAR-all stars

like ken and tina Tar 13

and now margie and luke TAr14

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #283 on: May 10, 2009, 08:04:30 PM »
Quote from: Chateau
This farm is just 0.4 miles down the road from the actual Surfboard Fence place
I apologize for posting a bad kmz; the corrected one is below. It serves me right for trusting geotags too much (almost as bad as wikipedia). The county assessor's office puts the property owned by Dettloff (and others) a few hundred yards north of the geotagged spot.

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #284 on: May 10, 2009, 08:05:02 PM »
It's so obvious who wins you guys, its right under your nose :carryon:
The answer was right under your nose or noses ...  :tup:

•Jennifer Hopka & Preston McCamy no evidence beyond leg 1
•Linda & Steve Cole no evidence beyond leg 1
•Victoria & Brad Hunt  no further evidence
•Amanda Blackledge & Kris Klicka no further evidence
•Jodi Wincheski & Christie Volkmer no further evidence
•Mel & Michael White Two older men/ on flight Bangkok to Phuket (leg 7)  **
•Mark  Michael Munoz last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) & "maybe" China/airport heading to Guilin (leg 9)
•LaKisha & Jennifer Hoffman (Daily News Interview: "Siberia was cold, and I don't care for the cold at all" (leg 4 and or 5) )
•Margie & Luke Adams eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)
•Cara Rosenthal & Jaime Edmondson eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)
•Tamara & Victor Jih eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,17805.0.html


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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #285 on: May 10, 2009, 08:12:44 PM »
Holy crap.  That was the whole bootlist, too?

If you knew this all along, puddin, then since this is a spoiler thread, why didn't you just outright SAY it?
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #286 on: May 10, 2009, 08:13:00 PM »
It's so obvious who wins you guys, its right under your nose :carryon:
The answer was right under your nose or noses ...  :tup:

•Jennifer Hopka & Preston McCamy no evidence beyond leg 1
•Linda & Steve Cole no evidence beyond leg 1
•Victoria & Brad Hunt  no further evidence
•Amanda Blackledge & Kris Klicka no further evidence
•Jodi Wincheski & Christie Volkmer no further evidence
•Mel & Michael White Two older men/ on flight Bangkok to Phuket (leg 7)  **
•Mark  Michael Munoz last witnessed in Romania (leg 3) & "maybe" China/airport heading to Guilin (leg 9)
•LaKisha & Jennifer Hoffman (Daily News Interview: "Siberia was cold, and I don't care for the cold at all" (leg 4 and or 5) )
•Margie & Luke Adams eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)
•Cara Rosenthal & Jaime Edmondson eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)
•Tamara & Victor Jih eyewitness reports spotted in China airport heading to Hawaii (final leg)

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,17805.0.html

hehe...was I the only one smart enough to figure that out?  :snicker:

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #287 on: May 10, 2009, 08:15:08 PM »
Holy crap.  That was the whole bootlist, too?

If you knew this all along, puddin, then since this is a spoiler thread, why didn't you just outright SAY it?
It's up to us to figure it out.
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #288 on: May 10, 2009, 08:16:14 PM »
Congratulations to Tammy & Victor!  I wanted either them or Cara & Jaime to win.  I guess I wanted Cara & Jaime just a little more because we already had a sibling team win last season, but this is an Asian American sibling team, and I always had a soft spot for Asian Americans, so I'm just as glad this team won.

It all came down to two things:  Cara & Jaime's taxi needing gas (and being lost) and Luke missing the final two surfboards at the end.  That's what got Tammy & Victor the win.

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #289 on: May 10, 2009, 08:24:22 PM »
Holy crap.  That was the whole bootlist, too?

If you knew this all along, puddin, then since this is a spoiler thread, why didn't you just outright SAY it?
Because I wasn't there so one can ever be sure  :lol: and I/we didn't know the whole time ...

Some stuff for the flight people
.. Tammy and Vic not on the same flight? even though editing made it seem so



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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #290 on: May 10, 2009, 08:27:33 PM »
Yay, T/V win!! :jam: :jumpy:
Would Jaime given Luke the ansewers if they were first? I don't think so!

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #291 on: May 10, 2009, 08:31:50 PM »
something for the guys


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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #292 on: May 10, 2009, 08:37:28 PM »
something for the guys



cara cara cara  :jam:

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #293 on: May 10, 2009, 09:03:48 PM »
Exciting finale, marred only a bit by the expected winners.

I don't think I could've done that Roadblock.  The fake clues being thrown in would've thrown me off, big-time.

Tammy & Victor: Well done, you two.  Congrats on becoming the first Asian team to win the race.  But you really lucked out with a cerebral task at the end.  Still, Victor had a great strategy for completing it, so good job to him.  But I'm really only happy with them winning for Tammy.  What a sweetheart.  True class act the whole season through (Romania notwithstanding).

Jaime & Cara: Well, Jaime was forced to eat some humble pie, but at least she was fully humbled by finally APOLOGIZING, for once.  I'm really surprised they managed to nearly catch up at that final Roadblock.  Good job on them for tying Dustin & Kandice's record for highest-placing women's team and finishing second.  This is actually the top two I predicted before the season even began, in either order, at that.  So I'm ecstatic that it turned out that way.  Still, the search for the first winning women's team continues for yet another season. . . .

Margie & Luke: Luke, Luke, Luke.  You and Margie had the final victory right at your fingertips.  But instead of staying perfectly calm when you got frustrated at the final Roadblock, you panicked and blew it.  I'm really surprised Margie didn't do the task instead of you.  It might've helped you both win.  Still, good run by both of you, and I'll give you the congratulations that Poo won't give you for getting as far as you did.

Well, it was a great season.  Better than the last one, at least.  I hope next season's good, too!
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #294 on: May 10, 2009, 10:41:11 PM »
Shoreline Access 118 (chart link at the bottom of this page) is listed as "keokea beach homesteads," which puts it somewhere in the Kihei area, not far from McGregor point.


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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #295 on: May 10, 2009, 11:15:34 PM »
Yeah, I heard someone say Kihei on the show and I knew my Kaanapali claim was sunk.  So the land form that I was so sure was Molokai was actually just more of Maui   :groan:
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #296 on: May 10, 2009, 11:19:06 PM »
Great race, great teams, great finish. What more could we ask for?  I LOVED the end of this race, loved the fact that Luke helped Jamie and Jamie helped Luke.

Kudos to all the work by the RFF Amazing Race detectives and insightful posts by everyone.

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Chateau, you are the best, don't worry about Molokai or Maui another minute.  :hugs:
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #297 on: May 10, 2009, 11:19:20 PM »
Quote from: Chateau
This farm is just 0.4 miles down the road from the actual Surfboard Fence place
I apologize for posting a bad kmz; the corrected one is below. It serves me right for trusting geotags too much (almost as bad as wikipedia). The county assessor's office puts the property owned by Dettloff (and others) a few hundred yards north of the geotagged spot.

Thanks Slowhatch.  Well, then I guess they planted a grid of young palm trees after the satellite image was taken.  'cause it sure is a match with everything else.  I was hunting palm trees.   :groan:
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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #298 on: May 11, 2009, 02:00:30 AM »
Congratulations to Tammy and Victor for the win, I have been routing for you all season.  :jumpy: :jumpy: :jumpy: Good to see the team work.  Congratulations to Jamie/Cara and Margie/Luke for running such a good race.  All 3 teams deserved to be in the final.  Is this the first time that all 3 final teams have been so closely bunched in the final leg??  Watching all 3 teams carrying the pigs was difficult as there is no way I could have carried it.  My arms ached as I watched.  What an enjoyable season it has been.  Now what will I watch on sunday nights????

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Re: TAR14 Finale: 'This is How You Lose a Million Dollars'
« Reply #299 on: May 11, 2009, 02:55:45 AM »
Now what will I watch on sunday nights????
Reruns of The Simpsons?

BTW, I think I figured it out:

There's this pattern in all F3's excluding FE. Alpha males beat Fighting Couples/Ex-couples who beat Siblings who beat Loving Couples (Married or Dating) who beat Feisty F/F who beat Parent/Child who beat Friends/Other Relationship. The only exception would be David & Jeff, due to their flight connection.
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The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
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