Topic: EP9 Title:Do you Know how much Running I Did today, Phil?

[supsandalee]

Chateau, I don't have a better shadow picture - maybe Puddin can capture one. I thought maybe you could do that spherical thingy with Jo's helmet like you did in Oman with Mo's left breast (unless that wasn't the real reason you were looking!)

I think the hilly section of the road up to the lighthouse is the final stretch which goes from south to north (see Puddins pic, reply #56)

[puddin]

I'll post what I can get , lol Sups  ( in this album a few more near the end )

at one point Monica says they are going the wrong way so??


Eric & Jeremy?


?? dont know ?

[mswood]

Never0102

We have had bunching of some form in every epi

1.  Of course is how they perform with complete Bunching.
2.  How fast the perform (the tasks).  When we have spaced bunching (like in the 4th episode we had 2 different groups bunched with a different starting time.  You can still judge them by how fast they completed their events within each bunching group).

And in both regards the Frats have done consistently better then any team.

I think I will gather my info and either find a thread or start a thread about speed of the various teams at both events and overall.

[puddin]

Never0102

We have had bunching of some form in every epi

1.  Of course is how they perform with complete Bunching.
2.  How fast the perform (the tasks).  When we have spaced bunching (like in the 4th episode we had 2 different groups bunched with a different starting time.  You can still judge them by how fast they completed their events within each bunching group).

And in both regards the Frats have done consistently better then any team.

I think I will gather my info and either find a thread or start a thread about speed of the various teams at both events and overall.

Please do so mswood  !!

meanwhile...........


Saturday, 4/22: Health benefits of nuts | Pet birds | Chef Debra Ponzek
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Tuesday, 4/25: Enrique Murciano, from the CBS drama "Without a Trace"
Wednesday, 4/26: Author and meditation coach Kathy Freston on "The One"
Thursday, 4/27: Anthony LaPaglia, of "Without a Trace" | "Amazing Race" losers
Friday, 4/28: Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen | Latest "Survivor" castoff

[mswood]

Part of me is glad to see the losers on the morning show ad, but I hate the anticipation that it might be one of the teams I like.

[puddin]

I'm picking RaYolanda if its an elim , F&B still safe since we see no airplane jumping/diving this leg . E&J are athletic and should have an easy time with the scuba /detour as well as MoJo . Don't know what the other detour is but RaYolanda might opt out of the scuba /detour because we know shes a poor swimmer .
Might be the scuba/detour is the fast choice this time with some luck finding whatever it is in the water .
No matter I think the male teams pull ahead and RaYolandas story was told last week and its over for them .

[mswood]

That and mentions of being friends with by Dave and Lori (when no teams are friends with then) hint to me that they shared some brief time in seqesterville together.

I think Ray and Yolanda are the tetam in trouble.

[supsandalee]

I'm picking RaYolanda if its an elim , F&B still safe since we see no airplane jumping/diving this leg . E&J are athletic and should have an easy time with the scuba /detour as well as MoJo . Don't know what the other detour is but RaYolanda might opt out of the scuba /detour because we know shes a poor swimmer .
Might be the scuba/detour is the fast choice this time with some luck finding whatever it is in the water .
No matter I think the male teams pull ahead and RaYolandas story was told last week and its over for them .

Me too puddin. They got the arguing "kiss of death" edit last week and I'm worried they are doing the same this week for MoJo.
If we don't see any signs of skydiving for the following week I'm guessing the skydiving will be the FF task and F&B wins it. I've got a couple of websites for skydiving in Darwin waiting.


I think Desperado is right about Fran in the tunnel. The person is wearing a red vest and Yolanda is in yellow. It "appears" to be a woman. Of course, we all thought Tyler was a woman before the race started. 

[puddin]

I've been watching all night and just saw a quick commercial , it showed Tyler dragging some branches in the day light . Hopefully they play it again or banzai captured it !!

[desperado]

I'm picking RaYolanda if its an elim , F&B still safe since we see no airplane jumping/diving this leg . E&J are athletic and should have an easy time with the scuba /detour as well as MoJo . Don't know what the other detour is but RaYolanda might opt out of the scuba /detour because we know shes a poor swimmer .
Might be the scuba/detour is the fast choice this time with some luck finding whatever it is in the water .
No matter I think the male teams pull ahead and RaYolandas story was told last week and its over for them .

Me too puddin. They got the arguing "kiss of death" edit last week and I'm worried they are doing the same this week for MoJo.
If we don't see any signs of skydiving for the following week I'm guessing the skydiving will be the FF task and F&B wins it. I've got a couple of websites for skydiving in Darwin waiting.


I think Desperado is right about Fran in the tunnel. The person is wearing a red vest and Yolanda is in yellow. It "appears" to be a woman. Of course, we all thought Tyler was a woman before the race started.  Thanks supsandalee and Too funny

I have mixed feelings about being right about Fran. I'm glad that she may be doing the roadblock but would prefer that they took the FF, as some have hinted,  if it was available to them in this leg as opposed to one of the legs closer to the finish line. Also in the pic where Joseph appears to go ballistic they are shown off their bike and I'm thinking that maybe Mo convinced him that they were indeed headed in the wrong direction and they dismounted to turn it around. It appears that a two-person bike would be difficult to turn around at that location.

mswood, I think the boys are safe next eppy with the snorkeling and the bike ride if all teams are participating in all of the challenges.  I also think RaYo may be appearing on the Early Show Thursday though something tells me that MOJO is also flirting with disaster.

[banzai]

according to this article
http://mediafiends.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6989

John said probably “The Frosties”, they are 6-foot tall women. Scott liked “The Pinks” [Danielle & Dani]. Scott said he also liked “The Nerds” [couple Dave & Lori]. John said they were cute. Scott said he loved Ray & Yolanda.

I still go with John & Scott spoiler. Ray & Yolanda are out in the next elimination leg. I guess Wanda and Lake don't talk to John and Scott much. 

[puddin]

I'm with banzai  , the FF should show up when theres 4 teams left so it maybe the skydive is the FF ? ...........banzai did you see that commecial  ? I think what Tyler is doing is the other detour ?

[puddin]

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[Evan_Weinstein]

  I am picking BJ & Tyler as the next team eliminated, just a change of pace.

[banzai]

I checked my video tape and don't see anything puddin. I'll check over the weekend.

[never0102]

Never0102

We have had bunching of some form in every epi

1.  Of course is how they perform with complete Bunching.
2.  How fast the perform (the tasks).  When we have spaced bunching (like in the 4th episode we had 2 different groups bunched with a different starting time.  You can still judge them by how fast they completed their events within each bunching group).

And in both regards the Frats have done consistently better then any team.

I think I will gather my info and either find a thread or start a thread about speed of the various teams at both events and overall.

Ill give the Frats 2 good first place [Munich and FF].  Leg one they follwed BJT [they just say follow that cab] and then just pass them last minute, in Russia they did the same thing with DD, and Ray and Yolanda and passed both teams when they got them to the clue box.  And honestly i will say the DD would not have left the bag had they not been rushing to catch up to EJ, they would have done better had they gotten to go first when they should have. Then in italy they got directions from BJT and just left tem in the dust.  In Brotas they said they were just going to follow they didnt even help with directions.  And the first italy leg they made quite a few mistakes and had it not been for their lead i am sure they wouldnt have placed second that leg.

They just follow and i dont think thats good racing and i dont think it should be rewarded. 

Teams like KJ, CC, RB, FM, RA [all who were the top 5 overall teams so far] i dont remember them ever just following to get ahead tehy did their own work, and did it themselves because they were good racers.

And i think of bunching as everyteam catch up, and Munich, Segesta, Siacusa all did not have that bunching. Ill go out on a limb and say had there been bunching the DD and prolly DL too would have at least still been in the race [also had they not been yilded i am confidant saying they would still be in]

Anywany back on this episode i have no clue whats going on i really dont c afre who gets eliminated as long its no Fran and Barry.

But the comments i have been getting overall is that this season sucks.  Ratings are down for a reason, and there prolly wont be any emmy after this season.  Congrats American Idol, or Survivor. I know at least 10 people who have been fans since season one who have stoped watching this season.

THEY NEED A ALL STAR NEXT SEASON TO SAVE THE SHOW, IF THEY HAVE A REGUALR SEASON THE SHOW WILL BE DEAD! THEY NEED TO BRING ROB AND AMBER BACK, AND JON AND VICTORA TO HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT.

[puddin]

thanks banzai , lol I'm watching the Sat morning cartoons ( kill me , kill me now ) ...stuck a tape in and I'm good for 6 hours

***GROANS***  now I have  the chick a filet dance offs 

[puddin]

 

[puddin]

why would Tyler be dragging the bush ? Barrys pic you can see a little red on the ticket .
nice shot of Tylers watch ( keeps fingers crossed that banzai captures this !)

[banzai]

lol, I was about to post the xmas trees.

[puddin]

Please do banzai

Tyler has a key , maybe they have to find the right cell to open before the tunnels  OR they have to find the key in the tunnel to get to the cell !?

[mswood]

nevero102

Actually in a thread I started (Ranking of Route completion), I have broken down all the legs so far, with how fast each team as completed the leg in relation to the other teams.  I have removed any time leads from equilizers and give direct (with two exceptions so far) comparisons of how long it took each team to finish each legs tasks.  For example.  On the first leg, we know when each team member arrived in Brazil.  We also know when they checked in.  And since their were no other equilizers on this leg we know how long it took each team to complete the leg.  Eric and Jeremy who won the leg where the 4th fastest team to complete the leg.  While Dani and Danielle finished the leg in 9th place, but actually took longer then all but John and Scott in that episode.  The double D's best performance time wise was on the 2cd leg (also Dave and Lori's best leg as well).  The time it took them from the getting on to the bus to getting to the Mat put them dead even with 4 teams faster and four teams slower (the fastest time was for Dave and Lori on that leg).  And that was both teams best performance in the race.

I will also be giving some more in depth coverage on Self Navigation, getting Lost (all teams have so far), Followers and leaders (so far everyone has followed at least once), and just generally decision making.

And based on  this so far, the Frats have run the best race.  They have made a few mistakes (every team as, some quite a few), Sure they have been lucky, they have also had bad luck.  They have followed teams before (they don't follow the most though, and every team is guilty of this).  With complete Equilizers they have the best history of completing tasks and being in first.  Without the equilizers they are still finishing the legs consistently faster then any of the other teams.

Doesn't mean that they are going to last much longer.  At this stage any error on any one leg can be enough to eliminate you.

[puddin]

lol @ Barry

voiceover : weds on the Amazing race australia's most fearsome prison forces the teams to make a GREAT ESCAPE

[desperado]

lol @ Barry

voiceover : weds on the Amazing race australia's most fearsome prison forces the teams to make a GREAT ESCAPE

So no FF for them this leg. It appears that MoJo and EJ will be the only teams snorkeling and they appear to be diving at the same time yet MoJo are all by themselves on the tandem bike.

[puddin]

I think we'll see the FF during the final 4 , next week or the following along with the yield with the FF being the NEL ( Ep 10 ?) and the yield in the Elim ( Ep11?)

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