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TAR 17 Speculation
Dånooky:
I just say we wait for the first couple of episodes instead of jumping to conclusions about the teams before they are even officially revealed. If the team wants to be in The Amazing Race and shows it, that's good enough for me. The best teams IMO are the ones that enjoy the experience, for example Margie & Luke and Dan & Jordan. I don't care if they're mactors or recruited as long as they recognize that TAR is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel around the world and not just a way to launch or propel a career in Hollywood.
georgiapeach:
Amen to THAT! :ythat:
Caelestor:
--- Quote from: Dånooky on July 11, 2010, 08:05:39 PM ---I just say we wait for the first couple of episodes instead of jumping to conclusions about the teams before they are even officially revealed. If the team wants to be in The Amazing Race and shows it, that's good enough for me. The best teams IMO are the ones that enjoy the experience, for example Margie & Luke and Dan & Jordan. I don't care if they're mactors or recruited as long as they recognize that TAR is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel around the world and not just a way to launch or propel a career in Hollywood.
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Word! What happened to "Don't judge a book by its cover"?
I do feel sorry for the people on the show, though...knowing that everything you do can be warped and heavily scrutinized, and inevitably there will always be someone out there hating on you (I'm somewhat guilty of that too).
Like I said, criticize their racing strategy/actions or the producer's antics, but don't jump to conclusions about them in real life.
I'm sure most of these people are fine fellows who are willing to sit down and have a chat with you about their experiences.
Personal Example: TAR 6. Heard bad things about the cast. My conclusion after the race: they're definitely interesting people (your opinion may differ), and they did look like they had a fun time on the race.
OTOH, I will have to disagree on the stuntcasting. I have no logic to support it, but something just rubs me the wrong way knowing that people who want to join will get shunned. Of course, I trust the producers will be able to put on an interesting show. However, I do love the quote in the Mactors thread saying that "All teams are ultimately recruited."
tobinator:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on June 07, 2010, 11:32:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mrs Shrek on June 06, 2010, 09:39:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Neobie on June 06, 2010, 09:33:23 PM ---If the teams arrived in Stockholm on LH 3000 at 9.45am, they should be in absolutely no hurry to get onto the connecting flight to Tallinn (departing at 12.30pm) or Reykjavik (departing at 2.10pm). All other countries in Europe (I checked all 49) are better served from Frankfurt than from Stockholm. These clues strongly suggest that Sweden is the final destination country (even if Stockholm is not the final destination city), at least for Leg 4.
What I hope to see, though, is that teams travel overland (or over-sea) for Leg 5, ending up in Norway, or better yet, Denmark. Getting from these two countries to St Petersburg on 5 Jun does require a connection in Stockholm. (Riga and Helsinki, on the other hand, do not.) The timeline suggests that Legs 4 and 5 might not be too geographically close to one another, if the extra day was not a result of Eyjafjallajokull screwing things up...
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The teams have to clear customs in Frankfurt, so I don't know if LH3000 gives them enough time to make the connection. I suspect they might have been on the next flight LH 3002 DEP 9:55am ARR 11:51am
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:winner Looks good!
Arlanda photo EXIF data:
Thanks to walkingpneumonia!!
photo was taken 2010-06-01 12:02:50-04:00.
The camera was a HTC Eris which is sold by Verison in the US - don't think its available in Europe.
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I'm trying to understand how to read the Exif time stamp. I take 12:02:50-4:00 as being 12:02 EST which would make it 18:02 in Stockholm. Being a CDMA phone, it makes sense it didn't pick up local time.
Perhaps the teams in the photo didn't make it out on the 31st or the only flight out of Stockholm to their destination city was in the evening.
-Tobinator
PS - Is there a way to get the pages across the top to show all pages rather than just the handful or do I have to submit it to RFF as an enhancement?
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: tobinator on July 13, 2010, 08:38:00 AM ---
PS - Is there a way to get the pages across the top to show all pages rather than just the handful or do I have to submit it to RFF as an enhancement?
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Not sure what you mean? Can you PM me and be more specific please?
And it looks as though we could have the other location in Sweden, in which case flights work...
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