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TAR 18: Ep 2 "I Never Looked So Foolish in My Whole Entire Life" (Outback)
ugot2bekidinmeny:
I think it was totally unfair that Christina and her father Ronald were allowed to talk in a foriegn language at that"spiritual" challenge.
Although i didnt see it giving any other contestant any advantage, leaking of info or showing them how/why they were doing thier puzzle.. what if they do it thru the race? :duno:
can anyone tell me if it's against the rules?
Jobby:
--- Quote from: ugot2bekidinmeny on February 28, 2011, 09:14:16 AM ---I think it was totally unfair that Christina and her father Ronald were allowed to talk in a foriegn language at that"spiritual" challenge.
Although i didnt see it giving any other contestant any advantage, leaking of info or showing them how/why they were doing thier puzzle.. what if they do it thru the race? :duno:
can anyone tell me if it's against the rules?
--- End quote ---
Why would speaking another language (Chinese, to be exact) be breaking a race rule?? It's just Margie and Luke using sign language, which nobody else knows?
Prophet:
Vyxsin knows sign language.
Sorry ugot, I don't really get what the problem is. Tammy and Victor used their knowledge of Chinese to assist them in TAR14. Other teams have known other languages and used them. I don't think that being able to understand the other teams is a right the racers have.
apskip:
I will attempt here to guesstimate the timing of each transportation task or DETOUR around greater Broken Hill. I am letting the chips fall where they may and not trying to make a case for how a 8 hour stop can easily be accomplished (although that may be my conclusion) before train depature at 1830. We start with the arrival of those flights at 0755 and 0820. One key piece of information is where the clubhouse of the rugby team Magpies (it says "football league" but this is Australian rules rugby to my eyes). I have them at Warnock St. adjacent to Memorial Oval off Williams St. where Central "Football" League games are played.
Get self-drive car 5 minutes
Self-drive 7km north to Broken Hill central business district 7 minutes
Get directions from locals for road to Living Desert 5 to 10 minutes
Self-drive 11km to Living Desert 11 minutes
Spirit World DETOUR (note - with overlap we know this must take at least 25 minutes) 30 to 40 minutes
Natural World DETOUR (Amanda/Kris only, although it appeared to be much quicker than Spirit World) 10 minutes
Self-drive back to Magpies dressing room on /warnock St.south side of Barrier Highway slightly east of Gypsum St. 11km 11 minutes
Don kangaroo costumes 5 minutes
Find out what and where Bismuth and Mercury St. intersection is and hop there, 3000 feet away 15 to 25 minutes
Self-drive to pit stop at Junction Mine, Menindee St. (goes along east side of central business district)- quickest route is Gympsum St. South to Silver City Highway east to Iodide St. north one block, pick up Barrier Highway on southeast side of CBD going east, to south on Menindee St. I estimate 3 miles and 10 minutes for the quickest, double that for slower teams 10 to 20 minutes
That gives a range of 99 to 134 minutes. When added to the plane arrivals, that gives pit stop arrival of 934am to 1054am. Add in a pit stop of up to 11 hours and maybe 5 minutes after pit stop release to get to train station and teams can easily make the 1830 train.
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: apskip on February 28, 2011, 09:49:29 AM ---I will attempt here to guesstimate the timing of each transportation task or DETOUR around greater Broken Hill. I am letting the chips fall where they may and not trying to make a case for how a 8 hour stop can easily be accomplished (although that may be my conclusion) before train depature at 1830. We start with the arrival of those flights at 0755 and 0820. One key piece of information is where the clubhouse of the rugby team Magpies (it says "football league" but this is Australian rules rugby to my eyes). I have them at Warnock St. adjacent to Memorial Oval off Williams St. where Central "Football" League games are played.
Spirit World DETOUR (note - with overlap we know this must take at least 25 minutes) 30 to 40 minutes
Natural World DETOUR (Amanda/Kris only, although it appeared to be much quicker than Spirit World) 10 minutes
--- End quote ---
This agrees with my thinking when I was watching the show. I was sure most of the teams would go for the Natural World as it looked much quicker although putting the paint in your mouth and spraying it was potentially disgusting. How long could it take to spit paint around a few stencils? I was really surprised when everyone went after the Spirit World detour as it looked much fussier. Judging by the teams that didn't copy it right the first time and didn't dance on the painting at first, it was.
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