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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => The Amazing Race 19 Spoilers and Speculation => Topic started by: georgiapeach on October 22, 2011, 09:37:50 PM
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There is also a possibiity that mswood may not be able to update tonight so I hope some of y'all can plan to jump in and help out tonight!!
Also...is there going to be a late start? ???
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I should be here, do we have a double header on CBS?
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I think it depends on the market. I'm going to have an overrun :( but I don't know about other markets. It could be scattered like last week.
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I should be here, do we have a double header on CBS?
Hallelujah!! And guess the overrun depends on the Jets game:
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2011/wk5.html
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The Jets are already off. :lol:
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YAY!!
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Umm...that link leads to week 5. This is week 7. The Jets played early.
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Here's a week 7 link :)
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2011/wk7.html
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Ep 5 doesn't = week 5?? :lol3: My bad.
So what's up with Pittsburg?
It matters for the stream...
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You know, I updated the scheduling delay thread twice this week as to which areas might have an overrun game because markets were getting one late afternoon game. This is FOX's week for the doubleheader.
Next week, CBS has the doubleheader, and on November 6th, FOX has doubleheader again.
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And for the record, both the Pittsburgh and Tampa markets have the late game this week. And Peach, so does Atlanta.
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Shush... Don't tell Peach that....
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Will it be ok to post based on the feed?
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Show is on here.. I say go ahead and post mswood.. If anyone is behind and doesn't want to know.. don't read. :)
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ON TIME LINK ADDED TO THE STREAMIMG VIDEO THREAD>>>THE FIRST IS 20 MINUTES BEHIND :(
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,26276.msg672789.html#msg672789
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I'm watching about iPad for autism kids and it's amazing! Proloque2 Go app... I can use this in my examination on Sutdy of Language! :hrt: :tup:
Now... give me my Amazing Race. :lol:
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Elephant task first; Andy and Tommy riding
Tommy wants to buy an elephant after the Race :lol:
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Justin and Jennifer on elephant
Jennifer for the title quote!
they have 186$ for this leg
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Ernie wants to prove himself to Cindy :hrt:
next clue in a bucket :lol:
Roadblock: follow the sound of music to a waterfall and search the pool for your next clue
Andy and Tommy do rock paper scissors again :lol: <3
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that wasn't very hard at all
they have to travel to a place and disassemble a spirit house and take it somewhere NOT A ROADBLOCK
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Andy and Tommy got a clue in the BUCKET! LOL
RB!
Teams must search remote pool for their next clue.
Seems like an easy RB.. are you sure it's done already?
Erm, clue in a KOI fish? That's again too obvious!
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Justin finds the clue in the pool
sailors and boring couple on elephants
ernie\cindy and marcus\amani now on elephants
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that is one complicated spirit house
snowboarders have it taken apart already
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next Roadblock: reassemble the spirit house ???
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Justin and Jennifer completed Roadblock!
Amani and Marcus in front of Ernie and Cindy now... how did that happen?
Snowboarders at spirit house!
At the SPIRIT HOUSE, it's a Roadblock.
Now Tommy's doing the other RB!!
GOOD JOB DETECTIVES!
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Sandy doing the first Roadblock ???
Tommy having trouble with the Spirit House, he can't remember; they are going back to the other place!!
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elephant traffic jam :lol:
"Nice day to travel on an elephant, eh?" -Laurence <3
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Twins just now depart ???
Marcus, Cindy doing the first RB
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snowboarders done with the 2nd RB
go to bangkok canal by bus and feed the fish
jennifer having trouble with the 2nd RB
marcus has the underwater clue, cindy too
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zac wants to take notes when de-assembling the spirit house
jennifer gets it wrong; she forgot the water :lol: now she gets it
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twins like elephants
cathi doing 1st RB
zac's notes aren't helping him :( he goes back
jeremy doing it at the same time
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Zac has it wrong.
Jeremy gets it.
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jeremy done
zac and laurence fighting; they go back to take notes
commercial break
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Jeremy in the water...
Laurence in the water...
Andy and Tommy disassembled the spirit house together, so he couldn't get it alone.
Sandy got the Roadblock after watching Laurence got it.
Both teams still have LIMITED EDIT?
Tommy's back and got it!
Bill and Cathi on elephant!
LIZ AND MARIE (YOU HAVE $186 DOLLARS)
Liz and Marie talked about dad again!
Liz and Marie talking about how they had money!
Tommy got the Roadblock!
TEAMS MUST NOW TRAVEL 550 MILES BY BUS TO BANGKOK.
TEAMS MUST GO TO BANGKOK KOI CANAL.
Justin and Jennifer is so smart.
OMG. Driver with camera phone... SMART!
Laurence and Zac (NONO, don't take notes. HMMMMMM)
Justin and Jennifer got it immediately! THAT'S QUICK!! Omg!!
Catch your bus at Puket Bus Terminal!
Liz and Marie are so excied... and they speak in tune!
If Laurence and Zac can get it, it's impossible?
Jeremy and Sandy are in third place.
Laurence and Zac are going back?
Hello dad, HE TOLD YOU TO TAKE NOTES AND YOU SAID NO?
And you told him not to blame you??
ULTIMATE DISLIKE.
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Laurence looks a bit pissed.
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Laurence looks a bit pissed.
There's something wrong with this dad... I feel he's a control freak? I hope as he's watching it now he feels ashamed of his own actions.
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CAthi gets it
Liz & Marie are freaking out over the elephants.
Speedbump
Wash and clean elephants.
Zac heads back to task.
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Zac
gets it.
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I think this is why parent\child teams have never won...because the parent always takes the lead. While there is nothing wrong with this, they need to listen to the child sometimes.
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Ernie and Amani
AMani took notes, Ernie didn't.
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Liz and Marie are in a happy place, having, a great, great time. They love it.
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Andy & Tommy are almost out of money.
13 hours to Bangkok
4:30 trip.
First four teams are there.
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And we're back to the show!
Laurence is still pissed, for God sake knows what?
Cathi gets her clue!
Liz and Marie reached their elephant ride and they're so excited!
Liz and Marie must complete their Speedbump and they look so HAPPY! LOL
Happy twins make my day in the morning!
Zac is back and saw the picture.
Cindy wants to be sure and see the example, Ernie says no.
We're going to get a VERY ANGRY Cindy.
Cindy... looks annoyed.
Cindy... looks worried.
Ernie's not going to get it.
Liz and Marie washing the elephant and completely cracking me up!
Completely posititve and completely loving the task. <3
Liz and Marie... done with their Speedbump... before that they see Cathi and Bill!
Andy and Tommy... got cheated, that was SO MUCH MONEY? Did they just pay $150 USD for the ride?
Laurence and Zac paid FOR FIRST CLASS TICKETS?
Do you think there's gonna be some issues? And the dad says no again?
Ernie stuck at RB, gotta go back!
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Two different 4:30 buses. Laurence & Zac on a different then the other three.
Ernie has to go back
Amani is done.
Speedbump done. MArie is doing RB.
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Ernie back to take notes. Heads back.
Laurence & Zac get off of bus, head back to terminal.
Ernie still has it wrong.
Does get it so, Cindy doesn't have to kill him.
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Bill completes it.
Liz & Marie are taking notes.
5:30 is next bus.
AMani, Bill & Cathi are on it.
Did Ernie & CIndy just shaft a taxi.
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Driver goes after them.
They pull a Colin.
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Ernie & Cindy are on a different bus.
Laurence & Zac get to terminal. NExt bus is 8pm
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And Ernie needs to go back, Cindy is frustrated.
Amani is done!! 5th place Roadblock!!
Liz and Marie finally at their first Roadblock!!
They got their clue in er... 5 seconds?
Bill and Cathi at spirit house!
Laurence and Zac realized their mistake, just got off the bus.
Ernie still doesn't get it.
And finally Ernie is done with the Roadblock!
Cindy encouraged Ernie, omg... that was unexpected <3
Liz and Marie reached the spirit house!
Liz and Marie took notes!
Bill and Cathi completeted their spirit house RB!
Liz is completing the spirit house RB now!
Amani and Marcus first on 5.30pm bus!
Bill and Cathi on 5.30pm bus!!
WHAT??? 100 USD and the driver doesn't want?? 4500 baht..
Now the driver takes 150 USD?
Omg. The driver's apparently WRONG!
Now Laurence and Zac are on the 8pm bus... because of their mistake!
Liz got her second ROADBLOCK!
GO LIZ AND MARIE. GO TWINS!
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Joining during the middle of an episode... I'm so lost. :duno:
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Liz & Marie are done.
Laurence & Zac leave before Liz & MArie get there.
Need to pay more for cab.
Out of money. Bus leaves without them.
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Liz and Marie.. Please... get on the bus!! *prays*
NO. Mswood.. the story's not over for Liz and Marie... it's not over.. BUS HASN'T FULLY LEAVE! :lala
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Joining during the middle of an episode... I'm so lost. :duno:
I know that feeling......
Idiot for not rechecking the thread....
I actually starting watching 60 minutes.......I hate myself........
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I meant done with Roadblock.. But they look dead.
Maybe its the airplane edit, where we come back and they make it just in time.
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By the way is it correct that they can't take first class bus rides?
Because aren't Ernie & Cindy on one right now.
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I meant done with Roadblock.. But they look dead.
Maybe its the airplane edit, where we come back and they make it just in time.
The twins will make it!
Twins getting more edit than Dad and son... gives me a feeling that Laurence and Zac will be eliminated today!
Who's with me?? #speculation!
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OKay I love the Acrobutt.
Go figure.
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By the way is it correct that they can't take first class bus rides?
Because aren't Ernie & Cindy on one right now.
No, Ernie and Cindy aren't on the first class bus? I think they're just on a different bus!
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Liz & Marie make the bus.
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Cab is taking them to the bus.
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We're back on the show!
Liz and Marie got onto the bus! Airplane edit!
Liz and Marie got onto the bus!! <3
ALL TEAMS MAKING THEIR WAY TO BANGKOK THAILAND!
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I like Andy and Tommy better with each passing leg. :hrt:
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Did Ernie & Cindy take the wrong bus? :(
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Andy & Tommy, Jeremy & Sandy, and Justin & Jennifer on one bus.
Ernie & Cindy on one gets there first.
Go to feed the fish.
They know how to find the lady boys.
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Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS. Omg. They're in first is it?
sO Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS... i'm sure they're allowed to take the Express Bus right?
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I'm with you Joab!
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I will be upset if Laurence & Zac are eliminated if they could have taken that bus.
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I hope Liz and Marie are on the EXPRESS BUS!
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Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS. Omg. They're in first is it?
sO Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS... i'm sure they're allowed to take the Express Bus right?
It must be because they have the Express Pass. :lol:
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Ernie & Cindy feeding some HUGE fish.
Make your way to the next Pit Stop.
Lets see if we get some "Drama"
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Traffic SUCKS.
Bill & Cathi, Amani & MArcus pass teh other group.
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Laurence & Zac are in Bangkok
Liz & MArie are now in Bangkok
And are walking.
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Ernie & Cindy get out and walk.
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Ernie & Cindy got stuck in traffic and decided to run out.
Amani & Marcus and Bill & Cathi are both in taxis...
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Ernie and Cindy on their way to the Pitstop? OMG!
This may be a shocking surprise for them if they win first!
Andy and Tommy will be shocked if they didn't get first. LOL
BILL AND CATHI AND AMANI AND MARCUS REACHED? W T F.
W T F.
W T F.
Bill and Cathi and Amani and Marcus on their way to the pitstop!
THIS MAKES ME SO EXCITED!!
Laurence and Zac arrived! GO LIZ AND MARIE!
Liz and Marie arrived!
Liz and Marie started running!
Ernie and Cindy in the traffic!
Amani and Marcus and Bill and Cathi on their way to pitstop??
OMG BILL AND CATHI AND AMANI AND MARCUS MIGHT BE GOING TO BE FIRST PLACE.
THIS IS SO SHOCKING!!!
Amani and Marcus is first! MSWOOD I GOT IT FOR YOUR GAME. LOL
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WHAT? AMANI AND MARCUS? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. :groan:
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I told ya all AMANI AND MARCUS is due for a LEG WIN!! <3 TRIP TO BALI!!
MA AND PA TEAM TWO. MORE LOVE. MAKING MY MORNING!!!!
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OMG can Bill & Cathi get a number one.
NO.
Amani & Marcus team number one. Can't believe the previews told us.
Bill & Cathi #2
Win a trip to Boli. Or however you spell it.
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Ernie & Cindy you are team number three.
No penalty.
Stupid Zac..............
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Liz & Marie found out it's actually a 5 hour walk... But they didn't want to ask for money because they felt bad. :hrt:
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I really am loving Liz & marie this leg.
Next group at Fish.
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Andy & Tommy run.
Jeremy & Sandy take a tuk tuk (???) maybe.
Beg a cab driver to take them. He does,
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The laughing cab driver gives Liz & Marie a ride. How misleading.
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Andy & TOmmy wasting a huge amount of time.
Laurence & Zac feed fish.
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Ernie and Cindy are shocked to be in team number three?
Liz and Marie.. don't want to go to poor area and beg for money.
Andy and Tommy and Jeremy and Sandy together.
Andy and Tommy feeding fishes.
Jeremy and Sandy obviously not getting eliminated.
Jeremy and Sandy on tuktuk to pitstop.
Justin and Jennifer got their clue!
LIZ AND MARIE VS LAURENCE AND ZAC.
OMG. CAB DRIVER WILLING TO DRIVE. OMG. OMG. OMG.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE GENEROUS PEOPLE!
Andy and Tommy stuck.
Laurence and Zac reached! OMG. Liz and MARIE. GO GO GO GO GO GO!
Andy and Tommy stuck... wasting time.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
She is teaching in a elsewhere and as their clue.
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The laughing cab driver gives Liz & Marie a ride. How misleading.
do you also believe in santa claus and the tooth fairy, by any chance?
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THIS IS NAILBITING AND I AM NOW WATCHING TO SEE IF LIZ AND MARIE GETS ELIMINATED OR NOT. I SAY NO.
GO LIZ AND MARIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :jam: #SCARED
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Look local helping Liz & Maire (in two cities, locals really not doing much to help Andy & Tommy....
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The laughing cab driver gives Liz & Marie a ride. How misleading.
do you also believe in santa claus and the tooth fairy, by any chance?
I used to. :)
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
She is teaching in a elsewhere and as their clue.
I'm shocked Andy and Tommy even give her the clue! We have 12 more minutes to the end of the episode... it would be a shocker... A REAL SHOCKER with Andy and Tommy eliminated?!???!
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Seriously was there any rule about talking a first class bus, or was Zac getting confused about first class plane flights.
Because boy they might lose, when they probably would have been 1st (their express bus left what an hour before Ernie & Cindy).
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I'm really very scared and excited now. I want to see who gets eliminated!! :meow:
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please twins... please!!
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Seriously was there any rule about talking a first class bus, or was Zac getting confused about first class plane flights.
Because boy they might lose, when they probably would have been 1st (their express bus left what an hour before Ernie & Cindy).
Yes. They cannot take first class bus. If they have taken, they might get a 30 mins penalty the most...
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Dont we have spoilers of them making to leg 7 or something. Or was that just leg 5.
I will say they are very cool under pressure.
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Justin & Jennifer #4.
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Justin and Jennifer are team number four!
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Jeremy and Sandy lost... NOW ANOTHER TEAM FIGHTING FOR ELIMINATION? WTH!
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Jeremy & Sandy start walking.
Liz & Marie feed teh fishes.
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Liz & Marie got another free cab ride. :hrt:
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OMG LIZ AND MARIE GOT ANOTHER FREE CAB RIDE. WE SURE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING ELIMINATED! GO TWINS!!!! #PRAYS
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Get another free taxi ride.
Jeremy & Sandy and get back into a cab.
Andy & Tommy and Laurence & Zac teams #5, and 6.
My god they got lucky.
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Rule only applies to air travel.
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I'm amazed with Bill and Cathi, and am rooting for the Twins to make it through! Come on!!!
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"I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS WITHOUT MONEY" - JEREMY AND SANDY
Laurence and Zac just appeared in team number six?
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL ONLY REFERS TO FIRST CLASS TRAVEL. LOL. I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.
Liz and Marie VS Jeremy and Sandy! #GO TWINS!
Omg... I have a feeling it's the twins eliminated.
SUCKS.
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The first class tickets rule only applies to air travel... not bus. Laurence & Zac were lucky.
Andy & Tommy - 5th
Laurence & Zac - 6th
Jeremy & Sandy - 7th
:'(
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Team number 7 is
Jeremy & Sandy
Sorry Joab.
Liz & Marie is over and done.
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OMG - 1st class travel only applies to air, they didn't need to get off the bus
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NO LIZ AND MARIE... NO!!!!!!!!!! THEY'RE SO AMAZING THIS LEG.
NO. NO. NO.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. NOT LIZ & MARIE. :'( :'( :'( WHY CAN'T IT BE AMANI & MARCUS.
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They are eliminated.
Joab is crying more then Liz and Marie are.
I Kid, I really, really liked how they raced this leg. Really liked it.
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Liz and Marie are so positive! <3 <3
Liz and Marie don't cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
I'm so proud of you twins!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( #HEARTBROKEN
Misleading TAR dislike! They gave them so much edit.. probably means they're really an interesting teAM!
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no more females team now know female team down win all will suck up
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It's because of Liz and Marie we see all the nice thai people who're willing to help Americans in troubles... I wonder how many minutes they're behind Jeremy and Sandy. :'(
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Seriously that mistake of Zac's not only cost them first place (most likely seriously an hour before Ernie & Cindy's express), but it could have cost them the entire race.
I really hope the clips don't have Laurence freaking out. You get one ****ty moment from me before I start not liking a team.
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no more females team now know female team down win all will suck up
Nat and Kat and Kisha and Jen are transexuals teams then, I supposed.
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I'm sorry Liz & Marie lost but I guess they were too far behind.
Laurence & Zac were real lucky.
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OH, and can I say that was a really poorly structured leg, tehy haven't had one like that (most of the tasks earlier) then travel and a general task before Pit Stop in a long, long time.
Next week in Africa
Teams get smoked.
Cathi looks like she is about to fall, which would be once in the each of the last three episodes.
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Gruelling leg... I expect MA and PA to be in trouble next.
May Liz and Marie's spirits give you all the help/blessings you need! :'(
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no more females team now know female team down win all will suck up
Nat and Kat and Kisha and Jen are transexuals teams then, I supposed.
:lol3: :lol3: :lol3:
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Can I say that Bill & Cathi got lucky (good cab made up a huge amount of time for them and Amani & Marcus) but I love, love that they are still in the race.
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OH, and can I say that was a really poorly structured leg, tehy haven't had one like that (most of the tasks earlier) then travel and a general task before Pit Stop in a long, long time.
Next week in Africa
Teams get smoked.
Cathi looks like she is about to fall, which would be once in the each of the last three episodes.
This was a really bad leg. I had no idea how Liz and Marie just couldn't catch up.. I supposed they're TOO WAY FAR BACK behind.. But I thought they saw Bill and Cathi on the way too!
Really really bad leg. But really really good edit at the end.
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I assume ZBC meant in this season
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Off to download my illegal copy in HD now. Cheers.
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I didn't like how easy both Roadblocks were, it was so pointless to have 2 easy Roadblocks in a leg? I believe they intended to go to Phuket since the last leg was pretty well structured? But this Bangkok leg.. it's bad!
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I don't think we've ever had such a front-loaded leg as this one before. All the tasks except the last route marker to the pit stop in the first 18 minutes!
And Ernie has the bluest pair of eyes I've ever seen on a HDTV. Those just glow when the camera is close enough.
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This is the weirdest leg I have EVER seen :lol:
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Prophet, you're right. It's really weird and badly structured. I guess this is the last minute leg...
And by right, we had 2 legs in such a small town like Phuket?
And I don't get why teams are ripped off of their USD. Seriously. If a cab ride for just a few stops in Phuket cost $150 USD, i'll quit studying now and go be a cab driver in Phuket too. Money's too good. I can easily make like $500 a day and $15,000 a month? :lol:
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I concur with the statements above. I am happy that Ma and Pa are still in it.
This was the leg that rubbed me the wrong-way for the last time for the Snowboarders. I was not feeling them early on and none now.
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I concur with the statements above. I am happy that Ma and Pa are still in it.
This was the leg that rubbed me the wrong-way for the last time for the Snowboarders. I was not feeling them early on and none now.
What happened? I didn't really like them much.. but they're okay for now? They're still calm in a stressful situation to the pitstop though. :lol:
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I cant explain it, but it was with their personal feelings at the rebuild temple road block. With out string a hornets nest about religion, it just rubbed me wrong.
Brother and Sis, moved up my list though.
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Driver goes after them.
They pull a Colin.
They should have lol, those crazy people deserved it. And more drama <33
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It's because of Liz and Marie we see all the nice thai people who're willing to help Americans in troubles... I wonder how many minutes they're behind Jeremy and Sandy. :'(
I just loved them and I'm so sorry to see them gone. They didn't whine, they were prepared to run as long as it took and yes, they found good people who would help them. (Making up for the ones who charged too much.)
I'm loving Bill and Cathi too.
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I didn't like how easy both Roadblocks were, it was so pointless to have 2 easy Roadblocks in a leg? I believe they intended to go to Phuket since the last leg was pretty well structured? But this Bangkok leg.. it's bad!
I agree, the water thing was really dumb but I think they wanted two roadblocks so they could avoid coming up with a Detour. In most legs it would have been an active RI.
Well, now we know what their backup legs look like.
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Yes. I was just about to comment on the fact that.. while we always see cab drivers who're ripping off the racers in a foreign third world country, let's not forget the good ones who helped Liz and Marie complete the leg and made it a wonderful journey for them! :wohoo: :hrt:
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Really the last leg this jacked up (beside Family Edition) was one in season 6.
I think that one was actually worse, and I have no idea if that one was due to a sudden change in plans (which we think this one was).
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Really the last leg this jacked up (beside Family Edition) was one in season 6.
I think that one was actually worse, and I have no idea if that one was due to a sudden change in plans (which we think this one was).
Yes. I was just about to comment on the fact that.. while we always see cab drivers who're ripping off the racers in a foreign third world country, let's not forget the good ones who helped Liz and Marie complete the leg and made it a wonderful journey for them! :wohoo: :hrt:
I am always amazed that this would happen even with sound and camera men recording.
I am less surprised to see kindness from strangers, when they have a camera crew.
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Yes. I was just about to comment on the fact that.. while we always see cab drivers who're ripping off the racers in a foreign third world country, let's not forget the good ones who helped Liz and Marie complete the leg and made it a wonderful journey for them! :wohoo: :hrt:
I know, as we saw 2 sides of cab drivers. I could not believe that there were some that gave the twins a ride for free.
And this, after I was feeling the same way about cab drivers, the way Jess & Lani did in TARA4, after seeing Ernie & Cindy getting ripped off at the bus station.
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I didn't like how easy both Roadblocks were, it was so pointless to have 2 easy Roadblocks in a leg? I believe they intended to go to Phuket since the last leg was pretty well structured? But this Bangkok leg.. it's bad!
I agree, the water thing was really dumb but I think they wanted two roadblocks so they could avoid coming up with a Detour. In most legs it would have been an active RI.
Well, now we know what their backup legs look like.
I feel that they didn't wanted a Detour because that would mean another task to plan. :lol:
The RB really had nothing to do with the culture of Thailand.. except with the scenery.. which wasn't even great.. they were focusing on the muddy water in the "lake" instead.
The building the spirit temple one could have been a better Roadblock, for example make it even harder, focusing on details, make it hard to build, eyes for details in terms of colours/patterns/designs.
And... going to Bangkok all the way just so that they wouldn't have "2 legs" in Phuket? Come on WRP, we're not dumbs, we know that all the tasks in this leg took place in Phuket. Teams merely travelled to Bangkok to check-in. :res:
I'm not going to say Liz and Marie would have survived with a badly planned leg.. but with a leg like this, I thought it would have been better for the last leg to be a TBC, anyone with me? Then teams just had to continue with the tasks... then travel to Bangkok to check-in. But I guessed they needed to be on schedule. T_T
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Really the last leg this jacked up (beside Family Edition) was one in season 6.
I think that one was actually worse, and I have no idea if that one was due to a sudden change in plans (which we think this one was).
We thought the last one was. Apparently, this one is. :lol: (I think?)
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Joab
I think actually they had a better chance to survive this episode then a typical episode.
Since the bulk of this leg's time (the time it takes to due all task and get to Pit Stop) was in public transport. It allows factors like traffic, good and bad cab drivers, faster and slower buses to have a greater impact then normal.
I think on a typical episode they would have really been toast. THis is of course without me watching the first 20 minutes.
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Without having to search through all the postings,
what was the proposed leg and do we know?
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nevermind
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it was a messy leg, but Bill and Cathi placing 2nd hauls it up for me! :lol:
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And... going to Bangkok all the way just so that they wouldn't have "2 legs" in Phuket? Come on WRP, we're not dumbs, we know that all the tasks in this leg took place in Phuket. Teams merely travelled to Bangkok to check-in. :res:
I'm not going to say Liz and Marie would have survived with a badly planned leg.. but with a leg like this, I thought it would have been better for the last leg to be a TBC, anyone with me? Then teams just had to continue with the tasks... then travel to Bangkok to check-in. But I guessed they needed to be on schedule. T_T
I know, they just threw in that feeding the fish task as filler. :lol: "Hmm, big fish!" :lol3:
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Apologies if this has been posted before, but the bus we see leaving the Phuket terminal is NOT Liz and Marie's bus, but some other random public bus to Hat Yai further South.
I'm surprised the Laurence & Zac got tripped up by the first class issue. While 'first class' is clearly defined in air travel, bus companies in places like South-East Asia can basically call their bus whatever class they like, such as 'first class', 'premier', 'executive' or anything else that sounds important.
As for how the buses could have been reshuffled so dramatically in going to Bangkok, they will have stopped at least 2 or 3 times en route for a 'rest stop', probably at completely different places for each company. Sometimes these can be a quick toilet break, or sometimes even for close to an hour. Speaking from experience, the arrival times that you get quoted for the journeys usually have absolutely no relevance, so it would have been near impossible to work out which bus was supposed to arrive first.
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Joab
I think actually they had a better chance to survive this episode then a typical episode.
Since the bulk of this leg's time (the time it takes to due all task and get to Pit Stop) was in public transport. It allows factors like traffic, good and bad cab drivers, faster and slower buses to have a greater impact then normal.
I think on a typical episode they would have really been toast. THis is of course without me watching the first 20 minutes.
I really do not agree on that. Anything can happen. The bulk of this leg's time was on public transport, that was maybe why the twins spent loads of time walking/looking around for people who are willing to pick them out which might have been edited out... you can look at it this way too. On normal legs, they did decent and did not really make any mistakes, that's what I feel. They may not be the best team, but they're ran some pretty decent legs.
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Money management was key on these two legs. How much to exchange and when to do is very important.
Wise teams save as much as possible for the unknown from leg to leg.
Something happened so that L/M ran short in Phuket, as per the inside video from last leg, although we never know what and they don't either.
But I doubt production expected such high rip-off taxi fees for the first part of this leg, it seems to have left everyone short.
Without the money issues, I think they might have survived.
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WHAT??? 100 USD and the driver doesn't want?? 4500 baht..
Now the driver takes 150 USD?
Omg. The driver's apparently WRONG!
Note exactly. As long as 4500 baht was the approximately correct fare for the combination of lengthy trips in the Phuket area, then by today's exchange rate 4500 baht = $145
Even more telling is that on June 28 2011 (closest date on which I have a currency exchange rate, 31 baht/USD would have resulted in 4500 baht = $143. It looks to me like that old lady haggling on behalf of the taxi driver was in fact correct!
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She may have had her calculations correct, BUT did the taxi ride warrant that much expense?
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Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS. Omg. They're in first is it?
sO Ernie and Cindy got the EXPRESS BUS... i'm sure they're allowed to take the Express Bus right?
It must be because they have the Express Pass. :lol:
Maybe. That certainly sounds good! However, I think knowing the rules and being more aggressive in checking bus options or maybe just plain luck had something to do with it.
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It's because of Liz and Marie we see all the nice thai people who're willing to help Americans in troubles... I wonder how many minutes they're behind Jeremy and Sandy.
Do you mean how many hours behind? They started at the Bangkok Bus terminal with Laurence/Zac, who finished ahead of Jeremy/Sandy. However, Liz/Marie had severe money troubles, so they must have wasted a lot of time walking.
I don't know precisely how far it was from the Southern Bus Terminal (in Thornburi) to the Bangkok Noi Canal (also in Thornburi). What I do remember is visiting that canal (known to the Thai as a Klong) and watching the floating feast come by of every conceivable type of food prepared on boats and offered for sale from those.
The Royal Barge Museum is also on the banks of Klong Bangkok Noi. I wanted to attach a map of the Thornburi district which shows the Klong and that museum, but it was slightly too large for RFF guidelines. If you want to see it, go to http://wikitravel.org/en/Bangkok/Thonburi and it is on what would be the bottom right of the first page if there were pages. It is unknown where the "feed the fishes" task was along the banks of the Klong.
Just remember that World Race Productions or CBS editors are sneaky and want you to think it's a tight finish when it really isn't.
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I didn't like how easy both Roadblocks were, it was so pointless to have 2 easy Roadblocks in a leg? I believe they intended to go to Phuket since the last leg was pretty well structured? But this Bangkok leg.. it's bad!
Since the "Bangkok leg" you refer to had all of its significant tasks in the Phuket area, I don't think calling it "Bangkok leg...it's bad!" is warranted. Leg 5 was predominantly a second Phuket area leg. There was only 2 taxi rides and throwing fish food in the water in Bangkok.
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The RB really had nothing to do with the culture of Thailand.. except with the scenery.. which wasn't even great.. they were focusing on the muddy water in the "lake" instead.
And... going to Bangkok all the way just so that they wouldn't have "2 legs" in Phuket? Come on WRP, we're not dumbs, we know that all the tasks in this leg took place in Phuket. Teams merely travelled to Bangkok to check-in. :res:
I'm not going to say Liz and Marie would have survived with a badly planned leg.. but with a leg like this, I thought it would have been better for the last leg to be a TBC, anyone with me?
There are 3 separate concepts above.
On the first one, southern Thailand (which I have not been to) is known for its water-based beauty. The other sights are not beautiful. I think you have to go to northern Thailand (which I have been to) for beautiful landscapes.
I think the reason teams were sent to Bangkok was cost-saving. Flights connecting to Malawi from Bangkok could be cheaper and are certainly fewer miles flown. The cost of 550 miles bus travel in Thailand is miniscule in comparison. It was easy to put teams on the long-distance buses. They are abundant and cheap in Thailand (I did it up to Chiang Mai from Bangkok), but the main advantage was immediate assurance that there was ample capacity for all teams.
On the third one, I do agree with you, Joab. It should have been a TBC.
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Money management was key on these two legs. How much to exchange and when to do is very important.
Wise teams save as much as possible for the unknown from leg to leg.
Something happened so that L/M ran short in Phuket, as per the inside video from last leg, although we never know what and they don't either.
But I doubt production expected such high rip-off taxi fees for the first part of this leg, it seems to have left everyone short.
Without the money issues, I think they might have survived.
Peach:
Just look at the arrival times at the Phuket Bus Terminal for the answer. Liz/Marie were extremely lucky to make the 830pm bus. Every other team except Laurence/Zac was at least 2.5 hours ahead of them, although some time may have been lost in the heavy Bangkok morning rush hour that the earlier teams hit and presumably Laurence/Zac and Liz/Marie did not. Liz/Marie were effectively competing against Laurence/Zac in that trip from Thornburi Bus terminal to the fish feeding task on the Bangkok Noi Canal. It was only the very poor performance of Jeremy/Sandy that got them behind Laurence/Zac. The walking in Bangkok and depending on finding free taxi rides cost Liz/Marie a lot of time and caused their elimination.
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It is unknown where the "feed the fishes" task was along the banks of the Klong.
It was at Wat Srisudaram...
I think this is the place?
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13697435 (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/13697435)
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An interesting comment posted on Twop by NooN, who appears to be in Thailand:
About the songthaew (taxi), those drivers are criticized very harshly on several Thai webboards as we speak. 4500 baht is enough for an airplane ticket from Phuket to Bangkok, round trip.
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An interesting comment posted on Twop by NooN, who appears to be in Thailand:
About the songthaew (taxi), those drivers are criticized very harshly on several Thai webboards as we speak. 4500 baht is enough for an airplane ticket from Phuket to Bangkok, round trip.
That's what I thought...they were WAY overcharging, just because they saw a camera crew or because they were American.