LAST EDITED ON 04-26-05 AT 03:00 PM (EST)

I really think they should be on the race. My point was some people were complaining Romber had money and thus shouldn't have been casted. I wanted to show that other racers have money too. May the best racers win.

Ahhh I was being sarcastic. I guess its hard to tell. I think they should be on the race, clearly they deserve to after beating so many of the younger teams.

I was also being sarcastic - I was just making fun of G/M having money because so many people have said "Hey, Romber already has a million, they shouldn't be allowed to race." I wouldn't be surprised to hear that plenty of TAR contestants have been loaded since you have to be able to leave your job, bills, pets at home while you race and being somewhat wealthy makes that a whole lot easier.

I said Gretchen was a tad mean because of the Romber (YKW) sniping and griping in her blog. Also looks like the producers and security are all conspiring against a M/G win what with security making her stay on the elephant and "losing" the camera crew and having to wait for them to find the team before they could do the metal box thing. Why have we never heard of this type of production accident before? It seems like it could potentially cost someone the race.

Finally let me just say that hey, it's a TV show. I don't care if they get actors, suvivors, rich people, old people whatever. I just want to be entertained while I'm watching it and so far this season I've been very entertained.

As far as the waiting for the camera crew issue, I seem to remember (way back) a discussion of the TAR Rules on this board. As I recall, the official(?) TAR Rules state that the racers must treat the camera crew as "their children" and not stray away, ditch, or leave without them. If the geezers, either deliberately or because of senility, got ahead of the crew, then TOUGH!, it's their fault. TOO BAD! Rules are rules. No special treatement because of age. I believe, however, that finish times can be adjusted (and accasionally are) when racers are delayed due to production errors.

I agree. I think contestants should have to prove that they “need” the money before they can be allowed to participate.

In addition, I think old people should not be allowed to race period, as they are old and have a shorter life expectancy and therefore would not get the opportunity to use any money they won.

And while we are at, they should ban the following:
1) Anyone with a lot of debt – they’ve already proven they can’t handle their money so why give them another opportunity to screw it up.
2) Anyone with a below average IQ - sure, this will eliminate a lot of the “pretty” contestants but it is for their own good as they would not be able to make sound financial decisions regarding any money they won and it’ll just give them a headache.
3) College aged contestants – they’ll just use the money on beer.
4) Housewives – if they can afford not to work then they obviously don’t need the money that bad.
5) Anyone who has ever purchased a singing fish, Britney Spears album, or a lottery ticket – as they have shown questionable judgment in their spending habits and cannot be trusted with money.

Hmmm, who else should we ban?

Interesting.

But what if someone is poor but has cancer?

They should ban anyone who becomes a POW just to get out of their army commitment.

They should ban anyone who would use the money for invitrofertilization, as the world is overpopulated as it is.

They should ban anyone who would use the money for a gay marriage ceremony, as that would divide America too much.

They should ban anyone who has been in a commercial with Jennifer Aniston, as they were probably responsible for the breakup of her marriage.

>Hmmm, who else should we ban?

How about
1) married couples, because they might get divorced, and have to split up the money (might be a problem with no pre-nup)

2) unmarried couples, because they might not get married, and would have to split up the money - that could get ugly

3) women with boob jobs - surely they'll just spend it on more plastic surgery - that could get really ugly

Does everyone have their sarcasm-meters on today? Better check!

Well, it looks like I'm not gonna be on TAR as I fit almost all of those qualities.

Ya ya...they should just convert the whole TAR show to a charity show...distribute the money to needy and poor people. Forget about the race, rating..etc.

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It's a simple equation: If you win the race, you deserve the cash.

For all their faults, M&G certainly haven't coasted to their position in the final 4.

Sometimes I really wonder why people hold the (relative) wealth of others against them, especially if that wealth is the result of careful investing, long-term employment or just good old fashioned hard work.

Petty envy seems like too easy an answer, but then you never know...

Hey,

I tried to access the link to Gretchen's blog and it won't work. Has it been pulled? Or is it down for another reason?

I haven't read it, but have heard about it. Apparently, she said that she felt CBS was helping Rob and Amber? Is this true? I can't imagine that CBS would like that at all. Doesn't it breach their confidentiality policy?

Can someone who did get a chance to read it recap please?

It's been gone all day. I wasn't able to read much of it, so I'm not sure if she was giving away too much information or not.

I wondered about the rules of discussing inside information before the entire show was over, it would be so easy to accidentally give something away.

I logged onto it earlier today around 11 am and just checked it again at 7:50 pm and it's worked perfectly both times. Maybe you're server is blocking it or something.

" I founded Form Magazine which became the official trade publication of the business forms industry"

Sounds like a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal page turner.

I do think it was cool that M was a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Really? Because I still can't get it to work for me.
The second link works fine, but the first one with their comments about the show is gone. It worked fine on Tuesday, but not since.

I'm having the same problem Buggy. Plus the Tomb site isn't very easy to navigate.

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