On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:31:42 -0400, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote: moving along. As it was, the captain had a half a load on the dock and knowledge that they would return the next day as a full load and TAR producers had no incentive to keep the race moving for only one team. Win-win for everyone, except Charla&Mirna. Exactly. The captain lost nothing but a rough ...
Ken McElhaney wrote: Nobody ever said the "storm" went through Zanzibar. It was said that there was bad weather on the route between Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam. Who said? Certainly not in the episode. Yes. The man at the dhow dock. To C/M. I am paraphrasing, of course. But he indicated the bad weather was on the route, not in Zanzibar. No, just paraphrasing an old SNL gag. ...
... to sail. If he still said 'no', the TAR producers may have attempted to greese some palms to keep their race moving along. As it was, the captain had a half a load on the dock and knowledge that they would return the next day as a full load and TAR producers had no incentive to keep the race moving for only one team. Win-win for everyone, except Charla&Mirna.
... by both rick & Barbara doesn't seem to indicate a storm went through Zanzibar on those days. So if he didn't see it or experience it, how would he know first hand? Nobody ever said the "storm" went through Zanzibar. It was said that there was bad weather on the route between Zanzibar and Dar Es Salaam. Who said? Certainly not in the episode. Ken, you ignorant slut...
... "into it" would have made it more exciting, to be sure. Bummer that only 2 teams were ever in any contention for 'first place', especially when one of them decided that they would rather go shopping than ... the journey, Obveeus. It's not just the bottom line. Assemble a child's puzzle. Move a cart with a couple logs on it. Throw a stick. Sit at the airport for a couple ...
...<rpiehl5REMOVETHISFOR@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote Make the move and it works and you look brilliant. Make the move and end up stuck and J'burg while the other teams move on and you end 24 hours...TAR 4. In this case, 'the move' was largely staged. The show ... and Mirna made some bold move to take a different flight ... were 'trying', but the bold move flight only had room for ...
On Apr 1, 1:23 am, UCLAN <nom...@thanks.org> wrote: alooo wrote: [I don't remember him using the words "storm delay."] Well, that's what he said. Which is why Mirna looked up to the sky. He used the exact phrase "storm delay" ?? I don't think so. He indicated that there was bad weather on the route to their destination. He said, "Due to the weather between ...
alooo wrote: [I don't remember him using the words "storm delay."] Well, that's what he said. Which is why Mirna looked up to the sky. He used the exact phrase "storm delay" ?? I don't think so. He indicated that there was bad weather on the route to their destination. He said, "Due to the weather between here and the island..." and then something about the ...
Ken McElhaney wrote: He wasn't going to send dhows under HIS control out, but someone else might have tried it. It's the owner's/captain's decision. That's why your "either conditions permit sailing or they don't" statement is all wet. [pun intentional] Well, if it's the "captain's whim", then it makes it more suspicious, not less about why C/M were delayed. ...
"Loren Pechtel" <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:08:52 -0700, "alooo" <not@realaddress.com> wrote: "Ken McElhaney" <mcelhaney@hotmail.com> wrote They arrived at the airport just before 3pm. It figures that it would probably take them an hour to reach the dock...perhaps longer...perhaps not as long. I seem to recall ...
