Do I Have Dyslexia?
May 30th, 2018 at 1:40:48 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5052 | I don't know how much of the appeal is due to the swearing and 'losing it' aspects, but if you have never heard these two, NOT SAFE FOR WORK, here they are Earl Weaver's Manager's Corner, which was never aired and never meant to be aired, and this from The Gambler [2014] I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
May 30th, 2018 at 1:57:40 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Holy crap, that bit from The Gambler floored me. What a ton of truth in a 4min clip. Who wrote that, I wonder. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 30th, 2018 at 2:19:12 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Yes, you can definitely see that. He is very hard on himself when he forgets a line, which was often, and makes many self-effacing comments about his mind "going to mush." I feel badly for him. I think people follow him because his honesty and intensity is so raw. I think almost every man has a Jack inside of him somewhere. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
May 30th, 2018 at 4:18:39 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Gives new meaning to the term not often heard these days: "man-jack". |
May 30th, 2018 at 4:41:37 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5052 |
I like that he doesn't try to say that a million is enough. $2.5 million? That could be enough, depending... and that is the figure the writer uses, like he knows I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
May 30th, 2018 at 5:28:58 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
If you read the interviews with the old time gamblers, they all give similar advice. Insulate yourself from going broke, make sure you have a base that is paid for. The clip puts it in a more eloquent way.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |