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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Speaking as both a Yankees fan and an A-Rod detractor, Trump told Michael Kay on ESPN NewYork 98.7 FM Tuesday afternoon, “I would terminate his contract, personally. I think George would’ve done that. I would terminate his contract on the basis that when he signed, he didn’t say that he took drugs.
Told it would be difficult to terminate A-Rod’s contract given how strong the MLB Players’ Association is, Trump responded, “I disagree. It’s called misrepresentation. He never told the Yankees he was all juiced up. That all came out after he signed his contract.
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1. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: October 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM (#4273821)Can't think of anything else.
"This book, How To Be a Total Douche, is a good start but is incomplete. Here's what it leaves out."
Comb-over lore?
He could probably give good advice on how to inherit millions of dollars from your dad and turn that into a huge PR machine to keep the spotlight on yourself long after you have stopped being relevant.
Headmaster at my high school did a horrible comb-over. I mean, it just looked silly. He also coached soccer, and when the wind kicked up his comb-over would stand straight up in the breeze. Dude, you're the ####### headmaster and you're trying to somehow maintain respect from teenagers, and THAT'S your choice?
Anyway, I've just never understood the decision to go with a comb-over or a hairpiece. I have committed to my wife that I will deal with hair loss gracefully.
is there ANY female of ANY age/race who thinks it is HOTTT or prefers it to bald?
as for "firing" guys on a baseball team - this is why guys who make zillions/inherit zillions are really lousy baseball GMs - see, for example, drayton mclane
trump has NO idea what a collectively bargained agreement is. it's like he can't understand when people win the lottery and get guaranteed payments for 20 years can't have their payments stopped if they spend the money on something he personally disapproves of.
i can't figure out how a person who is as stupid as trump is can be/stay that rich
Way back when I played racquetball there was a bald guy in my league who was in his early 50s. I knew he was a salesman. One day as I was leaving, I saw him sitting in his car adjusting his rug. I assume that he spent some bucks on it, based on his car (some kind of sharp Mercedes). I'd say it took 10-12 years off his looks. Otherwise, any hairpiece I've seen looks horrible.
But not as horrible as the combover. I really when the hair is parted about 1mm above the top of the ear.
And still, it was obviously a comb-over. He looked like the kind of guy who'd gotten shot down in a Holiday Inn lounge in every state in the nation.
At least that short-lived Richard Branson show gave us the girl that made Spanx.
The combovers that Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson rocked in Kingpin were pretty amazing.
Unfortunately, that was pretty much the golden age of comb-overs. They seem increasingly rare, at least in the Northeast.
Well, Lisa, this probably isn't the best place to ask that question, but certainly every woman I've ever asked has responded the same.
Thing is, guys (as a general rule) can get away with the aging hair thing WAY better than the ladies can. Or at least that's what my wife tells me. Her hair started graying in her early twenties; she's been coloring it ever since. Meanwhile, I'm...let's just say not quite 50, and I have pretty silver temples and some silver strands here and there, but it's as thick (and has the same hairline) as when I was in high school. I haven't even considered coloring it; I'm totally cool with it just going silver (and fortunately it seems to be silver and not a dingy gray).
My wife thinks it sucks that I can do that and look "distinguished" (her word), whereas she cannot (so she tells me; in 23 years of marriage I have yet to see her hair uncolored).
If for some reason I were single, I might -- MIGHT -- consider taking the gray out, if only because I have something of a baby face anyway and, if clean-shaven, can pass for 10-15 years younger pretty easily. Assuming that 10-15 years younger was my target audience, anyway, which strikes me as unlikely.
But it's hard to imagine a confluence of events that would push me towards a comb-over or piece, no matter what my hair decides to do. (With this post I've no doubt jinxed everything, and can therefore expect to develop male pattern baldness within a fortnight.)
(Of course, that's a bit of an exception that proves the rule. One of the most beautiful women and talented, charismatic performers of her generation makes the silver/gray hair look awesome. So, just be Emmylou Harris. Easy. It'd be sort of like citing Jim Morrison as evidence that guys with hair past their shoulders look super hot.)
Yeah. I'm not at all ashamed to say I'd watch that documentary. Trump being Trump, there's probably a non-zero chance such a documentary will actually be made.
I am wearing a Donald Trump brand dress shirt right now!
It is ok. Not in heavy rotation.
I also one one of his ties, I believe, which is quite nice.
McLane was a baseball owner, not a GM.
He was Premier of Quebec in the 70s and he had a great combover. In the 60s it was a pretty standard corporate combover, but when the 70s hit and he grew out his hair it took on a life of its own.
BBC is making a reference to the post-Hunsicker Astros, where McLane was pretty much actively making the final decision and running the team into the ground.
better fire it before it quits on you
That this is awesome in a totally scarifying way. These days, he'd probably rock the bald or close cropped look, the man's got good skull.
I've just spent 5 minutes staring at the Daily Mail diagram. Hypnotic. I think they've cracked the code, but man is that a convoluted combover. I wonder how long it takes him to prep that bonnet in the morning.
You build a convoluted network of lies upon lies to keep the charade in place. Eventually, through a wacky series of misunderstandings, it all ends in hugs and lessons learned about loving people for who they really are. Or, alternatively, murder.
Or a charge card/wad of bills?
Heck, I don't even try to hold in my gut around women -- because I know I need to breathe during intimacy...
I do have to admit, though... while my hair has held up reasonably well -- especially upfront -- I've got a thinning friar tuck happening on the top/back. I'm relatively tall, but it does make summers annoying because it's thin enough to get crispy scalp, and then - that inevitably leads to flaking that's impossible to deal with. The other day, I did linger around the rogaine products near the shampoo... but my understanding is that you have to stick with that #### or face acceleration, and I hate products that suck you into commitments.
Why not just lose the gut? Never understood why otherwise healthy men under the age of 50 go around sporting a gut. Rock hard tasty abs, washerboard-style, require a lot of effort, but losing a protruding gut isn't THAT hard.
If it's thinning enough to sunburn, it's probably time to shave it off. Go for it! You'll look more dominant and alpha, especially as a tall guy. Plus you can just slather sunblock directly onto your pate.
It's not something I sit around & worry about either way, but of course I'd prefer for it not to happen.
I'm sure I've jinxed myself horribly by posting this. I'll wake up looking like a cueball tomorrow.
On hair, I'm losing my locks, but think my head is too dinged up from various injuries to go with the shaved head look. So, while I wouldn't say I'm doing a comb-over, I'm definitely combing my hair in such a way (forward) that pushes some hair over an area where I've now less hair than I used to.
Sounds like avoiding poltics with her is an extremely good idea.
Do even the slack-jawed, slope-browed, cave-dwelling mouth-breathers regard that idiot as anything but a bad joke?
All comb-overs must start this way.
Actually - here's an "I'm happy for me moment" --
I did make a concerted effort starting this past June -- exercising 40 minutes a day 5-6 days a week, eating much better than I ever have -- and I'm proud to say that I'm now down 2 pant sizes, a bit over halfway to my target... the gut is nearly gone and I do feel tons better. It actually started after a Memorial day softball tournament when I realized that playing softball really shouldn't put one that out of breath and sore the next day. The only drawback is the need to do some serious wardrobe restocking, but whatever. Not sure if I'll ever get to washboard ab state - but AM very much looking forward to spring on the lakeshore...
For anyone considering it, I definitely encourage you to give it shot... I can be the laziest SOB on the planet, but I found that once you make a habit out of it -- it gets a ton easier. Don't beat yourself up if you miss a day, just get back on it and before you know it - it becomes as habitual as brushing your teeth. No gym, no purchases --- just an old set of barbells, a blanket for situps, crunches, and pushups and about 30 minutes of googling to find a good set of exercises.
Congrats, well done.
Good for you, well done!
I'm not disciplined enough to do it without a gym membership. Unfortunately I go through ebbs and flows so my weight fluctuates (between way too heavy and just a bit too heavy). I've gotten back on the stick recently and while I've only dropped 7 pounds so far I'm already noticing a difference in my energy level which was really the big motivator for me. Working out/losing weight seems to be one of those things that really is self-replicating. The more I do it the more I want to do it. All afternoon I've been looking forward to my trip to the gym tonight.
The diabetic coma, 3 weeks in the hospital at the end of it though ...
There's an article out there somehwere where Jerry Seinfeld said his key to stand-up success was committing to writing one joke a day, everyday, and keeping track of the streak. There were fits and starts at the beginning, but once he pieced together a decent-sized streak, he became possessive of it and kept it alive at all costs.
I have a calendar with lines running through it for several such streaks. It really is effective. It's really surprising how badly the human mind wants to sustain a streak once it reaches a critical length.
And on the other point, yea, get right back on the wagon when you fall off. Best advice a trainer ever gave me is "every little bit helps". Whether it's taking the stairs a couple days a week or turning 3-4 beers into 2-3 beers.
That said, I'm approaching 30 and I'm about 20 lbs heavier than I'd like to be. A full time job and a slowing metabolism is not a good combo, especially for a former jock like myself that was always just forced to burn a ton of calories through college. Now I just keep eating like I'm burning 3k a day, when I'm sitting at desk mostly and my workouts are 3 days a week at most.
The best comedic use of the comb over in history has to be Bill Murray as Big Ern McCracken in Kingpin.
sigh
like you know, like DUHHHHH
it's MY team, i oughtta know
the team went down the drain VERY fast after mclane decided that he should be making all the GM decisions and fired the GM and then installed one yesman after another. by the end of 08 the team and the minor league system was a disaster area, he gave up on the team, sulked and let it get to its current hopeless state. SO hopeless that it is no longer a baseball team
Day one is out of the way Joe! Keep it going!
I try to work out a couple times a week (been bad the last few months I admit) and keep real active. My weight has been constant since I noticed my clothes were getting tight (and then changed some stuff to drop back down to my "fighting weight"). Washboard abs are beyond me, but no pot or flab or anything. Got to be able to keep up with the boys.
For some reason I read Paul Levesque, and I was like "Triple H has a fine head of hair"
And Trump's reason for it is the same as Brando's...
Self promoting blohard gets made fun of on snarky website devoted to thinking fans.
Obviously he actually meant former WWF wrestler and road agent Rene Goulet, who rocked the skullet for two decades or more.
Good lord. One of my favorite wrestlers as a kid (especially when he teamed up with Billy Red Lyons), back when I used to watch (I think it was called) World Championship Wrestling out of Shreveport. We're talking midway through the first Nixon administration here.
Whether or not things are "yooge"?
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