PhillipBlunt Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, riffraff said: It's really too easy Phil....yet so entertaining.... i have an Aussie friend who sat on a plane next to two American girls. They asked him to speak "Australian". without batting a wink, he made up some babble language on the spot....worked. trump voters no doubt. I would have loved to have seen that play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 36 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Saddest part is somebody had to have the arrow in the picture, worried that too many people wouldn't spot the mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 11 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: I would have loved to have seen that play out. Remember that the first NA release of Mad Max was dubbed because they didn't think Americans could understand the Australian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just now, TimberWolf said: Remember that the first NA release of Mad Max was dubbed because they didn't think Americans could understand the Australian. I don't remember that. That's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butters Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 5 hours ago, Where'd Luongo? said: Thank you, this is what I was getting at. Maybe something happens and he completely changes when he talks to other GM's but from what I have seen, he is very passive. You know lots about how negotiating works I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 59 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Trump as GM. Hmm... And the President of Hockey Ops? Actually knows about and has played hockey.... could do worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: I don't remember that. That's ridiculous. Well it came out in 79 and Crocodile Dundee hadn't taught everyone how to speak it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 1 minute ago, TimberWolf said: Well it came out in 79 and Crocodile Dundee hadn't taught everyone how to speak it yet. S'truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Haven't watched the video yet, but you know there's a lot of new info there when people are talking about how Americans can't understand Australians by page 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wren223 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Where'd Luongo? said: Ever heard of the phrase "He turned himself into one of the richest men on the planet." Your phrase is actually a question. Hate the guy all you want but if you think he's unsuccessful you are delusional. Wasn't he playing with house money though? His family was rich I thought and that let him make those moves with real estate. It isn't like he was working at 7-11 and made some deals on the side and got wicked rich. I don't know about that last part....he's filled for bankruptcy multiple times, many of his businesses have failed and last I heard his presidency wasn't going well. He talks a mean game but the follow through isn't really there. I think like someone else pointed out, if he was a GM no one would answer his calls after a while. He doesn't know how to play with others and that's one thing you must do as a GM. So, I think he'd be a horrid GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wren223 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 20 minutes ago, J.R. said: Actually knows about and has played hockey.... could do worse Um, knows???? Are you crazy?! He scored 8 goals in the last game he played and 7 in one last year. The guy is a scoring machine. He doesn't know how to play hockey, he invented it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Promised myself(some mths ago) that I'd never again dedicate precious seconds/minutes listening to JB interviews. Finally found a promise that's easy to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, wren223 said: Wasn't he playing with house money though? His family was rich I thought and that let him make those moves with real estate. It isn't like he was working at 7-11 and made some deals on the side and got wicked rich. I don't know about that last part....he's filled for bankruptcy multiple times, many of his businesses have failed and last I heard his presidency wasn't going well. He talks a mean game but the follow through isn't really there. I think like someone else pointed out, if he was a GM no one would answer his calls after a while. He doesn't know how to play with others and that's one thing you must do as a GM. So, I think he'd be a horrid GM. Here is some info to support your statements about Trump. The Trump Family Fortune Trump's father, Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump, made a sizable fortune by building and selling housing for American soldiers and their families in World War II. It was at his father's real estate company that Trump got his start in business. In 1971, he took control of his father's apartment rental company, Elizabeth Trump & Son Co., and later on, he renamed it The Trump Organization. Trump stuck mostly with real estate investments during this period, particularly condo associations, huge apartment buildings and Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed housing, all in the New York metropolitan area. Trump hit a milestone in 1980 when he teamed up with the Holiday Inn, Corp., (then parent company of Harrah's casino resorts) to develop a $250 million hotel and casino complex in Atlantic City, named Harrah's at Trump Plaza. Eventually, Trump would buy out his partners and rename the property Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. Following the successful launch of Trump Plaza, Trump purchased a second property in Atlantic City from Hilton Hotels for a sum of $320 million. After the hotel chain had failed to obtain a gaming license, in classic Trump fashion he renamed this latest purchase Trump Castle. Trump's Setbacks Back in New York, Trump purchased the Plaza Hotel in 1988 for over $400 million and spent an additional $50 million renovating and redecorating under his wife, Ivana Trump’s, direction. While it seemed nothing could stop Trump’s meteoric rise in the 1980s, even the most ambitious real estate tycoons are at the mercy of city bylaws. When Trump purchased an apartment building and an adjacent hotel in Manhattan, Trump’s plans for a large condominium tower on the site were curtailed by the city’s rent control programs. In 1985, when Trump unveiled his plans for an $88 million complex on the West Side of Manhattan, dubbed 'Television City,' community opposition, and a lengthy approval process ended Trump’s vision for the project. However, these two failures pale in comparison to the setbacks that would soon befall the Trump organization. In 1990, when the booming real estate market of the 1980s began to decline, many of Trump’s highly leveraged investments began to weigh heavily on the company’s balance sheets. Trump Faces Bankruptcy Ultimately, in the early 1990s, Trump’s winning streak ground to a halt. The national economy started to slow down, and New York's economy stalled, causing Trump’s income streams to dwindle. Soon, he found it difficult to make the interest payments on the debt he'd accrued to finance his different businesses. Trump's annual loan payments were $300 million. The Trump Organization and its subsidiaries owed $9 billion, and Trump's personal debt totaled $975 million. To avoid having to file for bankruptcy, Trump met with four of his major lenders: Citibank (C), Bankers Trust, Chase Manhattan Bank and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. (now owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association). The banks were concerned that if they foreclosed on his properties they, too, would lose tremendous amounts of money. In the end, Trump convinced the banks to loan him an additional $65 million, which he'd use to keep his businesses afloat. The banks also agreed to defer, for five years, the interest and principal payments on Trump's outstanding loans. Some of Trump's debts were paid down with funds from the sale of his assets, which included an airline company (Trump Shuttle) and a yacht (which was sold to Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal). Trump also sold his controlling stake in the Plaza Hotel and turned his Florida beach house, Mar-a-Largo, into a resort. The Trump Organization famously revealed it was $5 billion in the hole in 1990, with as much as $1 billion guaranteed by Donald Trump personally. The business survived thanks to a combination bailout/deferment by more than 70 banks. Many point to the 1988 purchase of the Taj Mahal Casino as a major catalyst for the Trump debt cycle. There is some truth in this, particularly after Trump unsuccessfully tried to finance the construction of its sister casinos in 1989 through mostly junk bonds. The bailout package allowed him to take out second and third mortgages on most of his properties. Leverage became a common theme for Trump, who notoriously dealt with bankruptcy four times. Trump used the extra rope from his lenders to shore up debt, build up his rents and purchase other enterprises, including more casinos. http://www.investopedia.com/updates/donald-trump-rich/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Why does every thread end up about Trump? ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 4 hours ago, JamesB said: Losing Shore is of course no problem. The bigger problem is that the Canucks are a weak enough team that a guy like Shore is even in the conversation for a spot on the team. That said, it is correct that the Canucks are not a "destination" team right now -- a place where guys want to go. Some guys, like Holm, whose talent is marginal by NHL standards, might see the Canucks as their best shot to make the NHL. And some veterans approaching the end of their careers (like Eriksson) might be willing to accept a large overpayment to live in a nice place. And maybe one or two guys might want to come "home", like Stecher. But it will be hard for the Canucks to attract high quality undrafted free agents or UFAs. And even a guy like Guddy will want an overpayment to stay. And even the RFAs, although they do not have a lot of choice, will probably be less than enthusiastic and won't be willing to sign on a bargain rates. Right now, the draft is the only reasonable way to build a better team. . Depends on what you mean by 'destination' Are the Canucks ready for a Stanley cup? Not yet. But, does that mean that there's no spots worth eyeing? Last time I checked, the Canucks ARE an NHL team, much like the Oilers and the Leafs - both of whom have had bad seasons in recent memory. Players can spin anything they want about signing with a team (i.e. beautiful place, world class organization, etc etc). I'm sure if the Sedins got traded to Washington next year (this is merely an example, nothing more and nothing less), they'd say great things about that city, about Ovechkin (even as a poor playoff performer) or Kuznetsov or something. My point being is that if their job requires them to be in a city, I'm sure they'd find a reason or two to praise a team. Hodgson Ehrhoff signed 6 million to be in Buffalo. He claimed it was his best chance to win a Stanley cup. *rolleyes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 13 minutes ago, Nuxfanabroad said: Promised myself(some mths ago) that I'd never again dedicate precious seconds/minutes listening to JB interviews. Finally found a promise that's easy to keep. Yet you dedicated a few seconds to write a useless reply that contributed nothing to the thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Down by the River said: Lol at equating the competency of half the American population to the average GM. This is one of the dumbest things I've ready on CDC, and I've been talking to Alf this morning. Oh my god yes. Where'd Luongo and Alf in one post! Bravo, my good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Down by the River said: Lol at equating the competency of half the American population to the average GM. This is one of the dumbest things I've ready on CDC, and I've been talking to Alf this morning. Oh my god yes. Where'd Luongo and Alf in one post! Bravo, my good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Down by the River said: Lol at equating the competency of half the American population to the average GM. This is one of the dumbest things I've ready on CDC, and I've been talking to Alf this morning. Oh my god yes. Where'd Luongo and Alf in one post! Bravo, my good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That was meant to be one post but I don't regret posting it 3 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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