tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4811549067738047759..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Skier Julia Mancuso's drug kingpin fatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36891214802543618862014-02-14T21:38:16.493-08:002014-02-14T21:38:16.493-08:00I work with the guy who won a gymnast medal in the...I work with the guy who won a gymnast medal in the Barcelona Olympics. He's a K9 officer for the Border Patrol. Very humble, nice personality. <br /><br />Apparently he was outed when Bruce Jenner (pre Kardashian) drove through the I 8 checkpoint and they recognized each other, got to talking and his secret was out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31049264532410062212014-02-14T20:05:07.629-08:002014-02-14T20:05:07.629-08:00"Grandfather Fredo Mancuso's body was dre..."Grandfather Fredo Mancuso's body was dredged up from the bottom of Lake Tahoe."<br /><br />A few years ago some mixe-gas divers at Tahoe discovered the extremely well preserved body of a diver who drowned 17 years ago (Google "Donald Windecker"). It was lying on a shelf around 250 feet down.<br /><br />Bodies don't deteriorate down there, though the fish nibble on them. It's so cold that bacteria in your body don't produce the gases they would in warmer water. There's a legend around Tahoe that the body of an Indian woman finally surfaced still preserved and wearing 19th Century Indian regalia.Willisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72879012304423595762014-02-14T18:53:45.398-08:002014-02-14T18:53:45.398-08:00One of the characters in the movie Two Days in the...One of the characters in the movie Two Days in the Valley was a fourth place Olympic skier. I forget what she was doing.Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56887899431809792862014-02-14T16:44:07.400-08:002014-02-14T16:44:07.400-08:00On a similar note,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...On a similar note,<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558696/Lebanese-Olympic-skier-posed-topless-racy-calendar-shoot-hate-figure-home-country-footage-appears-online.html<br /><br />She's the great-granddaughter of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun and a member of the Francophone Lebanese Maronite aristocracy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50904266947734243592014-02-14T16:04:44.269-08:002014-02-14T16:04:44.269-08:00"If you watched Miracle, the movie about the ..."If you watched Miracle, the movie about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, they ran photos and "Where Are They Now" blurbs about the players during the closing credits. Quite a few went into the financial services industry. Others went into commercial real estate. My old high school classmate Ralph Cox, the last man cut from the 1980 team, went into real estate when he retired from scouting for the Penguins. "<br /><br />But, these guys won, and in one of the most celebrated Olympic events ever.<br /><br />What about the non-medalists who spent more than half their lives preparing and then finish 8th at age 28? It would be fascinating to see what they are doing at age 40. Kinda like the 7-Up series for Olympians.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17943513477798693162014-02-14T12:00:09.107-08:002014-02-14T12:00:09.107-08:00Someone should do a "where-are-they-now"...<i>Someone should do a "where-are-they-now" story on all the American non-medal Olympians from, say, the class of 2002</i><br /><br />About the only truly great "up close and personal" NBC Olympics piece I've seen like this was in the 1996 Atlanta Games, when they followed up with the legendary US boxing team twenty years after the Montreal Games. Unbelievably depressing to see how they mostly turned out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69861955453312649722014-02-14T11:23:01.501-08:002014-02-14T11:23:01.501-08:00"Godfather Two is almost the only sequel Holl..."Godfather Two is almost the only sequel Hollywood has ever made that was better than the original."<br /><br />As good, not better. <br /><br />The rule is sequels are useless if the story thread ended with the first installment. <br />But if the thread was left hanging, sequels can not only be good(or better)but are necessary. <br /><br />Bourne Trilolgy makes sense but a sequel of Chinatown made no sense; it could only be anti-climactic or extraneous. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40156118260454326292014-02-14T10:15:36.746-08:002014-02-14T10:15:36.746-08:00Two memes closely associated with you are illustra...Two memes closely associated with you are illustrated by 'The Godfather II'.<br /><br />The first is of course 'regression to the mean' and the second is 'the exception that proves the rule'. <br /><br />Godfather Two is almost the only sequel Hollywood has ever made that was better than the original.<br /><br />AlbertosaurusPat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14088400692425225612014-02-14T06:19:34.392-08:002014-02-14T06:19:34.392-08:00Mike Eruzione is known to wags around Boston as Am...Mike Eruzione is known to wags around Boston as America's Guest. Thirty years of "motivational speaking" and a sinecure job at his alma mater have been kind to him.<br /><br />If you watched Miracle, the movie about the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, they ran photos and "Where Are They Now" blurbs about the players during the closing credits. Quite a few went into the financial services industry. Others went into commercial real estate. My old high school classmate Ralph Cox, the last man cut from the 1980 team, went into real estate when he retired from scouting for the Penguins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62259882500977079962014-02-13T21:22:33.105-08:002014-02-13T21:22:33.105-08:00I did not know, I really did not know, that there ...<i>I did not know, I really did not know, that there was a ski slope - or snow from any source - in Maui.</i><br /><br />Here's a pciture of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mauna_Kea_observatory.jpg" rel="nofollow">Mauna Kea Observatories in the snow</a>. (Hawaii is about the world's best place for telescopes.)<br /><br />And here a picture of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mauna_Kea_Summit_in_Winter.jpg" rel="nofollow">snow covered Mauna Kea</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82603402201595380762014-02-13T21:13:03.209-08:002014-02-13T21:13:03.209-08:00I wonder did she grow up under some kind of police...I wonder did she grow up under some kind of police protection from the people her dad snitched on.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14221932594209133702014-02-13T19:32:24.457-08:002014-02-13T19:32:24.457-08:00Cue Charlie Brown's quizzical expression in th...Cue Charlie Brown's quizzical expression in the closing panel: "Tahoe Paradise College?"<br /><br />I can imagine what you might major in at such a place…Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91891627574736082632014-02-13T19:00:00.945-08:002014-02-13T19:00:00.945-08:00About post-Olympics at age 28:
With a medal(s) yo...About post-Olympics at age 28:<br /><br />With a medal(s) you can prob. live off it for a while. Without a medal, you aren't going to get lucrative speaking engagements or sponsorships.<br /><br />Sales? You need a naturally outgoing personality and the knack to mention incidentally your 10th place finish as the lead on the curling team. Some of the sports seem to attract extraverts galore. For example, everyone on the snowboard events can do well in the legal weed shops of Colorado.<br /><br />Colbert had a recent hilarious segment with the US speed-skating team, and none of the 5 seemed to have much pizazz.<br /><br />Wall Street? I'm sure the firms have Olympians glad-handing, but I bet they also have Ivy-League or equivalent credentials.<br /><br />Orthopedic surgery? Besides Heiden, there is also Debi Thomas, Dot Richardson, and I'm sure others. But Heiden was already a medical student when he dropped out for the Olympics, and I think Richardson was a resident.<br /><br />Someone should do a "where-are-they-now" story on all the American non-medal Olympians from, say, the class of 2002.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2304514005942210892014-02-13T17:58:49.161-08:002014-02-13T17:58:49.161-08:00What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after...<i>What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after a lifetime getting good at an activity with no real-life value? What are former non-medal Olympians doing now?</i><br /><br />Maybe some of the big corporate sponsors of the USOC and of NBC's Olympics telecasts give them sinecures?countenancehttp://countenance.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36594974727807243012014-02-13T17:48:46.609-08:002014-02-13T17:48:46.609-08:00"She's better looking than Vonn too."...<i>"She's better looking than Vonn too."</i><br /><br />That was my impression when they both competed in Vancouver. She also seemed to be a bit more laid back in the bio fluff piece on her (which didn't mention anything about her dad's drug business, btw -- just said she was avid surfer in addition to skiing, etc.).Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71876898860996685692014-02-13T17:43:35.449-08:002014-02-13T17:43:35.449-08:00"What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th...<i>"What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after a lifetime getting good at an activity with no real-life value?"</i><br /><br />Several years ago, I had a temp gig at Goldman Sachs, editing the proposals they send out to pension funds when those funds are looking to hire a company to manage a slice of the assets. Those proposals would include bios of the relevant portfolio managers. One of them listed a gold medal in swimming at the Barcelona games. <br /><br />I had forgotten the guy's name, but a quick Bing search brings up the <a href="http://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/blog/posts/us-olympian-joe-hudepohl.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a> on the Goldman Sachs website, which says the guy is one of 20 current or former ("alumni") GS employees who have competed in the Olympics. This guy is in portfolio management, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of the rest were in sales, as another commenter suggested. In another line of work, I met a handful of former NFL players who worked as stockbrokers.Dave Pinsenhttp://steamcatapult.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7466896290996730122014-02-13T17:09:55.403-08:002014-02-13T17:09:55.403-08:00>>Steve Sailer said:
""...being an...>>Steve Sailer said:<br />""...being an expert at a costly form of recreation puts you into contact with trends in how the well-to-do will want to spend their money in the future.""<br /><br />Glad you said real estate development,because for a moment I was thinking about the other way he made his money.<br /><br />The well-to-do spending their money to finance their own private stash of weed. Never mind, its fine now.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />""She's better looking than Vonn too."""<br /><br />Ok, you were one of her father's former clients to make you say that, right? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />She's better looking than Vonn too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40361741268915092412014-02-13T17:05:43.959-08:002014-02-13T17:05:43.959-08:00Let's wait for the meth dealer dad whose kid i...<br />Let's wait for the meth dealer dad whose kid is - wait for it - a speed skater.Auntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39771731936564902322014-02-13T17:03:29.437-08:002014-02-13T17:03:29.437-08:00What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after...<i>What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after a lifetime getting good at an activity with no real-life value? What are former non-medal Olympians doing now?</i><br /><br />Let it be known that you're gay. It's good for at least one NYT sad sack hasbeen profile. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58809197063042117122014-02-13T17:03:25.795-08:002014-02-13T17:03:25.795-08:00The son of immigrants from Italy ..
You see? Wi...<i>The son of immigrants from Italy ..</i> <br /><br /><br />You see? Without immigration who would smuggle our drugs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77992583575908990142014-02-13T16:50:40.996-08:002014-02-13T16:50:40.996-08:00I worked with Eric Heiden when he was a ortho resi...I worked with Eric Heiden when he was a ortho resident. So that is one path for an ex-Olympian. Of course, with his record, he could've just lived off speaking and sponsorships.<br /><br />BTW, he was soft-spoken and unassuming. Most of the hospital staff knew who he was, but I don't think he was treated any differently than other residents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24131209466643899772014-02-13T16:41:01.580-08:002014-02-13T16:41:01.580-08:00I suspect more than a few ex-Winter Olympians have...I suspect more than a few ex-Winter Olympians have made some money in real estate development over the years. We live in an age where the rich get richer, so being an expert at a costly form of recreation puts you into contact with trends in how the well-to-do will want to spend their money in the future.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25714101349087432642014-02-13T16:39:26.757-08:002014-02-13T16:39:26.757-08:00Sounds like a movie. Mafia father redeems himself ...Sounds like a movie. Mafia father redeems himself and finally goes legitimate by funding Olympic hero daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67346093924552352772014-02-13T16:37:19.496-08:002014-02-13T16:37:19.496-08:00What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after...<em>What do they do at age 28, having finish 8th after a lifetime getting good at an activity with no real-life value? </em><br /><br />Steve's talked about this before, but pretty much <em>any</em> sports career will get you a job in sales -- cars, real estate, basically anything where people will buy your stuff because they want you to like them -- or the kind of management position where you spend most of your time pressing the flesh. There's also local TV sports news if you're telegenic, or coaching if you're not.Cail Corishevhttp://cailcorishev.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26239780370817696382014-02-13T16:33:22.202-08:002014-02-13T16:33:22.202-08:00Watching the Winter Olympics, I'm struck by ho...Watching the Winter Olympics, I'm struck by how much more awesome they'd be if they had mass starts and simultaneous competition, instead of the single run time trial format they tend to have.<br /><br />Imagine 5 guys launching themselves at the same time down a massive ski jump. You could see who won in real time, plus there'd be spectacular collisions. Bobsled and luge on a massive track with multiple racers would be incredible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com