QOTD: they don’t. The day I am no longer curious is when my priorities and decisions will change.

Gary, as much as your guests are often interesting, your guest episodes, in all their unedited glory, have a much lower QPR (where Price is the time needed to watch them). Sort of like what happened to the Wine Spectator. Started off being mostly about wine but evolved into a lifestyle/cigar smoking/big house/vacation spot/bling magazine.

As a consequence I end up just listening to the episode while doing something else – like my income taxes for example. And just listening to them presents their own problems as I have noticed that in almost all the guest episodes, I have absolutely no problem hearing you but can barely hear your guest(s). So if I turn up the volume to hear them you blast out.

IMHO, you should keep the guest episodes down to 1 every 2 weeks max.

Regardless, you still usually bring the thunder.

Edwardo

QOTD: they don’t. The day I am no longer curious is when my priorities and decisions will change.

Gary, as much as your guests are often interesting, your guest episodes, in all their unedited glory, have a much lower QPR (where Price is the time needed to watch them). Sort of like what happened to the Wine Spectator. Started off being mostly about wine but evolved into a lifestyle/cigar smoking/big house/vacation spot/bling magazine.

As a consequence I end up just listening to the episode while doing something else – like my income taxes for example. And just listening to them presents their own problems as I have noticed that in almost all the guest episodes, I have absolutely no problem hearing you but can barely hear your guest(s). So if I turn up the volume to hear them you blast out.

IMHO, you should keep the guest episodes down to 1 every 2 weeks max.

Regardless, you still usually bring the thunder.

Edwardo

Can’t disagree with you more… Trading up for Sanchez at the #5 spot – HUGE mistake. Only a 1st rounder and 2nd rounder Plus 3 guys??? Hey, Coleman and Elam aren’t Hall of Famers, but they are solid players. To give them up and your 2nd rounder: JETS could have had Michael Crabtree and Maluega (USC linebacker) with those two picks.

Sanchez could turn out to be a good QB, but the odds are against it. Why take that risk at so high a cost? Bad, bad trade/pick… BAD. Don’t talk yourself into it.

Nice to have you back and I’m really glad you clarified the Draft Day reaction. I agreed that we had some other needs which must be filled but I really liked the move. I appreciate the fact that the front office is not afraid to make the big moves and take a chance a possible franchise QB. I’m also a huge Shonn Greene fan. He is nasty and I think he will make an instant impact.

Getting to the wine, I am really enjoying Malbec right now. I had a 2007 Amancaya Malbec that I loved.

QOTD – If retirement was not an option, I would probably quit my job and try to pursue some of my other interests.

Fantastic guest. I can see why his book sold as well as it did.

If I couldn’t retire I would help people. Teach, instruct, impart my knowledge to others. The only reason we are here is the relationships and interactions that we have with other people.

GARY!!!
TIM!!
Fun episode…but i have to admit..Im afraid of bees!

QOTD: OK, I dont see “retirement” necessarily as a time to stop doing something you hate, but rather a time set aside for doing other things… Perhaps things that you worked so hard for in the 1st place..
I would love to buy a vineyard with Glen..winecrazy!! 🙂
AND..I would love to travel… I would spend years in Tuscany making wine..painting…loving…and years in France learning to cook their way…(I did this for a short time, btw..) Years in Spain perfecting the siesta…years on an island learning to surf…
I would do this until I couldnt any longer..

Oh wait, that sounded like a cut on Tim. I didn’t mean it that way, just that the bee was over-the-top, trying to get airtime.

Oh wait, that sounded like a cut on Tim. I didn’t mean it that way, just that the bee was over-the-top, trying to get airtime.

good call on not killing the bee. gotta have those to pollenate the flowers. too bad it met its end in the light, though.

qotd: wouldn’t change a thing. well, maybe i would drink better wine.

I am starting to like Malbecs, too. I do agree with one of the other postings that most of the guests are not knowledgeable about wines. I would love to see another “expert” on and see how each of you rate and compare the wines.

Great show!
I have been drinking Malbec for the last ten years and it remains my favorite wine, so it was nice to learn a little more today. I had been thinking to write in because I tried a great one recently called Viña Amalia 2005. I bought it because it was $10 and the other 2005s were between $15 and $50, with most close to $50. I’ll never know what is so great about those ones.
My question is about vintage. Are the 2005 Argentine Malbecs supposed to be an outstanding vintage? If so, does vintage quality apply to a specific winery or to a whole growing region? Could that mean that all 2005 Malbecs from Mendoza are excellent, or at least better than some other year? Can a fine vintage apply to whole large regions – Mendoza, Napa, Tuscany – or is it more specific than that?

QOTD: I dunno that I plan to retire, so much as do something I love and hopefully have enough money to where I can do it pro-bono for some NPO or charity.

hi Gary..I noticed you attended the draft and you looked pretty upset about giving away sooooo much for a 16 game starter named sanchez..I think the kid has some big time upside but understand your frustration..Alot is riding on this kid because if he does not pan out this deal will set the jets back for years..Hoping for the best for your sake. I have enough problems being a cowboy fan…take care

Bother way great show today keep bringing the thunder

Awesome episode. Love Tim’s one-liners that he sneaks in here and there. Crazy thing: 2 minutes after the bee appeared on screen, a real bee flew into my room. Had to pause the video to chase it out.

QOTD: Still in college now, so if retirement is out of the question then I’d better do something I really like for the rest of my life. Like drinking wine.

QOTD: If retirement were removed from the equation, I would make my top priority raising grass fed cows that I sing “Toy Soldiers” to while watching suicidal bees.

Sanchez is a great pick up for you, but we got the best nickname of the draft Frank “The Tank” Summers.

QOTD: Once I pass the bar this summer, I would set up my own law office earlier that I plan in my career. This would be in order to have the flexibility to do the other things that interest me.

Very nice guest. Enjoyed the show. Good to have you back GV.

I plan on retiring from my career, taking the pension, if they still exist then, and finding another job.

I think this is the most bromance I have ever seen on the Thunder Show. I was sort of anticipating a kiss at the end.

QOTD: As an architect/designer, I am already doing what I love and my career is centered on making beautiful things. I don’t need to retire from that.

Great guest, Gary!

QOTD: I’m only 23, and I am still trying to find a work/field that I’m really passionate about. I think you’d agree, once you find your passion, retirement is something you could live without. My thought is that most older people answering this QOTD would say that if retirement wasn’t an option in the end, they would try harder (and maybe risk more) to find a work/life that they LOVE in the present. That said, I think a lot of people discover new passions during retirement, which is awesome – perhaps life is a journey of accumulating passions?

BTW, had an amazing time on the Thundercruise, I’ve been raving to everyone and I can’t wait for next year’s!

@tferris! GV pumped you had him on this guy seems like a solid guy I have read his book and it offers some great advice. Funny Malbecs were the topic they are def getting hot, up here I was at a restaurant where 2 out of the four wine specials were Malbec…either way great show and QOTD: I never think about retirement, I have that businessmen’s spirit I will always be working on something.

tg

MOTT kill the bee it has the SWINE FLU!!

Did tim just say he likes the Big Fruit? Was he talking about Gary or the wine?

That bee has a better arm the Jets draft pick

Fruity from start to finish! That could be the title of Gary’s next book!