How Alan Won A Dinner Bet With Me

[Rob.Singer]

Yes it's true--I lost a bet. And that bet was made months ago (probably almost a year by now). I said I believed the stock market was going to go into decline I think when it was just below 15,000, and I was pulling any money I had invested in the market out, which I did (except for our 401k's). He didn't believe it was going south, and of course he was right. I still think it's at an artificial high and is very vulnerable when the next big terror attack hits here. But he was right, and I pay.

We're set up for Jan., right after we unload the last of a house full of relatives. Some people wonder how we can be friends when I give him such a hard time at times and he does back at me. But that's what friends are. I might come across as a disrespectful rough guy on forums, but that's because it's the nature of the beast. It's entirely different in person or on the phone. After all, how did I do well at working for 25 years, and can you imagine how long a marriage would last if I were the same in person!?

Arci, take note. While everyone knows you're a pathological liar & rotten to the core, there HAS to be someone out there that you're pleasant to....even if you disagree with him/her and/or just don't want to believe them. The big wonder here is how you've been able to live with yourself so many years with such a bad attitude, etc.

I haven't been inside a casino I think since early Sept. and I won't be in another until Alan & I meet up. I don't really miss it either. The key is to have a life. But I can honestly say, our dinner is something I've really been looking forward to, and he wouldn't have had to win a bet for this to happen.

[redietz]

Rob, why is it "the nature of the beast?" Since when do certain forms of communication require lack of civility?

[slingshot]

Rob, why is it "the nature of the beast?" Since when do certain forms of communication require lack of civility?

This is an outsider's guess after knowing him thru his columns and emails:
(1) He hates the 10 year period where he wasted his resources, thinking he was a perfect player.
(2) He hates that he tried-for free- to help others in like dilemma, and
(3) He hates that many cannot grasp so simple a concept as short term strategy, who
(4) Publicly denounce him as a fraud.

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob and I are friends. It's true he is not the same person "in person" as he is online. He is so different in person that I think he really does tip all those people he says he doesn't.

[regnis]

Maybe you should tape the dinner Alan. Can't be worse than the Kardashians.

[Alan Mendelson]

Maybe you should tape the dinner Alan. Can't be worse than the Kardashians.

I don't dare tape it. We are going to sit there and laugh about the rest of you. LOL

[Rob.Singer]

Rob and I are friends. It's true he is not the same person "in person" as he is online. He is so different in person that I think he really does tip all those people he says he doesn't.

Early on in my work career a great, black company leader told me that if I were to be anything even close to successful the rest of my life, I should seriously think about committing to always doing what I say I will do--and in the very few instances something gets in the way of that, to let the other party always know in advance, if possible. That is, in a nutshell, the very, very best way to gain other people's trust--and to keep it.

I did what he advised, and to this day, other than loving my family and treating them with respect, it is THE most important active part of my life. So no Alan, I will never tip those whom I have said I don't tip. Being trusted also means one should not lie. I rarely do, either in person or online or anywhere else. And when I do tell an infrequent non-truth, it never has anything to do with trust, help, or in any way that might even slightly hurt someone somehow. In essence, white lies that everyone comes up with occasionally.

redietz, lack-of-civility should in no way be confused with how I confront public liars of my person or those who verbally have attacked my family. I'm no pussy. And in person, if I'm purposely crossed then the other person might not like how that eventually turns out. I believe in giving everybody except drunk drivers and child molesters a fair and second chance. Remember I went on Fezzik's radio show to face him? I also was filmed for the travel channel in Anthony Curtis' office, went to meet up with Bob Dancer at the old Aladdin, met with talked to & was interviewed by the wizard, tried to meet the wizard and his pack of geniuses, walked into a Skip Hughes meeting by member-invitation but was told to leave by him, and after Jeffrey Compton went storming into my book publisher's office screaming how he was going to sue me & them I went right back over to his to discuss it. But when people don't learn and again can't be truthful or decent then l'll boldly get back in their face.

[slobdinger]

I don't dare tape it. We are going to sit there and laugh about the rest of you. LOL

Yes, they should have a good laugh over the 1 in 11 crowd. Ignorance is bliss

[slobdinger]

Early on in my work career a great, black company leader told me that if I were to be anything even close to successful the rest of my life, I should seriously think about committing to always doing what I say I will do--and in the very few instances something gets in the way of that, to let the other party always know in advance, if possible. That is, in a nutshell, the very, very best way to gain other people's trust--and to keep it.

I did what he advised, and to this day, other than loving my family and treating them with respect, it is THE most important active part of my life. So no Alan, I will never tip those whom I have said I don't tip. Being trusted also means one should not lie. I rarely do, either in person or online or anywhere else. And when I do tell an infrequent non-truth, it never has anything to do with trust, help, or in any way that might even slightly hurt someone somehow. In essence, white lies that everyone comes up with occasionally.

redietz, lack-of-civility should in no way be confused with how I confront public liars of my person or those who verbally have attacked my family. I'm no pussy. And in person, if I'm purposely crossed then the other person might not like how that eventually turns out. I believe in giving everybody except drunk drivers and child molesters a fair and second chance. Remember I went on Fezzik's radio show to face him? I also was filmed for the travel channel in Anthony Curtis' office, went to meet up with Bob Dancer at the old Aladdin, met with talked to & was interviewed by the wizard, tried to meet the wizard and his pack of geniuses, walked into a Skip Hughes meeting by member-invitation but was told to leave by him, and after Jeffrey Compton went storming into my book publisher's office screaming how he was going to sue me & them I went right back over to his to discuss it. But when people don't learn and again can't be truthful or decent then l'll boldly get back in their face.

Ah, yes. The Fezzik interview. That's when
Rob told him that when he hits his win goal he immediately leaves the casino and drives back to his home in Scottsdale. Fezzik's reply was "What do you do? Tag the building?" Hysterically funny!

[Bill Yung]

I don't dare tape it. We are going to sit there and laugh about the rest of you. LOL

Yes, they should have a good laugh over the 1 in 11 crowd. Ignorance is bliss

All this reminds me of that Monty Python flick about coming back to fight like a man.