Posted on 11/17/2017 12:51:55 PM PST by Kaslin
Again, why should he pay money to do things if he didn't want to? Apparently, his show required research that he may not have wanted to pay people for in those days.
Sex robots? Oh good grief...I'm glad I didn't have the radio on yesterday!
IIRC...he met his second wife on line ( she was an early "groupy" of his, so all his time on line was NOT "show prep", much of which he stole from poster replies here and used them as his own words ) and the deaf bit was an excuse; he was over dosing on his pain pills.
Not only were his "new digs" ( his first apartment in NYC was no big deal, since he couldn't have cared less about being in NYC !) horribly decorated, but after it was done ( which was garrish, but he had wanted to "impress" the new, "IN" people he was mingling with and neither he nor that wife had any taste ) he fought with the decorator over the bill.
The "cheating" thing is something that poster pulled out of thin air; there hasn't be a word of that anywhere, that I know of.
At one time, he was a workaholic; he hasn't been one for many, many, many years and it shows!
You’re saying a wife is justified to divorce a man who is a homebody, especially when he has the means and location to do things?
Why live in one of THE most vibrant cities in the world and hardly venture outside your own domicile? And as I said in my earlier post, there always have been great things to do in NYC, from street fairs to historical site, to just people watching as one walks, that don't cost even a penny. And since he could afford theatre tickets, opera tickets, ballet tickets, baseball tickets, museum fees ( great museums which once were free and some of which still were, back then ! )to not avail one's self of ANY of that, and he didn't, is stupid beyond words!
His show prep really didn't take up all waking hours, when he wasn't on! And back then, he had people writing and doing parody songs for his show ( which he had NO part in at all! )which took up lots of time.
How long have YOU been listening to his radio show?
Did you ever watch his T.V. show?
I started listening to him in 1989 and watched his T.V. show when it was on. And trust me, he was just a lumpen hick, who was out of his depth and anti-social back then. Once the glitterati took him up, then he spent money like water, but the first wife was gone by then and the second wife, whom he met on line ( SHOW PREP MY AUNT FANNY! ) were out and about.
How do you know that you don't want to do something, without even giving it a try ?
Why pass up seeing historical sites, taking a ferry ride or a boat ride around Manhattan, with someone teaching you about the places you're passing? Neither of those things costs much and are fun things to do; especially with someone you supposedly love!
The 42 Street library is an architectural wonder, inside and out, and the number of books is astounding! AND IT'S ALL FREE!
Back when he first lived in NYC there were still some great shows on Broadway and the tickets were far less expensive than the outrageous prices they are asking now. And he could well afford to go to any number of them, but didn't.
Just being with someone you love, sharing experiences, strengthens that relationship. Sometimes that can cost money; many times it costs nothing!
OTOH...being in a place that offers SO much and such varied things to do and see, but NOT taking advantage of any of it is STUPID!
Wow! You know your Rush history!
I’m still a fan although, like many on his ping list, we bitch, moan and complain about him. I’m hoping one day he’ll get back to issues and away from Iphones and the NFL. I’m glad you cleared that up about “cheating”. The usual losers here seem to think that only women are responsible for divorce. No self-reflection on FR, no siree, that takes a brain.
About historical places in NYC - the New York Times travel section on Sunday has an article on Revolutionary War spots starting with Jumel-Morris mansion. It doesn’t look like they are attacking Gen. Washington for being a miserable racist but I didn’t read the entire thing yet...
I'm saying that acting as though one isn't married ( being ignored and nobody knows what else was wrong with that marriage, but we do know about that ), whilst being married, can be a pretty big cause for divorce.
And if you didn't know...he was also "talking" with the woman who became his second wife, on line, while ignoring his first wife.
Back then, Rush even talked about, proudly and disdainfully, how he hated NYC and couldn't be bothered with taking advantage of where he was. And then, all of a sudden, once he was taken up by the glitterati, he was out and about like crazy; but that was after wife #1 was gone!
From your post and another, it sounds as though there are posters here who haven't even a scintilla of an idea what it takes to have a good marriage or any kind of a relationship.
We no longer get the Times ( haven’t for decades and I started reading the whole Sunday N.Y. Times when I was 10. LOL )so didn’t know about that article and it sounds interesting. Please let me know what’s in it, after you finish reading it. :-)
Sprew hatred towards women? Make personal attacks against you? I would have treated you like a lady but you got into the gutter. I’ll respond frankly in that case. Hating all women no. Do sluts, immoral, narcissistic and greedy women repulse me? Yes, yes they do. When I look out at the seas of young and middle aged women I see those qualities more often than not. I am married fyi. I can’t very well hate all women lol.
Go away, you’re a bore and a pest as well as a woman-hater.
Only if you’re bad at it.
I’ve lived in Brooklyn for 28 years out of my 32; I’m aware of about 20-21 years.
There’s nothing good about living here. Never has been, never will be. If you live somewhere in the midwest or south, maybe I could trade places with you.
I really don’t care about going out and about to see the city. I just want to get where I have to go within a reasonable time, and I hate having to dodge tourists that take pictures of everything - especially when they stop short and you practically walk into them. And the buses and trains here... great example of how not to run a public transportation system.
There aren’t any open spaces here, and there aren’t any proper firearm ranges; I have experience with a Ruger 10/22, and a little .22 pistol, that’s it. Never fired 5.56, 7.62, .50, nothing else. The cost of living here is outrageous - we have roomshares that cost over $1000; you’re lucky to get a studio for less than $900. Taxes are ridiculous, the cost of living is ridiculous, everything is ridiculous. The city has gotten worse under Bill Bird, but guess what? The city chose to keep him for another 4 years. You think that’s a good city? He’s been disastrous.
I’ll go out to a movie theater maybe once every 2-3 years. I don’t go to watch Hollyweird productions - last two movies I saw were Japanese animation. Great characters, great stories, great voice acting, the whole works.
When I do go out somewhere, it’s with family and friends of the family. I also go places with my own friends, but that’s rare. Usually someone or other is playing a show at a bar or small venue.
There’s nothing here for anybody. People from other states and countries that come to live here are crazy. They’re totally jaded, and cannot understand or even accept the point of view of someone native to the city.
If I had the resources to leave, I already would have. Where I’d go... any place but here.
And again... why spend money if you don’t want to? He was under no obligation to spend money. He hated decorating? So do I. I hate deciding that, and I hate shopping. Maybe he hates shopping too. That would be something me and Rush have in common.
I don’t believe that women are responsible for all divorce, but they initiate it more often than men.
Life is too short
Please go find a spot where you can wake up to sun shining on your face and pine in your nostrils
He used to brag about himself and what he did or didn't do; on air and in his books. Any long time listener with a good memory would know this stuff. I probably could type even more stuff ( I did leave out a LOT! ), but I tried to keep it as short as possible.
I'm sick of the iPhone and NFL crap ( better than weeks on TOE FUNGUS, but not much )and his constant patting himself on the back!
As far as the usual suspect whingers and whiners here...not a one of them apparently knows nor understands what a good relationship entails.
So why don’t guys straighten up their act or at least ask why their women leave them? That’s rhetorical and in no need of an answer.
Why is the onus on men to do something?
Have you even ever been to the Brooklyn Museum ?
I went there when I was 6 and it was AMAZING ( not as good as the Met, mind you, but good ), way back when.
And there are great places to go and things to see in ALL of the 5 boroughs!
Open space? Go to central Park, Battery Park, lots of "green" spaces !
Yes, the damned tourists are damned awful; can't argue about that observation one bit. OTOH...those who move to NYC, from all over, who them call themselves "NEW YORKERS" are even worse!
People stopped voting. That stinking Commie de B. got elected, BOTH TIMES, by less than 20% of the eligible voting population!
The subways were horrible back in 1970 and have only gotten more expensive and worse since then. The buses, though slower, were still okay back then and I have no idea what they are like now, but I'll take your word for how they have degenerated.
NYC was ALWAYS an expensive place to live; though long before your parents were born, it was the ONLY major city that had poor, middle class, and wealthy distributions that were somewhat even.
Housing, in NYC, is partly a mess because of WWII rent stabilization and rent control laws and much newer laws re apartments for the "poor" stuff.
Is is somewhat cheaper to live in other places? Yes and no; you will NOT get paid anywhere near what you make now, for the same job, in other cities or towns! So costs may be less, but you have less money!
Do you love NYC pizza? If so, outside of a very few Northeast states...forget about finding even edible pizza, decent Italian restaurants, deli mustard, edible coleslaw, and a whole LOT of other things that you're used to and like.
Today's movies STINK, no matter where you live and unless you watch old ( very, very old to you ) movies, you have less than NO idea what a good movie is/should be like!
It wasn't that Rush didn't care about "decorating" at all...it's that he had NO taste and didn't understand what things he chose really cost! And he also didn't understand how a decorator works nor HOW to use one! He and his then wife loved the hot mess that they then lived with; neither knew any better. And obviously, you didn't pay all that much attention to what I and another poster wrote. LOL
You really think/imagine that things are better somewhere else, do ya? LOL,LOL,LOL
First of all, you've lived in Brooklyn ALL of your life! Anywhere else is going to be a foreign country for you AND you have an accent that will mark you. Many areas in this nation are populated by people who will HATE you, just because you sound "funny" to them and they blindly HATE New Yorkers. Just read posts here, by some of those morons! It won't matter at all, to those people that you are a CONSERVATIVE and like guns.
I'm not trying to insult you, nor telling you to never move; just trying to educate you and wake you up a bit to how things are outside of the bubble you live in.
Just read your post about NYC and you can’t find anything to do. I find that truly sad - and jaded. The young come to NYC to work or to find people like themselves or to pursue the arts. The tourists take pictures because they see things that you don’t seem to see. And they’re only here in the summer & at Xmas time.
It’s a wonderful vibrant city with PLENTY of open spaces - gorgeous 19th century designed parks and squares. Wonderful museums and while you may not like Hollywood movies, you could go to MOMA or Film Forum or what we did last night: went to The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria to see Fellini’s classic “Nights of Cabiria.” You could go to the 42nd Street Library and read in the classically beautiful Reading Room. Wander the Village and go into all the little food stores in Little Italy or walk into Chinatown and buy cheap but pretty items for a girl friend. Eat Dim Sum! Go to the Strand Bookstore. Visit Eataly.
Look at the schedule of the Barnes & Noble at Union Square and go see a favorite author. I once saw Christoper Hitchens speak about “Bill and Hill” and take questions for two hours years ago. Buy tickets to a show, a rock concert, a classical concert, an opera or ballet. Watch the crowds pouring into Lincoln Center on a winter’s Saturday night! It’s like living in the movie “Moonstruck.”
You live in Brooklyn - now a vibrant, hipster place with endless amounts of great restaurants, craft beer producers and ethnic markets and eateries. When I was first married we lived in Carroll Gardens and loved it.
It’s not perfect. There’s crime and transit problems and you can’t find a place to shoot a gun. But you find problems wherever one lives. You might want to check yourself for depression - I’m serious.
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