Thought for the day

[noirua]

Understates is never over estimated.

Never ever let up until the final bell.

Do what you know you must do, and when things go wrong, still do what you know you must do.

 

[2020hindsight]

(as I heard Bill Leak say the other day)
Best way to kill time is to work it to death.

 

[CoffeeKing]

I'm quite prepared to sleep my way to the top.

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[noirua]

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I nearly ended up hypnotized, thank goodness it was only 13 seconds.

Always remember, an anagram of GARDEN is DANGER.

& & & don't forget, only 6 days left to vote for ASF at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html

 

[noirua]

When you see the finishing line don't gasp with joy and don't be relieved or go behind a bush for relief. [size=+2]No![/size] Smile as the final lap is in sight and the job is to be done.

By the way, have you voted yet for Aussie Stock Forums at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html
Yes! We are on the final lap.

 

[noirua]

By the way, have you voted yet for Aussie Stock Forums at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html
Yes! We are on the final lap.

If two people start and travel in a straight line in the same direction, one travelling at half the speed of the other, can they ever meet?

 

[noirua]

By the way, have you voted yet for Aussie Stock Forums at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html
Yes! We are on the final lap.

Love starts as two way traffic and as they get older, it becomes one way traffic.

 

[noirua]

By the way, have you voted yet for Aussie Stock Forums at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html
Yes! We are on the final lap.

Love starts as two way traffic and as they get older it becomes one way traffic.

 

[noirua]

By the way, have you voted yet for Aussie Stock Forums at http://www.thebull.com.au/the_stockies/forums.html
Yes! We are on the final lap.

Trust thee not those who want your trust.

 

[noirua]

Never before had he been known to utter violence of any kind. Then one day he was spammed and said, "anymore of this and I will jettison them back and burn out your hard disk". Then he found out who did it and is now is serving 10 years for burning his aggressors house down.

 

[noirua]

If at first you don't succeed then sky diving is not for you.

A definition of a gentleman is one who can play the bagpipes, but doesn't.

If a post is more than two hundred words long then very, very few will do much more than quickly skim through it. Even worse, if it is copied from another website, when even less will even skim through it. We're bored easily.
Excellent if it has been read through, understood, and offered as a precis with citing.

 

[2020hindsight]

Just sending some Xmas cards - and came across this quote in a calendar.
Personally I really like it ...

"Dance as though no one is watching you
Love as though you have never been hurt before
Sing as though no one can hear you
Live is though Heaven is on Earth !"

but then I started to play with the words lol ...

"Dance as though Heaven is on Earth
Love as though no one can hear you
Sing as though you have never been hurt before
Live is though no one is watching you "

whatever
(maybe you had to be there at the time )

 

[noirua]

Just sending some Xmas cards - and came across this quote in a calendar.
Personally I really like it ...

"Dance as though no one is watching you
Love as though you have never been hurt before
Sing as though no one can hear you
Live is though Heaven is on Earth !"

but then I started to play with the words lol ...

"Dance as though Heaven is on Earth
Love as though no one can hear you
Sing as though you have never been hurt before
Live is though no one is watching you "

whatever
(maybe you had to be there at the time)

Trying hard not to be rude 2020, well not all that hard. I don't like your Xmas card at all. Even worse the rhyme. Doesn't make much sense at all, it's ...
Happy Xmas

 

[noirua]

Good grief! I feel so nervous and agitated now, I see a jangle of nurselings coming along, poor things.

Second thoughts, I like your Xmas Card after all 2020. I'll have two dozen please.

 

[noirua]

......and she thought there was nothing for it, it's got to be said, "getting back together won't work, if you open the road before it's properly repaired."

 

[2020hindsight]

.. I don't like your Xmas card at all - Doesn't make much sense at all - Happy Xmas

lol - happy Xmas noi -

PS would you prefer this version then? :-

"Dance as though you have never been hurt before (eg ignore the dislocated knee from last time)
Love as though no one can hear you (e.g. and to hell with the neighbours)
Sing as though everyone else is tone deaf as well (in both Heaven AND Earth)
Live is though no one is watching you (but spray paint the lens of the security camera first)"

 

[2020hindsight]

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

Conclusion: Eat and drink whatever you like. It's speaking English that kills you.

 

[noirua]

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans.

Conclusion: Eat and drink whatever you like. It's speaking English that kills you.

During my two extended stays in Ontario they persisted in serving up these massive size muffins. Blueberry muffins seemed to be favourites. Loads of calories.
Canadians seemed to do little walking and always drove to the mall. Then in the office I worked they would discuss their numbers. Cholesterol and blood pressure etc.,
Quite a few were very large and sensitive to criticism. "Not all criticism is adverse", a certain Scotsman would say. He would often arrive a bit tipsy and one day they wouldn't let him in, - he needed a dram to fight off the extreme cold, minus 20degC that day - he never returned.

I could go on ... and on ... and ...

 

[2020hindsight]

noi - ABC radio yesterday - an interview with a fellow who had studied the island of Sardinia, and the fact that there are heaps of the population who make it to 100+ . Centenarians whatever.

Anyway the people tended to be small, and tended to have eaten less throuh their lives due to depression etc.

He went on .. "They've shown in experiments that if you reduce the diet to a rat by one third, then it lives longer, - one lived to the equivalent of 130 years in human terms. But they were the scrawniest most unhappy rats you've ever seen "

So, like always there's good news, and there's bad news.

 

[2020hindsight]

Lol - and the French don't get as many heart attacks because of their red wine intake - but... (as he explained) -

That doesn't mean they live longer ... - because they die of kidney failure first

Although this bloke seems to have enjoyed a lifelong wrestle with the grapevine.

(PS He also said that the centenarians he interviewed were all religious. He didn't meet one atheist among their number lol. - and I don't doubt it for a minute - less stress perhaps, more accepting of things because it was the Hand of God etc - not that I'm about to change my religious beliefs on that score).

http://www.benhills.com/books/IslandOfTheAncients/index.html

The Island of the Ancients
Secrets of Sardinia’s Centenarians
By Ben Hills,

Ben and Mayu at the launch of The Island of the Ancients & the opening of her exhibition of Sardinian photographs.

In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea lies a small, remote rocky island which for millennia has been the battleground for the competing empires of the Phoenicians, the Cartheginians, the Romans, Catalans, and the Ottoman Turks. Today, Sardinia is best known as a peaceful sun-drenched holiday destination .....

But there is another reason why this magical place has attracted attention from the world’s leading scientists: the people of Sardinia are among the longest-lived on earth – three times as likely to reach the remarkable milestone of 100 as the English, Americans, Australians or almost anyone else on earth.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/08/25/2348707.htm

Not only do the people of Sardinina live for a long time...the men live almost as long as the women.

Journalist Ben Hills and his photographer partner Mayu Kanamori interviewed 24 centenarians on the island of Sardinia - looking for the secret of their long life. etc

... They met Salvatore Spano a 100 year old folk dancer who insisted on demonstrating how he could still stand on his head.