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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:44 pm
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If you dont like what you're doing, dont do it.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:46 pm
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Keep your can-do attitude for things you can do.

I can't remember where I read this one, but "Find something you love, then love it as hard as you can"

If you ever set yourself on fire, make sure you don't catch sight of yourself in the mirror as you're likely to panic.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:50 pm
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I'm with Binners/Homer

"Why do something today that you can put off forever"


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:56 pm
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that which doesn't kill you makes you stranger.....

I'm very scarred and certifiable ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 8:57 pm
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You dont stop having fun cos you get old....you get old cos you stop having fun.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 9:08 pm
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ferris Bueller I do believe


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 9:26 pm
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At John Ridgeway's adventure / bad-boys-borstal summer camp thing, we lived by three rules;

Self reliance
Leave people, places and things better than you found them
Don't fall into the abyss of self-pity

Had that wee 'holiday' foisted upon me back in my wild teen years and pretty much still live by those three mottos... Or try to.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 9:41 pm
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You are more likely to regret not doing something than doing it.

with the exception of Tomthumb


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 9:55 pm
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Life is a fatal disease. Nobody survives, so stop looking for a cure!


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:02 pm
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Never fart in an empty lift.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:10 pm
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A bit more from C_G:

Look for the good in everyone. It's there but with some you may have to dig a little deeper.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:33 pm
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always crap on company time


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:40 pm
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Never attribute to malice anything which can be explained by stupidity.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:44 pm
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Smile and the world smiles with you. Frown and the world wonders why you're such a miserable **** ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:46 pm
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never start a land war in se asia

always ask for a cut of the gross, never the net


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:54 pm
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knee high water is perfectly safe unless you're standing on your head


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 10:59 pm
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Try not to be sick on your day off
Absence makes the heart go wander
Don't be annoyed be a nerd


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 11:13 pm
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The maxim "don't ask 'why?', ask 'why not?!'" Has always served me well.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 11:18 pm
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LOL at Tribal.
Remember the chinese cockle-pickers at Morecombe bay? The were told to leave when the water reached knee-high. Unfortunately it was Nie-Hi's turn to look after the van...

A friend will help you move house. A good friend will help you move a body.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 11:25 pm
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in every group of friends there is always one person that's really annoying. If you don't think that's the case or can't think of anyone then it's You!


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 11:32 pm
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Hard work might pay off in the future, procrastination pays off now.


 
Posted : 30/03/2010 11:38 pm
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He who proposes a bet does not expect to lose


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:03 am
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Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission

always strikes me as incredibly selfish.

My tip? Steer clear of tequila


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:05 am
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If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Unless you're an IT techie, in which case:

If it ain't broke, fix it till it is broke.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:30 am
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A friend in need is a pain in the arse.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:32 am
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"if you don't recognise the number, don't answer the phone; if it is important, they'll leave a message. If they don't, it's not important"
- been applying this a fair bit lately. The world has not yet ended despite the dramatics of the odd person to begin with.

"Work to live, not live to work"
- done the 60+ hrs/week, 28 work days/month, earned heaps and was miserable. Do 38hrs/week, occasional OT, less money, but more time to enjoy what 'little' I do have.

"just because it is 'fun', doesn't mean it is not 'real' work"
- my family took a while to realise that 40hrs/week standing in the snow and cold for 6 months of the year in Colorado so that I could ski 150+ days/year was actually as real a job as being a miserable desk jockey. I had less comparable debt than any of them, way less stress, actually didn't mind going to work (except on pow days...), etc


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 1:04 am
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At work......... dont piss on them on the way up cos you might meet them on the way down again

work again..... to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late and to be late is unacceptable

and for those who tell tales behind your back ..... dont piss on my back and tell me its raining.

and mine over last few years ( to GF ).... i'd rather go riding on my bike at midnight than watch East fuc*ing enders


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 1:27 am
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As stated above:

This too will pass

Simple short snappy (just like me) and can be used no matter the situation. GF asked how i cope with stress and this is the answer, well this and more bikes than i can ride at one time.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 7:32 am
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Surpised nobody mentioned money yet...!

You can't take it with you

It's made round to go round

etc

And what would you rather have written on your gravestone - 'He loved his life', or 'He loved his work' ?


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 8:11 am
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IN Work - Never ask someone to do something that you wil not be prepared to do yourself.

IN life - We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 8:33 am
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Expert = "X" is an unknown quantity and "Spurt" is a drip under pressure.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 8:50 am
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Don't let other people make the most important decisions in your life


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 8:57 am
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I am happy to realise that I have never started a land war in South East Asia. I've never before been able to put my finger on why life was looking so peachy, but I now understand that this is the reason. Thanks, grievoustim. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 11:23 am
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Don't piss into the wind.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 11:28 am
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When the oil light on your car comes on, it DOES NOT mean "keep driving til you find a petrol station then top up the oil" !!!

That was an expensive lesson ๐Ÿ™

(For those who don't know, it means "your oil pump has failed - your engine has 10 seconds to live at this speed")


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:21 pm
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This reminds me of that Baz Luhrmann tune from a while back.

So in deference to that, wear sunscreen.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:51 pm
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Keep it up

(Whatever 'it' might be) ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 12:59 pm
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Never get involved in a land war in Asia.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 4:09 pm
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sst: on my mini when the red light came on, if you revved the t1ts off it, the light went out!


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 9:23 pm
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Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission
always strikes me as incredibly selfish.

true. But Authority has no imagination and must be Challenged by doing things They say you shouldn't. Like cycling on public footpaths. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 9:40 pm
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one cuts, one chooses, useful for sharing Mars bars


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 9:42 pm
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Either lead, follow or get out of the way..

Better to light one candle than complain of the dark.

Death is natures way of saying you have failed.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 9:43 pm
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ask not why, ask why not.


 
Posted : 31/03/2010 9:49 pm
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Farting in a lift is wrong.

On so many levels.


 
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