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03-28-2018, 05:57 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: New Orleans
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Are you lucky?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. My life has been pretty interesting that way.
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03-28-2018, 06:41 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Great article. I agree with the lucky vs unlucky experiments. Have always had my eyes wide open and it has rewarded me handsomely my entire life.
Thanks for sharing the article.
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04-01-2018, 02:36 PM
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#43
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Henderson
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calmloki
Finding money - everyone likes it. See: The Grand Seduction.
I feel lucky when I'm walking on the road and find drywall screws or nails. Pick them up and toss in the next trash can I see. Figure someone won't have a bad day and the world is a bit better.
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Enjoyable movie.
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04-01-2018, 02:54 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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All of us are lucky!
If you think you are not, imagine yourself being born into a country where commuting to work on a train means something like this.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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04-01-2018, 03:06 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
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^^^^ Where is the fare collector in all that mess ?
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04-01-2018, 03:09 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aja8888
^^^^ Where is the fare collector in all that mess ?
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All I can say is, "poor conductor".
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Numbers is hard
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04-01-2018, 03:10 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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Can you imagine what it's like in 2nd class?
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The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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04-01-2018, 03:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: yonder
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Don't women get to ride on the outside?
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When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich--philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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04-01-2018, 03:51 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Midwest
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redduck
Don't women get to ride on the outside?
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They most likely get tired of all the "accidental" body contact.
Friend married a Japanese woman. The stories she told of being groped as a young teenager on the subway by middle aged men were scary. Because of the close quarters, she usually did not even know who was doing it.
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04-01-2018, 04:49 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Deep South Bay
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I’m beyond lucky, I’ve been blessed with the outcome of my life, I’ve had lucky and unlucky streaks but the story of my life can’t be anything but a blessing.
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04-01-2018, 07:08 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Did somebody just mention trains in Japan? Here's a video of "people stuffing". Groping? There's plenty of full-body contact as it is.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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04-01-2018, 07:15 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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And here's life along the railway.
This is still better than people living in cages in Hong Kong, a living condition I have posted about earlier.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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04-02-2018, 07:47 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2011
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I never win lotteries or chances.
BUT....I always, ALWAYS find a parking space right where I need to be. Always. It's kind of spooky in a way.
There might be a big event, a large city or busy restaurant but just as I get there someone is pulling out of a spot. In the past 10 years of driving every day, I might have missed 5 times.
I've often commented that "I worry about a lot of things, but finding a place to park my car isn't one of them"
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04-02-2018, 08:36 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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I do not have problems finding a parking space either. But then, it is because I do not mind walking to get some exercise.
And I already walk plenty, even on days where I do not take out the car.
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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man" -- Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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04-03-2018, 09:38 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 4,354
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Luck is something like winning a drawing. Or being born into a good environment and parents. The rest of life's supposed luck events are due to planning and preparation, with some hard work and conscientiousness of the world around you. In those rest of life events you increase your odds of luck by being ready for it; and recognizing it when it arrives. So in that sense I am lucky because I have prepared in advance.
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You can't spend yourself to prosperity.
Semi-Retired 7/1/16: working part-time (60%) for now [4/24/17 changed to 80%]
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