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09-21-2018, 11:04 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
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This is my favorite:
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face."
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09-21-2018, 12:42 PM
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#42
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,396
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Never ask a woman if she is pregnant, or assume she is pregnant and ask when she is due or if she is having a boy or a girl. Never. Ever. No matter how big she is.
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09-21-2018, 01:18 PM
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#43
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 2,676
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by JustCurious
Never ask a woman if she is pregnant, or assume she is pregnant and ask when she is due or if she is having a boy or a girl. Never. Ever. No matter how big she is.
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I think writer Dave Barry put it best: “You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.”
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-Looking to FIRE in the mid-2020s, which would be our mid-50s.
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09-21-2018, 01:32 PM
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#44
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
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Never sip wine while shopping online ! Trust me weird packages will show up !
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09-21-2018, 01:35 PM
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#45
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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Caution - Thread Hijack!
Quote:
Originally Posted by JustCurious
Never ask a woman if she is pregnant, or assume she is pregnant and ask when she is due or if she is having a boy or a girl. Never. Ever. No matter how big she is.
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War story from w*rk.
New production manager has heated conversation with long time master scheduler. She gets emotional and asks (demands) that he leave her office.
Points to note here: he's rather crass; she's theory X to the level that Machiavelli would have been proud of (also very much on the "plus size").
Okay, he comes out to us peers and explains that he got in a dust up. We all feign angst and remorse and tell him that she's "in a delicate condition."
So, our fall guy goes back later and apologizes for being combative but was unaware that she was in a family way.
A great, great day at the office! 
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Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
W. Rogers
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09-21-2018, 01:55 PM
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#46
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 4,663
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My wise MIL told me that acceptance is the key to happiness.
Trying to change the past or change others is a waste of time.
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09-21-2018, 03:35 PM
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#47
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southern Cal
Posts: 4,032
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustCurious
Never ask a woman if she is pregnant, or assume she is pregnant and ask when she is due or if she is having a boy or a girl. Never. Ever. No matter how big she is.
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Haha, that is true. I wore bigger size when I was pregnant, nobody dared asked if I was pregnant. Finally when we had real management change as is in taking over permanently, one of the VPs asked when I was due. My clueless coworker said to me, he thought that’s weird question, why would they think I was a book, as it was due in library sense.
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09-23-2018, 10:41 AM
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#48
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 15
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The way I learned it was never ask a woman if she’s pregnant unless you can see the baby’s head emerging.
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09-23-2018, 05:59 PM
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#49
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 3,502
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After breaking my ankle the PT was teaching me how to navigate stairs. I told him how nervous it made me and he advised, " If you're going to fall, fall up. " Good career advise too.
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
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If you can't say something nice about a person, sit next to me
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09-23-2018, 07:13 PM
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#50
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: The Shire
Posts: 1,504
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If you can't say something nice about a person, sit next to me
99% of the universe is statistical.
A man who will cheat on his wife will cheat you too.
Silence is golden.
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Paying it forward is the best investment.
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09-23-2018, 07:18 PM
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#51
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: High Plains Non-Drifter
Posts: 314
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem.
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09-23-2018, 07:32 PM
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#52
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,521
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Never hit your thumb with a hammer.
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09-23-2018, 07:38 PM
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#53
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 8,968
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Old people are grumpy.
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09-24-2018, 08:19 AM
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#54
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The Emerald City
Posts: 124
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Keep it simple.
Use it or lose it.
It is always better to know the truth.
This above all: to thine own self be true.
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09-24-2018, 08:27 AM
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#55
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,731
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No matter what checkout/service line I pick to stand in, the other lines will always move faster.
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*********Go Yankees!*********
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09-24-2018, 08:42 AM
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#56
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,115
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“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” John Muir
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09-24-2018, 08:45 AM
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#57
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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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Never go out to the car before the woman has left the house.
My first wife, my late wife, and DW, all efficient women, share(d) this trait:
Preparing to leave the building, to go wherever, we could/can both be fully dressed and ostensibly ready to go.
Naah......go out to the drive, start the car.......and wait....and wait..."What on EARTH can they be doing?"
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"Exit, pursued by a bear."
The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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09-24-2018, 08:55 AM
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#58
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 335
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Old Air Force rule of thumb.
Measure it with a micrometer.
Mark it with a pencil.
Cut it with an ax.
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09-24-2018, 08:57 AM
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#59
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 929
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If you have to force it, it's wrong. This holds true for home repairs, relationships, vacations...
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09-24-2018, 09:07 AM
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#60
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North
Posts: 4,043
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Work smarter, not harder.
Brains not brawn.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Catch more bees with honey.
Can't put a square peg through a round hole.
Quality is never an accident.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Patience is free.
Move with a purpose.
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