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majorshrapnel
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Date Posted:2024-10-09 08:26:30Copy HTML Growing old is something you do if you're lucky It is impossible to design anything that is foolproof because fools are ingenious Before I speak I have something important to say Groucho Marx You know that look that women get when they want sex? Me neither Steve Martin When choosing between two evils I always pick the one I haven't tried before Mae West There are a number of mechanical devices which increase the sexual arousal of women, a Ferrari is one of them P J O'Rourke A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don't need it Bob Hope All I ask is a chance to prove that money won't make me happy Spike Milligan A secret is something that is only repeated to one person at a time Robert McCrum |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-05 01:32:17Copy HTML I'm amazed that armies could have thousands of men under arms at all considering the host of debilitating conditions people were subject to years ago. The Crimean War is a good example of disease being a far greater killer than the enemy itself. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-06 08:08:43Copy HTML "Burn the Boats" a phrase traced to conquistador Hernan Cortes before the 1519 conquest of Mexico, meaning a full commitment to success with no option for retreat. Some say it is a deplorable use of settler-colonial rhetoric. |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-12 01:21:58Copy HTML "There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes." Hemmingway |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-18 12:19:03Copy HTML "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." David Hackworth |
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-19 07:40:11Copy HTML You don’t regulate for growth, you deregulate.
Rupert Lowe of the restore party answering the chancellor‘s quote, that you regulate for growth in the economy |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-19 07:49:29Copy HTML You've jumped ship for Restore? You know they have zero chance of getting anywhere. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-19 11:25:12Copy HTML No chance of getting anywhere? They have attracted 120,000 paid up members in a matter of weeks and are polling at an incredible 10% overall. No, I won't vote for them this time as it's truly imperative we remove this government but in the future? No doubt I will. |
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-19 12:02:41Copy HTML I see Restore's membership has now gone up to 130,000 members and the Labour party's membership is dropping by 152 members a day and accelerating. |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-19 07:03:17Copy HTML The danger is a split opposition, although Labour is facing the same threat with the rise of the Greens. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-20 01:34:13Copy HTML "The glory of war is a lie sold by cowards dressed in suits" Hemmingway. |
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-20 03:44:29Copy HTML Fame is being asked to sign your name on the back of a cigarette packet
Billy Connolly |
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-23 07:45:39Copy HTML Of all the tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. it would be better to live under robber Barons that the oppressive moral busy bodies. The robber Barons may sleep sometime, his cupidity may sometimes be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience
CS Lewis talking about lefty’s |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-29 12:35:50Copy HTML In 1776 he wrote, "We have it in our power to begin the world over again." Thomas Paine.
Seems to have relevancy today given the implications of the conflict with Iran. |
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majorshrapnel
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-29 07:34:13Copy HTML If only that were correct, having the power to begin the world over again, we could stop Islam ever arising. The world will be a lot safer place when Iran has its radical leaders exterminated and a new breed of leader installed. |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-29 09:20:27Copy HTML For all its faults how much better off Iran was under the Shah. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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Greystarfish1
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-29 11:04:12Copy HTML For all its faults how much better off Iran was under the Shah. I totally agree. I hope that the Shah's son can be returned to power. |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-04-30 11:58:56Copy HTML "Get down off your cross, honey, someone needs the wood." Dolly Parton |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-01 11:35:38Copy HTML "To anger a conservative lie to him, to anger a liberal tell him the truth." Teddy Roosevelt |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-02 11:46:37Copy HTML "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him someone to look down on." Lyndon B. Johnson. |
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 12:03:39Copy HTML "Being a cop is basically dealing the people being mad at you for decisions they made." An instructor at the police academy. |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 12:27:42Copy HTML Did you call miscreants "punk" as T J Hooker does every episode? You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 02:25:33Copy HTML Did you call miscreants "punk" as T J Hooker does every episode? Among other "handles" that I cannot post here. The Southern Baptists would be offended. |
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Greystarfish1
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 04:48:28Copy HTML Did you call miscreants "punk" as T J Hooker does every episode? Punk and dirt bag are two of them. Do you watch Blue Bloods and/or Boston Blue? You will hear the language from the police officers and detectives, especially from Det. Danny Reagan. |
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MarkUK
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 06:28:02Copy HTML I don't think we get them over here, although with the internet anything is accessible. I'm not a great watcher of crime dramas unless they're set in pre-war days or have gorgeous actresses in them such as Heather Locklear. It sounds odd but if I saw a TV drama advertised set today I probably wouldn't watch it, but if they produced the same thing set in the 19th century I would, You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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tommytalldog
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Re:QUOTES Date Posted:2026-05-03 07:42:49Copy HTML Heather Locklear/Britney Spears?? You seem to be infatuated with women who have alcohol, substance abuse, & mental disorders. They must have 30 failed re-habs between them. |