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#1 Re: Quote of the day

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or "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"
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Figures don't lie but liars figure!
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83.7% of people don't trust statistics
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
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:lol: :lol:
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
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I think that is the definitive answer Pete :lol:
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I almost spat coffee across my keyboard. Well played [mention]Cruncher Pete[/mention] :clap: :clap: :clap:
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There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
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Cruncher Pete wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:45 am You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

– Richard Bac

How can I use a different past. Yesterday has gone and tomorrow is not yet here...Peter Shane
Now you used a different past: the author of the quote was Richard Bach...
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Cruncher Pete wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:59 am Today's Quote of the Day
Oct
10
2020


Few people get to do what they want to do in life. Be one of them.

– Andy Broer
Somehow this appeals to me
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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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I told you I was ill

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” Thomas S. Szasz
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I like that but the programmer in me spots a missing combination ... the senile forget but do not forgive :rofl:
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davidBAM wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:36 pm I like that but the programmer in me spots a missing combination ... the senile forget but do not forgive :rofl:
I agree that is also correct. :-)
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"It's déjà vu, all over again"

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Dirk Broer wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:52 pm "It's déjà vu, all over again"

-yogi berra
i always liked that one too. :-)
"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
General George Patton

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What bridge?

Field Marshal Montgomery
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Miklos M wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:07 pm
Dirk Broer wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:52 pm "It's déjà vu, all over again"

-yogi berra
i always liked that one too. :-)
"If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
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davidBAM wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:22 pm What bridge?
Field Marshal Montgomery
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I thought you'd get the connection @Dirk Broer

Monty's great nephew or some-such is in our local AmDram group. We call him Monty (with stunning originality)
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"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
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"When your temper rises lower your fists when your fists rise lower your temper".
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