Glasseye Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 One of mine..... "No expectations, no disappointments" I picked this up from a guy I trained when he joined the department. Then worked with him for many years. There are only maybe a handful of other guys I would have as much confidence working on my side going on a radio call (or working a case). He retired at the age of 56. Four months after retirement he got up one night to take a piss, but couldn't. Two months later he was dead. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampariO Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Just saw this in Chaiyaphum 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 If it floats, flies or fcuks , it's normally cheaper to rent ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I saw this quote when I was deciding whether to take redundancy and go travelling back in 2014 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!" it is often attributed to Mark Twain , but like many of these inspirational quotes , it's fairly modern ... it's actually from a book written in 1990 .. anyway I took the cash and the rest is history 😎 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: I saw this quote when I was deciding whether to take redundancy and go travelling back in 2014 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!" it is often attributed to Mark Twain , but like many of these inspirational quotes , it's fairly modern ... it's actually from a book written in 1990 .. anyway I took the cash and the rest is history 😎 I like this one a lot,inspired me to do as .many munros,and hiking while my legs,body are still able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 ‘There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots’. Frank Spencer. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 you can pick your nose, and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friends nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binlid Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 "I would rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 hours ago, gs joe said: Loved that show, just brilliant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 This was read out at a mate's funeral Smile Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too I walked around the corner And someone saw me grin When he smiled I realised I had passed it on to him I thought about the smile And then realised its worth A single smile like mine Could travel round the earth So if you feel a smile begin Don’t leave it undetected Start an epidemic And get the world infected Spike Milligan 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Fuk off kunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy65 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Got this on my kitchen wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 17 hours ago, galenkia said: ‘There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots’. Frank Spencer. I would love to think it was Frank Spencer but it was quoted a little before his character hit the screens. “Don't be a show-off. Never be too proud to turn back. There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.” ― E. Hamilton Lee 1949 I remember learning to fly in Fort Worth, Meacham Airfield, in Texas back in 1980; it was a phrase that was recited to me numerous times by my instructor. It was also a phrase, my good friend Captain Fitzroy, told me from the cockpit of his Royal Brunei 737 as we were flying into Hong Kong and when he decided to have another go after aborting the landing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 John Sedgwick , American Civil War "they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist.... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 An old engineering machine shop floor saying when very busy - I don’t know if my arsehole is punched, bored, drilled or countersunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I have always liked the simple phrase..... "Shut the F*ck up" It is direct and high impact although it may occasionally end up with recieving a smack in the mouth 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Suck my cock, it's Blackpool rock ( maybe only Brits will understand ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 13 hours ago, Stillearly said: This was read out at a mate's funeral Smile Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too I walked around the corner And someone saw me grin When he smiled I realised I had passed it on to him I thought about the smile And then realised its worth A single smile like mine Could travel round the earth So if you feel a smile begin Don’t leave it undetected Start an epidemic And get the world infected Spike Milligan Love it mate. Wonderful. I have gotten so I can often even tell when someone is smiling even when they are wearing a mask. It's not 100 %, but it sure is fun to share a smile for even a short moment with someone in passing, a shop clerk and especially a good friend. I throw out an evil eye from time to time, because sometimes it's necessary to make a point quickly (safety related type thing). But when those shared smiles that are connected by a common observation or word, it's like magic, even if just for a second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 hours ago, richy65 said: Got this on my kitchen wall Tremendous ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 When my dad took me to football as a kid, when someone hit a shot at goal and was way out, he would say’ he couldn’t hit an elephants arsehole with a mallet’. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, galenkia said: When my dad took me to football as a kid, when someone hit a shot at goal and was way out, he would say’ he couldn’t hit an elephants arsehole with a mallet’. Supporting QPR , I bet that phrase was used a lot .... 😜555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 38 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Supporting QPR , I bet that phrase was used a lot .... 😜555 Actually that was when he took me to his team Brentford. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 hours ago, galenkia said: When my dad took me to football as a kid, when someone hit a shot at goal and was way out, he would say’ he couldn’t hit an elephants arsehole with a mallet’. Our equivalent was "he couldn't hit a cow on the arse with a banjo" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 One popular Canadian saying was " he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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