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    • B
      bertoni
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      The one that really does stick with me and stops me from becoming a complete c**t is this:

      “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

      Lord knows I need to remind myself regularly of this when trying to find a parking space or queueing up in a french supermarket. I do believe i'd have killed someone by now had it not been for these immortal words.

      Oh and this one always brings a smile to my face:

      “Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
      Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.” Winston Churchill

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      • GeoG
        Geo
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        That's a very balanced view Bertoni

        Do you also subscribe to Non-possession?

        It is one of the principles of Satyagraha that Gandhi also preached.

        If that's the case then I'd be happy to receive your IH gear . . . I think we're about the same size . . .

        Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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        • madmondayM
          madmonday
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          glad to read you Geo, i see back to your old tricks  😉

          head high, middle finger higher

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          • GeoG
            Geo
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            I can only be what I am Monday, my friend, but I can also learn from the forum trick-meister . . . thanks sir 😉

            Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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            • PomitoP
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              "Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
              Homer Simpson

              Illegitimi non carborundum

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                bertoni
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                @Geo:

                That's a very balanced view Bertoni

                Do you also subscribe to Non-possession?

                It is one of the principles of Satyagraha that Gandhi also preached.

                If that's the case then I'd be happy to receive your IH gear . . . I think we're about the same size . . .

                Nice try my friend, nice try 😉 I couldn't ever subscribe to a no-possession philosophy…not sure many today could. I do however try and buy products that are local and seasonal (vegetables, fruit and until recently Atelier LaDurance gear!) or made in a non exploitative manner and of high quality (that's what i'm doin hanging around here). I don't buy much but what I do buy tends to respect these criteria where possible (don't rate my chances of finding an ethical, non-exploitative high quality tv!).
                If YOU decide to get all "non-possessional" though (I hear it's VERY rewarding spiritually ;)), please forward your nice threads to my good self 🙂

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                • GeoG
                  Geo
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                  That'll be right! I like stuff too much 🙂

                  Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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                    bertoni
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                    What, even those shoddy Ditas and terrible fitting IH shirts, oh and the Mister Freedom jacket you just got which i'm sure looks just atrocious 😉 Come on, just get rid….

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                    • SeulS
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                      Feeling you on a lot of things there, bertoni… I have thé most luck with my local veggie/ hippy shop... Fresh (veg) burgers, outrageously heavyweighing sour dough based bread (and tons to choose between), lovely huge chunks of tempeh; the lot...
                      And yeah: I'm trying to get only high quality, ethically made gear in my life... Or just buy the non-ethical stuff 2ndhand...

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                        bertoni
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                        I'll always pay that bit extra for the good stuff.  😉

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                        • GeoG
                          Geo
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                          . . . If something is genuinely worth the money then it's genuinely worth having . . . Even a shoddy pair of ditas and some poorly fitting IH shirts (and multiple mister freedom products)

                          And that goes for food and drink too - nothing like a good bottle of wine and some well farmed meat (sorry Seul)

                          Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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                            bertoni
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                            I take it said items are keepers then eh mate? Ah well it was worth a shot. I genuinely think people are starting to wake up. The days of Primark and H&M are hopefully numbered as quality makes a comeback 😉

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                            • GeoG
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                              sorry dude - i am happy enough to buy IH gear from the forum, but it is highly unlikely I will ever part with what i have now

                              . . . as for the ditas - well they've got me into the trouble i'm in . . . refer to our conversation in that thread . . . so i'll only be adding to the range

                              however - i do agree, we've had a decade or so of cheap consumerism, and i think a lot of folks have learned to figure out what's good and what wants to masquerade as good

                              so i guess getting back to the topic

                              "Quality is not an act, it is a habit" . . . Aristotle

                              Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                Jakes Saloon, Lone Pine, CA

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  A couple form Las Vegas, that had a certain resonance…..

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • GeoG
                                    Geo
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                                    “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” - Henny Youngman

                                    Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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                                    • SeulS
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                                      "I only drink for medical reasons!.. I'm sick… sick of being sober!.." - Tommy Cooper

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                                        My frined sent me this today:

                                        “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

                                        Theodore Roosevelt.

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                                            Cheesy motivational:

                                            "We walk away from our dreams, afraid that we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed"

                                            This one somehow resonated with, don't know where I read it…

                                            Rap Lyrics:

                                            "If life's a bitch then I'm goin' to fuck it 'till I die
                                            Have her laying on her stomach while she's reaching for the sky
                                            Hitting it so hard leaving marks on her thighs I do my work in the dark before the sunrise"

                                            Square One - Can't Mess

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