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by OZZIE4DUKE » January 12th, 2011, 10:27 am
CathyCA's son posted something on Facebook about buying a cheap belt and it falling apart quickly and I put up a reply that I thought was just so dang good that it inspired me to start this thread - advanced life philosophies. I'm sure we have them, things we've learned and put into words that others can benefit from. Just like the Captain's consumer advice, put them here!
Here are the first two, just to get us started. The second one is my first rule of golf.
You get what you pay for. And sometimes you get cheated. Two of life's lessons. Sometimes learned cheaply, sometimes not so much.
Most putts that are short don't go in! ;)
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by CameronBornAndBred » January 12th, 2011, 10:53 am
My philosophy is that in no matter how bad things seem right now, in 5 years it won't matter. Meaning that there are always better days ahead. There is one caveat to this...if you murder someone, then you're going to jail and you're screwed.
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by devildeac » January 12th, 2011, 11:30 am
Life is too short to drink cheap/bad beer.
What did you expect, something profound?
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by Lavabe » January 12th, 2011, 12:28 pm
My philosophy of life?
Go to hell, Carolina, go to hell!
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by lawgrad91 » January 12th, 2011, 12:34 pm
Iron Duke #1471997.
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by Very Duke Blue » January 12th, 2011, 6:19 pm
When something happens I don't like but cannot change, I have learned to "let it go".
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by Miles » January 12th, 2011, 8:25 pm
CameronBornAndBred wrote:My philosophy is that in no matter how bad things seem right now, in 5 years it won't matter. Meaning that there are always better days ahead. There is one caveat to this...if you murder someone, then you're going to jail and you're screwed.
I too like this approach. I take it step further and remind people that there are about 8766 hours in a year, and it's not worth getting upset over something that consumes less about 1/10,000 of a year.
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by Miles » January 12th, 2011, 8:30 pm
Our old CEO was an interesting guy with quite an accomplished career and history in the biz. Whenever he spoke I took the time to listen. Most of his speeches were laced with the f-bomb (he was from Philly and proud of it!) but every once in a while he'd drop a good gem on ya. My favorite, and something that I've always tried to hold true to: "Do what you do best, nothing more."
It seems so simple and so obvious, but I've observed that a large majority of problems in business can be attributed to people trying to do too much, or over committing.
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by DukeUsul » January 13th, 2011, 8:24 am
Spend time with family. All else is secondary.
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by captmojo » January 14th, 2011, 8:54 am
"Wherever you go...there you are."
Another fave comes from George Harrison...
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
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by ArkieDukie » January 15th, 2011, 7:54 am
Don't eat yellow snow.
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
-- Albert Einstein
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by captmojo » January 15th, 2011, 8:41 am
ArkieDukie wrote:Don't eat yellow snow.
....and watch out where the Huskies go.
Zappaism
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by wilson » January 15th, 2011, 12:58 pm
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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by captmojo » January 15th, 2011, 4:33 pm
Never wrestle with an alligator when naked.
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by CameronBornAndBred » January 15th, 2011, 5:59 pm
captmojo wrote:Never wrestle with an alligator when naked.
(Don't ask)
I've never seen a clothed alligator.
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by Lavabe » January 15th, 2011, 6:00 pm
Always do the dishes when Duke plays.
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by OZZIE4DUKE » January 15th, 2011, 6:48 pm
Lavabe wrote:Always do the dishes when Duke plays.
You must not have started washing them until midway through the second half today...
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by captmojo » January 15th, 2011, 9:30 pm
CameronBornAndBred wrote:captmojo wrote:Never wrestle with an alligator when naked.
(Don't ask)
I've never seen a clothed alligator.
Well, I haven't either. Not even one with alligator shoes.
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by lawgrad91 » January 15th, 2011, 9:37 pm
Lavabe wrote:Always do the dishes when Duke plays.
PLEASE? PLEASE? PLEASE? PLEASE?
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by devildeac » January 15th, 2011, 10:54 pm
CameronBornAndBred wrote:captmojo wrote:Never wrestle with an alligator when naked.
(Don't ask)
I've never seen a clothed alligator.
Yes, you have. They are the ones that aren't belts, handbags, shoes and purses
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