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Bikewaser
Thanks,that makes it clearer.
As for the doping,IMO it's just become much more subtle and cleverer......
Thanks,that makes it clearer.
As for the doping,IMO it's just become much more subtle and cleverer......
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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I like my tea the colour of David Dickinson. Anon.
Supporter of the A10 corridor cycling campaign serving Royston to Cambridge http://a10corridorcycle.com. Never knew gardening secateurs were an essential part of the on bike tool kit until I took up campaigning.....
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iandriver wrote:I like my tea the colour of David Dickinson. Anon.
I had to google him to find out who he was
I'm now committed to a life where I'll never drink tea with milk in it,which isn't so bad as I dont take milk in my tea anyway.
But I do feel sorry for anyone who does take milk in their tea after reading that quotation
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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On arriving in the UK Gandhi was asked by a reporter : "what do you think of western civilisation ?"
His reply was : " I think it would be a good idea !"
His reply was : " I think it would be a good idea !"
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I do love work
I can spend hours watching it
Jerome K Jerome
I can spend hours watching it
Jerome K Jerome
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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"It's them that dies'll be the lucky ones."
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If you can keep your head whilst all about you are losing theirs.... then you haven't fully understood the seriousness of the situation.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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You can take the boy out of New York [Wales, Scotland...]
But you can't take New York [...] out of the boy
But you can't take New York [...] out of the boy
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If at first you don't succeed, don't go parachuting
Percussive maintainance, if it don't fit, hit it with the hammer.
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I like the Spartan King's reply to a threat from Philip of Macedon "if I enter your city I will raze it"
Reply was short "if"
Reply was short "if"
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Tangled Metal wrote:A long one here!
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones."
Donald Rumsfeld.
I could never understand the ridicule heaped upon this - it may be inelegant but a simple statement of fact. The mistake is of course the use of "latter" when there are 3 categories!
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djnotts wrote: ... I could never understand the ridicule heaped upon this - it may be inelegant but a simple statement of fact. The mistake is of course the use of "latter" when there are 3 categories!
Wasn't it because he was saying it to dodge the question? ie about the stuff that he knew but would rather suppress? The knowns which he wanted to remain as unknown as possible.
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djnotts wrote:Tangled Metal wrote:A long one here!
"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones."
Donald Rumsfeld.
I could never understand the ridicule heaped upon this - it may be inelegant but a simple statement of fact. The mistake is of course the use of "latter" when there are 3 categories!
It's quite common in American usage for 'latter' to denote that last item of a list. I don't know if it is considered grammatically correct.
“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Chambers cleaves to latter meaning the second of two alternatives, but admits that it does occur in speech as meaning the final item of a list; although it calls such usage "loose".
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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I love Israel, but I do not like it very much
Amos Oz
Amos Oz
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We love safety cameras, we hate bullies