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neverdespairgirl wrote: »St. Augustine of Hippo, born in Africa about 4th century AD. Major early Church figure. He wrote it in his book Confessions, which is in Latin. I can't remember the Latin version, but he wrote:
As a youth I prayed, "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet".
I love that quote.
There are some real pearls of wisdom out there.
Keynes one of Markets staying irrational longer than you can stay solvent is another one of my favourites.0 -
16 is more minimal than we could go - though we don't have a dishwasher, and I'd happily bin the steamer, personally - what's wrong with a saucepan, and a sieve if you're being healthy?
Steamers are much more efficient than a pan and a sieve - we use it every day, I think....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »Oh god I hate this comparison.
Height of technology then compared to old technology today to make a point.
It's like me saying cars have gone up in price, afterall, a fiesta in 1981 cost way less than a BMW X5 does today.
If you are going to compare a video recorder, which was the height of technology at the time, compare it to the height of technology today...
Try a blu ray recorder.... cus thats the same comparison.
http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/552720/PANASONIC-DMR-BS750EBK
And weap
Still cheaper, now let us apply a bit of RPI
1981 70.29
2010 224.5'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Steamers are much more efficient than a pan and a sieve - we use it every day, I think.
Very healthy for the Veg.
Reminds me of my fav Spitting image sketch:)Thatcher sits in a restaurant with the rest of her cabinet (Howe, Tebbit, etc.). The waiter comes over and asks: "Would you like to order meat, ma'am?" Thatcher: "Yes. Rare." Waiter: "Vegetables?" Thatcher, making a broad arm movement to the boys: "Oh, they'll have the same".'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I love that quote.
There are some real pearls of wisdom out there.
Keynes one of Markets staying irrational longer than you can stay solvent is another one of my favourites.
But we all love GrouchoI don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
But we all love Groucho
I like:
"Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking in both directions anyway"...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Fair enough. We manage fine, although at some point our 1990 TV will need replacing, because of the digital changeover.
You can always get a set top box0 -
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