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On a journey to anywhere you can draw your own map.....
Never eat yellow snow
You can't get lost if you don't care where you are
I'm riding for tomorrow..
anytime someone overtakes or I can't keep up.
Nothing worth having is free. Or easy!
From BBC 2 China programme last night: The mountains are high and the Emperor is far away.
"Technology won't save humankind. Humans will"
The light at the end of the tunnel, is always the oncoming express train.
Never get involved with crazy women
[i]The light at the end of the tunnel, is always the oncoming express train. [/i]
or a VAT inspector with a torch.
You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
Have a good time, all the time.
Never nudge your granny when she's shaving.
Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows.
Never draw your own map someone has already done it saves a a lot of beer time.
If it hasn't been tested, it doesn't work.
Especially applicable to ASICs....
One day everyone you know and love will be dead. Until then make the most of the time you have.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome.
and
Time spent practising the wrong thing is worse than no practice at all. You'll only end up being good at doing things wrongly.
What my mum always used to say to me
"If you can't be good, be careful"
Never put your fingers where you wouldn't put your knob!
Variety is the spice of life but drudgery pays the bills.
Be excellent to each other.
May your God go with you.
If it's got tits or wheels it'll give you grief.
Leave people, places and things better than you found them.
Self reliance.
The power of positive thinking.
Thanks to John Ridgeway.
Never think you understand.
If you can't think of anything sensible to say, don't say anything.
Be nice to people, they won't buy from you if you aren't.
Take only pictures, leave only footprints.
"If you can't be good, be careful"
This! I passed this on to my youngest sister, right before giving her BF the 'I have no problem killing you with my bare hands' look.
'Never dip your wick in office ink' Wish I'd followed that more closely...
'Forgiveness is much easier to obtain than permission'
My mam used to add a bit more:
"If you can't be good, be careful. If you can't be careful, buy a pram."
Mine are:
excelsior
Be excellent to each other.
Party on, dudes!
Never whistle while you're pissing.
Learn to untangle your instinct from your desire and ALWAYS trust it, it will never betray you.
The way people see you is the way you really are.
Don't murder everyone that you really hate at work with an axe.
Try everything in life at least once. Apart from two things, incest and Morris dancing.
When I was a young lad I was advised to "get all your sha*ging done before you get married, son"
You can't polish a turd.
It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
When words are no better than silence, one should chose silence.
You can't fart wider than your arse.
It's like a finger pointing away to the stars - don't look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
never stick it in crazy
Be kind to those you meet on the way up. You never know who you'll meet on the way back down.
A misquote of Rumi but, when the ocean rages, don't just hear it, let it burst inside your chest
Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
And my brother's favorite, wet ducks don't fly at night.
From here,
never drink in pubs with a flat roof
True wealth is having (and enjoying) those things that money cannot buy.
The best things in life are hairy.
if it's cold, wear a jumper.
follow you heart, not your ccok.
It won't hurt when the pains gone away
Don't murder everyone that you really hate at work with an axe.
Cracking wisdom. 🙂
Never rub another man's rhubarb
one from a good friend, albeit in German:
mit der Zeit wird jede Frau von Singletrail zum Schotterweg.
(with time, all women turn from single trails into fireroads)
i don't need a job, i need money.
(have it printed on a t-shirt)
Pain is weakness leaving the body
When you leave school you dont leave all the children in the playground, they just become your workmates and the bullies become management.
A hammer hurts more than words when your annoyed by an ignorant,thick,bullying workmate, who threatens you.
Its not what you know, its what you know about important people you know.
Love many, trust few. Always paddle your own canoe.
😉
My favourite is the prayer of serenity, though I dislike the god angle so tend to omit it. I use it as an anger management/stand back and think mantra when things go a little skew whiff...
[i]
I have the strength to change the things I can
The courage to accept the things I can't
And the wisdom to know the difference[/i]
...or something like that.
No problem is an orphan.
even the smallest of dreamers can realise the biggest of dreams
Any variation on the theme:
If it was easy it wouldn't be interesting.
Ringfence the unicorn.
"Do a Hutton"
🙁
teamhurtmore - Member"Do a Hutton"
Become the father of Geology? Schweeeet!
Oh, the other Hutton. 😕
If it was easy they wouldn't be paying you to do it!
Calm down.
Evening Julian, couldn't pass the words of the tanned one (no, not Vernon Kaye) without comment.
When I was a young, up and coming fell runner with Clayton le Moors Harriers I was advised " never wear gloves, it will make you soft. 🙂
A secret is only secret if you tell NO-ONE!
Never trust a fart.
The longer you leave something before cleaning it, the harder it will be to clean.
Life is not a rehearsal.
How I wish I'd taken that onboard 30 years ago. Anyone know where the reset button is?
'The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it' is one I've always liked...
'rubber up on any internet date' is probably more relevant and useful however...
F*ck them before they f*ck you harder.
Buy cheap, buy twice.
Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
"Do not look for the road to happiness but know that happiness is the road"
"Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting but what they hide is vital"
Never pick a fight with someone carrying a knuckleduster, especially if there's more than one of them.
I'd have a few more teeth if I'd followed that one.
Old enough to know better, young enough not to care.
And Thompsons:
“Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!”
thegreatape - MemberNever trust a fart.
...on a dicky stomach
If you can keep your head, whilst all those around you are losing theirs,
you may not have grasped the gravity of the situation.
You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only skin it once.
If it flys, floats or ****s, rent it don't buy it
Life is a journey not a destination.
It's all part of the fun. (My riding mates reckon they're having this on my tombstone. I must say it a lot, especially when slogging through snow/rain/mud/headwinds/up hills)
It's what you do that matters: not what you have.
If its got tyres or tits it'll be expensive.
To the ant's, we're just weather 🙂
**** em all, bar four. They can carry the stretcher.
You can't buy authenticity
If in doubt, give it a clout.
It'll be alright in the end, & if it's not alright then it's not yet the end.
if you can't take the ball, take the man
"Few things matter very much, and most things don't matter at all"
A J Balfour (- I think, I'm too lazy to check)
Don't go out in the rain in your socks