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31-05-2009, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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At last years Qld Astro fest.
" When I die, I hope my wife doesn't sell my astronomy gear for anything near what I told her I paid for it"
Or one from the Qld astro societies astroquizz.
" You buy a new telescope for $5,000..... Question, how much do you tell your spouse you paid for it"
There is something in that for all of us......
PeterM.
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31-05-2009, 06:24 PM
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Hitchhiker
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Clifton Springs, Victoria
Posts: 889
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Mind in gear before mouth in motion!
Cheers 
Chris
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31-05-2009, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sutherland Shire, Sydney
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Millenium Bug - Bah! Thats nothing! Just wait for the year 65,535
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31-05-2009, 07:36 PM
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and around we go
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Quakers Hill, NSW
Posts: 426
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So many quotes to choose from.
This is one that seems to enter my mind at most parties.
"There's no end to the sillyness that people will believe in"
Steven Novella (SGU)
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31-05-2009, 07:56 PM
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Where is the dark?
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Dandenong Nth, VIC
Posts: 290
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Quote 1 - Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
- Not sure who
Quote 2 - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein
Quote 3 - Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.
- Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)
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31-05-2009, 08:18 PM
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2'sCompany3's a StarParty
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Eagle Vale
Posts: 1,251
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Harry Callahan "GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY"
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31-05-2009, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
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Love this one ...
Never underestimate your own ignorance. Albert Einstein.
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31-05-2009, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 369
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"Most politicians have brains like sparrow's nests - All sh*t and sticks"
Paul Keating
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31-05-2009, 09:38 PM
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Enhanced Astronomer
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 753
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"Argue your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."
Richard Bach's book "Illusions"
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31-05-2009, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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Measure twice, cut once.
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31-05-2009, 10:39 PM
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Supernova Searcher
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cambroon Queensland Australia
Posts: 9,326
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Measure twice, cut once.
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I measure heaps of times,and still come up short 
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01-06-2009, 12:10 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 103
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Voltaire is a rich source of worthwhile qotes on almost any subject : eg :
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
etc !
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01-06-2009, 08:51 AM
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The sky is Messier here!
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Darwin
Posts: 2,587
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Not a famous quote but something which stuck with me, an ex-boss (American) as a word of advice said,
"Just one 'oh crap!!' can cancel a thousand 'atta boys'" 
The language he used for the former phrase was somewhat stronger 
Last edited by lacad01; 01-06-2009 at 08:52 AM.
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01-06-2009, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hahndorf, South Australia
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Particularly relevant to my astrophotography attempts...
"You can't polish a turd!"
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01-06-2009, 10:03 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
Posts: 12,405
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I can't remember where I read this one or who said it.
"The best things in life are either illegal, immoral or fattening"
Cheers
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01-06-2009, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Posts: 1,338
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Two more ...
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. T.S. Eliot.
And in respect of that view-
"A man's got to know his limitations", Harry Callahan (in Magnum Force).
Regards, Rob
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01-06-2009, 12:55 PM
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Member > 10year club
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 3,339
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This is so true, I find myself using it regularly....
"....many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view"
- Obi Wan Kenobi Return of the Jedi
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01-06-2009, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 4,646
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"About as much use as a hip pocket in a singlett"
Describes a lot of the astro gear I have bought over the years.
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01-06-2009, 04:24 PM
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He used to cut the grass.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hobart
Posts: 1,235
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Something a propos the GFC...
Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to the bankruptcy of banks, which will be nationalised and the State will have to take the road, which eventually lead to communism.
— Karl Marx
I think we are now applying Homer Simpson economics. Homer famously noted that "beer is the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems." Australia now seems to believe that over-spending, easy policy, and borrowing is the cause of, and solution to, all our problems.
— Gerard Minack
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01-06-2009, 05:06 PM
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Spam Hunter
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oberon NSW
Posts: 14,438
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
That's actually a misquote of a very famous line from General Patton " Lead Me, Follow Me Or Get Out Of My Way".
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I don't doubt it.
Another of my favourites from Confucius, I believe, goes something like:
"It is better to live 1 year as tiger than 50 years as a lamb".
Al.
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