19-04-2013, 08:03 PM
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Never into the cars myself Davo. but I do understand how some men and women are crazy about them, and good luck to them.I have made quite a few blunders in my day but none that did me any real harm, if something didn't go as I would have liked it to go I just forget it and get on with living my life, that's the only thing to do. I don't want to sound all physic, but I think everything that happens to you is supposed to happen to you and you don't have a choice, although you think you have.
If say 50 years ago I was watching where I was going I wouldn't have bumped into the wife (I did, literally) and started going out with her, but then again I might have met someone else and be just as happy, or as miserable, whatever was laid out for me, who knows these things.
19-04-2013, 08:48 PM
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I can appreciate a classic car as i am lucky enough to live near a classic car restoration garage that I go to on mornings that are open to the public that I enjoy going to and taking some photographs but I know that I am not ever going to be able to afford to buy one of these cars but enjoy looking at them think sometimes we need a reality check.
19-04-2013, 09:10 PM
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There's nothing in my life that I don't forgive myself for. There are things I've done that I'm not proud of but I'm not screwed up about them I am content with the knowledge that I'm not perfect but I am happy with myself, warts and all.
19-04-2013, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mindbender
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Triggered by the discussion on the regrets thread prompted me to start this. I do believe that we would benefit from forgiving ourselves from past actions etc. So what things can you not forgive yourself?whilst living in HK I was offered the sale of a beautiful jaguar, one owner - the retiring matron - I had just moved there with family and could not afford the asking price - I think I have now forgiven myself but it took a long time and I now often wonder what my life would have been like with that beautiful jaguar.
I once had a chance in 1959 to buy a 1929 Le Mans Bentley that had been fully restored, for £250, unfortunately my father would not lend me the money so that was that. I took in what our family motto was, 'if you aint got the cash don't buy '.
19-04-2013, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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There's nothing in my life that I don't forgive myself for. There are things I've done that I'm not proud of but I'm not screwed up about them I am content with the knowledge that I'm not perfect but I am happy with myself, warts and all.
19-04-2013, 09:51 PM
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I was once told that there is no such thing as a wrong decision - to know that, you would need to know what the outcome of an alternative decision would be and as that isn't possible, how can a decision be wrong.
20-04-2013, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ben-varrey
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Owning a Jag (or any car for that matter) won't necessarily make anyone happy - I had one (an XJS) and although the first couple of weeks it was nice, it soon just became 'a car' like they all do sooner or later. They're just 'things'.I was once told that there is no such thing as a wrong decision - to know that, you would need to know what the outcome of an alternative decision would be and as that isn't possible, how can a decision be wrong.
to put it into a daily context: if someone I know well gives me a piece of information [action] then I have the option of several responses that may lead to a consequence a} ignore b} check it out and still ignore or c} take some action
the action I may take may result in further consequences and so life goes on until we stop it!
another interesting quote I came across recently was:
Thoughts lead to words. Words lead to actions. Actions build your character. Your character determines your destiny. I think the word 'can' has been omitted from this quote!
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