10-08-2018, 08:14 AM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by Pug
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''hic omnes spes infringatur ingredi''umm...don't wish to appear pedantic,RJ...
but that translates as "Here are all the abandon hope will enter into".
....not QUITE what you had in mind,I suspect,old chap?
HOWEVER,"Velis relinquere spem omnes qui intrant hic",will save the day and your blushes,m'main man.
[but,secretly,you KNEW that all along,DIN'TCHA,you little tinker!]
It was the right words, but in the wrong order.
Veni Vidi Vici
sursum tua!
10-08-2018, 11:53 AM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
I get a fair bit of stuff from China and I’ve never had anything to complain about, alright I have to wait a couple of weeks for the free delivery but I’m never in a hurry for anything so that doesn’t matter, I always received what I ordered and I was never stung once. It is absolutely scandalous the profits that are are made on computer accessories and electrical goods in this part of the world, i mean Apple have all their stuff made in China and the exact same cables, leads and adapters more than quadruple in price when they come here, we all like to help keep local business in play but not to the extent of supporting such greed and barefaced robbery.I know little or nothing about China vast area and all that it is, shame on me, but they are so polite in their dealings with you, one firm went as far as sending me a Christmas card in gaelic!, I mean where would you get that. And we are told these are the bad guys? Bad for the greedy bastards in the west they mean.
They have such true sayings too, here’s a few I never heard before.
“A candle lights others and consumes itself”
“In hardship we see true friendship”
“Love isn’t about having, it’s about enjoying”
“Never miss an opportunity, time doesn’t come around again”
“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion”
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