My mum ( mother ) always told me .
It's better to arrive late and alive then to be dead on time ....
still has meaning today --- drive safely
Aghhhh
Not only am I a senior citizen
I'm now a bloody senior member
Are you people trying to tell me I'm old or what ?
over 700 posts ( I really do need to get out more )
Always remember these one liner answers from Dad when we were kids that totally floored us:
Me or Rodders: Whats that for Dad!
Dad: Five!
Me or Rodders: But I haven't got none!
Dad: Well, If you haven't got none then you must have some!
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
''Sometimes only dreams are your best friends''
-
Myself
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." -Paul Simon
"If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg." - Abraham Lincoln
Speaking of dogs, this may be my favorite of all time:
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
"If you're going to be accused of something, you might as well have done it." - my mom (I'm not sure she thought through the ramifications of sharing that with her then-teenage son).
Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down.
Keith Richards answers life's most perplexing questions
On Authority:
"If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet."
On how to keep in shape:
"By passing the vodka bottle. And playing the guitar."
On playing in Open G tuning:
"5 strings, 2 fingers, one donkeyhole"
On love:
"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."
On Aging:
"I can only put it down to jealousy. They can't understand why I can do what I do at 'my age.' What is it worth to these guys? Because they can't do it? Just because chicks throw their panties at me & I'm 54? So? So, I'm sorry, you little boys who can't get that action. Well stuff you..." 1997
On computers and the Internet:
"I've been playing with it (Internet) and done a few Internet interviews, but I'd rather leave it to my kids. I'm just not interested what other arseholes at the other end of the world think. about this or that. Apart from that, it's no good for your body or your eyes to sit at the computer all day."
Immature? Of course I'm immature Einstein, I'm 50 and in a Rock and ROll band.
New Band site http://www.myspace.com/guidedbymonkeys
"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." -Paul Simon
Yes , sometimes mods have to follow that policy :lol:
The Boxer.
"And a rock feels no pain , and an island never cries"
- Simon and Garfunkle :P
One I've always liked:
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
A popular workplace quote:
"If at first you don't succeed
Destroy all evidence that you even tried".
A Mexican bandit with poor business sense during the era of the old west:
"Usually I kill for money Gringo but you, you're my friend.
I kill you for nothing".
Chris :wink: :wink:
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
There are three things that happen to you when you get old:
First you start to loose your hair.
Then you start to loose your memory.
And------I can't remember the last thing!
Chris :cry: :cry:
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
If you don't try you won't fail ------- Hommer Simpson
Old sports coach ----
It's not how you play the game , WINNING is all that matters.......
my favourite and I don't know where it came from but I used to have it on my locker at work --
It's hard to fly like a eagle when your surrounded by turkeys ........
Aghhhh
Not only am I a senior citizen
I'm now a bloody senior member
Are you people trying to tell me I'm old or what ?
over 700 posts ( I really do need to get out more )
"Life is a disease, sexually transmitted and invariably fatal." - Neil Gaiman
It's not easy being green.... good thing I'm purple.
"I did not have relations with that woman"
-Bill Clinton
"If you are flammable and have legs, you are NEVER blocking a fire exit"
-Mitch Hedberg
Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life...
(Disclaimer - I'm not sure whether this is true or made up, but if it isn't true it should be)
"This country was standing on the brink of a precipice, and by voting for us, it's taken a huge step forward...."
(Attributed to Margeret Thatcher after winning the 1979 General Election.)
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)