Welcome to #checkin for Friday, August 29, 2025!
Good evening/morning/afternoon, everyone, and welcome to today's #checkin. Just got from meeting a friend. We went to a nice Chinese restaurant with great food. Nothing extravagant, but still nice and yummy. And I was starving....
Today is Lemon Juice Day, so when life gives you lemons...
What is your favorite proverb or maybe a funny variant of an existing proverb? I also find it fascinating how these proverbs translate to other languages... Some are indeed very similar; others are entirely different. The lemon proverb has found its way into German as a literal translation as well, but I think a more original translation would be Repay evil with good.
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― Groucho Marx
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Locus ab auctoritate .. est infirmissimus.
(The argument from authority is the weakest.)
– Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274).
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Fred Clark's Law modifies Clark's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/philosophical-razors-why-you-should-always-take-a-flashlight-on-nighttime-walks-in-arizona
Howard Thurman — 'Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.'
Philosophical Razors & Why You Should Always Take a Flashlight on Nighttime Walks in Arizona | Progress | J.A. Hernandez
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Musical mood of the evening: Breezin', by George Benson
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Griff Ferrell •
Great music choice
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Muse •
As such I came up with my own saying: Like toilet paper, it's posible to be both strong and gentle!
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Principle: It is said that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Corollary: If you had a good time tonight then you should forget about it - then you are doomed to repeat it.
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Analysis paralysis ensues
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Isaac Asimov
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- Maurice Switzer
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I missed this, thank you
Birthday week for me
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I heard Lab testing? Can confirm, strong and durable. Even if different brand.
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Better to lug yourself ragged than to go twice.
(i.e. take all the stuff that needs carrying in one go, to avoid having to spend time walking back to e.g. the car)
Fast, With Certainty, and Wrong
(about decisionmaking in the family in general)
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roddio •
I'd prefer "everyone has a plan that will not work" but it lacks the original's rhythm.
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has a plan
that will not run.
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A reminder to myself to stay in my lane, I can't fix everything
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