Truisms
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Never, never ask someone in a bar if they are a fighter pilot. If they are, they'll tell you; if they're not, you'll embarrass them.....
"To be somebody or to do something.
In life there is often a roll call.
That’s when you will have to make a decision.
To be or to do?
Which way will you go?”
John Boyd.
Never a truer word spoken in my opinion...
In life there is often a roll call.
That’s when you will have to make a decision.
To be or to do?
Which way will you go?”
John Boyd.
Never a truer word spoken in my opinion...
Memorable remarks from teachers I greatly respected:
Translate ideas not words
Mozart never knew when to stop
Enid Blyton has much to answer for
Always back the favourite at a point-to-point
Everything else at school was mere detail
Translate ideas not words
Mozart never knew when to stop
Enid Blyton has much to answer for
Always back the favourite at a point-to-point
Everything else at school was mere detail
Told to me by an ex RAF Fighter Pilot and Ex Captain in the Airlines.....
The 3 most useless things in aviation:
Fuel you've burned.
Altitude above you.
A commendation from the CEO of the Airline....
The 3 most useless things in aviation:
Fuel you've burned.
Altitude above you.
A commendation from the CEO of the Airline....
Avoid imitations
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Today's favour may well turn out to be tomorrow's obligation.
any privilege attributable to the next higher rank is removed as/when one attains that rank.
and a weather one:
many a forecast has been ruined by one last look at the observations to check.
and a weather one:
many a forecast has been ruined by one last look at the observations to check.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
The wife spends your pay rise before you get it.
The wife will spend twice the actual pay rise (if she went to the same school as Diane Abbot.
The wife will spend twice the actual pay rise (if she went to the same school as Diane Abbot.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
If it's the last item in Stores you can't have in case someone wants it.
Always go to Stores with someone, then you can get it if someone says they don't want it.
Always go to Stores with someone, then you can get it if someone says they don't want it.