Might not be bad idea to use the correct word/s when quoting someone.
Ooops! I guess that wasn't very positive of me to say.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 9:45 pm
by Geezer
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 7:35 am
by Shirley
Geezer wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 9:45 pm
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
I can't avoid feeling the added weight, coming from you, a combat veteran.
Geezer wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 9:45 pm
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
I can't avoid feeling the added weight, coming from you, a combat veteran.
^^^^
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:41 am
by Geezer
That's Mandela not me.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:54 am
by CrimsonNBlue
Not sure which thread appropriate for. Probably all of them.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 12:06 pm
by jhawks99
Is that Jeopardy! Ken Jennings?
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 12:11 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
Yes, and he's spot on.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 12:25 pm
by DCHawk1
Elon Musk = high-functioning sociopath
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 12:27 pm
by jhawks99
CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 12:11 pm
Yes, and he's spot on.
Seems a bit crude for him, but I only know him from the game show.
Electric cars
Traveling in tubes
Flame throwers
Space travel
I had all these ideas when I was 8. Am I a genius?
maybe?
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 6:28 pm
by Geezer
Raising venture capital is his real talent.
Re: Totally random thread
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:52 pm
by zsn
Geezer wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 6:28 pm
Raising venture capital is his real talent.
I think you meant to use the past tense. Knowing what people know about him now I seriously doubt that he would be able to raise much VC money now. At least from "legitimate" VC community. There are probably some oligarchs who may give him some money as a means to launder it. His more recent ventures are completely bogus and a way to stroke his ego than anything. I say this as a shareholder of Tesla and I believe in that company. It is doing well in spite of Musk, not because of him.
Geezer wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 6:28 pm
Raising venture capital is his real talent.
I think you meant to use the past tense. Knowing what people know about him now I seriously doubt that he would be able to raise much VC money now. At least from "legitimate" VC community. There are probably some oligarchs who may give him some money as a means to launder it. His more recent ventures are completely bogus and a way to stroke his ego than anything. I say this as a shareholder of Tesla and I believe in that company. It is doing well in spite of Musk, not because of him.