A thought for the day

[bflynn]

Heard something this morning about curiosity that triggered an interesting idea.

You should approach your opponent's positions with curiosity rather than judgement because curiosity is a prerequisite to advancement and knowledge. Those who approach an opponent's position with judgement are condemned to regress and remain ignorant as others move ahead of them.

Not a bad way to start the thought for the day.

[Flying Pig]

Unless you know they are wrong!

[SunDog]

More accurate intel (and knowledge) are always a good thing - but if you have tactical superiority, press your advantage; your goals are more important than your opponent's reasoning.  Maybe reflect later? See if he had some good ideas, as an after-action kind of thing. . .

[Private Investigator]

I start every day with a SITREP at 0800. 

[RRLE]

"It is better to be tried by twelve then carried by six."

[Flying Pig]

"Approach every vehicle stop extending the olive branch of peace, while having a tactical plan to kill everyone in the vehicle. "

[Panache]

"There is nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight."

[Al Sayre]

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...

[Devil Doc]

Haben Sie einen Zweck dienen? or absichtlich diene?

Do you Serve an Purpose? Or Purposely Serve?

[ColonelJack]

"No matter where you go, there you are."

Jack

[Alaric]

Strive not to be a success, but to be of value

- Albert Einstein

[C/Cool]

An expert is a person who has made every possible mistake in a small field of study.

[Flying Pig]

An expert is a person who has made every possible mistake in a small field of study.

I hope not!

[bosshawk]

We don't need all kinds, we just have them.

[SarDragon]

You don't know what you don't know.

[ol'fido]

" I don't know where we're going, but we're making excellent time." -Hikaru Sulu

[Private Investigator]

"they said nothing is impossible and I do nothing everyday!"

[SunDog]

"We're not part of the team, we're part of the equipment"

[C/Cool]

For all of you Whovians out there: This is my Timey Wimey Detector. It goes ding when there's stuff.

[LSThiker]

For all of you Whovians out there: This is my Timey Wimey Detector. It goes ding when there's stuff.

Also, it can boil an egg at thirty paces. Whether you want it to or not, actually. So I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow.

[ColonelJack]

As I heard Garry Moore say on an old episode of "To Tell The Truth".....

"You know what an expert is, don't you?  An expert is a fellow who knows 47 different ways to make love, but he doesn't know any girls."

Jack

[Private Investigator]

"Amateurs Practice Until They Get It Right; Professionals Practice Until They Can't Get It Wrong"   

[lordmonar]

"It's not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it...but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying."--Robert Heinlein

[Garibaldi]

"Probably the most important thing is that when things get really bad and the world looks its darkest, you just have to throw up your hands and say "Well, alright!" cause it's probably gonna get a whole h*** of a lot worse."

--Alferd Packer, Cannibal! The Musical

[C/Cool]

For all of you Whovians out there: This is my Timey Wimey Detector. It goes ding when there's stuff.

Also, it can boil an egg at thirty paces. Whether you want it to or not, actually. So I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow.

Haha. And bowties are definitely cool!

[ol'fido]

And fezes. Fezes are definitely cool too.

[LSThiker]

And fezes. Fezes are definitely cool too.

Someday you could just walk past a fez.

[C/Cool]

And fezes. Fezes are definitely cool too.

Someday you could just walk past a fez.

NEVER!!! They may be cool but they don't match anything else you wear...

[Garibaldi]

And fezes. Fezes are definitely cool too.

Someday you could just walk past a fez.

NEVER!!! They may be cool but they don't match anything else you wear...

Except for the polo combination. Hey...

[C/Cool]

Right you are! Now the Stetson... That will go with every outfit. Even the BDU's...

[Private Investigator]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

[Private Investigator]

Right you are! Now the Stetson... That will go with every outfit. Even the BDU's...

Your right about that. Today I wore my black Stetson for Good Friday. 

[PHall]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

[Alaric]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

But here in the US, at least for the last 40 years, its a voluntary choice to write the check.  In a lot of other countries that is not true.

[PHall]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

But here in the US, at least for the last 40 years, its a voluntary choice to write the check.  In a lot of other countries that is not true.

So you're saying a Draftee is not a veteran?   Yeah, I dare you to say that in any Veterans Organization's meeting. You might live.

[Alaric]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

But here in the US, at least for the last 40 years, its a voluntary choice to write the check.  In a lot of other countries that is not true.

So you're saying a Draftee is not a veteran?   Yeah, I dare you to say that in any Veterans Organization's meeting. You might live.

No that's not what I'm saying.  What I'm saying is that in the last 40 years those people in American service, chose to be there.  It takes nothing from those who got drafted, or live in countries where service is required.  Try reading what I wrote as opposed to reading in to what I wrote so you can pick a fight.

[C/Cool]

Right you are! Now the Stetson... That will go with every outfit. Even the BDU's...

Your right about that. Today I wore my black Stetson for Good Friday. 

That's cool! I can't pull off the Stetson but they do look cool when worn right.

[PHall]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

But here in the US, at least for the last 40 years, its a voluntary choice to write the check.  In a lot of other countries that is not true.

So you're saying a Draftee is not a veteran?   Yeah, I dare you to say that in any Veterans Organization's meeting. You might live.

No that's not what I'm saying.  What I'm saying is that in the last 40 years those people in American service, chose to be there.  It takes nothing from those who got drafted, or live in countries where service is required.  Try reading what I wrote as opposed to reading in to what I wrote so you can pick a fight.

I don't know if it makes a whole lot of difference how you got there. But if you're in your country's armed forces and you're getting shot at, I would say you've earned the title of "Veteran".

[Alaric]

A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America The country they are a citizen of" for an amount of "up to and including their life."

Now that is a thought for the day and everyday  :clap:

Fixed that for you.  There are veterans in every country, not just the USA.

But here in the US, at least for the last 40 years, its a voluntary choice to write the check.  In a lot of other countries that is not true.

So you're saying a Draftee is not a veteran?   Yeah, I dare you to say that in any Veterans Organization's meeting. You might live.

No that's not what I'm saying.  What I'm saying is that in the last 40 years those people in American service, chose to be there.  It takes nothing from those who got drafted, or live in countries where service is required.  Try reading what I wrote as opposed to reading in to what I wrote so you can pick a fight.

I don't know if it makes a whole lot of difference how you got there. But if you're in your country's armed forces and you're getting shot at, I would say you've earned the title of "Veteran".

So you're saying if your in the armed forces and not getting shot at you haven't earned the title Veteran 

[Luis R. Ramos]

PHall-

Why are you ignoring the words "at least in the last 40 years?" Don't be so picky!

Flyer

[RogueLeader]

An expert is a person who has made every possible mistake in a small field of study.

Learn from the mistakes of others.  You won't live to make them all yourself.

[FlyTiger77]

So you're saying[,] if you['re] in the armed forces and not getting shot at[,] you haven't earned the title Veteran[?] 

From the VA website regarding Veteran's Day: "...With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars." (emphasis mine).      http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

I am not advocating the definition, but there is some support for it in the Federal law.

[RRLE]

November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars." (emphasis mine).    I am not advocating the definition, but there is some support for it in the Federal law.

Note that the word veteran precedes "of all wars". Someone can be a veteran without going to war. The day, at least as defined in the law, is to honor war veterans, a sub-group of all veterans.

[LSThiker]

Not that I care to get into this subject, but here is the definition of veteran by the US:

https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42324.pdf