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« Reply #50 on: February 24, 2009, 04:17:08 pm » |
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"Don't worry, I have an idea."
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« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2009, 05:00:10 pm » |
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Ladies, Gents, et al,
That last is reminiscent of the American "Redneck's Last Words"- " I ain't drunk, ya'll watch this!"
The MacNaughten Clan Motto: " I Hoip In God."
Personal Favorite:Moneta Loquatia, Taurian Faeces Pedester. My Latin is pretty rusty, also...if one of my more learned colleagues cares to correct it, I would be grateful, but I think the gist of it is clear.
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Thistlewaite
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Yet well thy soul hath brooked the turning tide, with that innate, untaught philosophy,Which, be it wisdom, coldness, or deep pride, is gall and wormwood to an enemy.
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« Reply #52 on: February 24, 2009, 11:51:17 pm » |
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Semper Ubi sub ubi Legio III Cyerenaica re-enactors ( Always wear under wear) We're here for the Beer ( Us Army in Eucom) If you can't say something nice, come sit next to me. And , when ever my mother asks me why I continue to re enlist in the National guard, " Cause they let me blow $h*t up! "  |
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Have Gun,
Will Travel !
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« Reply #53 on: February 25, 2009, 07:11:31 am » |
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This thread motivated me to actually look my family motto up.
Gradatim vincimus "We conquer by degrees"
personal motto. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That's why you pack a proper toolbox.
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Spooner
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"It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle."
-Ashley Montagu
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« Reply #54 on: February 25, 2009, 07:16:51 am » |
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Win or lose, we booze! |
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Well I've worked among the spitters and I've breathed the oily smoke
I've shovelled up the gypsum and it neigh 'on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
Been working rough, I've seen enough, to make your stomach turnwww.doctorsteel.com
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« Reply #55 on: February 25, 2009, 02:47:57 pm » |
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not a motto -but could be useful to know for the right occasion Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! Translation: infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!  |
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« Reply #56 on: February 25, 2009, 05:06:01 pm » |
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A motto that several of my D&D characters lived by: There is no problem that can't be solved with the proper application of a sledge hammer. Annnnnd the mantra that gets me through daily life and take ownership of it: Regardless of who's fault it is, I am responsible.  |
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Brig. Daedalus Collins
North Columbian Expeditionary Force
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« Reply #57 on: February 25, 2009, 09:20:11 pm » |
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Not a motto, but a very apt prayer I think over often:
Lord, give me health and strength, I'll steal the rest.
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No relation to the poet. Really. Though I do like his work.
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« Reply #58 on: February 25, 2009, 11:41:15 pm » |
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Annnnnd the mantra that gets me through daily life and take ownership of it: Regardless of who's fault it is, I am responsible. Warrior's Code, that one. Reminds me of a short poem; It's not my job to run the train, The whistle I don't blow. I do not choose direction, Nor say how far she'll go. I do not blow the whistle, Or even ring the bell- But let the damn train jump the track, And see who catches hell!  Cheers! Thistlewaite |
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« Reply #59 on: February 25, 2009, 11:49:15 pm » |
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Despite my own leanings in another direction, theologically speaking, I did rather like Alan Shepard's personal prayer said before the launch of Freedom 7... "Please, dear God, don't let me fuck up." |
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« Reply #60 on: February 26, 2009, 05:41:32 am » |
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Mine is 'the world is yours. Do what you will'. translation into latin would be appreciated.
My basic life motto is 'drink like an irishman, fight like a german, and talk like an englishman.' I'm quite partial to that one.
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« Reply #61 on: February 18, 2011, 10:59:49 pm » |
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"If it don't move paint it, if it does salute it" motto of the Deck Division on every ship in every wet Navy in the world. "If it don't fit force it if it breaks ,replace it" A division motto ,USS John Marshall SS(B)N 611 blue.
And word to live by" keep the number of surfacing and dives equal ." also"Water in the people tank is contraindicated"
Miles (a sailor)Martin
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Who you calling old, Sonny boy? Just because my birth certificate is on birch bark there isn't any reason to be calling names.
machinist for hire/ mechanic at large
Warning : minstrel with a five string banjo
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« Reply #62 on: February 18, 2011, 11:10:24 pm » |
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What do we want? Decapitations!
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« Reply #63 on: February 18, 2011, 11:57:44 pm » |
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Canis meus id comedit
My dog ate it..
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« Reply #64 on: February 19, 2011, 12:28:25 am » |
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I'm rather keen on my family motto: Vincit qui patitur, or; He conquers who endures.
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
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« Reply #65 on: February 19, 2011, 01:17:02 am » |
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Motto of farmers everywhere... Quantus? Cruentus abyssus!
Gareth
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You, sir! Make an effort!
"a drifting spirit was in our hearts, and we ourselves could not understand it. We just sold our farms and set out north-westwards to find a new home."
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« Reply #66 on: February 19, 2011, 03:42:03 am » |
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Du Lieber GOTT! Miles - when were you on the Big John?  !!??!! I was aboard for a short time (yeah, I know, JAFR - just another friendly rider) in a prior millennium! Cheers, Shipmate! Chas. |
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Captain Sir Charles A. Lyerly, O.B.T.
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wire: captain_lyerly, at wire office "Yahoo dot Qom"
"You'd think he'd learn."
"Heh! De best minions neffer do!"
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« Reply #67 on: February 19, 2011, 02:48:38 pm » |
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1979-81,as a MT3,frocked MT2, then MTSA Patrols 48,50and her final, number 52 then tied to the pier in Pearl Harbor for 3 months as part of the consolidated crew,that's when i got in trouble,
I ended up riding DD's for the rest of my active career, DDG-21 for a year then a transfer to Charleston ,SC and the DD-989 for the remainder of my time active.
When I got out went back to New Mexico ,joined the reserves ,was assigned as augmentation crew for the USS Haleakala(AE-25),
I was a deck seaman when i started out on dd's, MRFN striker when i got out, that is what i was doing in the reserves for 4 years Miles (a sailor) Martin |
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« Reply #68 on: February 19, 2011, 05:02:33 pm » |
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all of these motto's I like
S'ils te mordent,mords les-If they bite thee,bite them
Prend moi tel que je suis-Take me as I am
Cor nobyle,cor immobyle-A heart noble,a mind determined
Fais qui doit,arrive qui pourra-Do your duty,happen what may
Absque sudore et labore nullum opus perfectumest-Without sweat and toil no work is made perfect
Adverus solem ne loquitor-Don't speak against the sun(don't waste your time arguing the obvious)
Ex hoc momento pendet aeternitas-Eternity is hinged upon this moment
Chi be vive,ben muore-A good life makes an easy death
Morta la bestia,morto il veneno-When the beast is dead,the venom is dead
But my favorite by far is this one
Dai nemici mi guardo io,dagli amici mi guardi Iddio!-I(will) protect myself from my enemies;may God protect me from my friends!
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"If you are cold,Tea will warm you.
If you are too heated,It will cool you.
If you are depressed,It will cheer you.
If you are excited,It will calm you." Gladstone.
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« Reply #69 on: February 19, 2011, 05:15:26 pm » |
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Ah, Miles - I was aboard after her conversion - would have been 1989. We referred to her as a "Slow Attack". The two Dry Deck Shelters were on board, of course, and I had something to do with all that stuff.
Fun times - I went down a wire in a horse-collar from a helo when we caught up to her in the East Med. Made me feel important - I got aboard before the XO caught up to her, they had left port in Sardinia on two hours notice. What fun!
Cheers!
Chas.
PS - saw your PM, will reply.
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« Reply #70 on: February 19, 2011, 05:38:55 pm » |
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I have two that I particularly like
A personal one: Feeling is purpose
and a more generic one: Where there is a will, there is a way
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Feeling is purpose
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« Reply #71 on: February 20, 2011, 09:58:19 am » |
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My personal motto has for many years been: Eall cræft unnytt bið þonne Engel on þinum flintlocum micgeðFor those who don't read Old English:
All skill is in vain when an Angel pisses in your flintlock
A motto that I have also used and has been particularly apt, considering my alchemical/pyrotechnic activities: Defecamus luces purpuras |
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« Reply #72 on: February 20, 2011, 05:49:13 pm » |
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Is é an domhain mo chorp,
A chuid uisce, mo chuid fola,
A gaoithe, mo anáil,
Agus a tine, mo spiorad. I think just gave my spell checker seizures... For those who don't read Gaelic: "The Earth is my body,
It's water, my blood,
It's wind, my breath,
And it's fire, my spirit."
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'How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
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« Reply #73 on: February 21, 2011, 02:04:54 am » |
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Mine used to be: Habire ensim, Volentaris itare.Have sword, Will travel. I was thinking of getting calling cards with that on it "back in the day." |
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« Reply #74 on: February 22, 2011, 02:52:26 pm » |
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The man who has no fear is not fit for battle, for the lack of fear comes with a lack of sanity. The man who as fear and lets it conquer his soul is a coward, and cowards have no place on the field of battle. The man who accepts his fears and rises above them is a man I want by my side, for only the greatest warriors can conquer a foe as old and powerful as fear.
Just something I made up; not really a motto, but definitely a truth I hold close to heart.
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Watch yourself when your goal's within reach, for that's when the floor usually crumbles beneath you.
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