Motivational phrases & sayings

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Dogtrousers

Kilometre nibbler
Don't try too hard
 
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PeteXXX

PeteXXX

Cake or ice cream? The choice is endless ...
Photo Winner
Location
Hamtun
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Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
Location
Inside my skull
Roughly 5 billion years from now, the Sun will exhaust the hydrogen fuel in its core and start burning helium, forcing its transition into a red giant star. During this shift, its atmosphere will expand out to somewhere around 1 astronomical unit — the current average Earth-Sun distance. This means the Sun will gradually engulf Mercury, Venus, and likely Earth.

You still have time for another beer
 

Sharky

Guru
Location
Kent

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Made a lot of mistakes in my life, but admitting them is not one of them.
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
Near enough is good enough.

That is actually true in a more profound sense than it's usually taken. If you are building a wall, than plus or minus 5mm is likely fine, but regrinding a crankshaft the you are aiming to get it within a thou'. Now if you're doing optical work the your target is 1/10th of a wavelenght of light. And doing better than these targets is simply pointless and a waste of effort and resources
 
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