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| ==Adages== | ==Adages== | ||
| Any sufficiently clever remark will be attributed to |
Any sufficiently witty and clever remark will be attributed to Mark Twain, even if you thought of it yourself. | ||
| It is no coincidence that "gravitas" and "gravel" have so many letters in common. People admitred for their "gravitas" frequently have many little stones. | It is no coincidence that "gravitas" and "gravel" have so many letters in common. People admitred for their "gravitas" frequently have many little stones. | ||
| If a country changes its currency, prices will all be rounded up and sizes of goods will all be rounded down. | |||
| A collector is anyone who has one of something, but would be perfectly happy to buy another one whether he needs it or not. | |||
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Background: sciences, economics, and anything remotely collectible. Started online in 1982. Started first "blog" by current standards in 1987 ("Today's Mail" in the Coin/Stamp Forum of CompuServe). First Internet blog circa 1992 (in CompuServe's Ourworld pages).
Active in collectibles, politics (was a J.P. for about fifteen years), and too many areas to list on my Jeopardy interview card for an interview.
Firm believer in facts as opposed to opinions, no matter how others might spin them.
Easily distracted by puns.
I do not react well to gameplaying with quotes.
Adages
Any sufficiently witty and clever remark will be attributed to Mark Twain, even if you thought of it yourself.
It is no coincidence that "gravitas" and "gravel" have so many letters in common. People admitred for their "gravitas" frequently have many little stones.
If a country changes its currency, prices will all be rounded up and sizes of goods will all be rounded down.
A collector is anyone who has one of something, but would be perfectly happy to buy another one whether he needs it or not.