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[pt109]

On pursuing the practical applications of your training to actually trying to win a match….
…..an old military saying comes to mind…..’The map is not the terrain.’

 

[ChrisSjoblom]

"The future isn't what it used to be." - Louis Cyphre in the movie Angel Heart

 

[9BallKY]

I can beat any man
from any land
at any game
he can name
for any amount
he can count

 

[9BallKY]

That ball wasn’t dead it was just laying real still

 

[Bob Jewett]

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“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
– Marilyn vos Savant

No, Marilyn, not quite. As Mark Twain said:

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.

Or at least that's the way it works for most people.

 

[sjm]

Many agree that "a fool and his money are son parted" but legendary Baltimore journalist HL Mencken's slant was that "a fool and his money are soon elected."

The older I get, the more I see this Mencken's way,

 

[GoldCrown]

If you drink and drive...have a car.... G.C.