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    Tip (What number are we at now?) - Don't teach your partner to drive. Let the professionals do it.

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    Tip 196: Don't wait to always have company to go to the movies, or the theater, or ballet, or opera. Just get dressed up and go on your own when you feel like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drkshadow03 View Post
    What's fake coffee?
    Instant coffee. It certain circumstances it is OK as a substitute, but to drink it exclusively is not a good show in my book. Tea bags are fine.

    Quote Originally Posted by PoeticPassions View Post
    Tip 196: Don't wait to always have company to go to the movies, or the theater, or ballet, or opera. Just get dressed up and go on your own when you feel like it.
    Absolutely. I went to see a top production of Othello last night and I've booked a ticket for a classical concert for Sunday night. Good tip. I find it better to go with company, but I would rather go on my own than to not see it at all.

    Getting obsessed with theatre productions. I'm doing two/three per week for this and next month, both amateur and professional productions - it's also fun dragging my brother along to a few of them!

    Tip 197 - Introduce people to the theatre.

    It's fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoeticPassions View Post
    Tip 196: Don't wait to always have company to go to the movies, or the theater, or ballet, or opera. Just get dressed up and go on your own when you feel like it.
    So very true. I have had some great nights going to London to watch an opera alone. You meet new people and enjoy a great opera without the bother of having uninterested friends or girls with you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drkshadow03 View Post
    What's fake coffee?
    There's the stuff made from acorns, and the stuff made from dandelions. There's also some vegan stuff - which i forget the name of - and camp Coffee made from chicory which is quite nice.

    Quote Originally Posted by PoeticPassions View Post
    Tip 196: Don't wait to always have company to go to the movies, or the theater, or ballet, or opera. Just get dressed up and go on your own when you feel like it.
    As a middle aged bloke there are some problems associated with going alone to the cinema.

    Tip 198: If you are a bloke and you go to see a movie alone - then sit right at the front and not the "creepy" back.


    the naughty kids at the back may target you though.
    The last film I went to see alone was Lord of the Rings The Return of the King. No-one will go with me now even though I've stopped laughing too loudly...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silas Thorne View Post
    Tip (What number are we at now?) - Don't teach your partner to drive. Let the professionals do it.
    Or your offspring either!

    Tip 198: Don't own too many things lest they begin to own you.



    Tip 199: Embarace both calm and chaos, for they are brother and sister to one another.

    Now if I was only half as wise as I sound.


    Tip 200: Read a good book once in awhile.
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
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    Tip 201: Do not ignore moderator's warnings.

    Hmm, maybe we should have a separate thread for "Top Tips for a Happy Online Life"...
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    Tip 202: Here's one that has stood the test of time.


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    "L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Tip 201: Do not ignore moderator's warnings.

    Hmm, maybe we should have a separate thread for "Top Tips for a Happy Online Life"...
    (Shiver) Yes, ma'am! We could never ignore our moderators, the kindest, the best, the goodest moderators in all the land!
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    Tip 203: Never discount a compliment by dressing it down. Just say 'Thank you!'
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    Tip 204:

    Never reach for your revolver, unless it's in the cause of blowing away self-righteousness.
    "L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.

    "Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.

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    #205 Never hire an accounting firm run by a man named "Frenchy" or "Pete".

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    Tip 206: Never eat illicit chips. You can guarrantee that it'll be chips for tea as well.

    In fact I've had three lots of chips today. 2 illicit ones and a legit teatime/ got home late portion. Call me Mr Fat from now on...

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    Tip 207: If a pretty girl asks you what kind of music you like, don't say, "Death Metal."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neely View Post
    Instant coffee. It certain circumstances it is OK as a substitute, but to drink it exclusively is not a good show in my book. Tea bags are fine.
    Hmm, do the Keurig K-cups count as instant?
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