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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-18-10 07:39 PM
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19. oh, and there is no such thing as luck, only diligence
we all have to create our own opportunities.
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  -Quick! Anyone here got something I can do to turn my luck around? arbusto_baboso  Mar-18-10 03:47 PM   #0 
  - Lotto tickets.  proteus_lives   Mar-18-10 03:48 PM   #1 
  - Pfft. They cost money. Next!  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 03:49 PM   #2 
  - Rub the head of the garden gnome in the office fridge and moon a Republican within 12 hours.  HopeHoops   Mar-18-10 03:52 PM   #3 
  - Hmm.  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 04:11 PM   #6 
  - Do everything opposite to how you normally do it.  kayakjohnny   Mar-18-10 04:02 PM   #4 
  - So, beer for breakfast, and go to the gym before work?  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 04:09 PM   #5 
     - Give away all your belongings to everyone you don't like n/t  orion007   Mar-18-10 04:31 PM   #7 
     - Beer for breakfast is the OPPOSITE of the norm for you?!?!?!?  MiddleFingerMom   Mar-18-10 05:51 PM   #11 
        - Government job, you know.  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 05:53 PM   #12 
           - whose government is this?  Capn Sunshine   Mar-18-10 10:00 PM   #24 
              - County of Ventura, administering state and fed programs.  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 10:02 PM   #25 
                 - It just so happens that our party structure has turned VC blue  Capn Sunshine   Mar-19-10 08:57 PM   #28 
  - Wear the same underwear backwards for 13 days, and...  trof   Mar-18-10 04:43 PM   #8 
  - I might get rid of my bad luck that way, but I'd also lose all my friends!  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 04:49 PM   #9 
     - I never said there wasn't some downside.  trof   Mar-18-10 05:43 PM   #10 
  - Start paying it forward  lunatica   Mar-18-10 06:00 PM   #13 
  - Bullshit  Lilith Velkor   Mar-18-10 07:24 PM   #14 
     - Says who sweety?  lunatica   Mar-19-10 07:17 AM   #26 
  - mail me a money order for $1000 and i guarentee you will win a $100 prize  vadawg   Mar-18-10 07:33 PM   #15 
  - business or personal?  datasuspect   Mar-18-10 07:35 PM   #16 
  - Take a bath in epsom salts or sea salt  Sanity Claws   Mar-18-10 07:37 PM   #17 
  - Find someone in a more miserable state than yours, and help that person  Xipe Totec   Mar-18-10 07:38 PM   #18 
  - helping others in meaningful ways always has a salutary effect on one's conscience.  datasuspect   Mar-18-10 07:39 PM   #20 
  - I posit that is helps more than our conscience  Xipe Totec   Mar-18-10 07:41 PM   #21 
  - great advice  Sanity Claws   Mar-18-10 07:48 PM   #22 
  - That might be the most meritorious suggestion yet.  arbusto_baboso   Mar-18-10 09:54 PM   #23 
     - I love that idea  Capn Sunshine   Mar-19-10 08:58 PM   #29 
  - oh, and there is no such thing as luck, only diligence  datasuspect   Mar-18-10 07:39 PM   #19 
  - Simple. Stop believing in Luck. That would be a good first step.  CBGLuthier   Mar-19-10 07:21 AM   #27 
 

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