fate is the hunter

[kirby1923]

You know what,
Shakespeare was right...
The world of humanity doesn't work by physics or gravity or anything else.
It works by passion..

I don't quite understand why...
 

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[wrbix]

You know what,
Shakespeare was right...
The world of humanity doesn't work by physics or gravity or anything else.
It works by passion..

I don't quite understand why...
 

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Largely because humans allow passion to overrule logic and reason.

[Lannis]

You know what,
Shakespeare was right...
The world of humanity doesn't work by physics or gravity or anything else.
It works by passion..

I don't quite understand why...
 

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I assume that we just missed an attachment of an Ernest K. Gann quote .... ?

Lannis

[Sheepdog]

...or Kevin Kelly.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Largely because humans allow passion to overrule logic and reason.

Yep.

[kirby1923]

Tell you what...

That doesn't help me one damn bit. Shade tree logic...

[kidneb]

                    >I read in a poem that everything is just a dream<

[Lannis]

Tell you what...

That doesn't help me one damn bit. Shade tree logic...

Yep again.  Can't derive "passion" from interactions (electrostatic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, gravity, etc) between elementary particles.  Or self-awareness. Or ....

Lannis

[oldbike54]

 Mongo only pawn in game of life .

 100 days Kirb ?

 Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

Yep again.  Can't derive "passion" from interactions (electrostatic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, gravity, etc) between elementary particles.  Or self-awareness. Or ....

Lannis

That is because you have never stuck an appendage in a light socket and pulled the chain.

[PJPR01]

Life without passion would be boring as hell.

Life without some decent level of logic and order would be total chaos

Like a good chocolate eclair, the proper balance of cream/crust makes for a good outcome.

Can't be totally emotional or totally Spockian...

[Chuck in Indiana]

That is because you have never stuck an appendage in a light socket and pulled the chain.

Good point.

[normzone]

That is because you have never stuck an appendage in a light socket and pulled the chain.

That's not entirely true - when I was four or five I became curious regarding the parental counsel I'd been given about not sticking my finger in a wall socket or I could die.

My parents were obviously mistaken about a lot of important things, like living on ice cream and when to go to bed, so I figured this might be one of those issues.

So I found some time alone in the garage, and spent about forever trying to force my fingernail into the prong socket on some 110. After many efforts, I finally managed to induce a surprising sensation that left my finger sore for a while, probably forever at that age.

Very worried now, I followed that up with questioning my dad about how long I had left to live, while not explaining why I was concerned. He gave me the usual adult nonsense, proving my theory that adults are not as infallible as they pretend to be.

[twowings]

Fascinating!

[Arizona Wayne]

That's not entirely true - when I was four or five I became curious regarding the parental counsel I'd been given about not sticking my finger in a wall socket or I could die.

My parents were obviously mistaken about a lot of important things, like living on ice cream and when to go to bed, so I figured this might be one of those issues.

So I found some time alone in the garage, and spent about forever trying to force my fingernail into the prong socket on some 110. After many efforts, I finally managed to induce a surprising sensation that left my finger sore for a while, probably forever at that age.

Very worried now, I followed that up with questioning my dad about how long I had left to live, while not explaining why I was concerned. He gave me the usual adult nonsense, proving my theory that adults are not as infallible as they pretend to be.

Don't recall either of my parents telling me to not stick my finger in a light socket(wouldn't fit anyway) so being curious I stuck a bobby pin in a light socket          and never did it again. 

[KiwiKev]

Don't recall either of my parents telling me to not stick my finger in a light socket(wouldn't fit anyway) so being curious I stuck a bobby pin in a light socket          and never did it again. 

Some bright spark I was doing my radio technician training with decided to test a ten amp socket .

He plugged an AVO 8 meter in on the AC current range to measure the stated ten amps. Lucky the meter had good overload protection.

We have 230v here and many time I’ve had a taste of that by accident. It does make you jump.

[Arizona Wayne]

Some bright spark I was doing my radio technician training with decided to test a ten amp socket .

He plugged an AVO 8 meter in on the AC current range to measure the stated ten amps. Lucky the meter had good overload protection.

We have 230v here and many time I’ve had a taste of that by accident. It does make you jump.

My bobby pin instantly turned red hot and burnt my fingers!!!  Guess I made a good ground.    Think I was about 5yo at the time.

[KiwiKev]

My bobby pin instantly turned red hot and burnt my fingers!!!  Guess I made a good ground.    Think I was about 5yo at the time.

Lol . Reminds me of once sitting in the car minding my two year old son. He pushed the cigarette lighter in then pulled it out and put his finger on the pretty red coil .

Lots of people looking at my screaming son wondering what I did to him & lots more grief when his mum returned to the car.

[twowings]

When my youngest was 4 I laid down with him to help him sleep in his own bed...well, of course Dad fell asleep in several seconds while Junior found my Swiss army knife in its belt holster and used the scissors to cut through the zipcord leading to the bedside lamp...Dad awoke to a blue flash and a loud pop and one wide-eyed little boy whose very first words were, "Dad, I'll NEVER do that AGAIN!!"...He thought I would be angry but I just hugged him and told him I loved him and he had just learned a valuable lesson about life...he hasn't fooled with electricity to this day! 

[rodekyll]

We grew up around electric stock fences.

That's all.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I talked the neighbor kid into peeing on the spark plug of a Gravely tractor to shut it off.

[Yukonica]

Like a good chocolate eclair, the proper balance of cream/crust makes for a good outcome.

So? you are saying life isn't a bowl of cherries? Life is an eclair?

[Sheepdog]

The middle way of moderation...ala Siddhartha.

[PJPR01]

So? you are saying life isn't a bowl of cherries? Life is an eclair?

Well played!  At least I prefer eclairs to cherries!  😁😁

[MotoG5]

Man, it really is the middle of long cold winter season.

[Gliderjohn]

From MotoG5:

Man, it really is the middle of long cold winter season.

But...it is almost February, the days are getting noticeably longer and soon there will be more warmer riding days. However I would give up some more riding days for some serious rain/snow. We are so.............dry here. Starting to feel like 2009 or so again.
GliderJohn

[mtiberio]

I plugged an 8 ohm speaker into a 110v socket. I got a nice 60 cycle hum.

[nc43bsa]

So? you are saying life isn't a bowl of cherries? Life is an eclair?

"Life is a minestrone
Served up with parmesan cheese
Death is a cold lasagne
Suspended in deep freeze" - Eric Stewart / Lol Creme

[Kiwi_Roy]

I talked the neighbor kid into peeing on the spark plug of a Gravely tractor to shut it off.

Growing up we had an old Fordson Major tractor on the farm, magneto Ignition, I remember seeing my Father shut it off by grounding all 4 plugs with his hands.

[elvisboy77]

You know what,
Shakespeare was right...
The world of humanity doesn't work by physics or gravity or anything else.
It works by passion..

I don't quite understand why...
 

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That right there is heavier than a Harley.