Fair go

[bignok]

For you believe you have had a fair go in life? A fair share of luck.

[scubascuba3]

You think you havent? unlucky?

 

Yeah i think luck evens out, helps not being negative and seeing things as bad luck

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

You think you havent? unlucky?

 

Yeah i think luck evens out, helps not being negative and seeing things as bad luck

You think everyone gets a fair share? One dude gets born a millionaire, another in the Indian slums. How is that fair?

[scubascuba3]

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

You think everyone gets a fair share? One dude gets born a millionaire, another in the Indian slums. How is that fair?

no life isn't fair, that's one of the oldest quotes

[Real Name Hidden]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

no life isn't fair, that's one of the oldest quotes

Not fair?  Better than the alternative.

[scubascuba3]

1 minute ago, Real Name Hidden said:

Not fair?  Better than the alternative.

it's well known life isn't fair, surprised you haven't realised that already.

 

Remember the 2004 tsunami, 200k+ people died in Banda Aceh, what did they do to deserve that?

[bignok]

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

it's well known life isn't fair, surprised you haven't realised that already.

 

Remember the 2004 tsunami, 200k+ people died in Banda Aceh, what did they do to deserve that?

Dead people don't suffer. Only the living.

[The Cyclist]

36 minutes ago, bignok said:

For you believe you have had a fair go in life? A fair share of luck.

 

As a world famour golfer once said

 

' The harder I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get '

 

Gary Player Esq.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, The Cyclist said:

 

As a world famour golfer once said

 

' The harder I work and practice, the luckier I seem to get '

 

Gary Player Esq.

Which is bs. Practice 70 hours a week with no talent you won't even make the tour. John Daley won 2 majors. He hardly practiced at all.

[The Cyclist]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Which is bs.

 

If you say so.

 

Probably every Country in the world has wasters who bemoan their luck and think inwardly,

 

What if I had tried harder at Skool.

 

What if I hadn't got pregnant at 15

 

What if I hadn't got drunk and caused a car crash at 20

 

Luck has very little to do with it, bad choices have plenty to do with it.

[bignok]

Just now, The Cyclist said:

 

If you say so.

 

Probably every Country in the world has wasters who bemoan their luck and think inwardly,

 

What if I had tried harder at Skool.

 

What if I hadn't got pregnant at 15

 

What if I hadn't got drunk and caused a car crash at 20

 

Luck has very little to do with it, bad choices have plenty to do with it.

So how many majors did you win? 5 or 6?

[The Cyclist]

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

So how many majors did you win? 5 or 6?

 

Gary Player won 9 majors.

 

Not bad for a guy who was told repeatedly that he would never make it as a pro due to his unorthodox swing.

 

Hence his quip, posted above.

 

So was it luck, or was it his dedication and practice that made him a 9 major winner ?

[bignok]

1 minute ago, The Cyclist said:

 

Gary Player won 9 majors.

 

Not bad for a guy who was told repeatedly that he would never make it as a pro due to his unorthodox swing.

 

Hence his quip, posted above.

 

So was it luck, or was it his dedication and practice that made him a 9 major winner ?

Mostly luck. Born with talent. His swing was good. Lee Trevino had a strange swing.

 

If it was down to hard work I would have made the pro tour. I practiced harder than guys who became pros. Just not enough talent.

 

Greg Norman staying playing age 17. 2 years later was a scratch golfer. Just proves its down to talent. Hard work is maybe 5% of it.

 

 

[The Cyclist]

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

f it was down to hard work I would have made the pro tour. I practiced harder than guys who became pros. Just not enough talent.

 

Which has nothing to do with luck,, and can be equally applied to every walk of life.

 

As Millions upon millions of failed sportsmen, pop stars and many others will testify.

 

Lack of talent / not good enough is not down to luck.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, The Cyclist said:

 

Which has nothing to do with luck,, and can be equally applied to every walk of life.

 

As Millions upon millions of failed sportsmen, pop stars and many others will testify.

 

Lack of talent / not good enough is not down to luck.

Yes it is. Born lucky. Talent is luck.

[georgegeorgia]

Sometimes life is luck .

Some people die earlier some don't ,some of its "luck"

[brianthainess]

Yep born lucky, good looking, and sexy maaan.

[KhunLA]

Childhood sucked, but always good food & roof over head, so can't complain too much.   What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.  Could do without the alcoholic parents, but aside from that, really wouldn't change much, as obviously contributed to who I am today.... that end product.

 

And I kind of like & respect the guy in the mirror ... all that matters.

Edited December 7, 2023 by KhunLA

[stoner]

I've had a horseshoe shoved up my ass multiple times in life. is that lucky ? 

[bignok]

16 minutes ago, stoner said:

I've had a horseshoe shoved up my ass multiple times in life. is that lucky ? 

Enjoy?

[1FinickyOne]

14 hours ago, bignok said:

Dead people don't suffer. Only the living.

We don't know that - - but I agree - - paradise lies around the bend and across the sea... 

Edited December 7, 2023 by 1FinickyOne

[1FinickyOne]

32 minutes ago, stoner said:

I've had a horseshoe shoved up my ass multiple times in life. is that lucky ? 

 

Never experienced that - you tell me - has it been lucky? 

[1FinickyOne]

14 hours ago, bignok said:

Which is bs. Practice 70 hours a week with no talent you won't even make the tour. John Daley won 2 majors. He hardly practiced at all.

Ask @lasix how he does it... or does he do it at all and nothing more than dishonest proclamations... though I suspect he actually believes them... 

[spidermike007]

Definitely have had some luck in this life, but had to work very hard for it. So, was it luck, or entrepreneural spirit combined with some smarts?

 

My mother told me very early on that life is not fair and that it was unreasonable to expect it to be, and that has been a lesson that has stayed with me, it's been very helpful. 

 

A sense of entitlement is an ugly thing. 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

I've had a horseshoe shoved up my ass multiple times in life. is that lucky ? 

Probably! I heard they are supposed to bring luck, and you seem to get lucky a multitude of times.

[Olmate]

15 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Sometimes life is luck .

Some people die earlier some don't ,some of its "luck"

Its lucky your post about 24 dead in Pattaya bus crash was BS! 

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, bignok said:

You think everyone gets a fair share? One dude gets born a millionaire, another in the Indian slums. How is that fair?

And the fix for that "unfairness", as you see it, is what?  What about the people in the Indian slums who have more than their mates born in the same place?

[bignok]

18 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And the fix for that "unfairness", as you see it, is what?  What about the people in the Indian slums who have more than their mates born in the same place?

Shove a horse shoe up their ass

[Prubangboy]

Thai people's belief in reincarnation and karma frees them of this stupid and useless neurosis.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Prubangboy said:

Thai people's belief in reincarnation and karma frees them of this stupid and useless neurosis.

U were born lucky