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Whacking: The redistribution or impairment of biological functions intended to eliminate intercellular cooperation within a sentient organism.

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“It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”

John Steinbeck,

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excellent my friend



while im probably more in the G-shock , Glock and Toyota camp , and a believer of function leading form , i identify with this statement , I would rather have 1 quality thing over a hundred meidocre

real quality lasts forever, and most will never get it , being a craftsman probably put me on this path , but time care and detail are something we owe ourselves. Taste and style will differ , but love and attention cant be faked.

But the things truly I beleive we need to invest in is good food , good wine , and good friends , and above all good experiences .... all the rest will fade

Materialistically I think everyone owes themselves a good knife , and a good camera . everyone needs a sharp edge , and a good perspective , and the reminder to cheerish it .

I'm not so much into cars or guns but I do love watches and quality knives. I'll tell you a tale , I had a friend who was a fairly well off lawyer and he had a Tag Heuer watch, fairly expensive but not top of the line, we both used to talk about a watch called a Breitling Navitimer, now these are expensive and he couldn't afford one, but there came a time when he could afford a Breitling although not a navitimer, and he was chuffed when he got it. However , he had a friend who was a jeweller, who told him that the inner workings of his Breitling were made by Tag Heuer.......so he paid a lot of money for a watch case .........now me, I have an omega that was my Dad's and they are classy, I can understand an Italian liking them, because they are so slim and light and pure class, understated. However, I didn't like wearing my Dad's watch because it upset me.I can afford a good watch but I opted for an "Orange Sea Monster" by Seiko and I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbMLBtwiux8

It's classy but affordable

EDIT

One thing that I also meant to say was about Bowie knives, I was considering buying a Cold steel Natchez Bowie, the cheaper model, but I discovered that it doesn't have a full tang blade and can break. now I'm thinking more of the lines of one of these
http://www.heinnie.com/Von-Tempsky-Bowie/p--10146/

“I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend”

J.R.R. Tolkein
The Lord of the Rings

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New England Budo Center

Tolkien served in the trenches of WWI. You can take that quote to the bank.

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Life begins & ends cold, naked & covered in crap.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats... H. L. Mencken

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Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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G. Suarez

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Bad manners,personal rudeness, lack of consideration for others in minor matters. Loss of politeness, of gentle manners, are symptoms especially serious _in that an individual displaying them never thinks of them as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength.

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Thanks Jason, he was the epitome of 'Bun Bu Ryodo" Which of itself is an important Budo saying:

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New England Budo Center

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Jim Prouty
New England Budo Center

Keep your head down. Keep your eyes up. Resist the urge to be seen as important or special. Know your exits.~Sarah Conner

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