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• APAD: Chance favors the prepared mind - 移花接木 - ♂ (1447 bytes) () 02/08/2026  06:17:52

• Wow, I feel so relieved!! Tell U a true story: - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (667 bytes) () 02/08/2026  06:42:25

• Had 'Knowledge is power, France is bacon' ever bothered U? - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  06:50:17

• In a way, yes ;-) but it’s so funny that I laughed my head - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  06:55:28

• off the 1st time hearing it ~~~~~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  06:56:15

• prepare cash for the crash? - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  09:03:31

• Very funny:-)) Cash might not b useful anymore after crash~~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  09:15:41

• 破财免灾？？？ - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:14:22

• 未雨绸缪 - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:56:53

• 对，这是proactive, 破财免灾是reactive - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  11:07:36

• Lucky me-chance favors my unprepared mind：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  09:20:59

• What happen? Wealth caught you by surprise? - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:16:41

• I am often caught off guard if I am not prepared. - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:18:51

• I can tell u r very thorough and thoughtful.：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:40:21

• Not wealthy，but I am always generous：） - 妖妖灵 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2026  10:38:04

• Chance favors the prepared mind. - JoyAnna. - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2026  07:42:15

• But deadlines favor the last-minute panic. - JoyAnna. - ♀ (15 bytes) () 02/09/2026  07:42:49

• APAD: hatchet job - 7grizzly - ♂ (8728 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:06:54

• Thought Dr. J Needham is well respected? 2 me, charactor is - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:28:45

• more important than ability. Hatchet job w/o fact is a No-No - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:31:45

• I think he still is. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  10:25:34

• Didn't know the guy. Thanks for sharing! - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:33:36

• heard about him bf, but never read his books. he was - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:48:22

• involved w/ UNESCO as well :-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (112 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:49:12

• Just read a good book about him. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  10:26:07

• Just finished my reading on Elon Musk:) - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  11:41:03

• Elon is the person who carries with him a hatchet:) - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  11:42:31

• I'd bet he does, and maybe has to. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  14:13:11

• The one by Simon Winchester? Thx! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  12:07:18

• Walter Isaacson - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  12:13:44

• Yes. The Man Who Loved China (2008). - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  14:12:27

• Thx. Just put a hold on the book in local library! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/07/2026  13:49:33

• 哦，愿来不是鬼斧神工的意思，是劈了当柴烧了 - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:33:59

• right, 劈了柴，去煮鹤焚琴 :-( - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  10:16:23

• Sort of, when understood in some way. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  10:27:42

• We welcome feedback, but not a hatchet job. - JoyAnna. - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/07/2026  05:00:22

• The job often reveals more the hatchetman than what he chops - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/07/2026  11:24:38

• APAD: Believe you me - 移花接木 - ♂ (1262 bytes) () 02/05/2026  02:10:02

• W/ fake news floating around, can’t trust what one hears, - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  05:08:45

• 耳听为虚 眼见为实。Seeing’s believing, believe U me! ~~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  05:11:38

• The objective pronoun "me" makes it clear. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  08:54:12

• Agreed. & If the Bard said so, it's must be right :-)) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  09:13:56

• "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit" ~~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  09:14:18

• 刚想了一下莎翁上面这句话含义，witty fool == 大智若愚？foolish wit = 大愚若智？:-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  09:51:44

• Unbelieveable - 永远老李 - ♂ (328 bytes) () 02/05/2026  10:03:45

• 啊哈哈哈，啊哈哈哈，ROFL~~ Note there’re only “me me me”, no U @all;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  10:24:37

• APAD:There's no I in team, "but two i's in 'idiot.' - 7G -" - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  11:13:29

• 哈哈 - 永远老李 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  11:23:10

• 他确实认真兑现竞选承诺呀，不是吗？：） - JoyAnna. - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2026  17:52:59

• 说来话长 - 永远老李 - ♂ (210 bytes) () 02/06/2026  07:46:33

• Last two days, it took me 3+ hrs to get home after work, - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  07:19:48

• Believe you me - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  07:20:15

• Empathizing! 4 me, a book always helps forgetting time - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  07:36:11

• Everyone has multimedia entertainment in pocket - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/06/2026  09:40:39

• APAD: Dark horse + Black sheep - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (3337 bytes) () 02/04/2026  07:45:10

• have a funny 2nd thought after breakfast:Could a dark horse - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  08:24:28

• become a black sheep figuratively? food 4 thought :-)) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  08:25:12

• at my feshmanship, my class championed the school football - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:37:30

• ternament, scored 1st place of annual athletics - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:40:20

• that was a true dark horse. I contributed 2 personal & - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:41:36

• 1 group championship-----football team - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:42:14

• Good example. Kudos 2 U & Ur soccer teammates! I started - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:50:17

• watching in HS, like the game,even “played” 1s w/ coworkers - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  09:53:18

• The dark horse is its own steed. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  11:25:42

• For sure! May not be visible @1st, but nothing can dim the - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  11:55:17

• light shining from within ~~ - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  11:56:05

• Interesting ones! And black swan：） - 暖冬cool夏 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  14:27:15

• Ha, another black animal! :-) But it’s more neutral, I think - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  14:46:45

• & good to use 4 surprises in normal situations. Thx! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2026  14:48:07

• APAD: Knee-jerk reaction - 移花接木 - ♂ (1412 bytes) () 02/02/2026  02:22:38

• Knew it but not as an idiom before. Is it similar as in APAD - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  05:06:35

• “ Lizard brain” discussed here last Oct? ? Thx. - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (1038 bytes) () 02/02/2026  05:07:54

• think it again,K-J reaction doesn't go thru brain @all. Amen - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  19:20:02

• It helps to take a deep breath from time to time. - 7grizzly - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  09:53:05

• Agreed. But bottling up then exploding might not good either - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  10:09:58

• Guess it's about balancing the head w/ the heart ;-) - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  10:16:35

• natural reaction when confronting uncertainties - 移花接木 - ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2026  03:26:10

• But 4 different people, knee-jerk reaction'll be different!! - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2026  07:59:08

• some r more aggresive & bullying than others - 最西边的岛上 - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2026  11:12:28

• When people argue online, they often have a knee-jerk - JoyAnna. - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  18:51:11

• reaction instead of thinking things through. - JoyAnna. - ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/02/2026  18:51:36

• My knee-jerk reaction yesterday had been proofed wrong, afte - 移花接木 - ♂ (181 bytes) () 02/03/2026  03:25:01