Gwolf
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It has to be "they" - if it was 'we', then 'we' would be over 100 years old!
Hindsight is always 20/20
Gwolf did not say that. Carl Sagan said that, and it was clearly credited to him.
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It has to be "they" - if it was 'we', then 'we' would be over 100 years old!
Hindsight is always 20/20
Gwolf did not say that. Carl Sagan said that, and it was clearly credited to him.
I dunno that '...is always...' is quite correct there - that implies that you can always see perfectly in hindsight, which is patently not always true!!
I've met more'n just 'a few' people who would have difficulty achieving 20/2000 vision in hindsight on anything, cos they were just sooo bloody oblivious to the possibility that they might actually learn ANYTHING from looking back on their own or anyone else's experiences!! The sad news is, most of them were supposed 'leaders' &/or in leadership roles!!
The saying/s I've heard used more often, and used myself, are:
"It's easy to have 20/20 vision in hindsight!" or
"It’s easy to be wise after the event!"
Both of which imply that you might be more able to clearly see some important things that you might have missed in the heat of the moment when you're looking back on them.
Just Sayin'
Gwolf
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I dunno that '...is always...' is quite correct there - that implies that you can always see perfectly in hindsight, which is patently not always true!!
I've met more'n just 'a few' people who would have difficulty achieving 20/2000 vision in hindsight on anything, cos they were just sooo bloody oblivious to the possibility that they might actually learn ANYTHING from looking back on their own or anyone else's experiences!! The sad news is, most of them were supposed 'leaders' &/or in leadership roles!!
The saying I've heard used more often, and used myself, is "It's easy to have 20/20 vision, in hindsight!" which implies you might be more able to clearly see things that you missed in the heat of the moment when you're looking back on them.
Just Sayin'
Yes, that is true... The old saying did not take into consideration that there are some people who keep making the same mistakes over and over. It could also be that those people simply do not look back into their own past, or maybe they looked without seeing.
It is one of those sayings that everyone has heard all their life, and never thought about it not being true at all. I'm pretty sure it is not the only old saying like that.
But then, there is also Seward's Folly... where the people laughted at Secretary of State William Seward for buying Alaska from Russia! Then, not so many years later, enough gold was mined there that the people stopped laughing. Some of the people did not have hindsight right away, but they soon found it.
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RapidSpyder
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I miss these, and floor vents.
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Switch to spray oil on the road to cause the bad guys car to fishtail wildly... No, silly me, it's the high beam switch for the headlights...
Gwolf
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What I miss is the little triangular fold out vent windows in front of the door glass. You could even open them when it was raining hard, long as you was moving. Got fresh air in the cab of the truck, summer or winter, and they deflected the wind blast if you rode with the window down.
Gwolf
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That is the way it goes with them former Hollywood movie stars. Once he hit it big in the Ghost Busters movie, he just went wild and ruined his health. He just forgot about his family and close friends and spread himself all over town.
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