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Eric
20th November 2008, 12:08 PM
First, it is critical to maintain a healthy sense of optimism about the future — not because we want to psyche ourselves into positive thinking but because things do get better from points of high pessimism. Surveys of people faced with a personal crisis demonstrate that the same people generally feel much better about themselves and life in general just a year after the initial event. It is equally important to have a strong sense of self-belief — the belief that not only will things get better for me but that I will also have a meaningful role to play in it. As Graham Bell said, “When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

mikeyj
20th November 2008, 06:42 PM
Hola,

Did he invent the door bell, sounds like he opened and closed a lot of doors.

Is there a collective term for a load of doors?, you know like a herd or pace of asses, a chattering or clattering of choughs, a trip of dotterel, summat like that.

A...........of Doors......(Banging possibly!)

Anna Rack.;)

Eric
20th November 2008, 07:39 PM
Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is widely credited with the invention of the telephone.

An astragal is commonly used to seal between a pair of doors. ..

A blessing of unicorns

An aarmory of aardvarks

A bloat of hippopotamuses

all righty then.....

mikeyj
21st November 2008, 09:02 PM
Hola,

A.....dopping of sheldrake, a wisp of snipe, a fall of woodcock, a knob of waterfowl......

A load of Bo**ocks!

Reverend R.Soul:D