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A quotation from Terry Pratchett

One of the hardest lessons of young Sam’s life had been finding out that the people in charge weren’t in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002)

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Pratchett, Terry - Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002) | WIST Quotations

One of the hardest lessons of young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.

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WIST QuotationsApr 24

A quotation from Terry Pratchett

Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)

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WIST QuotationsApr 4

A quotation from Terry Pratchett

   The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
   Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
   But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 15, Men at Arms (1993)

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Pratchett, Terry - Discworld No. 15, Men at Arms (1993) | WIST Quotations

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of…

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Show threada fading echoMay 27, 2025
@bhoutlook See also Sam Vimes' boot theory.
Pratchett, Sir Terry, Discworld.
#rich #boots #vimes #pterrypratchett
Harry W.Jan 25, 2025

Saw this on #bsky, and throught I'd share here

#politics #economy #rich #TerryPrachett #vimes #money #costofliving

Tony KennickJan 18, 2025

Come and see Men At Arms at the University Drama Studio, Sheffield 19th -22nd February 2025 with a matinee on the Saturday.
Tickets are now over 50% sold out over all shows so get yours quickly or else you might not get to see what Ankh-Morpork has to offer.

Ticket link 🔗: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/midlandplayers
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Show threadollibabaOct 26, 2024

Kinda reminds me of this #Discworld quote:

#Vimes #Food

The FerridgeSep 13, 2024
Afterw watching him on Black Sails, I have become convinced that, were there ever good #Discworld adaptations for #TV, Toby Stephens would make a fantastic #Vimes .
TuulaPAug 31, 2024

Hmm, kyllä se Product Liability Directive taitaa ihan oikeasti olla tulossa: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240308IPR18990/defective-products-revamped-rules-to-better-protect-consumers-from-damages (pitää löytää sen numero, niin voi kaivaa minkälaiseksi sen direktiivin teksti on väkertynyt esikohusta.

ID-numero 2022/0302 ja teksti: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A495%3AFIN #dodi

tila: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2022_302

Byrokratiassa hyötynsä kun _kaikki_ kirjataan ylös, pitää vain alkaa osata tulkitsemaan näitä ;) #v2024 #pdltaijotain #vimes

Defective products: revamped rules to better protect consumers from damages | News | European Parliament

On Tuesday, MEPs adopted new EU consumer-protection rules to better respond to increased online shopping, emerging technologies and the transition to a circular economy.

Show threadnoelleNov 5, 2023
.@jeffowski This story is all so true and reminder me for the so-manieth time of #TerryPrachett’s #Vimes #bootstheoryofsocioeconomicunfairness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory?wprov=sfti1
Boots theory - Wikipedia