While huntin this weekend with my son I was reminded of some sayings of an old neighbor friend. Feel free to share some of the "Words of wisdom" that were given to you.

I would do something dumb or not listen to some good advice... and Ross would surely say one of these...

"Oh Mannn! well its just like my daddy said there no sense in being stupid if ya ain't gonna show it."

"Son, I talk to you with tears in my eyes and all I get is my face wet."

Chop your own wood and it'll warm ya' twice.

Chuck

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They hold no Quarter

If your paying taxes you're doing okay.

If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics stink.

What goes around comes around.

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Buy American
Vote Responsibly

It's a good thing your pretty cause your stupid to the bone.

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Carpriver.

Too soon old, too late smart.

Walk fast and carry a clipboard.

Tell the truth and then you don't have to remember what you said.

Paybacks are a female dog.

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God spelled backwards is dog.

I've got more troubles than Mr. Trouble himself.

I like your saying there. "God spelled backwards is dog." Yeah, stay loyal to either one and they'll be with you forever.

Practice makes permanent.

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Soli Deo Gloria

From my dad anytime I struggled with anything.
Work smart not hard....
Still have trouble with that one sometimes.

From Pop's:

Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten (I think of this when buying a Smith)

The only problem with common sense is, it's not that common.

Never marry a woman that can whoop ya. (Still makes me laugh)

Children should be buried at birth and dug up when they are 35.

Those are what I can remember right at the moment - miss you Pop's.

From my great-granddad re how a job looks after you finished it and it didn't come out just right:

"A man riding by on a horse won't notice"

A quarter of an inch of paint will cover a lot of mistakes.

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James

a buddy had a saying for a job done just good enough, "Close enough for the girls I date"

a one eyed man is king in the land of the blind.

Free liquor is often the most expensive.

If ya got be a monkey be a gorilla.

Any order taker can give it away. It takes a merchant to sell it.

Can't do business out of an empty wagon.

One offer is better than a thousand lookers.

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God spelled backwards is dog.

I don't know about that: the size groups I used to shoot at 50 yds with a 45, I can't equal at 25 yds now.

Perhaps a more à propos saying: "time wounds all heels'.

Remember that one to.

My Grandfather Papa used to say

"There's not much a man can't do on eight hours sleep and two meals a day."

She has a face fit for radio.

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Memory of Randy Freas-Rimfired

The way my memory been working as of late.
It would be here today gone tomorow.

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Thank you
Penmon AKA Jim

From my Grampa: "I learned that the hard way".

From Dad: "Measure twice, cut once".
Dad also said "If we don't have time to do it right the first time, how are we ever going to find time to do it again?"
One more from Dad: "If you can find somebody just HALF as good as your Mother, marry her". I wish I would have asked him before he died if Missus P&R Fan (who he really liked) fit that description. I mean, really, how could he answer it either way?

Oh, and one more piece of advice Dad gave me when I was just a sprout: He said if you're ever siphoning gas and you swallow some, you should swallow a lighted cigarette. I always thought that was odd, but never questioned it. Then one day a few years ago I remembered that and thought "HEY, now I get it!!" (Never said I was smart).

Dad was a real joker sometimes. Sure do miss him.
Jim

My Granddad used to say "The squeaky wheel may get the grease but it's also the first one to be replaced."

This was not an everyday saying at all but one thing my Dad told that stuck with me. We were watching the evening news in the mid '60s and they reported that things were quiet that day in Vietnam, only a couple small skirmishes reported. Dad's comment was "There's no such thing as a small battle to the guys that don't go home afterwards." Dad had served in WW2 and Korea.

I don't know about get out of my mind but a couple have stuck with me for a loooong time.

He/she's so stupid they couldn't pour 'urine' out of a boot with the directions printed on the bottom.

Look with your eyes, not your mouth.

The Lord gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason. You'll never learn anything with your mouth open.

Quips I've remembered:

If you can shoot a revolver double action accurately, you can shoot anything.

You can't miss fast enough to win.

Second place is the First Loser.

Use the right tool for the job. (I was using a screwdriver for a chisel, only time my Dad really yelled at me.)

You need an education in school, not outside digging ditches.

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S&WHF 366

Wisdom often comes with age, but sometimes age comes all alone.

Never pass up a good opportunity to shut up.

Daddy had a few:

You cant argue with ignorance.

If all else fails, read the directions.

If you make the first shot count, you won't need another.

Things look darkest.........................

Before they Get Totally Black.....

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SWCA #2306
DAV in honor of POP

from grandma..
stupid is as stupid does.
from grandpa...
lead, follow or get out of the way
from dad..
no sense no feeling.. as a neighbor was falling from a tree he was pruning.
from mom..
no sense no cents

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is it just me?

get while the gettin's good

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Taste the wares, Email.

from my Grandad " Never expect anything and you won't be disapointed."

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NRA Life 1969
OGCA

"It's a large building with patients. And don't call me Shirley."

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Even older, even crankier....

One that sticks to mind.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

My Old Man:

"The Gument has two jobs - Keep the potholes outta my roads and the Commies offa my beaches."

"I'm as honest as the day is long - unless'n I'm dealin' with insurance companies or the IRS."

Take a Man fishing, and you'll feed him for a day.
Teach a Man how to fish, and you'll feed him for the rest of his life.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Fits like socks on a rooster.

"If at first you don't succeed try, try again. Then quit. No use being a stubborn fool about things."

"That old saw about the early bird & the worm just shows that the worm should have stayed in bed." - Lazarus Long

"All we need is a bigger hammer!"

"This too shall pass!"

"Hold Still...It Won't Hurt Much!"

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"IN GOD WE TRUST"

I can't shake this jingle out of my head - playing currently on TV - the visual is of a fishing boat being restored & chartered:

"It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it" (repeat 3 times)
"that's what creates success"

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Lou

"Build a man a fire and keep him warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, and keep him warm for the rest of his life."



"You wouldn't be happy if they hung you with a new rope."

Saying i came up with: I am a nerd and I am darn proud of it.

My great uncle used to say: "In the U.P. we get nine months of winter
and three months of bad sledding."
The older I get the more right he seems about that.

A mechanic I worked for while in college used to say,
"Don't force it just get a bigger hammer."

Guys at the old Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot often said,
"You can't miss fast enough to win."

That is definitely true. I have tried missing real fast several times with
poor results.

My dad used to say "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" for those times when things went sideways.

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NHI, 10-8.

time flies like an arrow,
fruit flies like bananas

close enough for Govt. work


can't see it from the road (didnt turnout to the plan)

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UNDER THE CONE OF SILENCE

From my old boss

"speed comes with accuracy"

From a co worker

"When you get tired of grinding, you'll start doing it right" (Welding shop)

My granddaddy, Herman the German, used to tell me "You're strong as a horse and damn near as smart!"

Like my dear Gramma used to say, "A fartin' horse'll never tire, and a fartin' man's the man to hire".

"Sometimes their is just not enough rocks"---Forest Gump.

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Lt. Dan, what R U doing here?

Complaining about a lawyer who was impeding a business transaction, my old boss referred to him as, "a guy who couldn't get a deal done with a hundred dollar bill in a whore house."

I would have thought this one would have said this one by now.

"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you."

"Get off my lawn!"

My Dad used to say " Ya can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear".