Targets Guy
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I can't believe how stupid my dad was when I was 18. I also couldn't believe how much smarter he had gotten by the time I turned 21.
Anyone else ever hear that growing up?
Anyone else ever hear that growing up?
Do you ever wish you were smarter?
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crankyoldlady
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No I don't. I wish I were dumber. So dumb, in fact, that I had no understanding of what is going on in the world.
I once went on a "news fast". No television, no radio, no newspaper. For two months I had no idea what was going on in the world. At work, I stayed out of the break room so that I wouldn't accidentally overhear any conversations regarding current events.
I slept better and worried less.
I once went on a "news fast". No television, no radio, no newspaper. For two months I had no idea what was going on in the world. At work, I stayed out of the break room so that I wouldn't accidentally overhear any conversations regarding current events.
I slept better and worried less.
I am on a permanent near "news fast". I don't watch TV News, or listen to Radio News, or read the local fish-wrapper. I get my news from a few feeds off the 'net - because I don't need the MSM telling me what to think. The slant of what passes for news reporting these days raises my blood pressure too much.
There are a lot of people smarter than I am and who do things better than me. I don't let that get me down. When I do something badly, I think of all the people who probably would have done it even worse. I concentrate on other people's shortcomings and compare myself with the worst and forget about the smartest and best.
I didn't know that was from Twain, but I read a slightly different version a few years back. It went like this...
When you're 7 you think your dad is the smartest man in the world.
When you're 14 you think your dad is just a stupid old man.
When you're 21 you come to realization that he's just a man, much like so many other men.
OP
The way one spray fixed a mower I was struggling with for 2 seasons is mainly what got this thread started. I was certain it was an ignition problem, and past a certain point, I am so invested I will not consider another option. That is dumb (maybe insane, doing the same thing-changing sparkplugs over and over) expecting it to work "this time." Joe
We are just...
We are just too smart to be of any use to anybody. I get locked into trying to do things one way, when there is a simple trick that gets the job done just like that.
We are just too smart to be of any use to anybody. I get locked into trying to do things one way, when there is a simple trick that gets the job done just like that.
Nope...and I really don't give a darn what my IQ is or isn't. Doesn't matter. What matters most to me is that, for some reason, my grandchildren think I'm the smartest man in the world, and by golly, I ain't gonna tell 'em no different!
Smarter? Sure; but more wisdom, please. Age has acquainted me with my limitations, which thankfully keeps me out of endeavors which require more wisdom than I have. Seeing as how I've eluded marriage #3 so far, that seems to be working.
Let me guess: are your grandchildren all in the 7-14 age group?Nope...and I really don't give a darn what my IQ is or isn't. Doesn't matter. What matters most to me is that, for some reason, my grandchildren think I'm the smartest man in the world, and by golly, I ain't gonna tell 'em no different!
Nope. I have sixteen of them ranging from age two to age 18. And, surprisingly, I still have the 18-year old fooled. He even presented me with the "Mentor Pin" at his Eagle court of honor because, as he announced to everyone, "My grandpa has taken me on many pack trips with the horses and mules, and has taught me how to live in the outdoors and a lot of outdoor skills that I never learned in Scouting."Let me guess: are your grandchildren all in the 7-14 age group?
That one sounds wise beyond his years - like he's about 3 years ahead of the curveNope. I have sixteen of them ranging from age two to age 18. And, surprisingly, I still have the 18-year old fooled. He even presented me with the "Mentor Pin" at his Eagle court of honor because, as he announced to everyone, "My grandpa has taken me on many pack trips with the horses and mules, and has taught me how to live in the outdoors and a lot of outdoor skills that I never learned in Scouting."
ExcitableBoy
US Veteran
I'm satisfied at the low end of "genius" range. Smart enough to acquire skills in which I have an interest and develop enough mastery to be "journeyman" grade, but not so smart that I'm handicapped to the point of "geekdom" by an astronomical IQ.
I used to be a voracious reader, sometimes going through four books a day, and picked up a lot of knowledge, practical, trivial and scholarly. I read only on occasion, now, and pretty much stick to physical things, trying to keep this beat-up old body in some kind of shape. I retired a couple of years ago and want to get some mileage in before giving up the ghost. I'm trying for another twenty.
The one big thing that I know is: the more I learn, the more I don't know. It's kind of a corollary to The Law of Diminishing Returns...
Ya just can't win!
I used to be a voracious reader, sometimes going through four books a day, and picked up a lot of knowledge, practical, trivial and scholarly. I read only on occasion, now, and pretty much stick to physical things, trying to keep this beat-up old body in some kind of shape. I retired a couple of years ago and want to get some mileage in before giving up the ghost. I'm trying for another twenty.
The one big thing that I know is: the more I learn, the more I don't know. It's kind of a corollary to The Law of Diminishing Returns...
Ya just can't win!
That or duct tape.
If moves and it shouldn't. duct tape is the answer.
If if doesn't move and should, WD-40 is the answer
I wish I would have been smarter when I was younger. But knowing what I know about the world today........some times I wish I didn't know as much as I do.
G.T. Smith
US Veteran
G.T. Smith
US Veteran
Do you know what I got on my IQ test?................Saliva!
Peace,
gordon
Peace,
gordon
A man with a very high IQ had a blowout. He pulled over, jacked up his
car, took off the lug nuts and placed them in the hub cap. About that
time a big truck went zooming by, created a wind gust, and flipped the
hub cap. The lug nuts rolled down into the borrow pit drainage. Our
very intelligent man looked and looked, but could not find the lug nuts.
About that time he noticed that he had parked right in front of the
State mental hospital. One of the patients was standing inside the
fence watching. He called out to our driver and said why don't you
just take one nut off each of the other 3 wheels. That will get you back
to town and you can buy some new ones. Our driver said hey that's a
good idea. I thought you guys are supposed to be crazy. The patient
said we are, but we aren't stupid.
car, took off the lug nuts and placed them in the hub cap. About that
time a big truck went zooming by, created a wind gust, and flipped the
hub cap. The lug nuts rolled down into the borrow pit drainage. Our
very intelligent man looked and looked, but could not find the lug nuts.
About that time he noticed that he had parked right in front of the
State mental hospital. One of the patients was standing inside the
fence watching. He called out to our driver and said why don't you
just take one nut off each of the other 3 wheels. That will get you back
to town and you can buy some new ones. Our driver said hey that's a
good idea. I thought you guys are supposed to be crazy. The patient
said we are, but we aren't stupid.
At least we all were intelligent enough to join this forum!
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