Saying you just can't get out of your mind...

[vatchunter]

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."

 

[chud333]

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

Chuck

 

[bushmaster1313]

If your paying taxes you're doing okay.

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

What goes around comes around.

 

[carpriver]

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

 

[Hillbilly77]

Too soon old, too late smart.

 

[doublesharp]

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.

 

[revho]

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

 

[Roadtrash]

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

 

[captorquewrench]

Practice makes permanent.

 

[chad03109]

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

 

[Flint Ridge]

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.

 

[pineappleshooter]

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"

 

[sophie]

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

___________
James

 

[doublesharp]

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.

 

[Cyrano]

Practice makes permanent.

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'.

 

[vatchunter]

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

Remember that one to.

 

[Clean Break]

My Grandfather Papa used to say

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

 

[Mickey D]

She has a face fit for radio.

 

[Penmon]

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

 

[P&R Fan]

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