LVSteve
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"Yes, you can help. Stay out of the way." Dad wasn't much of a team player.
THINGS DAD SAID
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Son, don't do that you might get hurt. Well, Dad was right.
"You may as well be a garbage man if you want to be a mechanic" Thanks Dad.
“It takes 100 atta boys to make up for 1 oh ****”.
"Squeeze the trigger, don't jerk it!"
"You drink too much"
"You drive too fast"
"You stay out too late"
"You run around with the wrong kind of women"
I was 20.
"You drive too fast"
"You stay out too late"
"You run around with the wrong kind of women"
I was 20.
DWalt
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“If you can’t pay cash for it, you don’t need it.”
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Thank you! I have never heard that before and it started my day off with a good laugh. Larry
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My Dad said a bunch of things, however his favorite - which has become my favorite are "The 6 P's".
PREVIOUS PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE
PREVIOUS PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE
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Skill, perseverance, fortitude, determination and more of it.
I remember a couple of things from my grandfather, my dad, and other important people in my life. The key to being effective was "Measure twice, cut once." The behavior to avoid was "Ready, fire, aim!"
Simson-Suhl
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The rules of hunting. Boy, you kill nothing you do not expect to eat except snakes and men. You can kill them, and you do not have to eat them!
gjgalligan
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Don't bother people that don't want to bothered and your life will be much easier.
CAJUNLAWYER
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A couple I've used frequently over the years.
"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken ****"
"What the **** were you thinking?"
Dad always got right to the point
"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken ****"
"What the **** were you thinking?"
Dad always got right to the point
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Tinyman
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Whenever I started with an excuse, it would end up with:
"I don't want to hear about the pain, just show me the baby".
"I don't want to hear about the pain, just show me the baby".
Dad borrowed some sayings from others.
From Goethe he used to paraphrase "Things that matter most should never be at the mercy of things that matter least." .
From Twain he'd paraphrase "A man who doesn't read isn't any better off than one who can't"
And in reference to deer hunting and my reluctance to get up in the pre-dawn "You shoot very few deer in your bedroom."
And one of my favorites for all occasions "Use your brain-bone."
My Dad never swore, and I mean never. Not a curse word of any kind. The worst thing he would/could call someone was a knucklehead.
Bryan
From Goethe he used to paraphrase "Things that matter most should never be at the mercy of things that matter least." .
From Twain he'd paraphrase "A man who doesn't read isn't any better off than one who can't"
And in reference to deer hunting and my reluctance to get up in the pre-dawn "You shoot very few deer in your bedroom."
And one of my favorites for all occasions "Use your brain-bone."
My Dad never swore, and I mean never. Not a curse word of any kind. The worst thing he would/could call someone was a knucklehead.
Bryan
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Protocall_Design
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Whenever my Dad would give me a hard or impossible task, he would say "You can do it, I've got all the faith in the world in you." And I would say "Anything's easy if someone else has to do it!" Then he would say "Yep." and I would just have to get started and get it done.
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