What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Who offered the advice?
How has it affected you?
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What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Who offered the advice?
How has it affected you?
Most memorable..... My grandfather once told me to never trust a woman who paints her toes! I got engaged to one such woman and she ended up leaving me and took about 85 grand with her.
Second one..... My old man , Better to have a gun and not need one than to need a gun and not have one. I use this philosophy when considering shed acquisitions.
Pete
When I got my motorbike licence a family friend who has been riding bikes for longer than I've been alive offered the following advice;
"Always ride as though you are invisible. Always assume that other traffic cannot see you."
I reckon it saved me from a couple of incidents.
Pick up your pen and write! Or, get started, take the first step, give it a go...:)
my mentor told me,, talk is not cheap its free
give out compliments willy nilly :)
what a great idea for a thread well done :D
"money does not bring happiness"
from my Himalayan mountain monk :2tsup:
It sure as hell keeps you from starving. And it is usually the ones that don't have any and no hope of ever getting it will tell you that so as to justify not having any themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean
From Dad
" Never say cop this , always say cop that"
" Never threaten anyone , and if your threatened settle it there and then"
Rgds
From my father many years ago, his advice on 'meeting' women:
" Son, you need to sleigh a few dragons before you get to the princess"
:wink:
BTW I married the princess ;)
Bend your knees and straighten your back when you lift!
Some old fella I worked along side of when I was young and impressionable.
Despite a lot of hard yakka my back is still good.
Don't pick your nose when you're holding a chisel.
Better to have tried and failed
than to have failed to have tried
Never give up
Joel you old romantic,:smack: wake up son, your giving the rest of us a bad name.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDub
All computers are the same. When you pull the power plug, they all stop. (Before battery powered lap tops)
Believe nothing of what you hear and only 10% of what you read.
When in a skid, clutch and steer. (If an automatic transmission, pop into neutral)
Address everyone that you don't know by Sir or M'am.
You can accomplish more by being polite than by being rude.
As a teenager, a preacher told me that "Everyone has or will be going through what you are experiencing and you don't have to be angry about it."
Two from my old dad
If you want something thats good...... for nothing, thats exactly what you will get - something thats good for nothing.
and
A good labourer is ALWAYS worthy of his hire.
also
check out my signature, very good advice
cheers
Bruce C
From my mother: Never forget someone who has helped you and be grateful.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb
ha ha, I would NEVER tell her that!!! I'd Lose all credibility and the upper hand :p :cool:
"P*ss off before I throttle you," from a multitude of sources.
I've always regretted it when I haven't followed the advice... :rolleyes:
From my father:
There are three things you don't lend, your car, your money and your wife! I've added one more - your woodwork tools!
Geoff
From my old man:
It's better to remain silent and look a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
From my old man,
"Choose carefully, remember, if you burn your backside only you will sit on the blisters".
Smart bloke, my old man.
1913 -1973
From Wongo
If it tastes like chicken then how do you know it's cat? Eat it.
If you can not eat it.
Do not buy it !!
Come now Joel we know you are married and wear the pants in your house..... when she lets you of course!
Pete
Tis true, I rarely wear pants at home :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Doughboy
never have sex with some one you work with as it never works out
from a one of my first bosses ( who then lost his job for doing it )
Rule # 1. Never sleep with your flatmates.
I first met my now wife when she moved in as a flatmate.:-
JDub ........."BTW I married the princess ;)"
And she got the frog ...........warts and all