What were the "words of wisdom" you've heard passed down?
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My dad said to me,
“If you fail that’s my fault,
“If you succeed, that’s your fault”
“If you fail that’s my fault,
“If you succeed, that’s your fault”
I worked at a gas station when I was 13.
A regular customer said "In a mans life he may stop smoking,stop drinking,but if he stops F#&King it's time to die.
Never forgot that one.
A regular customer said "In a mans life he may stop smoking,stop drinking,but if he stops F#&King it's time to die.
Never forgot that one.
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My Dad told me "You treat a whore like a queen and a queen like a whore!".
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That's funny, I worked at a Gulf Station when I was 15 and my boss told me the exact same thing. Must be something about gas stations!
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No matter where you go, there you are.
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You only live once...... so do it all !!!
Cojohnso1
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Most profound statement ever spoke to me. From one 5 year old to another.
The summer of 65 was the summer before kindergarten began. We lived in what was a mixed neighborhood of North Minneapolis. (Today? Ghetto projects) My best friend was Robert. As you may have guessed? I was little white boy. He was black. While playing we noticed some older kids sometimes teased Robert that he was playing with a ghost. And some teased me that I picked up a shadow. We didn't understand why? But just thought teenagers were jerks.
One day we were having lunch at Robert's house. We asked his mom why and what were the older kids talking about? She said that we are different from one another. Saying: "Put your arms next to each other's. Now look." We did. And mind you it was early August and I had a very decent play outside all day tan growing. So in comparing? Robert was a bit darker. Our thought was Robert just tanned more? We went back outside. Confused what we just heard. So I asked Robert. "What was that? And what was she talking about.?" And Robert spoke a simple phrase that I carry to this day.
"She's just crazy too!" I knodded my head in agreement that only another 5 year old would understand. Not only was the subject of race far too complicated for 5 year old's to engage. Also far too irrelevant. But "crazy?" We certainly understood that.
It is there why kids look at us with the "What a dumbass" look on their faces. From their point of view? We are dumbassess. And certainly not just on the subject of race. Most everything.
The summer of 65 was the summer before kindergarten began. We lived in what was a mixed neighborhood of North Minneapolis. (Today? Ghetto projects) My best friend was Robert. As you may have guessed? I was little white boy. He was black. While playing we noticed some older kids sometimes teased Robert that he was playing with a ghost. And some teased me that I picked up a shadow. We didn't understand why? But just thought teenagers were jerks.
One day we were having lunch at Robert's house. We asked his mom why and what were the older kids talking about? She said that we are different from one another. Saying: "Put your arms next to each other's. Now look." We did. And mind you it was early August and I had a very decent play outside all day tan growing. So in comparing? Robert was a bit darker. Our thought was Robert just tanned more? We went back outside. Confused what we just heard. So I asked Robert. "What was that? And what was she talking about.?" And Robert spoke a simple phrase that I carry to this day.
"She's just crazy too!" I knodded my head in agreement that only another 5 year old would understand. Not only was the subject of race far too complicated for 5 year old's to engage. Also far too irrelevant. But "crazy?" We certainly understood that.
It is there why kids look at us with the "What a dumbass" look on their faces. From their point of view? We are dumbassess. And certainly not just on the subject of race. Most everything.
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My dad used to tell me when I was bucking the system about something, "You can't make water flow uphill."
To which I replied, "Yes you can, if you push hard enough"
Without blinking an eye he retorted. " Son, that may so but you are going to get awfully wet doing it"
Even at my young age, I understood what he was getting at.
I miss him everyday but I think he would be proud of how his youngest son turned out.
To which I replied, "Yes you can, if you push hard enough"
Without blinking an eye he retorted. " Son, that may so but you are going to get awfully wet doing it"
Even at my young age, I understood what he was getting at.
I miss him everyday but I think he would be proud of how his youngest son turned out.
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Don't eat yellow snow!
“Save your money, boy,” is what my dad always told me. Of course I never followed his advice until I got old enough to understand what he was trying to get through to me. Mind you he was raised by a widowed mother with 4 other boys and a girl all through the Depression. His dad died in 1929 from stomach cancer, dad was 8 years old. So I learned to spend money on what I needed to, now I can enjoy my Plymouths and I was able to retire a little earlier than I thought I would. Good advice!
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Do as I say, NOT as I do!
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Everybody makes mistakes, it is the mark of a craftsman how well he hides them
"Your cruising for a bruising"...
If I had a nickel for every time I got told that!
If I had a nickel for every time I got told that!
BeepBeepRR
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Be like Pop not like Sis lift the lid when you piss.
68Moparmaniac
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Some days your the bug some days your the windshield....
ricks_RR
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righty tighety lefty loosy and you can fix anything . not true with chrysler lesson learned.
My father grew up during the depression so he always told me " it's how much money you save not how much you make that matters" also " how much you have in the bank and not what you owe the bank"
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