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5. Advice from my Dad which has stuck with me for 60 years

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 10:48 AM

Sep 23

Always clean your tools when you are done with them and put them back where they belong so they’ll be ready the next time you need them.

He also told me when I got my drivers license, “if you get in trouble with the law you better hope they keep you.” I didn’t.

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Stuff Mom said that turned out to be useful. [View all] quaint Sep 23 OP

"Opinions are fine but Knowledge is great" - yeah Mom, you're right. NoMoreRepugs Sep 23 #1

Of course she was right! ☺ quaint Sep 23 #3

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Srkdqltr Sep 23 #36

Here are 2 from my mom PJMcK Sep 23 #2

Good advice, especially the second one. quaint Sep 23 #4

Advice from my Dad which has stuck with me for 60 years BOSSHOG Sep 23 #5

My dad said the same about tools and following the advice sure makes tools last longer. quaint Sep 23 #14

Excellent advice and as an added bonus BOSSHOG Sep 24 #58

Can you explain the first one? What is it that will never be seen? Croney Sep 23 #6

Depended on the problem such as a safety pin holding a hem that just tore, or quaint Sep 23 #8

Thank you! Croney Sep 23 #24

My mom used to always say "use your head", great advice Walleye Sep 23 #7

The best advice. quaint Sep 23 #9

Mine was claudette Sep 23 #10

Clean, unholey undies are a preventative measure. quaint Sep 23 #12

👍 claudette Sep 23 #25

Mine said SomedayKindaLove Sep 23 #11

I hope you have gold coins with which to follow her advice. quaint Sep 23 #13

Wanna shake hands?? dameatball Sep 23 #26

Momma never raised any fools that lived. coprolite Sep 23 #15

😊 quaint Sep 23 #17

I love that...don't leave a room empty handed! Hope22 Sep 23 #16

It works, too! quaint Sep 23 #18

Exactly. Hope22 Sep 23 #20

If somebody calls crud Sep 23 #19

Good humor! quaint Sep 23 #22

Spend your time around people who like you Lulu KC Sep 23 #21

Her advice seems to have grown a well-balanced adult! quaint Sep 23 #23

You can never bake too many Christmas cookies Raven123 Sep 23 #27

Truly words to be passed down, and can apply to all holiday baking. quaint Sep 23 #30

"It's not what you spend on your kids, it's what you do with them." She was right. dameatball Sep 23 #28

Soooo true. Single parenting is tough but gives lifetime rewards. quaint Sep 23 #32

God helps those who help them selves. Srkdqltr Sep 23 #29

Dammit, she was right. quaint Sep 23 #33

You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Phentex Sep 23 #31

"Fell out of a coconut tree" was new to me. quaint Sep 23 #34

Mom enid602 Sep 23 #35

The Barbie and Ken aphorism sounds original. quaint Sep 23 #37

Barbie/Ken enid602 Sep 23 #38

Hah! quaint Sep 23 #39

"Count to ten before deciding if something is worth getting angry about." Aristus Sep 23 #40

Complete agreement. quaint Sep 23 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Sep 23 #41

DON'T BE A PAIN IN THE ASS Skittles Sep 23 #43

Definitely! Goes along with mind your own business. quaint Sep 24 #46

Reading all of your posts, I'm jealous, and sad. Dem2theMax Sep 24 #44

Major bummer. Hopefully, you have found joy away from her fears. quaint Sep 24 #47

To be honest, I'm still looking. Dem2theMax Sep 24 #49

I'm mid-seventies and still working on myself. quaint Sep 24 #50

Then I'm in good company! Dem2theMax Sep 24 #57

This is a tough one for me because most of what my mother told me turned out to be wrong or contrived. OldBaldy1701E Sep 24 #45

Most of us moms do our best, some of us don't realize when we fall short. quaint Sep 24 #48

"Don't rise to the bait" cspanlovr Sep 24 #51

Excellent advice but really, really difficult for me to follow. quaint Sep 24 #52

No. cachukis Sep 24 #53

Universal, I think, plus if I asked a third time, I earned serious "Don't sass me" warning. quaint Sep 24 #55

Not from my mom, but from an uncle... LuckyCharms Sep 24 #54

More excellent advice from our beloved LuckyCharms! quaint Sep 24 #56

If you don't vote, you can't bitch. Iggo Sep 24 #59

Agree! quaint Sep 25 #60