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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 2024

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 2024 OP

"Opinions are fine but Knowledge is great" - yeah Mom, you're right. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2024 #1

Of course she was right! ☺ quaint Sep 2024 #3

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Srkdqltr Sep 2024 #36

Here are 2 from my mom PJMcK Sep 2024 #2

Good advice, especially the second one. quaint Sep 2024 #4

Advice from my Dad which has stuck with me for 60 years BOSSHOG Sep 2024 #5

My dad said the same about tools and following the advice sure makes tools last longer. quaint Sep 2024 #14

Excellent advice and as an added bonus BOSSHOG Sep 2024 #58

Can you explain the first one? What is it that will never be seen? Croney Sep 2024 #6

Depended on the problem such as a safety pin holding a hem that just tore, or quaint Sep 2024 #8

Thank you! Croney Sep 2024 #24

My mom used to always say "use your head", great advice Walleye Sep 2024 #7

The best advice. quaint Sep 2024 #9

Mine was claudette Sep 2024 #10

Clean, unholey undies are a preventative measure. quaint Sep 2024 #12

👍 claudette Sep 2024 #25

Mine said SomedayKindaLove Sep 2024 #11

I hope you have gold coins with which to follow her advice. quaint Sep 2024 #13

Wanna shake hands?? dameatball Sep 2024 #26

Momma never raised any fools that lived. coprolite Sep 2024 #15

😊 quaint Sep 2024 #17

I love that...don't leave a room empty handed! Hope22 Sep 2024 #16

It works, too! quaint Sep 2024 #18

Exactly. Hope22 Sep 2024 #20

If somebody calls crud Sep 2024 #19

Good humor! quaint Sep 2024 #22

Spend your time around people who like you Lulu KC Sep 2024 #21

Her advice seems to have grown a well-balanced adult! quaint Sep 2024 #23

You can never bake too many Christmas cookies Raven123 Sep 2024 #27

Truly words to be passed down, and can apply to all holiday baking. quaint Sep 2024 #30

"It's not what you spend on your kids, it's what you do with them." She was right. dameatball Sep 2024 #28

Soooo true. Single parenting is tough but gives lifetime rewards. quaint Sep 2024 #32

God helps those who help them selves. Srkdqltr Sep 2024 #29

Dammit, she was right. quaint Sep 2024 #33

You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Phentex Sep 2024 #31

"Fell out of a coconut tree" was new to me. quaint Sep 2024 #34

Mom enid602 Sep 2024 #35

The Barbie and Ken aphorism sounds original. quaint Sep 2024 #37

Barbie/Ken enid602 Sep 2024 #38

Hah! quaint Sep 2024 #39

"Count to ten before deciding if something is worth getting angry about." Aristus Sep 2024 #40

Complete agreement. quaint Sep 2024 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Sep 2024 #41

DON'T BE A PAIN IN THE ASS Skittles Sep 2024 #43

Definitely! Goes along with mind your own business. quaint Sep 2024 #46

Reading all of your posts, I'm jealous, and sad. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #44

Major bummer. Hopefully, you have found joy away from her fears. quaint Sep 2024 #47

To be honest, I'm still looking. Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #49

I'm mid-seventies and still working on myself. quaint Sep 2024 #50

Then I'm in good company! Dem2theMax Sep 2024 #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 2024 #45

Most of us moms do our best, some of us don't realize when we fall short. quaint Sep 2024 #48

"Don't rise to the bait" cspanlovr Sep 2024 #51

Excellent advice but really, really difficult for me to follow. quaint Sep 2024 #52

No. cachukis Sep 2024 #53

Universal, I think, plus if I asked a third time, I earned serious "Don't sass me" warning. quaint Sep 2024 #55

Not from my mom, but from an uncle... LuckyCharms Sep 2024 #54

More excellent advice from our beloved LuckyCharms! quaint Sep 2024 #56

If you don't vote, you can't bitch. Iggo Sep 2024 #59

Agree! quaint Sep 2024 #60