Best or most memorable fatherly advice?
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Best or most memorable fatherly advice?
from your Dad &/or by you as a Dad?
what comes to mind for me is, my Dad telling me to drive cautiously, so I can lay off the brakes, thereby letting the brakes last longer
I suppose one would have to ask my kids, but I hope they remember me saying: "you're going to a party & you're going to have fun, because it's a party. you don't need drugs or alcohol to have fun at the party"
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what comes to mind for me is, my Dad telling me to drive cautiously, so I can lay off the brakes, thereby letting the brakes last longer
I suppose one would have to ask my kids, but I hope they remember me saying: "you're going to a party & you're going to have fun, because it's a party. you don't need drugs or alcohol to have fun at the party"
disclaimer: I have no control over what others contribute
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My dad and his hiking group never let ANY type of weather stop their weekly Sunday hikes. The only time a hike was canceled was when there was so much snow that no one could get into the parking lot at the forest preserve where the hike was held. Not his exact words, but I'm sure his sentiment regarding bad weather would be "suck it up, buttercup".
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As a young teenager I was trying to pin down my Dad's opinion on what was most important; big muscles, strength, endurance...
His answer was the most important is what you do with what you have.
His answer was the most important is what you do with what you have.
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"A man that straddles the fence, gets a sore crotch."
It means: "Make the best decision you can and act on it."
It means: "Make the best decision you can and act on it."
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My father gave me a system for evaluating your job. Ask yourself three questions.
1. Do you enjoy the work? (Are you learning from it? Is it interesting?)
2. Is it socially fulfilling? (Do you enjoy your cow-orker's company? Do you see them after hours?)
3. Is the money good?
If you can say yes to two of these, be grateful, and it's probably as good as it will get.
1. Do you enjoy the work? (Are you learning from it? Is it interesting?)
2. Is it socially fulfilling? (Do you enjoy your cow-orker's company? Do you see them after hours?)
3. Is the money good?
If you can say yes to two of these, be grateful, and it's probably as good as it will get.
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Dad had a poster hanging in his office. It said the following, "The only mistake I made is when I thought I was wrong and I was mistaken."
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In order to foster an interest in "DiY" and learning, my father stated " The difference between you and a Professional... is that the Professional gets paid".
Stuck with me.
Stuck with me.
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When I was in high school, I told my father I wanted to apply my math and science abillities to doing some good in the world. He replied, "Then you'll be an engineer, and I'll kill you if you do that. "
(He was a second-generation engineer; I am a fourth-generation engineer from my mother's side of the family. My elder grandson doesn't know it yet, but his dad and I are already prepping him to be a 6th generation engineer.)
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
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At age 12, as is the redneck tradition, my dad gave me a single shot, bolt action .22 rifle.
Now I expect my mom may have had something to do with gun safety rules he pounded repeatedly into my young brain. I've never forgotten them.
Still have the little rifle, too.
Now I expect my mom may have had something to do with gun safety rules he pounded repeatedly into my young brain. I've never forgotten them.
Still have the little rifle, too.
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According to my pops, "Never trust a man that wears suspenders and a belt"
My advice to my son, "It's the easiest thing in the world to move in with a woman, but the hardest thing in the world to move out"
My advice to my son, "It's the easiest thing in the world to move in with a woman, but the hardest thing in the world to move out"
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Dad's relationship advice: " If you both give 90% of the way, you can almost meet in the middle." Dad's other classic: "Measure twice, cut once." Both have proven sound over the years.
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And I was told not to eat an apple a day, because if you do and need a doctor, they won’t want to have anything to do with you.
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I didn't grow up with my dad, but from my stepfather I heard "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning probably meant it differently. But my stepdad, while an okay guy, was a player. Imagine Gene Simmons of KISS with a conservative haircut. They could have been twins.
I'm pretty sure Robert Browning didn't have hitting on as many woman as possible in a lifetime in mind when he first wrote that phrase.
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When I was in high school, I told my father I wanted to apply my math and science abillities to doing some good in the world. He replied, "Then you'll be an engineer, and I'll kill you if you do that. "
(He was a second-generation engineer; I am a fourth-generation engineer from my mother's side of the family. My elder grandson doesn't know it yet, but his dad and I are already prepping him to be a 6th generation engineer.)
(He was a second-generation engineer; I am a fourth-generation engineer from my mother's side of the family. My elder grandson doesn't know it yet, but his dad and I are already prepping him to be a 6th generation engineer.)
Then I took physics in high school. I was hooked. I think it's in the genes. But the good news is that the job outlook was so bad when I started college,almost no one went to engineering school. By the time I graduated, all you needed to get a job was a pulse. I had one, so I got a job. I ended up going to the dark side sometime later, although I still consider myself an engineer at heart.
Best advice I got from my Dad?
"You've got the world by the ass, and you don't even know it. Make something of yourself!"
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My Dad gave me the 7 P's of life Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance live by them...….
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Two sayings, "It will get better, always, believe me," "hardest thing you will ever do in life, making a marriage last." First one always works, second one....divorced twice...think he was right. Goddamn, I miss him.
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Wanting to show his kids the evils of slot machines, he took them to a local casino and said, "This is a bad machine -- it takes your money. See? ..." Unfortunately, he hit a modest jackpot, which reduced the value of his sermon.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069