Posted on 06/19/2016 8:18:25 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
“Don’t miss your mother and me too much.”
Being a man means knowing what needs to be done and then, you do it. No questions.
Duh!...my Dad’s the smart one!
“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
James Mattis is your father? I met him once and as I shook his hand I formulated a plan to kill him but realized that his plan to kill me was better. So demoralizing.
“One monkey don’t stop no show!”
“Always drive like everybody on the road is a damn fool.”
That’s about it. He was no Yoda.
Because I said so?
Yeah but. there was that ka-chunk ka-chunk antenna rotor thingy and the rabbit ears to operate too. And the volume control. And the color controls. It was tough back then!
His words of advice when I went in the service: Obey your last order first.
Nice post.
My pop drove a dogsled team in his teens because that was how remote his family lived. He fought with Patton’s army during the war and silently carried the demons the rest of his days. He helped put men on the moon. He raised a family of five strong-willed, highly opinionated kids (well, Mom did most of the raising but we inherited a ton of his character).
The advice I remember most from him growing up was “If you don’t stop fussing and whining I will give you something to cry about”
“My. Dad told me many times “Wish in one hand, and shit in the other. See which one fills first “.”
LOL My grandmother (Bronx born) said that all the time.
Also, “You don’t trust me but I’m supposed to trust you?” when dealing with any salesman.
"Keep your eye on the ball"
and from Mother:
"Let your eye be your guide and money the last thing you part with"
I remember that, too.
“They all put their pants on one leg at a time.”
Then, there was “We’re all tarred on the same stick.” (also referencing our sinful nature)
He played the spoons like nobody’s business.
Never order food in a strip bar...
“There are two kinds of people you never get into an argument with, Cops and Judges”
Yep, “The law is what a judge says it is”.
“Wear a rubber.”
Never get between a husband and wife who are fighting. They will stop going at each other, and both will turn on you.
When my mom died in 2006 my dad just gave away her stuff. It then finally occurred to me it was all crap.
I downsized, got rid of 95% of everything in the USA, just gave my gun collection to my stepson last month.
Whew, what a load off of me.
Laugh first, and then everyone is laughing with you instead of at you...
Worst bit of advice: until age 7 I was extremely ticklish... he told me that if I didnt’ want to be ticklish I should just decide not to be. I spoke the words out loud: I decide not to be ticklish...
and that was it, and the spell could never be undone :)
“Waste not want not”. Thanks Austin!
LOL
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