Best Advice Given, in a Single Sentence

[rburke65]

Sh40674......was just thinking of the joke!

 

[Capt Chrysler]

From my dad. A WW2 Navy sailor.

Never discuss religion or politics at work. When I got a little older it was.

Never **** at work, no-matter how good looking she is, or discuss religion and politics. He was correct on all 3.

When I left home for the last time after collage. I was headed for my first REAL job. His advice was. "If in 90 days, you can walk down the middle of the shop with your head up and chest out. You need to find a different profession."

Once again Dad was right!

Thanks DAD. Miss ya!

Capt. Chrysler

 

[Schurkey]

His advice was. "If in 90 days, you can walk down the middle of the shop with your head up and chest out. You need to find a different profession."

WHAT profession was that?

Scary.

 

[matt_i]

"if it was easy, everyone would be doing it"
"use your head, use your shop, think it thru, draw it up, and then build it"
"incredible learning comes from designing something on paper and THEN having to build it to print"
"I cut it off three times and its still too short!!"
"sometimes you have to be a surgeon and sometimes you have to be a butcher. The skill is knowing when to be what"
From my grandfather, when building using hammer and nail he would admonish us, "HIT IT! Don't tickle it"

 

[curtrnev]

It's not your money but it will be your recheck.

 

[FullRaceMerc]

"Getting old is better than the other option".

Old plumber advice: "Never put your pencil in your mouth".

 

[mrobins297aaa]

This is a old one that I just heard again on Bill Maher tonight.

"If you want to see who loves you more your dog or your wife, lock them both in the trunk of the car over night and see who is the happiest to see you in the morning when you let them out"

and one from my wife:
"if we can put a man on the moon why can't we put them all up there"

 

[SuperCat]

Look before you leap.
Walk like you have a life worth living.
A wise man does not look up when birds fly overhead.
If you want to be paid more, then make yourself more valuable.
The owner of the business gets paid the most.
If you don't decide what to do with your life, then others will decide for you.
If something is too good to be true, it probably is.
Benjamin Franklin said: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise".
Don't do as I do, do as I say.
Don't reinvent the wheel.
Work smarter, not harder.
Sweat the details.

 

[gtae07]

When I left home for the last time after collage. I was headed for my first REAL job. His advice was. "If in 90 days, you can walk down the middle of the shop with your head up and chest out. You need to find a different profession."

That took me a few minutes...

"use your head, use your shop, think it thru, draw it up, and then build it"

Somehow it always comes out better when I do it that way, instead of just trying to build it on the fly.

"incredible learning comes from designing something on paper and THEN having to build it to print"

Yep. Every engineer should have to go through that a few times. It's a humbling yet enlightening experience

 

[nbpt100]

"
"use your head, use your shop, think it thru, draw it up, and then build it"
"incredible learning comes from designing something on paper and THEN having to build it to print"

My favorite and most rewarding jobs were doing this.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Work smarter AND harder.

Don't sweat the little stuff and don't belittle the sweaty stuff.

 

[Fix Until Broke]

One knows that the design is done, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

 

[RagTopTA]

There is an old Chinese man I work with for the last 20+ years.. His life moto is...

Fucka me??? NO!!..FUCKA YOU!

 

[Cobra5150]

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
---John "Bluto" Blutarsky---

 

[walrus]

Don't **** up

 

[mp4]

If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough...you might have to be tougher than the rest.

 

[NUISANCE]

First day of basic training our 1st Sergeant told us "Do what you are told, how you are told, when you are told and you will do fine." I have by that motto since he told me that and it has gotten me where I am right now.

 

[pamike]

Get me once, shame on you. Get me twice, shame on me.

 

[Gore]

First day of basic training our 1st Sergeant told us "Do what you are told, how you are told, when you are told and you will do fine." I have by that motto since he told me that and it has gotten me where I am right now.

I told that to my wife and the only place it got me was the couch

 

[NoGarageAtHome]

I tell my apprentices...

"Stupid questions prevent stupid actions".

 

[Carroll B]

From my grandmother, "What goes around comes around." Another way of saying you will reap what you sow.

 

[raffaelli]

Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

 

[chruler]

If you don't watch the news you're uniformed, but, if you do watch it, you're misinformed.

 

[Cooter's]

F#@&, Fight, or hold the light!

 

[CrotalusAtrox]

Follow the money and you will find the start of the problem.

 

[Capt Chrysler]

From my dad. A WW2 Navy sailor.

Never discuss religion or politics at work. When I got a little older it was.

Never **** at work, no-matter how good looking she is, or discuss religion and politics. He was correct on all 3.

When I left home for the last time after collage. I was headed for my first REAL job. His advice was. "If in 90 days, you can walk down the middle of the shop with your head up and chest out. You need to find a different profession."

Once again Dad was right!

Thanks DAD. Miss ya!

Capt. Chrysler

The head up, chest out was something from the Navy As he and his brother both said it. It was 8/83 and I was headed to a Chrysler dealership to be a line tech. In less than 90 days I was pulling my share of the load. The "NEW' EFI cars were just coming out and everyone hated them. I thought they were cool so dive-ability became my area. Youth, a new Snap On tool box and I was ready to take on the world!

Capt. Chrysler

 

[Capt Chrysler]

This was on a plate the hung over mom's kitchen sink.

"Keep your words soft and sweet. As you never know what ones you may have to eat."

This took me a long time to learn!

Capt. Chrysler

 

[Road_runner]

Always keep your sense of humour because no-one gets out (of life) alive...

 

[A&P mechanic]

"Do the right thing. Tell the truth. 80% of life is showing up and nothing good happens after midnight."

Years ago a teacher in college told me he only has four rules in household for his kids to follow. He also said he installed a sign on the wall in the garage that said "nothing good happens after midnight" so his teenage kids would read that every night when they came home late on the weekends. I still laugh to myself when I think about that.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

while working in the building trades we use to say:

"This stuff is 90% common sense and a car that starts"

 

[Mr. Hill]

My dad told me:
"You can wear nice clothes, you can drive a fancy car,but when it comes to buying a house it will put u in your place."

 

[hobie1dog]

Don't waste your time with imaginary gods.

 

[ChaseDE]

One that always stuck with me

"You will never raise your reputation but lowering other's"

 

[Gore]

One that always stuck with me

"You will never raise your reputation but lowering other's"

That's fantastic advice...and very relevant to my current situation.

 

[C2 Turbo]

When I first started working in a hospital, my senior physician told me this;

"Son, now that you will be coming in contact with nurses, patients and their families remember, you either keep that head up, pointing to the one above the shoulders or the one in your pants, but you can't keep both of them up"

24 years later, I still remember that piece of advice, so true...

 

[crazylunker]

The dirt always comes out in the wash!!

Don't let your meatloaf!

 

[gungatim]

lots of good ones on here.

here's a few of my favorites:

"Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff"

Statistics are like a bikini - what they show is interesting, what they hide is vital.

Business drunk is like rich drunk. Either way, it’s legal to drive.

After Monday & Tuesday even the calendar says, W-T-F...

"I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal…high enough so you can look up her dress." -- Steve Martin

Build a man a fire; he'll stay warm for a night. Set a man on fire, he'll stay warm for the rest of his life.

The problem with teaching a man to fish is that sooner or later he'll cook that fish at work in the breakroom.

I used to think old people were wise, the older I got I realized they're just idiots that got older.

We all carry devices in our pockets that can access all knowledge and information in the world, but we use them to play games and insult our friends.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

lots of good ones on here.

here's a few of my favorites:

"Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff"

Statistics are like a bikini - what they show is interesting, what they hide is vital.

Business drunk is like rich drunk. Either way, it’s legal to drive.

After Monday & Tuesday even the calendar says, W-T-F...

"I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal…high enough so you can look up her dress." -- Steve Martin

Build a man a fire; he'll stay warm for a night. Set a man on fire, he'll stay warm for the rest of his life.

The problem with teaching a man to fish is that sooner or later he'll cook that fish at work in the breakroom.

I used to think old people were wise, the older I got I realized they're just idiots that got older.

We all carry devices in our pockets that can access all knowledge and information in the world, but we use them to play games and insult our friends.

hahaha......those are all good ones

 

[mrobins297aaa]

Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union..........Samuel Goldwyn

[on his longtime friend and partner, Louis B. Mayer] The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is this: they wanted to make sure he was dead.

 

[blacksporty]

If it floats, flies or F@cks, it is cheaper to rent it.