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WHAT'S THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE HEARD FROM YOUR DAD
6/19/16 | walkingfeather

Posted on 06/19/2016 8:18:25 AM PDT by Walkingfeather

What is the best advice you have heard from your dad or any dad ?


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To: Nifster

“Don’t come home crying if someone is bullying you, because I won’t let you in the house. Go out and punch them in the nose, and they’ll leave you alone.”

I got locked out, did what he said (tried to anyway), and it worked.


181 posted on 06/19/2016 10:50:22 AM PDT by binreadin
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To: Walkingfeather
"I don't know." is an honest answer.
182 posted on 06/19/2016 10:53:32 AM PDT by HandyDandy (Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Love is long liquor is quicker.


183 posted on 06/19/2016 10:55:36 AM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: Walkingfeather

Always - ALWAYS - keep guns and alcohol apart.

My dad had plenty of experience with both.


184 posted on 06/19/2016 10:56:56 AM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: Walkingfeather

“Be the best at what ever you choose to be.’’


185 posted on 06/19/2016 10:57:06 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Never, ever, but a Renault. Never.


186 posted on 06/19/2016 10:58:23 AM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Never pull out if a car coming towards you has its turn signal on, wait until it actually turns.


187 posted on 06/19/2016 10:58:26 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: submarinerswife
Fly with the crows, get shot with the crows

Thanks but what does this mean?

188 posted on 06/19/2016 10:59:24 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: leaning conservative

How’s it feel to want?


189 posted on 06/19/2016 10:59:53 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: dennisw

Really? It means if you hang out with a bad bunch, you go down with that bad bunch.

It must be a Midwestern/older generational saying.. But we damn sure knew what Dad meant when he said/warned us.


190 posted on 06/19/2016 11:07:02 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: Walkingfeather

“Put it back where you found it”

While reading the paper: “Did you ever notice how many people die every day in alphabetical order?”

While I am by his bedside in intensive care and he has just had his lungs cleared at age 90 post-stroke he looks at the clock and see’s it is mid-day: “go back to the office.”

His last words the day he died when asked what he wanted: “My wife.”


191 posted on 06/19/2016 11:09:04 AM PDT by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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To: Walkingfeather

“Revolutions rarely turn out well”


192 posted on 06/19/2016 11:11:00 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
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To: Walkingfeather

“Because I said so”


193 posted on 06/19/2016 11:12:03 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Walkingfeather

I was 17, pregnant, and getting married the next day, carrying boxes and clothes out of the house to the new apartment. He stopped me in the carport on the way out and said, “Remember, you won’t ever be coming home again.” Scary words at the time... But he meant whatever happened I’d have to work out my own problems... Ain’t no going back home. It made me grow up.


194 posted on 06/19/2016 11:12:13 AM PDT by smartymarty (How a mountain girl can love.)
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To: bicyclerepair

I’m confused, what are you asking?


195 posted on 06/19/2016 11:12:27 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

It’s good advice.


196 posted on 06/19/2016 11:15:17 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Remember, the wheels don’t cut.


197 posted on 06/19/2016 11:16:26 AM PDT by rtwingxtremist
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To: submarinerswife

Thanks. You confirmed what I suspected. I suppose farmers would be shooting at crows, trying to get rid of them. I like crows and they happen to be highly intelligent. Their brain to body weight ratio is the same as humans.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/crow-brains-reveal-secrets-their-intelligence/


198 posted on 06/19/2016 11:16:38 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: leaning conservative; bicyclerepair

I don’t think he meant to direct that to you. My guess is that it’s something his father used to say to him.


199 posted on 06/19/2016 11:17:26 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Measure twice, cut once.

Step in my footsteps and we’ll make less noise.

Don’t ever shoot an animal you do not intend to eat...because I will make you skin and eat it.

Go tell your mother she wants you.

Don’t you ever lie to me... someday you might need us to believe you.

Don’t drive in a trucker’s blind spot, either pass him or get behind him but stay out of the bind spot.

If you can’t see both sideview mirrors on the truck ahead of you, you are too close and could get hit by tire debris one day.

When you plant your garden, plant some extra for the animals.

When you pick fruit, don’t harvest everything, leave a little.

Get off your ass.

If you have to walk behind a horse, run your hand along him so he knows where you’re at.

This is how to thump a watermelon...[listen]

Be careful where you aim at all times when cleaning a gun even if you checked the chamber. Always assume it’s loaded.

If you get arrested do not expect us to bail you out.

Never run from a bully, that’s what they really want. If you run you’ll have to fight them later anyway, but you’ll have fewer friends when you do. Pick your ground when you can so you won’t get suspended.

Don’t start crying or I’ll give you something to cry about.

Look at me when I’m talking to you.

Feed the animals before you eat breakfast.


One thing about Dad was that if we had to be punished for something, once he did punish you it was as if it had never happened and the slate was clean. He always made it clear we were loved even when we were being somewhat unlovable.


200 posted on 06/19/2016 11:17:49 AM PDT by piasa
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