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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: Walkingfeather

God

Duty

Responsibility

Character

In spades

He looked like Howie Long meets John Wayne

Big badassed scary man but he almost never stumbled

I sure have after he died


201 posted on 06/19/2016 11:18:06 AM PDT by wardaddy (No wobbly Donald....full steam ahead)
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To: combat_boots

Really, I think that is such good advice: Don’t fear people who act like they are better than you. Also, don’t lord it over people who have it worse. Could be you.

Dad could make a friend out of anybody. And when people let him down and weren’t the good people his benefit of the doubt had granted them at first, he simply stayed away from them.

He and his parents had been picked to be murdered by their government for the religion they barely practiced. He was sent away at age 7 to save his life. Yet he was no victim. He lived large and just sloughed the bad stuff off. Certain victicrats today could learn a lot from my dad. No one in any USA slum had it as rough. GET OVER IT and live a good life.


202 posted on 06/19/2016 11:18:30 AM PDT by Yaelle (Make America Safe Again)
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To: wardaddy

Yet it seems you’ve got a lot of him in you.


203 posted on 06/19/2016 11:19:18 AM PDT by Yaelle (Make America Safe Again)
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To: trisham

Thanks, for both of your reies! ; )


204 posted on 06/19/2016 11:24:38 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Walkingfeather

“If you’re making money, get off the computer.”


205 posted on 06/19/2016 11:24:41 AM PDT by aspasia
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To: leaning conservative

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206 posted on 06/19/2016 11:25:23 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Walkingfeather

“You’re hanging out at the wrong bars” (tip from Dad on finding a wealthy husband)


207 posted on 06/19/2016 11:26:20 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: leaning conservative

:)


208 posted on 06/19/2016 11:27:41 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
Three memorable things that my father told me and my brother:

1) The only thing with less sense than a little boy is a group of little boys.

2) You don't worry that your shoes are on fire if your hair is too.

3) You can learn something from everyone that you meet.

The first two were a bit tongue-in-cheek but this last one has been very valuable to me throughout my life.

209 posted on 06/19/2016 11:30:22 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: bonfire

LOL!


210 posted on 06/19/2016 11:31:17 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
Dad had a few of 'em. His favorite was, "Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see."

Another was, "There's no such thing as a perfect defense against thieves and cowards."

About farming, "It's a good life if you don't weaken."
211 posted on 06/19/2016 11:33:55 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Walkingfeather

The best advice my dad ever gave me? Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Thanks Dad for teaching me Truth.


212 posted on 06/19/2016 11:36:40 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Walkingfeather
Remembered another thing that my father told me:

If you ever get arrested and you're given one phone call, don't waste it calling home.

Both my brother and I knew that this was a bit of a joke because if we were ever wrongfully arrested Dad would have been a great ally. However, if we were arrested for a good reason, Dad would be scarier than the law.

213 posted on 06/19/2016 11:36:44 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Before going to college, he told me that he knew I would make friends who might want to get in mischief. His advise was: “Don’t be the first one to do something stupid, and for God’s sake don’t let yourself be the last one.” He knew those were the ones most likely to get caught.


214 posted on 06/19/2016 11:40:27 AM PDT by henkster (Don't listen to what people say, watch what they do.)
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To: Walkingfeather

Any man can be a father it takes a real man to be a Dad.


215 posted on 06/19/2016 11:45:39 AM PDT by DenCos
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To: Walkingfeather

I don’t know whether you are going to get through 200 or so replies . . . but my old man never gave me any advice, ever. But he did write me a letter for my first job application (after tearing-up my attempt) - I got the interview and I got the job, for which I will be eternally grateful to him.


216 posted on 06/19/2016 11:52:16 AM PDT by Mr Radical
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To: binreadin

yup....some lessons don’t take long to sink in


217 posted on 06/19/2016 12:01:12 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Walkingfeather

Dad’s best advice to me was the grass is always greener on the other pair of legs (sage advice helping me manage to stay faithful to my wife for 33 years).

When entering the Air Force (Dad was a 20 year AAF enlistee from 1947) he told me never volunteer for anything and don’t piss off the guys in Finance or the Medics.


218 posted on 06/19/2016 12:03:57 PM PDT by KC-10A BOOMER (Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of War!)
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To: Walkingfeather

“There’s no fool like and old fool!”
“War is Hell! Don’t start one if you aren’t prepared to
charge Hell with a bucket of water!”
“Mold your own bullets.”


219 posted on 06/19/2016 12:10:40 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Walkingfeather

While playing poker with my dad he would remind us “now boys, if we’re all really careful, we can all win a little.” Dad was a great poker player, bridge player, cribbage player, and great kidder. Lastly, he didn’t believe in toy guns because they fostered bad habits. So, at age six, I shot my first gun with my dad’s supervision. At age seven, I shot my dad’s .30-06 and that was life changing for me. I was never even mildly interested in toy guns again.


220 posted on 06/19/2016 12:27:00 PM PDT by edboock (The United States Constitution ©1787, All Rights Reserved)
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