Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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there's truth in them there anecdotes...I'm third and do, indeed, have a hairy chest.
So, advice from Old People?
My dad's a fount of knowledge (you may remember him as the man who glued his slippers, socks, gloves and feet to the kitchen floor whilst laying lino). Classic include:
"She's got some Genital disease", when referring to my late grandmother's CONgenital heart disease (leaky heart valve).
"Careful, that will stay hot even after it stops glowing" (whilst using a welding torch on his van), then followed by "oooyabastard!" as he puts his hand on it, having taken off his welding gloves, lit a roll-up and decided to lean against his van.
But, to give him his dues, he's imparted a lot of good advice to me over the years, from how to check out a car you're buying to how to build a shed. Invaluable tips included:
1) When travelling, always split your cash across pockets and bags - that way, if you get pickpocketed or a bag goes missing, you don't lose everything.
2) Try to find time to do nothing once in a while. By all means be active and work hard, but once a month, a day of chilling will stop you going crazy or getting ill.
3) If you do something strenuous enough to get yourself out of breath once a day, you'll stay healthy enough. I trust this, as he's 65, had several big accidents and still rides his mountain bike every day and is fit as a fiddle.
4) Be a man. I'm not saying we all need to be beer-swilling wife-beaters, I am just saying that you need to know your own mind and stand up for yourself and your better half. The meek might inherit the earth, but it'll only be after every other bugger has finished with it.
and, finally, 5) Never by a french car. Ever.
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:38, 5 replies)
your old mansounds very wise
I thoroughly agree with all of these.
Especially number 5
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:47,
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SHIT!I just bought a Clio Sport.
Not half fun though.
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French cars......cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
Soft wallowy ride, bits fall off, they break down lots... buy something German instead.
(, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 17:26, closed)
Yup.As an owner of a series of French cars, I concur with no. 5.
And indeed all of the others.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 8:42,
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peugotI have a peugot and even though it is supposed to have a turbo it still has less poke than a glen williams coach full of nuns
(, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 22:19, closed)
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