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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An old man once gave this precious advice:Make sure your brain is in gear before you say or do anything.
Try to always be polite and nice to people.
Make sure you keep in touch with true friends and steer clear of fair-weather friends.
Don’t look for trouble, but if you’re in it, make sure you come out best.
Learn to listen and keep your gob shut whenever possible.
Listen to criticism and find the truth in it and ignore the false.
Buy good quality stuff, but what you need, not for show.
Don’t get into debt - it’ll get you into more trouble than it gets you out of.
Don’t lend money to friends - you’ll lose the money and the friend.
And finally, as he put it:
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
A wise man that.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 9:53, Reply)
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