Daddy always said….

[NOLAGATOR]

Never drop your hands. ( He won the Golden Gloves)

 

[NOLAGATOR]

"You got a champagne appetite on a beer income."

 

[G8trwood]

Get your own damn beer

 

[Back Alley Gator]

"Tell me with whom you associate and I'll tell you of what you'll amount."

He was quoting his own father who was born in the late 1800s. That's why it sounds the way it does.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Assorted others:
"There ain't nobody looking out for you but you."

"Goddamn it boy."

"I'll give you **** and shove you in it, then give you hell for falling in it."

"Stop prickin around!"

"A man's word is his bond."

"Money's around, it's gotta roll! Hup!!!"

 

[NOLAGATOR]

"If you can't count on him, he ain't your friend"

 

[GatorJB]

"Everyone's an idiot. Don't always expect people to do the right thing."

I was about 9 when he first taught me that. We had just left a bowling alley after another kid's birthday party, and we almost witnessed a car wreck in the parking lot.

Those words changed my life.

 

[AugustaGator]

People don’t grow up until 40, if then.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

My FIL, "Get it out of your head"

 

[NOLAGATOR]

"If it's between your Mom and you, you lose ever time."

 

[Frozen Gator]

My FIL, "Get it out of your head"

Was that before or after you married?

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Was that before or after you married?

After

 

[cornbread]

If you are dumb you better be tough

 

[Double Gator Dad]

When a pretty girl would walk by my dad would lean over to me and say”She is so pretty, she needs to know me.”

It became even funnier as he aged and continued to say it well into his eighties.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

"If I were doing any better, I'd deserve a raise"

 

[B52G8rAC]

What my daddy didn't say was instructive. I was 13, sitting on the couch watching TV. He walks in from work and tosses me a car part. Say the one on the car is worn out and needs replacing. Do you know how many parts there are on a 1961 Falcon. I started looking under the hood, in the cabin, then under the car. Turned out it was the rear universal joint. Then I had to figure out how to remove the drive shaft. Then how to press it out. Then press it on. Then reinstall said drive shaft. Dinner was in the oven ('cause Momma). Dad was finishing, looked up at me and asked if the car would get him to work in the morning. I said yes; it did. Nothing else said about it. Until the big car needed a power steering pump. I am a pretty good mechanic. Saved a bunch of money through the years.

 

[CDGator]

What my daddy didn't say was instructive. I was 13, sitting on the couch watching TV. He walks in from work and tosses me a car part. Say the one on the car is worn out and needs replacing. Do you know how many parts there are on a 1961 Falcon. I started looking under the hood, in the cabin, then under the car. Turned out it was the rear universal joint. Then I had to figure out how to remove the drive shaft. Then how to press it out. Then press it on. Then reinstall said drive shaft. Dinner was in the oven ('cause Momma). Dad was finishing, looked up at me and asked if the car would get him to work in the morning. I said yes; it did. Nothing else said about it. Until the big car needed a power steering pump. I am a pretty good mechanic. Saved a bunch of money through the years.

Easy peasy...Let me google that for you!

 

[B52G8rAC]

Easy peasy...Let me google that for you!

I guess the name of the part was on the box, I don't remember. 'Cause if it wasn't, you'd have to google a picture. Does that work?

 

[LaylaGator]

What my daddy didn't say was instructive. I was 13, sitting on the couch watching TV. He walks in from work and tosses me a car part. Say the one on the car is worn out and needs replacing. Do you know how many parts there are on a 1961 Falcon. I started looking under the hood, in the cabin, then under the car. Turned out it was the rear universal joint. Then I had to figure out how to remove the drive shaft. Then how to press it out. Then press it on. Then reinstall said drive shaft. Dinner was in the oven ('cause Momma). Dad was finishing, looked up at me and asked if the car would get him to work in the morning. I said yes; it did. Nothing else said about it. Until the big car needed a power steering pump. I am a pretty good mechanic. Saved a bunch of money through the years.

First, respect to you for getting it done. Second, what maniac drives a car repaired by a novice 13 year old?

 

[NOLAGATOR]

First, respect to you for getting it done. Second, what maniac drives a car repaired by a novice 13 year old?

At least it wasn't a plane