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What’s the best bit of life advice/tip you’ve ever received?

M'Bob
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When I was a wee lad, after doing something nice, and complaining to my Mom that I got nothing back, she said, “virtue is its own reward.”

My grandfather once gave me this amusing bit of heath advice: “Eat oatmeal for a hundred years, and you’ll live a long time…”

And you - what nuggets of wisdom did others impart or you picked up along the way, that continue to inform how you live?
 
Aroxx
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Wisdom is something I always seem to get right after I need it.
 
Foo2rama
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There are three things in life worth spending money on. Booze, Women not hookers, and toilet paper. If you can’t afford the few dollars extra a month for the good toilet paper you have issues.
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Foo2rama
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You can’t look like a man and drink out of a straw at the same time.
 
SC1
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So many...

• Be careful what you own lest it own you.

• Don't shit where you eat.

• A happy wife isn't necessarily a happy life.

• Actions are more important than words - words are a dime a dozen.

• Ignorance is not bliss, it's ignorance.

• The patina of life is the nectar of living.

• The dead have it easiest of all.

• When it comes to huge life changing plans telling others weakens your resolve - keep it inside and move forward. Keep it secret and it stays powerful.

• Being an asshole is the easiest way. Don't be an asshole.

• Building something, anything, takes baby steps -- climb the mountain methodically, slowly.

• Measure thrice, cut once.

• You cannot control anything except your emotions.

• If you don't ask you'll never know.

• Calm the fυck down.

• Smiling helps everything.

• Remember, all this - life - is supposed to be fun otherwise it's pointless.

• Clean underwear can help almost every situation.
 
DrmexicoII
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I'm paraphrasing badly but something along the lines of "judge a man by how he treats someone who has nothing of value to him". I've massacred the quote but hopefully you get the gist.
 
Ron_W
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-With gratitude, optimism is sustainable ( M.J. Fox )
 
peatnick
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Most people have 2 ears and 1 mouth yet few use them in that ratio
 
Mad Dog
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Don’t f*** with your watches.

Acquired that tip from the watchmakers/instructors at AWCI build-a-watch school back in 2018.
 
noelekal
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MRC
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Carburettor is the French for leave the damn thing alone.

 
blufinz52
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You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel, and

Don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't go to for advice.
 
Evitzee
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Think for yourself, don't follow the crowd because the crowd is usually clueless.
 
Tony C.
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"Gambling is a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money."

— Norm MacDonald

(As it happens, I did end up working in the Thoroughbred racing industry...)
 
gbesq
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“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.” —Bugs Bunny
 
Togri v. 2.0
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My grandmother had an aunt and her motto was (in Danish): “Den der smørrer godt kører godt”

Translates to something like: “the one who grease well runs well” 😁
 
Twocats
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Opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one.
 
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