My Dad, Chocolate Ice Cream, and New Kits

[Snake45]

A new kit announcement here brought the usual (and entirely expected) comments, which reminded me of one of my Late Great Dad's best sayings: 

"If you stand on the street corner giving away--not selling, but giving away--chocolate ice cream, someone will come up and demand--not politely ask for, but demand--strawberry." 

--Snake's Dad

Feel free to quote him, with attribution.

[Plowboy]

Kinda like a situation I have constantly. I've had back surgeries. So, I'm not able to use a chain saw very much. Maybe a few minutes with a really small one. Whenever I have a hardwood tree fall, I'll try to find someone who burns firewood and let them know they can have it if they cut it up. I even offer to haul it to the road for them if they can't get to it with a pickup. No one ever shows. My dad said, "Well, maybe if you cut up into firewood, they'll come get it." I said, "No. If I cut it up, they'll want me to haul it for them too. Then, they'll want me to unload it for them. As I drive away, they'll complain about how I didn't stack it for them. I'll just burn it where it is or let it rot."

His saying was always "some people would complain if you hung 'em with a new rope". Never really got that one.

Edited March 7, 2020 by Plowboy

[StevenGuthmiller]

I guess it's not surprising today.

Nothing is ever "good enough" for people anymore.

 

This quote makes as much sense as any to me.

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude".

 

Or here's another thoughtful quote.

"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sail."

 

 

Steve

[Snake45]

12 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude".

Some of us here might recognize this as, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." 

 

14 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sail."

The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The optimist says the glass is half full. The realist says the glass is just too darn big. 

[Rob Hall]

4 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

 The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The optimist says the glass is half full. The realist says the glass is just too darn big. 

And I say 'maybe there is no glass'...

[Ironman63]

28 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

And I say 'maybe there is no glass'...

Ah, I see you have taken the red pill.?

[1972coronet]

Until you walk a mile in another man's shoes , you can't lead a horse to water .

[Snake45]

40 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

Until you walk a mile in another man's shoes , you can't lead a horse to water .

In for a penny, in for the whole nine yards. 

[Roadrunner]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

Some of us here might recognize this as, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." 

One of, if not the best sayings ever. It's actually something I try to live by every day.

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Some of us here might recognize this as, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." 

I should probably put this in the "movie quotes" thread, but your quote reminded me of a line from an old movie.

The character was praying with a rope around his neck as he was about to be hung.

 

".........Lord, forgive me for the men that I have killed in anger, and for those I am about to."

Anybody remember what movie this was from?

 

 

Sorry to move the thread so far into the weeds!

 

 

 

 

Steve

[SfanGoch]

Ha! That was Roscoe Lee Browne in "The Cowboys". I watched it a couple weeks ago on either TCM, Grit or Movies!

[Snake45]

22 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

Ha! That was Roscoe Lee Browne in "The Cowboys". I watched it a couple weeks ago on either TCM, Grit or Movies!

I thought you were going to chime in with the Noo Yawk version of the Serenity Prayer: "...and the wisdom to dispose of the bodies where they will NEVER be found." 

[SfanGoch]

You tawkin' about callin' the cleaners or seein' the junkman?

[oldscool]

This may be a whole new ball of worms.

[slusher]

3 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

Ha! That was Roscoe Lee Browne in "The Cowboys". I watched it a couple weeks ago on either TCM, Grit or Movies!

Was that the one with John Wayne?

[Snake45]

3 hours ago, oldscool said:

This may be a whole new ball of worms.

It ain't rocket surgery. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

39 minutes ago, slusher said:

Was that the one with John Wayne?

Yes.

John Wayne hires a bunch of kids to help move his cattle from Bozeman Montana, to Belle Fourche South Dakota.

The camp cook that he hired was a black man named "Mr Nightlinger" who was about to be hung by rustlers when he made that hilarious statement.

 

 

 

Steve

[slusher]

11 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Yes.

John Wayne hires a bunch of kids to help move his cattle from Bozeman Montana, to Belle Fourche South Dakota.

The camp cook that he hired was a black man named "Mr Nightlinger" who was about to be hung by rustlers when he made that hilarious statement.

 

 

 

Steve

Thanks I have not seen that in 25 years or more....

[bisc63]

One of my favorite westerns of all time! Anyone else remember the short-lived spinoff TV series? I remember watching it with my grandparents, who were huge fans.

(Sorry for the thread-jack, Snake)

[SfanGoch]

11 hours ago, Snake45 said:

A new kit announcement here brought the usual (and entirely expected) comments....

 

My high school math teacher, the legendary Mr. Kravitz, had the perfect one-size-fits-all response to any and all inane comments or questions, suitable for all occasions and said it with a Bernie Sanders-esque accent:

"What, are you from the Bronx? Shut your dirty mouth!"

I'd post some gems from my machine shop teacher, Louie "Three Fingers" Russo; but, every other word would be BLAH_BLAH_BLAH'ed out.

[THarrison351]

A friend of my wife once said this and I'm not kidding

…watching you like a fine tuned glove.

I broke it down:

…watching you like a hawk.
… with a fine-toothed comb.
…wear it like a glove.
…like a finely tuned instrument.
 

Yogi Berra would have loved it!

[StevenGuthmiller]

8 minutes ago, THarrison351 said:

A friend of my wife once said this and I'm not kidding

…watching you like a fine tuned glove.

I broke it down:

…watching you like a hawk.
… with a fine-toothed comb.
…wear it like a glove.
…like a finely tuned instrument.
 

Yogi Berra would have loved it!

Pretty much covers all of the bases, doesn't it?

 

 

 

Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, bisc63 said:

One of my favorite westerns of all time!

Definitely one of my favorite John Wayne flicks, along with True Grit and The Shootist.

 

If I had to pick my favorite western, It would have to be either the remake of True Grit with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon, or "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford".

It's a mouthful, and a little slow moving at times, but it's a great historical flick starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.

 

 

 

Steve 

[SfanGoch]

19 minutes ago, THarrison351 said:

A friend of my wife once said this and I'm not kidding

…watching you like a fine tuned glove.

Is she related to Norm Crosby or Slip Mahoney?

[SfanGoch]

7 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

...it's a great historical flick starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.

Casey Affleck.......

Isn't that like casting John Mitchum

because his brother's salary would've wiped out your production budget?