Thoughts and ideas that hold forever true..........

[mk11]

[mk11]

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

The master of mechanics laughs at strength.

-Johnson

[JollySipper]

38 minutes ago, mk11 said:

That always makes me laugh! Reminds me of this one.............

 

Edited Friday at 01:19 AM by JollySipper

[Chuckyg1]

Common sense is like deodorent. The people who need it most never use it.

Bill Murray

[Chuckyg1]

Do stupid people think other people are stupid?

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, Chuckyg1 said:

Do stupid people think other people are stupid?

Yes, especially other people who actually know stuff.

[TECHMAN]

9 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Ever see the results of a hand grenade that "almost" hit a guy?

CLOSE counts in "horse-shoes & hand-grenades"!!!!!! 😉

DJ

[TECHMAN]

1 hour ago, Chuckyg1 said:

Do stupid people think other people are stupid?

 

45 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yes, especially other people who actually know stuff.

And was stated before:  You can't fix "stupid" with duct tape, but you can muffle it!!!!!  😊

DJ

[NYLIBUD]

8 hours ago, bamadon said:

It's important as we age to have a purpose. I'll be 81 next month and still have a job 5 days a week. I don't need it but I think I would go down hill very quickly if I didn't have it. Just my thoughts.

That’s great,81,still working,getting up early,good for you,unless your a toll booth operator on the night shift like a buddy of mine,at the Midtown tunnel overnight shift in NY.He says he loves it.You couldn’t pay me enough to do that job,lol.🥱🤪I’d lose my mind.

[Chuckyg1]

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has it's  limits.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein

[Chuckyg1]

There are 2 types of people in the world: those who get paid to work, and those who work to get paid.

[Big Messer]

21 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Good luck (EDIT: in business) is 95% being in the right place at the right time, by working hard to get there.

... or stealing the right technology...

[Big Messer]

4 hours ago, Chuckyg1 said:

There are 2 types of people in the world: those who get paid to work, and those who work to get paid.

Also (the vast majority) that bust their rears to get paid as little as possible to survive to keep showing up to take more. Repeat and recycle forever.

[Big Messer]

11 hours ago, TECHMAN said:

CLOSE counts in "horse-shoes & hand-grenades"!!!!!! 😉

DJ

Horse shoes don't explode. Damage is limited to actual contact surface.

[Big Messer]

4 hours ago, Chuckyg1 said:

There are 2 types of people in the world: those who get paid to work, and those who work to get paid.

If somebody claims to love his/her work it may be:

1- they are the business owners. Be in good terms with them.

2- they make a lot of money. Don't screw it up.

3- something wrong in their heads. Stay away!.

[Ace-Garageguy]

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ―  Frank Herbert, Dune

Edited Friday at 05:19 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[TECHMAN]

2 hours ago, Big Messer said:

Horse shoes don't explode. Damage is limited to actual contact surface.

Obviously you ain't ever been kicked by one of those horseshoes....... but, I was referring to the game "Horseshoes"

DJ

[TECHMAN]

Another saying that I was "raised with":  If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.  😊

DJ

[Big Messer]

8 minutes ago, TECHMAN said:

Obviously you ain't ever been kicked by one of those horseshoes....... but, I was referring to the game "Horseshoes"

DJ

Horseshoes don't explode. But I didn't mention about being in the receiving end.

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, Big Messer said:

If somebody claims to love his/her work it may be:

1- they are the business owners. Be in good terms with them.

2- they make a lot of money. Don't screw it up.

3- something wrong in their heads. Stay away!.

I respectfully disagree.

I've always loved my work, probably because I chose to work at things I loved.

I loved working as an apprentice photographer and as a draftsman when I was in school.

I loved the work in my early days as a fledgling engineer in the white-collar world...but as I became more and more convinced that the 'workday' was taken up by most of my coworkers attending endless meetings and playing CYA and suckup, I left to work on cars as a dealership apprentice.

There I also loved the actual work, but politics were in evidence that always soured everything in most of the shops I ever worked as non-owner..

It wasn't until I started working on Euro sports and race cars and aircraft that I got to the point I could say I loved most of it, because the work was so challenging and satisfying, almost always way out of the box, but I did, and still do for the most part.

There are aspects of my work I despise, but there's still nothing like looking at something I've made, especially after some time has passed, and thinking to myself "damb man...that's as good as anything I've ever seen from anyone; did I actually DO that?".

 

[Big Messer]

3 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I respectfully disagree.

I've always loved my work, probably because I chose to work at things I loved.

I loved working as an apprentice photographer and as a draftsman when I was in school.

I loved the work in my early days as a fledgling engineer in the white-collar world...but as I became more and more convinced that the 'workday' was taken up by most of my coworkers attending endless meetings and playing CYA and suckup, I left to work on cars as a dealership apprentice.

There I also loved the actual work, but politics were in evidence that always soured everything in most of the shops I ever worked as non-owner..

It wasn't until I started working on Euro sports and race cars and aircraft that I got to the point I could say I loved most of it, because the work was so challenging and satisfying, almost always way out of the box, but I did, and still do for the most part.

There are aspects of my work I despise, but there's still nothing like looking at something I've made, especially after some time has passed, and thinking to myself "damb man...that's as good as anything I've ever seen from anyone; did I actually DO that?".

 

We have different opinions but we don't need to start calling the other side names. I love civilization.

[johnyrotten]

37 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I loved the work in my early days as a fledgling engineer in the white-collar world...but as I became more and more convinced that the 'workday' was taken up by most of my coworkers attending endless meetings and playing CYA and suckup,

Been there. Used to say "I love what I do and hate where I work."

[TECHMAN]

17 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I respectfully disagree.

I've always loved my work, probably because I chose to work at things I loved.

I loved working as an apprentice photographer and as a draftsman when I was in school.

I loved the work in my early days as a fledgling engineer in the white-collar world...but as I became more and more convinced that the 'workday' was taken up by most of my coworkers attending endless meetings and playing CYA and suckup, I left to work on cars as a dealership apprentice.

There I also loved the actual work, but politics were in evidence that always soured everything in most of the shops I ever worked as non-owner..

It wasn't until I started working on Euro sports and race cars and aircraft that I got to the point I could say I loved most of it, because the work was so challenging and satisfying, almost always way out of the box, but I did, and still do for the most part.

There are aspects of my work I despise, but there's still nothing like looking at something I've made, especially after some time has passed, and thinking to myself "damb man...that's as good as anything I've ever seen from anyone; did I actually DO that?".

 

Also respectfully disagree:  Like BILL,   I always LOVED my work, took PRIDE in what I did, strove to do BETTER, all the cliches that many people "make fun of".......   Enjoyed a LOT of successes, and A L W A Y S tried my best to be the type of boss/employer that I would have wanted to work for.    POSITIVE BUILDS, Negative destroys,  a PROVEN fact......     NO "name calling", everyone is entitled to their opinion, whether I am on that "side of the fence" or not, neither carries any weight nor any importance,   but,  (another old cliche') "The proof is in the pudding"  (meaning very simply, "The results speak for themselves")

DJ

[Big Messer]

51 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I respectfully disagree.

I've always loved my work, probably because I chose to work at things I loved.

I loved working as an apprentice photographer and as a draftsman when I was in school.

I loved the work in my early days as a fledgling engineer in the white-collar world...but as I became more and more convinced that the 'workday' was taken up by most of my coworkers attending endless meetings and playing CYA and suckup, I left to work on cars as a dealership apprentice.

There I also loved the actual work, but politics were in evidence that always soured everything in most of the shops I ever worked as non-owner..

It wasn't until I started working on Euro sports and race cars and aircraft that I got to the point I could say I loved most of it, because the work was so challenging and satisfying, almost always way out of the box, but I did, and still do for the most part.

There are aspects of my work I despise, but there's still nothing like looking at something I've made, especially after some time has passed, and thinking to myself "damb man...that's as good as anything I've ever seen from anyone; did I actually DO that?".

 

I believe that the actual problem with work is that we start doing something we may like or love, but after some time (days, weeks, years) we find out that not everything is nice and easy. So we change trades ( you did, me too) and start all over again. And again...

[TECHMAN]

From a kid's show in the early 60's, see if you recognize it (if you do you are O  L  D  like me!!!!!}

"Be what you is, not what-you-is-not, folks what does this, are the happiest lot!"

Stumped?  Wheels turning???

                                                                                                                              from  TUDOR TURTLE    (cartoon character, when cartoons even had a "moral story"}   😊

 

DJ

Edited Friday at 10:21 PM by TECHMAN
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