I came up with this short list in an email to someone last night. I liked it so much, that I printed it out in big letters and put a copy of it in my truck visor. Most of it is old news… borrowed from here and there. But when I put ’em all together… I really liked ’em. I’m gonna read it before I get out of the truck every morning. Stuff like this helps keep me focused.
1. Nobody ever told me it was gonna be easy.
2. If I don’t pick myself up by the balls, no one else will do it for me.
3. Git busy living. Or git busy dieing.
4. Fock ’em all.
5. I’m the baddest motherfocker that ever put his pants on in the morning.
6. God hates a coward.
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Eeeeeeasy there big fellah.
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Life's about #ss, you kick it or you lick it. I have that on my office wall. DanT
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143) I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and dog gone it, people like me
you ae going to need a bigger piece of paper
Edited 2/18/2009 9:16 pm ET by Scrapr
I don't know if it applies here, but one saying that's gotten me through twenty-three years as an Army pilot and another fourteen as a state employee soon to retire at the end of March, and FINALLY spending time on my house is this: In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. What it says is not to be nervous or concerned with your unique wisdom, because it's likely more correct than that of those with whom you're dealing.
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Hey, no profile since 2004? Where are you and where were you stationed? My last flight assignment was Lakehurst, flight detachment for Ft Monmouth, Flight test . Rotary wing classes 67-25 and 68-501. FW transition in 71.For those who have fought for it Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
Spent 94-97 at Lakehurst. Navy CEC Officer, ran construction contracts there.
When we got there in 75 we lived in Pinehurst, I was supreme commander, allied forces Pinehurst, the ranking guy. One of single houses up by the club came open and the Navy had cut back on Capt. Billets. I got to move into one of the O-6 houses as an Army Captain. It was a hoot. Left there on the list for Major in Dec 79, flew out of Hangar 5.For those who have fought for it Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
I was in the first house on the right as you entered the officer's housing, H-1 was the unit. I have a book showing the Hindenburg in flames and you can see the house I lived in in the background.
Hangar 5 - remember it well. I was allowed to jump on a helicopter a time or two for a quick flight to Staten Island. There was also a "secret" operation in one end of the Hangar - small weapons, type stuff.
Was the Ft Monmouth flight detachment still there? We had pretty much one of every aircraft the Army had. When I first got there we had three R-4Ds (c-47 Goonie birds). We did some wild spook stuff on fixed wing and rotary. Had Stand Off Target acquisition, (poor mans AWACS), and a bunch of electronic info gathering stuff. Used to have to fly at 20K ft in non-pressurized turboprop flying antenna farm and make flat turn circles (skidding).
Did a laser warning project where eng wanted us to put Huey in 30-45deg bank and hold it 15 min. Got to p-off The Air Force on project at Atlantic city checking out ILS in an OH-6. Doing circles on approach path. Had C-141's in holding pattern to accomodate. Had an old civilian Huey with the now defunct Microwave Landing System that would shoot approach to a hover hands off with autpilot.
Can't tell any more, not because I would have to kill you, but probably because I can't remember (;-).For those who have fought for it Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
scared money never wins...
life ain't one damn thing after another... it's one damn thing over & over
life ain't fair.... fair comes to town once a year... get your cotton candy then...
always follow the money... it'd will tell you who and why every time
that was yesterday... and yesterday is gone...
if you want a second home... screw up one more time and you'll get one
if people would just accept the fact that life is fun...
and you are the baddest MF that put your jeans on today
P:)
Every time I run into a sh*tty situation at work I say to myself "well, life's tough in the aluminum siding business".which makes no sense given my actual line of work... it's a line from the movie "Tinmen".I also frequently utter "coffee is for closers". Usually after uttering "lunch? lunch is for losers"
Tinmen!
To car salesman: "how much do I want to pay?!! Nothing!" lol!!!
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Ive used that line......I told him ..You want me to pay sticker and I want to pay nothing......We'll meet some where in between...........Was working out real well until we got down to my trade in..........Then he said .....You want me to give you blue book and I want to give you nothing. Laughs all around...Bought the car and made a friend."Gentle to the touch, exquisite to contemplate, tractable in creative hands, stronger by weight than iron, wood is, as William Penn had said,"a substance with a soul.'"Eric Sloane
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my morning "get up and go" ...
and sometimes midday ... I walk back to the van to remind myself what it's all about.
The Van headliner ...
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
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Edited 2/18/2009 11:14 pm ET by JeffBuck
Edited 2/18/2009 11:14 pm ET by JeffBuck
Very nice. I put college tuition bills on my visor. Time marches on.
I'm with Jeffbuck, When my 17mo. daughter runs up shaking from exitment arms out da da da da!
OR "If it was easy than our sisters would be out here doing it."
"For today is all I have, Let me do the best I can." "Let me be content with the results of my efforts at the end of the day" Only affirmations I need
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
kick #### in the morning, take names in the afternoon
Ain't complete without a DOG..........
"Talk is cheap, it takes money to buy whiskey"
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.- Fyodor Dostoyevski
Way to go Mr. Buck. You revealed a lot of character there. They must be very proud of you.Thanks for the reminder.
~Mike~"Gentle to the touch, exquisite to contemplate, tractable in creative hands, stronger by weight than iron, wood is, as William Penn had said,"a substance with a soul.'"Eric Sloane
way back in high school, i helped out a friend and his carpenter dad on a foundation. we were laying out the footing forms and i suppose i didn't read the tape well enough.
So this old Yugoslavian carpenter looks at me and says " Just remember. Any helper can be replaced by a sharp stick". That has stuck with me. What we gain in grip, we lose in touch. R. Kipling
We'll hazard all, and win or die, and none can say we quailed before the test!
Brian,
I came late to the heist thread so I didn't respond there. Really bummed and sorry you had to endure that lousy treatment by bottom dwellers.
Sounds like you've done a great job of moving on and getting back focused. I doubt many here -- me included -- who could have absorbed what you've been through and been back on track that quickly.
As an addendum to your # 5 a good friends favorite saying is " I'm not the meanest man in town -- but I'm ####ing his wife and he knows all about it !! "
With your attitude and perseverance I know you'll still be back on top .
Walter
" I'm not the meanest man in town -- but I'm ####ing his wife and he knows all about it !!
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'Don't make me get my hambone.'
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How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Keep your head down, that way the Sh@t just rolls off your back. If you look up it hits you right in the face.
or... if it was rain'n p see... i'd get hit in the head with a dee ick...
an old Italian guy us to tell me that all the time... pretty sure i got the infractions right
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Better a little with morality, than much gain with injustice.
This keeps me honest.
Another good one I have came from an old fella who lived in a retirement community of huddled apts. 'across the tracks' in Syracuse NY. His name was Mr. Eddy and he fed the squirrels every day and suffered from asthma. I would ask him how he was and he always said,
"It don't do me no good to kick...."
That has stayed with me for almost 35 years now.
Be Mr. Eddy.
My Zen is "when there is nothing you can do, do nothing".Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
They kill Prophets, for Profits.
Yeah, but then there's "The only wrong thing to do is nothing."
Flip a coin, I guess. ;-)
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
I thought it was "Even inaction, is an action" Freekin Zen, it's all a paradox..LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
They kill Prophets, for Profits.
Two wrongs don't make a right....
but three lefts do.
When my wife used to whine about "that's not fair"
I used to say "Lifes not fair. If it were you'd have big ..... and I'd be rich."
Man I miss that couch!
I see that The Steel Town is well represented here.We have a saying at our mens work day at church......(Men may say , that can't be done......God says get out of the way and let my guys get to work.)
When painting; A painter is only as good as the man that painted before him.
"Gentle to the touch, exquisite to contemplate, tractable in creative hands, stronger by weight than iron, wood is, as William Penn had said,"a substance with a soul.'"Eric Sloane
thot of one my Dad used to say ...
"well, we've F'd this up enough for today ... may as well go home early and try again tomorrow ..."
he was all for giving up when the day just ain't working out. I also use his throey from time to time. Sometimes it's best to put yer head down and work thru it ...
other times it's best to go home before ya hurt yourself and come back in the morning when hopefully yer still not a f'n idiot.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Good idea. I'm gonna do that to my visor. I'm only using one word though.
NOOKIE!
C'mon C'mon and do..... The locomotion with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3sCNRnn7GA
Crawl
when you have to...
DANCE!
when you can.
If you're walking on thin ice, might as well dance.
I meditate, I burn candles, I drink green tea, and still I want to smack someone.