Best advice you never paid for...

[Thick Farmer]

I remember that song who sang it do you recall??

Baz Lurman. And it’s Class of 99, not 97

 

[tullah]

Put it back where it belongs and you'll find it in the dark.
I didn't listen..can't find anything in my workshop.

 

[Laggard]

Grandads were obviously full of good advice.

Mine always used to say “ It ain’t yours boy until it’s in your pocket”

 

[Minesapint]

If your not in bed by 10.....you might as well go home.

 

[Drillman]

An canny old boy told me years ago, If you buy a “cheap heap” the minute you got it you be looking for it’s replacement. So buy decent to start with.

I haven’t learnt though......

 

[Willie adie]

Blessed is the man without expectation, for he shall never be disappointed.

If your caught looking at other women.
Just because you go to the mart to look at hiefers, doesn't mean you're going to buy any.

Every moutj needs fed, and a fanny won't eat straw.

When handing cattle there are three of you in the relationship.
You, the cattle and Hazel stick, and Hazels in charge

 

[steveR]

Copper Grease. Use it everywhere every time, even if you think the machine is getting scrapped and you're never going to see it again.

Spot On!

A mantra I have subscribed to since the late 70s when I was the poor bloody idiot maintaining a Standen single row beet harvester. Every nut and bolt or bit of shafting etc that was taken apart, ALWAYS had Copaslip when re-assembling.

 

[spin cycle]

best one my dad had was...'let the machine do the work'...but then he would wander around with a wheelbarrow rather than use the forklift

my own is 'if you don't know...ask'......which contradicts the saying 'better to remain silent and ppl think you a fool than to speak and remove all doubt'...i'd rather be thought foolish for a few mins but learn meself

edit..cracking idea for a thread olls BTW

 

[br jones]

Never listen to the professionals on here

 

[tullah]

Time and tide wait for no man.
Oh dear. i can easily spend half an evening on here

 

[Red Fred]

Grandadisms:
Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow.
It isn't the trouble you get in, it's how you get out of it.
Anyone can make babies, the clever bit is not making them.
Open your eyes instead of your mouth and you'll get somewhere.
You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.
Back in the 14-18 war, we would have been glad of that.

 

[Goweresque]

Always build a bigger barn than you think you'll ever need, and put down as much concrete as you can afford. 40 years later I'm still benefiting from my father's actions along those lines.

 

[Red Fred]

Smile, it could be worse....so I did...and it was....
If the cap doesn't fit, it won't fall over deaf ears.

 

[CPF]

"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be only afraid of standing still "

 

[tullah]

Spot On!

A mantra I have subscribed to since the late 70s when I was the poor bloody idiot maintaining a Standen single row beet harvester. Every nut and bolt or bit of shafting etc that was taken apart, ALWAYS had Copaslip when re-assembling.

The knotgrass and fat hen wrapping and hot bearings. I was on and off tractor all day.

 

[Tomr10]

Accept all resignations refuse all free pianos

 

[Red Fred]

What's the worst that can happen...

 

[Zippy768]

"When you get stuck, make sure you are! Cos you dont want your Dad to get in the cab and drive it straight out!!" - Uncle

"If your going down quicker than you are going forward - stop" - Dad

 

[bigbmx]

The man who knows everything hasn’t been born yet, and his mothers dead

You’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than things you did

What’s the point in being the richest person in the graveyard

 

[Thick Farmer]

My free advice is worth exactly what you paid fo it.