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Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: MichaelAnthony Date: 03 Oct 00 - 05:06 PM My grandmother said something similiar: "It's always better to push a pencil" than to work in the mines like her husband and everyone else around. Like everything else, it's true and not true at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST,Ian Date: 03 Oct 00 - 04:57 PM As a 60+ year-old the only advice that I can remember being given before I was 18 was from a black-smith, my uncle, who said "Get a job that does'nt get your hands dirty" - thats a translation what he actually said was "git a joab that disna git heants diarty". I followed his advice and have enjoyed my work all my life. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: SINSULL Date: 03 Oct 00 - 04:38 PM Oh what's the point. No matter what you tell them, they will go their own way, make their own mistakes and hopefully learn from them or not depending on how hard headed they are. As we all did. So the best advice: "Learn from your mistakes" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: paddymac Date: 03 Oct 00 - 04:23 PM The most important thing to know is what you don't know. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 03 Oct 00 - 12:05 PM "If at first you don't succeed--better not try sky-diving." Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: SINSULL Date: 03 Oct 00 - 11:52 AM My son received a little red plaid book for his 18th birthday. I think it's called "Life's Little Rule Book". I will have to look. It covers all of the above and more and sells in paperback for about $5. Banjer - Mr. Hankey? Is he related to South Park's Mr. Hankey or just an unfortunate coincidence? How about a copy of "If". I always liked the line "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you..." |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: M.Ted Date: 03 Oct 00 - 11:17 AM Guest must not remember that they did lower the drinking age to the go out and die for you country age (18, which was actually lower that the draft age, which was 18 and 6 months) and they got tired of kids going out, getting drunk, and killing themselves and others--and raised the drinking age up again-- Anyway, these days, no one gets drafted into the Army, and they don't really even want the average drunken 18 year-old--they prefer older, better educated types--they don't want anyone who isn't as smart as the smart bombs |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: hrodelbert Date: 02 Oct 00 - 09:38 PM If at first you don't succeed you are running about average Hrodelbert |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Mbo Date: 02 Oct 00 - 08:58 PM "And remember The truth that once was spoken To love another person is to see the face of God" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Marion Date: 02 Oct 00 - 08:50 PM "Love, and do whatever you want." St. Augustine |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Cool Beans Date: 02 Oct 00 - 08:39 PM Don't screw up on a slow news day. (I must remember to tell my 19-year-old daughter that.) |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Bert Date: 02 Oct 00 - 03:28 PM The advice I'd give to a lot of the kids I see nowadays would be. "Do SOMETHING" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST Date: 02 Oct 00 - 02:24 PM You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. -- ??? I want to live my life so that my nights are full of regrets. -- Fitzgerald (F. Scott?) On a more realistic level: If you're a U.S. citizen, I would lobby all my friends and get the drinking age changed to 18 nationwide. It makes no sense that at 18 you can be involuntarily pressed into the service of your country to risk your life for whatever special interest the President and Congress deem appropriate, but you can't walk into a bar and legally buy a beer. That or raise the mandatory age for draft registration to 21. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: mousethief Date: 02 Oct 00 - 01:37 PM Nobody, on his (her) deathbed, looks back and thinks, --I wish I had spent more time at work instead of with my friends and family --I wish I had been nastier to people --I wish I had been more arrogant and less humble --I wish I had concentrated more on things and less on people
Alex |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: jeffp Date: 02 Oct 00 - 09:35 AM Getting older is inevitable; growing up is optional You will get farther if you are smarter than you look. Of course, it is usually easier to look dumber than you actually are. -- paraphrased from Piet Hein |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Willie-O Date: 02 Oct 00 - 08:26 AM Paraphrasing Doc Watson: "Don't get yourself all wrapped up in stuff that when you look at it don't mean nothing." (Doc used better grammar). Merlin, as quoted by Mary Stewart: "I have never understood why any skilled craftsman, surrounded by the tools of his trade, should stand in awe of a wizard." Learn an honest trade that fulfills a useful purpose. ] W-O |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST,Bill Foster Date: 02 Oct 00 - 07:28 AM From my Grandfather, Garland Foster (1877-1960): *Find y'self a job you love, and you won't never have to work again. . . .* |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: DonMeixner Date: 02 Oct 00 - 12:51 AM My Grandmother told me when I graduated high school. "Of you don't plan on being rich, learn to be polite." I say" Pay attention to your Dad's best friend, it'll be the same good advice but it will hurt less to take it." |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Troll Date: 02 Oct 00 - 12:10 AM Keep as much time as possible between your big mistakes. troll |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: rabbitrunning Date: 01 Oct 00 - 11:09 PM My mom's words of wisdom for the parents of eighteen year olds is "just because they tell you they're not listening doesn't mean that they didn't hear you say it." My own take on this, recently, to a nineteen year old nephew, is that the difference between nineteen and forty isn't intelligence, it's experience. The forty year old has already pulled that dumb stunt and remembers how not to do it again. At least, most forty year olds. [grin] |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: WyoWoman Date: 01 Oct 00 - 03:44 PM Find what you love and do it 'til you drop.
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 01 Oct 00 - 04:49 AM Luckily I am not the parent of said 18 year old boy, and gave him his bits of advice on little scrolls hidden in a big box of sweets. He seemed to take the sweet very well, he says he will read the advice later. But still keep those gems coming , I might need them myself. Kara |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: MichaelAnthony Date: 01 Oct 00 - 04:46 AM No matter what you do, there will be those who don't approve of it. So might as well do what you really want to. Be yourself, and you will have no competition. Just try to get closer and closer to that essence. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Terry K Date: 01 Oct 00 - 02:18 AM My boy Stuart is 18 TODAY!!! If I told him all this stuff he would probably reply "Yeah yeah dad, whatever" or something like that. I have nothing to pass on to him but my example, good or bad. He's a great kid - er, make that adult - with all of his life ahead of him. I'm insanely jealous! Cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Date: 01 Oct 00 - 12:48 AM Write your epitaph on your tombstone now and decide whether it should read; "He had a job that paid him plenty but he hated going to work every day" or "He enjoyed his work" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: CarolC Date: 30 Sep 00 - 11:37 PM This is my favorite advice that I give to my son, who will be 18 next July. "Do what you love, and you will do it well" He's doing pretty ok, and he loves his life. Carol |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: catspaw49 Date: 30 Sep 00 - 11:21 PM "There is only what is. What should be never existed." .............20th Century Philosopher, Leonard A. Schneider Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Biskit Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:55 PM The other Carpenter Rule:Try to be smarter than the piece of wood you're tryin' to cut. -Biskit- |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Ferrara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 08:33 PM Bill's own favorite carpentry saying: "I cut it off three times and it's still too short." |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST,Greyeyes Date: 30 Sep 00 - 08:13 PM Quoted by Bax in 1943, but he was quoting an unknown scotsman, hence Anon. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Wavestar Date: 30 Sep 00 - 08:12 PM One of my favourites, a motto of sorts in my life - Nothing in this world can be accomplished without passion. Also: Be kind, and if you can't be kind, be polite. Ordeals and sudden laughter - Take joy in all. Never let anyone take your innocence from you. No matter what they say, you only lose it when you give it up. -Jessica |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Micca Date: 30 Sep 00 - 07:46 PM The "try everything once except incest and Folk dancing was Sir Arnold Bax... |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: DougR Date: 30 Sep 00 - 07:35 PM Break your pick on the big ones. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST,Greyeyes Date: 30 Sep 00 - 07:31 PM Beecham certainly used it, but I don't think he was the originator. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 30 Sep 00 - 07:17 PM Sir Thomas Beecham that was, as I've heard it - and he specified Morris dancing. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GUEST,Greyeyes Date: 30 Sep 00 - 07:04 PM "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing." (attributed to Anon in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations) |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Mbo Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:59 PM "No one can make you feel bad without your permission" --Eleanor Roosevelt. "Hey, I'm tellin' you now The greatest thing you ever can do now Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now It's very easy..." -- Led Zeppelin "Love is the lord of all" --Irish folk song "Kissing is the second most important thing you do with your lips." --Bumper sticker
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: catspaw49 Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:52 PM Yeah Mac, I've noticed that with all my kids and then again recently with Meebo. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 30 Sep 00 - 06:21 PM Giving gems of wisdom to an 18-year-old boy is about as useful as trying to polish the surface of a pool of water. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:53 PM And that great nugget of wisdom, the carpenter's rule: Measure twice. Saw once. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: WyoWoman Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:33 PM "My life became much easier once I accepted the fact that one cannot actually die of embarrassment." Lynn Abbey "We are fools whether or not we dance, so we might as well dance." Alleged Japanese proverb "Anyone who thinks she's too small to be effective has never been in bed with a mosquito." A Friend of Mine "The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." Me "I don't like money, but it quiets my nerves." (Source:?)
"Men CAN have multiple orgasms ..." Headline from Men's Health (hey, I know you're young. Some things are just fun to think about ...)I should just let you come read my refrigerator. It's an absolute cornucopia/collage of such wisdom. WyoWoman
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Banjer Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:20 PM A machine shop teacher long ago told me something that has stuck with me longer than any of the other bullshit I heard growing up. He said "To be succesful in setting up a job on a machine, and also in life, it takes 90 percent imgination and 10 percent knowhow. If you can think it, you can do it!" Thanks to Mr. Dave Hankey, 11th Grade Machine Practices, circa 1965, I have accomplished much! |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: GospelPicker (inactive) Date: 30 Sep 00 - 05:12 PM Super Grover (from Sesame Street) once flew to the rescue of a little girl in a zoo. when she wanted to leave, she only saw the fence and no way to get out. Super Grover obliged her by taking the next half an hour to bend the bars of the gate to let her out. As he did this, she found the sign that said, "EXIT" and thanked 'ol Supe as she left. By the time Super Grover was done sweating over the bars, she was gone... The moral is: We must trust God for the impossible, like providing a way out of a jam for us... But we must not expect God to do the possible... We must do what is possible (read the sign) before asking Him to bend the bars... |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 30 Sep 00 - 04:35 PM You young puppies don't know how good you got it! Why, when I was a boy..... Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Peter T. Date: 30 Sep 00 - 04:33 PM Classic Ronnie Hawkins line: "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was." yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: catspaw49 Date: 30 Sep 00 - 04:20 PM Yeah Ferrara......Do more than is expected of you and soon more will be expected of you. Try to practice safe sex and practice as often as you can. When you're old, the only time you think about doing it twice is just before the first. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: rabbitrunning Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:46 PM If you can't give 'em competence, give 'em alacrity. Most people can't tell the difference. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Ferrara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:40 PM Whoops. Forgot the line breaks.
90% of everything is crap. - Theodore Sturgeon My son turned 18 in May. An important milestone.... |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Ferrara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:36 PM 90% of everything is crap. - Theodore Sturgeon There is nothing more dangerous than stupid people in large groups. Don't do too good a job; people will come to expect it. Save the basket. That last comes from my parents. A Chinese man was carrying his old father on his back in a large basket, when his young son saw him and asked what he was doing. The man said, "Your grandfather is old and feeble and blind, and his life is no good to him or anyone else any more. As an act of filial kindness, I am carrying him to the river, where I will let him drown and put him out of his misery. I hope this doesn't distress you too much, son." The son replies, "That's fine, father. Save the basket." |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: wildlone Date: 30 Sep 00 - 03:18 PM I was allways told be good, if you cant be good remember the date |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Peter T. Date: 30 Sep 00 - 02:49 PM "When all else fails, read the instructions." "80% of life is just showing up." (Woody Allen) "There are reasons why older people look tired and unhappy much of the time. Until you find out what they are for yourself, treat your elders with compassion." yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 30 Sep 00 - 02:32 PM Be good, and if you can't be good be careful! Actual conversation held almost daily at my house: Mom (that's me): Good bye! Have fun! Be good! Either Kid: Make up your mind! |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Biskit Date: 30 Sep 00 - 02:13 PM Take your time,gettin' older ain't all what it's cracked up to be, If I would'a known I was gonna last this long, I'd have taken alot better care of myself.When ya get to be my age,It'll take you all night long, just to accomplish what you used to do all night long. There you have all the wise sayings that my father passed down to me, I in turn passed on to my boys,and will probably have to pass on to my grandchildren as well, considering the smirks and cross ways looks and rolling of eyes, I have recieved by way of thanks. I wasn't ever like that when I was their age!....was I???? Peace,-Biskit- |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 01:47 PM these are great, any more |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Dharmabum Date: 30 Sep 00 - 01:16 PM Sincerity is the most important thing in life,& once you learn how to fake it you've got life by the b*lls. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Naemanson Date: 30 Sep 00 - 01:02 PM If you gotta do what I did, don't get caught! |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:58 PM When all else fails you, try doing what your parents/boss told you to do. Yours, Aye. Dave |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: catspaw49 Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:55 PM Yeah, well.......Don't do anything I didn't do and if you do, do it better. You have the rest of your life to be old, but only a short time to be young. Go get some gravel in your shoes. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:23 PM That better Mbo much more concise. This is all just the type of thing I need, more more more Kara |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: paddymac Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:12 PM Almost forgot the most important one: "Think with your big head" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Mbo Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:11 PM From my grandfather: "If at first you don't succeed, beat it to death with a hammer!" |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: paddymac Date: 30 Sep 00 - 12:10 PM "Get out now, while you still know everything." "Keep your pants zipped." "Get a job." |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Naemanson Date: 30 Sep 00 - 11:47 AM Arise! Go forth and conquer! |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Mbo Date: 30 Sep 00 - 11:06 AM Hey, stay young and invicible! Come what may we're unstoppable My faith's unshakeable And we know just what we are. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:47 AM Thanks Mbo Very nice, but I was hoping for something a bit lighter bite size pieces.. Kara |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Mbo Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:43 AM Try this. |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:27 AM nice one. Any more |
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Subject: RE: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Dharmabum Date: 30 Sep 00 - 10:25 AM It's easier to get forgivness than it is to get permission. Ron. |
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Subject: Gems of wisdom for an 18th birthday From: Kara Date: 30 Sep 00 - 09:58 AM Got any Gems of wisdom to pass on to an 18 year old boy on the occasion of his birthday. I liked "Never eat more than you an lift" |
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