Maxims that Have influenced Your Life

[Greenmantle]

In honour of todays possible BoJo shenanigans.

Let your word be 'Yes, Yes' or 'No, No'; anything more than this comes from the evil one.

[Tango13]

thewarlock said:

Never put your finger somewhere you wouldn't put your dick.

Undoubtedly saved a digit or two when I've been working on machinery/cars/whatever.

We have two safety briefings for new starters where I work, the first is the sit down with lots of paperwork and the second is me telling them what you just posted.

We had a young girl start a while back so I told her not to stick her fingers were it would be unwise for a bloke to stick a certain part of his anatomy, she got the idea

[vulture1]

Tango13 said:

thewarlock said:

Never put your finger somewhere you wouldn't put your dick.

Undoubtedly saved a digit or two when I've been working on machinery/cars/whatever.

We have two safety briefings for new starters where I work, the first is the sit down with lots of paperwork and the second is me telling them what you just posted.

We had a young girl start a while back so I told her not to stick her fingers were it would be unwise for a bloke to stick a certain part of his anatomy, she got the idea

Did you really say that to her? in this day in age? Id say that was pretty risky.

[The spinner of plates]

wyson said:

Only one has consistently stood out.

In the movie Under Siege, the baddies chase Steven Segal down and see him fall off the back of the train.

They report back to their baddie boss that Segal is dead. The baddie boss asks them if they saw the body, to which they reply, no, they saw him fall off, he is dead.

The baddie boss then flies off the handle and says something like, you saw nothing, assumption is the mother of all fk ups. Was totally sage advice because Segal ended up taking them all out. LOL.

Whenever I’ve assumed anything, and its come back to bite me in the ass, I always remember that scene.

Edited by wyson on Saturday 18th March 07:31

I think the police are / were taught that when arriving on scene:

A - assume nothing
B - believe nobody
C - challenge everything

[Tango13]

vulture1 said:

Did you really say that to her? in this day in age? Id say that was pretty risky.

Yup, I also told her that the machinery we had was capable of inflicting life altering and even life ending injuries and to never hesitate to ask for advice or help.

We're based in Lincolnshire and a few weeks back I was showing her how to load tools into one of our CNC mills...

'The drawbar is powerful enough to keep hold of a 2kg tool at 7500rpm, if you get your fingers trapped they'll hear your screams in Boston, not the one down the road, the one across the Atlantic so hold the tool like so...'

She laughed but most importantly she got the point.

[RDMcG]

Two quotes from Warren Buffett:

(1)
It is crazy in my view to borrow money on securities. It’s insane to risk what you have and need for something you don’t really need… You will not be way happier if you double your net worth

(2)
My partner Charlie (Munger) says there is only three ways a smart person can go broke: liquor, ladies, and leverage. Now the truth is — the first two he just added because they started with L — it’s leverage.

Only got 1/3 on the last one...........

[Fozziebear]

No ones coming, its down to you.

Used that a lot while working overseas in some austere conditions.

[Frimley111R]

It's a simple one but I guy I worked for was always saying 'Get it done' so whenever I was losing motivation or wanted to do something else instead I'd remind myself of that.

My personal one for life is from The Specials - Have fun, it's later than you think

[cheesejunkie]

Frimley111R said:

It's a simple one but I guy I worked for was always saying 'Get it done' so whenever I was losing motivation or wanted to do something else instead I'd remind myself of that.

My personal one for life is from The Specials - Have fun, it's later than you think

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.

Aways liked the specials. Was sad when I read about Terry Hall's death.

I'm not quite old enough to be a proper fan, older cousins' were the records I listened to.

[Little Pete]

swisstoni said:

My mum would drop the occasional maxim into conversations.
I’m not sure they meant a huge amount to me as a child but now and again they pop in to my head.

‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ was one.

And true enough, I can’t think of a single situation where I’ve lent something to someone and there hasn’t needed to be an awkwardness about getting the thing back.

Oddly, if I ever have something belonging to someone else, I can’t wait to give it back to them.

My dad used to say only lend what you won't miss/can afford to lose.

[Frimley111R]

cheesejunkie said:

Frimley111R said:

It's a simple one but I guy I worked for was always saying 'Get it done' so whenever I was losing motivation or wanted to do something else instead I'd remind myself of that.

My personal one for life is from The Specials - Have fun, it's later than you think

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.

Aways liked the specials. Was sad when I read about Terry Hall's death.

I'm not quite old enough to be a proper fan, older cousins' were the records I listened to.

I went onto YT and Doris Day sang it originally I think!

[cheesejunkie]

Frimley111R said:

cheesejunkie said:

Frimley111R said:

It's a simple one but I guy I worked for was always saying 'Get it done' so whenever I was losing motivation or wanted to do something else instead I'd remind myself of that.

My personal one for life is from The Specials - Have fun, it's later than you think

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.

Aways liked the specials. Was sad when I read about Terry Hall's death.

I'm not quite old enough to be a proper fan, older cousins' were the records I listened to.

I went onto YT and Doris Day sang it originally I think!

Maxims that have influenced your life.

Youtube is cheating!



But enjoying your Doris Day tip off,

[djcube]

On automotive matters the late great Phil Irving (automotive designer) said never believe power outputs until you see the needle on the dyno flickering. Serevd me well in my chosen vocation.

[MrBrightSi]

Used to work with an engineer called Karl Wright, he always said "If you don't work here, you'll work somewhere else." Jobs can be the key to life satisfaction, but in the end; if you dont' work here you will always work somewhere else.

Can't forget Shakespeare: “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

The key ones are from Marcus Aurelius: “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

[Bannock]

Gorky.

[RDMcG]

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair"

Douglas Adams.

I have met such devices and now just let them go.

[dartissimus]

Don't believe a word you hear and only half of what you see.

[B'stard Child]

dartissimus said:

Don't believe a word you hear and only half of what you see.

My old boss used to say that on a regular basis

He also used to say there are 24 hrs in a day and you only need 8 for sleep

He was a

Mine has always been what my grandad told me "don't get mad - get even but both don't have to happen on the same day"

I took that to mean wait a while

[swanseaboydan]

Just because someone speaks with a posh accent, doesn’t mean they know what they are talking about.

[swanseaboydan]

Oh! and this:

‘Don’t lie in bed looking at topics on Pistonheads when you should be getting your beauty sleep’