Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs. 3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard. 8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas. 9. Play with passion or don’t play at all… 10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye. 11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be. 12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point. 13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her. 14. You marry the girl, you marry her family. 15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath. 16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone. 17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room. 18. Never turn down a breath mint. 19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words. 20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising. 21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him. 22. Eat lunch with the new kid. 23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it. 24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win. 25. Manners maketh the man. 26. Give credit. Take the blame. 27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied. 28. Write down your dreams. 29. Take time to snuggle your pets, they love you so much and are always happy to see you. 30. Be confident and humble at the same time. 31. If ever in doubt, remember whose son you are and REFUSE to just be ordinary! 32. In all things lead by example not explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: 12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point. And, IMO, this also applies to riding a motorcycle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 A lot of simple courtesies from back in the day. Add two. Be armed everywhere it is legal. Never sit with your back to the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Rip Snorter said: A lot of simple courtesies from back in the day. Add two. Be armed everywhere it is legal. Never sit with your back to the door. I like to into a place full of “men” with their backs to the wall and take a seat facing them. Then I look at each one and shake my head then I get up and leave. You get some very strange looks doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 24 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I like to into a place full of “men” with their backs to the wall and take a seat facing them. Then I look at each one and shake my head then I get up and leave. You get some very strange looks doing that. Worked for Hickock - just don't draw Aces and eights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her. .... I suggest a third; .... in case there is an infant child somewhere in the mix ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Just now, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: 13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her. .... I suggest a third; .... in case there is an infant child somewhere in the mix ....... Perish the thought! I served my time. In those days at the least, a few Wet wipes and a big bandanna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 My dad told me 'All you can leave behind, son, is a good name.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 13 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: 1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs. 3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard. 8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas. 9. Play with passion or don’t play at all… 10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye. 11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be. 12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point. 13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her. 14. You marry the girl, you marry her family. 15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath. 16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone. 17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room. 18. Never turn down a breath mint. 19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words. 20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising. 21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him. 22. Eat lunch with the new kid. 23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it. 24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win. 25. Manners maketh the man. 26. Give credit. Take the blame. 27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied. 28. Write down your dreams. 29. Take time to snuggle your pets, they love you so much and are always happy to see you. 30. Be confident and humble at the same time. 31. If ever in doubt, remember whose son you are and REFUSE to just be ordinary! 32. In all things lead by example not explanation. #15 was framed on the wall over my desk from the time I was a Second Lieutenant until I retired, right alongside a white sign with a red circle and slash over the words "We've Never Done It That Way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I like to into a place full of “men” with their backs to the wall and take a seat facing them. Then I look at each one and shake my head then I get up and leave. You get some very strange looks doing that. Get on an elevator and stand facing the rear. Notice how many are openly uncomfortable when you do that. Even more fun is when you the face the rear the elevator and state "I know you are all wondering why I called this meeting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Get on an elevator and stand facing the rear. Notice how many are openly uncomfortable when you do that. I have done this a few times. It’s funny to watch people’s reactions. A friend of mine was taking a college psychology course and was tasked with an experiment in human behavior. He chose writing a paper on people and elevators and how people react when one did things not normally dine in elevators. His paper started off regarding how “elevator etiquette” has become the norm when he could find nothing about it in the various libraries and books he referenced. He did things like: - Step into a crowded elevator and face everyone and grin. - Do the same thing but glare at people. - Step in and hit the buttons for every floor then make some stupid announcement as to why, like; “They told me to do this” or “My Doctor says he found a cure for my obsessive behavior.” or “Look at all the pretty lights!” then act strangely. - Walk into a crowded elevator having a conversation with an imaginary friend. He got a “A” on his paper. He also made the mistake of doing some of these at work, so people thought he was a bit nutty. Well, he was, but that’s beside the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: #15 was framed on the wall over my desk from the time I was a Second Lieutenant until I retired, right alongside a white sign with a red circle and slash over the words "We've Never Done It That Way". I took over a very troubled utility in August. I banned the phrase 'That's how we've always done it.' after I heard it the first day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 11 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I have done this a few times. It’s funny to watch people’s reactions. A friend of mine was taking a college psychology course and was tasked with an experiment in human behavior. He chose writing a paper on people and elevators and how people react when one did things not normally dine in elevators. His paper started off regarding how “elevator etiquette” has become the norm when he could find nothing about it in the various libraries and books he referenced. He did things like: - Step into a crowded elevator and face everyone and grin. - Do the same thing but glare at people. - Step in and hit the buttons for every floor then make some stupid announcement as to why, like; “They told me to do this” or “My Doctor says he found a cure for my obsessive behavior.” or “Look at all the pretty lights!” then act strangely. - Walk into a crowded elevator having a conversation with an imaginary friend. He got a “A” on his paper. He also made the mistake of doing some of these at work, so people thought he was a bit nutty. Well, he was, but that’s beside the point. I have a marvelously hilarious elevator joke that I van't tell on this site. My mother who NEVER really let go with a huge laugh ended up sliding down the kitchen wall howling her guts, holding her sides, and kicking her heels on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Elevators are only good to the last drop. https://www.b98.tv/video/wild-wild-world/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 said: Elevators are only good to the last drop. https://www.b98.tv/video/wild-wild-world/ Just can't depend on "Cable!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 4:57 PM, Michigan Slim said: My dad told me 'All you can leave behind, son, is a good name.' And the influences that you had on others....both good and bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 1:12 PM, Rip Snorter said: Worked for Hickock - just don't draw Aces and eights! psst, Should I tell you that legend is just that pure fairy tale . Came out in a book yeas later as well as several other people having it . Lets not talk about the “Death Chair “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 15 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: And the influences that you had on others....both good and bad. When we wrote our book, My coauthor and I made the dedication out to our parents, "Dedicated to the memories of our parents, they made us the men we are, whether they meant to or not." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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