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Warrens69GMC · 11-03-2021, 10:08 PM

You are no brighter than a 10 watt bulb

**cwcarpenter98** · 11-03-2021, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Has anyone even brought up "six of one, half a dozen the other"?

I'll say that one a fair amount here at college, but no one seems to understand it anymore

Makes perfect sense if you really think about it

**va72longhorn** · 11-04-2021, 12:28 AM

Yep, it’s the same.... only different

**special-K** · 11-04-2021, 04:56 AM

I use that one often because it often applies. It's good to make people have to think. If they do it should be clear what is meant

KW5413 · 11-04-2021, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by va72longhorn

Yep, it’s the same.... only different

Kinda like "It is but, it isn't"...A phrase my cousin / best friend used all the time. Makes me smile anytime I hear it.

KW5413 · 11-04-2021, 01:20 PM

I wasn't lookin' for work when I got THIS job.

**MySons68C20** · 11-04-2021, 01:56 PM

"That's not terrible bad"

**rgunlock** · 11-04-2021, 03:01 PM

Caught myself thinking my german sheppard was running "hell bent for leather" after his ball, and thought of this thread.

**leddzepp** · 11-04-2021, 03:27 PM

What it do

**special-K** · 11-05-2021, 05:13 AM

I'm stealing this one from the video Deadhead NM shared on the classic car being destroyed, "More kicks than a sack full of jack rabbits".

**MySons68C20** · 11-05-2021, 12:21 PM

My dad used to say "Well I'll be a shiftless skunk" or "for crying in the sink"

**leddzepp** · 11-05-2021, 02:29 PM

I’m as confused as a baby raccoon

**GOPAPA** · 11-05-2021, 02:33 PM

My dad never cussed , and being a logger you might think he did sometimes ,,but when he was horse logging our place back when I was around 8 years old ,,I heard him almost cuss and I will never forget it''
Old Nell the work horse took off with the log behind him and pulled it way past where he should of stopped at ,,,and after my dad caught up with him , he yelled this old saying and he whipped him with the reins all the way a back to the roll- a- way where he should of stopped

He said ,, I'll teach you " You Son of a Bisquit Eater " to do that again

**special-K** · 11-05-2021, 08:43 PM

They used to come up with alternatives in the name of decency.

I remembered one today. It's a well known one. I don't think anyone posted it, could be wrong.

"If you talk the talk you better walk the walk"

**3757chevy** · 11-05-2021, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Funny . My wife will say "6 dozen of 1 and half the other" instead of "6 of 1 or half dozen of the other" ,but I don't even try to correct her .

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

Has anyone even brought up "six of one, half a dozen the other"?

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwcarpenter98

I'll say that one a fair amount here at college, but no one seems to understand it anymore

Makes perfect sense if you really think about it

Quote:

Originally Posted by va72longhorn

Yep, it’s the same.... only different

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

I use that one often because it often applies. It's good to make people have to think. If they do it should be clear what is meant

I don't even try to explain it.

**special-K** · 11-06-2021, 05:15 AM

"Fair to middling"

Shifty One · 11-06-2021, 01:27 PM

"He's blind in one eye, and can't see out of the other".

kingsolver72 · 11-06-2021, 05:55 PM

“Ain’t nothin going to happen until you do something”
My advice is, if an old pugilist says that to you…walk away.

“Tail light guarantee.. guaranteed until you can’t see my tail lights”
I never liked that one.

“Fuzzy side up” I still say that occasionally when my customer asks me how’s it going.

“That boy is tough as nails”

**special-K** · 11-07-2021, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by kingsolver72

“Fuzzy side up” I still say that occasionally when my customer asks me how’s it going.

Hah! Reminded me of what I would say when I was in the siding business. "Puttin' the skin on"

If I had a penny for every time a homeowner would come outside on a beautiful day and say, "Great working weather", I'd be a rich man. I guess "If I had a penny for every..." is another old saying. But what I wanted to say is my standard reply to the "Great working weather" was always, "Great fishing weather. We work in all the weather"

**special-K** · 11-09-2021, 06:00 AM

An old truck driver once showed up to the job on a foggy morning and said, "My eyes feel like two pee holes in the snow". I knew exactly what he meant

KW5413 · 11-09-2021, 09:52 AM

Sorry...my tongue got in front of my eye tooth couldn't see what I was saying.

If it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all.

I ain't scared of work. I can lay right next to it and take a nap.

kingsolver72 · 11-09-2021, 10:28 AM

“Monkey see monkey do”
“Keeping up with the Jones’”
And Oscar Wilde’s “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery….that mediocrity can pay to greatness”

My question… is mimetic desire good or bad?
… truck site good, facebook bad. Jk

On a side note. A question for special-k. Hey Tim, “if you have a hammer does everything look like nail?”

a.c.ward · 11-09-2021, 10:58 AM

my Dad used to say "I can explain it to you, but I cant understand it for you"

**special-K** · 11-10-2021, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by a.c.ward

my Dad used to say "I can explain it to you, but I cant understand it for you"

Good one. I have heard some version of that

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Originally Posted by kingsolver72

On a side note. A question for special-k. Hey Tim, “if you have a hammer does everything look like nail?”

If it's a claw hammer then YES!!

Indian113 · 11-10-2021, 02:37 PM

A good looking Young Lady walked by a buddy and I and he said" Looks like two Bobcats fighting in a gunny sack"

11-03-2021, 10:08 PM	#201
Warrens69GMC Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Safford,AZ Posts: 3,613	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks You are no brighter than a 10 watt bulb

11-04-2021, 12:28 AM	#203
va72longhorn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Culpeper, VA Posts: 430	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks Yep, it’s the same.... only different

11-04-2021, 04:56 AM	#204
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks I use that one often because it often applies. It's good to make people have to think. If they do it should be clear what is meant __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-04-2021, 01:20 PM	#206
KW5413 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 494	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks I wasn't lookin' for work when I got THIS job.

11-04-2021, 01:56 PM	#207
MySons68C20 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wenatchee, Wa Posts: 897	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks "That's not terrible bad"

11-04-2021, 03:01 PM	#208
rgunlock Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tomball, Texas Posts: 1,592	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks Caught myself thinking my german sheppard was running "hell bent for leather" after his ball, and thought of this thread. __________________ Rick 78 GMC K15 SWB, 350/NV4500/NP205/4.10s Project Hazel 71 GMC C25 350/TH400 - Project Angie 59 Chevy SWB Stepside (next in line? Not sure now ) 2001 GMC Sierra K2500

11-04-2021, 03:27 PM	#209
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks What it do __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

11-05-2021, 05:13 AM	#210
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks I'm stealing this one from the video Deadhead NM shared on the classic car being destroyed, "More kicks than a sack full of jack rabbits". __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-05-2021, 12:21 PM	#211
MySons68C20 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wenatchee, Wa Posts: 897	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks My dad used to say "Well I'll be a shiftless skunk" or "for crying in the sink"

11-05-2021, 02:29 PM	#212
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,981	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks I’m as confused as a baby raccoon Attached Images __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

11-05-2021, 02:33 PM	#213
GOPAPA "Tail Gate Best Seat In House" Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,354	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks My dad never cussed , and being a logger you might think he did sometimes ,,but when he was horse logging our place back when I was around 8 years old ,,I heard him almost cuss and I will never forget it'' Old Nell the work horse took off with the log behind him and pulled it way past where he should of stopped at ,,,and after my dad caught up with him , he yelled this old saying and he whipped him with the reins all the way a back to the roll- a- way where he should of stopped He said ,, I'll teach you " You Son of a Bisquit Eater " to do that again __________________ When you learn a thing a day you store up smart.

11-05-2021, 08:43 PM	#214
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks They used to come up with alternatives in the name of decency. I remembered one today. It's a well known one. I don't think anyone posted it, could be wrong. "If you talk the talk you better walk the walk" __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-06-2021, 05:15 AM	#216
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks "Fair to middling" __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-06-2021, 01:27 PM	#217
Shifty One Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 556	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks "He's blind in one eye, and can't see out of the other". __________________ 1987 V20 farm-hand rescue 1998 C2500 lot-rot rescue

11-06-2021, 05:55 PM	#218
kingsolver72 10/30/19 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ottawa kansas Posts: 5,200	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks “Ain’t nothin going to happen until you do something” My advice is, if an old pugilist says that to you…walk away. “Tail light guarantee.. guaranteed until you can’t see my tail lights” I never liked that one. “Fuzzy side up” I still say that occasionally when my customer asks me how’s it going. “That boy is tough as nails” __________________ Fight the good fight, finish the race, keep the faith



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11-09-2021, 06:00 AM	#220
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks An old truck driver once showed up to the job on a foggy morning and said, "My eyes feel like two pee holes in the snow". I knew exactly what he meant __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-09-2021, 09:52 AM	#221
KW5413 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 494	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks Sorry...my tongue got in front of my eye tooth couldn't see what I was saying. If it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. I ain't scared of work. I can lay right next to it and take a nap.

11-09-2021, 10:28 AM	#222
kingsolver72 10/30/19 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ottawa kansas Posts: 5,200	Re: Old sayings or sayings from old folks “Monkey see monkey do” “Keeping up with the Jones’” And Oscar Wilde’s “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery….that mediocrity can pay to greatness” My question… is mimetic desire good or bad? … truck site good, facebook bad. Jk On a side note. A question for special-k. Hey Tim, “if you have a hammer does everything look like nail?” __________________ Fight the good fight, finish the race, keep the faith

11-09-2021, 10:58 AM	#223
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11-10-2021, 02:37 PM	#225
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