TaurusRex Joined 6/14/2002 Posts : 9462
| Posted : Monday, August 18, 2008 - 01:27 "Don't hide anything".
PS: An explanation follows although I would really like to leave it at those three words above: when I was about twenty-five and I had ventured into self-employment as a builder, my uncle who is also my Godfather gave me those three words of advice which turned out to be probably some of the most practical advice a person could be given.
Every time I need something, can't find it and spend several minutes looking for it, I think of those words because we have these habits of shoving stuff we might need to the back of closets, at the bottom of drawers, under our beds or possibly even up in the attic, not to mention down in a corner of the basement;
and I have determined that we can actually spend about ten percent of our lives looking for stuff.  Luckily I had another uncle who said: "don't look for anything".  The result of that latter advice was that I just discarded three large cans of dried-out glazing compound that weren't even half used; So my *"words of wisdom"* follow: only buy enough stuff for the task at hand. 
rex
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| Posted : Monday, August 18, 2008 - 01:41 Hammer to fit, paint to match. | | Choirsinger Joined 12/19/2007 Posts : 617
| Posted : Monday, August 18, 2008 - 14:57 TR, i disagree. what if you mess up and need more stuff? | | Dinoz669 Joined 12/28/2007 Posts : 334
| Posted : Monday, August 18, 2008 - 19:04 store your glazing compound upsidedown with an inch of linseed oil ontop and it wont every go bad 
Dinoz the glazier | | Harold1 DoCJoined 4/21/2007 Posts : 1977
| Posted : Monday, August 18, 2008 - 19:07 also only open a new can when the old one has finished | | TaurusRex Joined 6/14/2002 Posts : 9462
| Posted : Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 19:21 Thanks Dino ...  not so wise to give away trade secrets though.  My father would have known and he always had some linseed oil handy too. 
PS: Choirsinger, then I refer you to "don't hide things" and Dino's remedy for dried-out glazing compound ...  maybe even an inventory log (including how much and whereat). 
In any event always do "first things first" and always notch a tree in the direction you want it to fall.
rex Last Edited : Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 19:45 | LOD Joined 12/13/2001 Posts : 5681
| Posted : Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 18:01 The wider the rift the harder to cross. | | golden_ hord Joined 8/8/2008 Posts : 37
| Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 14:09 dont drink when your angery | | Harold1 DoCJoined 4/21/2007 Posts : 1977
| Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 18:30 haha mothers rule
how did this get here? Last Edited : Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 00:23 | Mog DoC Joined 2/5/2004 Posts : 14304
| Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 20:55 "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 | | LOD Joined 12/13/2001 Posts : 5681
| Posted : Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 21:10 A true word of wisdom  | | Pict Joined 10/27/2007 Posts : 589
| Posted : Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 12:24 Awww Mog, how am I supposed to sleep in my bed now knowing that is what has its finger on the button!! 8o | | Mog DoC Joined 2/5/2004 Posts : 14304
| Posted : Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 18:08 Oh, the same way we all have for 8 years, massive denial of reality. | | gueritol Joined 2/7/2003 Posts : 3940
| Posted : Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 12:41 And a dash or two of a heavy rum?  | | TaurusRex Joined 6/14/2002 Posts : 9462
| Posted : Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 16:18 Found it: "Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway."-John Wayne | | TaurusRex Joined 6/14/2002 Posts : 9462
| Posted : Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 11:33 Fads come and go and when they replace the time-tested real McCoy, there may be nothing left to hold it all together.
rex | | Deadhead Joined 4/3/2002 Posts : 309
| Posted : Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 20:09 dont s*it where you eat my friend | | Mog DoC Joined 2/5/2004 Posts : 14304
| Posted : Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 00:29 I wouldn't eat your friend! | |
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