Best advice your dad ever gave you?
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I learned early on to be frugal. To not take life for granted. I learned it from both of my parents. Sound advice that worked as we have no debt & I appreciate my loved ones!
My grandfather was always very frugal and interested in making every penny count, and I picked up a lot of that growing up. They didn’t have a lot of basic appliances like a dishwasher or microwave.
On the other hand, my dad has been about being smart with money, but at the same time, you can’t take it with you. Enjoy life while you can.
On the other hand, my dad has been about being smart with money, but at the same time, you can’t take it with you. Enjoy life while you can.
Measure twice, cut once. We were poor growing up so my dad had to fix everything because we couldn't afford to hire anyone. My uncle was an electrician so he learned a lot from him. I don't know where he learned carpentry from though. I learned everything from my dad because when I was first married, we had a mortgage and two new car payments and couldn't afford to hire people. So we called my dad up all the time. He taught me a lot about how to fix things and even how to temporarily fix things with a term I won't say here because it's inappropriate.
To this day, I'm the one in the household who fixes things and my husband relies on me to do it. We hire people now when it's too big of a project for me, or plumbing...I'm not strong enough to remove old pipes!
To this day, I'm the one in the household who fixes things and my husband relies on me to do it. We hire people now when it's too big of a project for me, or plumbing...I'm not strong enough to remove old pipes!
You mean jury rigging correct?
The rigging is part of the phrase...don't even say it here if you guess it. It's not cool.
I had to Google, quite a lot!
I'm pretty sure I know the phrase and I'm fairly sure I know why it might be seen as not particularly acceptable in the modern world but the phrase appears to date from the 1890s, long before it was used in such away that it could be taken today as a racial slur. Personally I've never considered it a racial slur but I'm always open to be educated so it was time well spent on Google 🙂
I was lucky in that I was fairly close to my parents but neither were at all good at giving me advice. I had to learn the hard way right from wrong.
I don't want to say it.
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My father was in and out of my life. He's not someone I'd ever look up to.
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He told me to stay away from women. And that if I did, I would prosper. But unfortunately, I couldn't. And I am prospering bit by bit.
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