acem Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 The road to 'hades' was paved with good intentions. Quote
vtfireman85 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 “Flopping around like a button on a sh!thouse door” Quote
Chester5732 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 One I always told my girls about pulling a trailer is “If you can’t make it go backwards, you have no business making it go forward”. 3 Quote
Sledgehammer Posted January 13 Posted January 13 "Tougher than a pine knot" "it's a strange and wonderful relationship, they are both strange and it's wonderful they found each other" "he's sharp like a marble" 3 Quote
arizonian Posted January 13 Posted January 13 No explanation of the meaning: Go stand on your head and spit aspirin. But this one about time is self explanatory: Two hairs past a freckle. And when I was very young: Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about. And because there were 8 kids in the house: Go outside and fight. And in Cub Scouts: The best way to catch a bird is put salt on it's tail. 1 Quote
ray54 Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Something about one boy is ok to take along on a job. Two boys is a 1/2 a boy 3 boys is like taking no boys. Meaning how much work they will get done. And a number that have already been stated. 1 Quote
lotsaIHCs Posted January 13 Posted January 13 3 minutes ago, ray54 said: Something about one boy is ok to take along on a job. Two boys is a 1/2 a boy 3 boys is like taking no boys. Meaning how much work they will get done. And a number that have already been stated. My grandpa said the same thing about dogs. If you have 1 dog, you have a dog. If you have 2 dogs you have half a dog. If you have 3 dogs you don't have a dog. 2 Quote
billonthefarm Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Friend once said his dad told him “if it has teats or tires sooner or later it'll give ya trouble!” 4 Quote
Dave Downs Posted January 13 Posted January 13 I work around civil construction, on all sides - design, layout, operating equipment, supervision and even inspection. I’ve seen a lot of really dumb stuff and have my own saying about some of the people I’ve had to deal with. ”He don’t know which end of a bulldozer pushes dirt “ 1 2 Quote
B.B. Posted January 14 Posted January 14 I remember one my dad said when it fit. "He's a DA and I don't mean district attorney" 3 Quote
iowaboy1965 Posted January 14 Posted January 14 On 1/12/2026 at 8:54 AM, DT Fan said: A pipefitter Iowaboy and myself used to work with said of a fellow that went through apprenticeship with us; That guy would rather climb a tree and lie to you than stand on the ground and tell the truth! He also use to like to say "I'm so poor if it cost 5 cents to poop, I'd have to throw up instead." Cleaned up version. 2 Quote
hardtail Posted January 14 Posted January 14 You can be paid too little for a job you love but never enough for a job you hate 2 Quote
Doezer Posted January 14 Posted January 14 For people always in a hurry. “Born a day late, trying to make up for lost time” Quote
lotsaIHCs Posted January 14 Posted January 14 While tapping on my head with his index finger..."that thing up there...use it!" That was when he thought I wasn't using common sense or did something stupid. Another when I was getting ready to go out for the evening on a Friday or Saturday night..."be sure to keep your nose clean!" 1 Quote
barnsfull Posted January 14 Posted January 14 On 1/11/2026 at 8:25 PM, yellowrosefarm said: My Mom was famous for "What in the Sam Hill is going on here?" I always wondered who in the heck Sam Hill was. Sam Hill was popular in our house too! I remember my grandma saying it. She was born in 1916, so it has spanned many generations. Who in the sam hill is Sam Hill? She also told about during the depression they would put mousetraps on top of fence posts to catch sparrows. They would put the breasts in soup. The DT&I Railroad also makes the curve west to detroit near our farm. She would tell how they would jump onto the coal car when it was on the curve, and neither the engine or the caboose could see them throwing coal off. She always said "old Mr. Ford had enough money that he wouldn't miss a few pounds of coal" 4 Quote
TomH Posted January 14 Posted January 14 Dad referred to a fellow that helped on the farm back in the day as being at least: "2 pints short of a gallon". On 1/11/2026 at 8:25 PM, yellowrosefarm said: My Mom was famous for "What in the Sam Hill is going on here?" I always wondered who in the heck Sam Hill was. 20 minutes ago, barnsfull said: Sam Hill was popular in our house too! I remember my grandma saying it. She was born in 1916, so it has spanned many generations. Who in the sam hill is Sam Hill? Samuel W Hill's propensity for profanity was legendary. Whenever his friends and neighbors would retell his colorful tales, they would substitute "Sam Hill" for the cuss words. Eventually, the phrase "What in Sam Hill?" spread beyond the Keweenaw Peninsula to become part of the American language.[5] Supposedly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_W_Hill 2 1 Quote
mike newman Posted January 14 Posted January 14 ...one thing my Dad used to say...this every thing from looking at some mechanical disaster...to being up in the hills somewhere...and thinking of the ''quickest way '' back to base etc ""The longest way home is usually the quickest..'' That bit of home spun philosophy is so bloody relevant....even today as ''off sider '' and self prepare to break the track chain on a small Fiat track machine...owned by the Canadians that I am currently doing the final logging job on their place.. Lovely Folk..but no idea of machinery and its basic care ..thus the Fiat sat outside for two years...with a rotary slasher on its three point linkage....on level ground....with the handbrake reefed up tight as the proverbial... Hence the brakes are frozen so tight that the D5H as an anchor..and the PC200 as the ''persuader' couldn't break the rust free ,via chains to the grousers...(without doing more damage....) The whole final drive assembly has to come off...most certainly the ''longest way home'' Mike 1 2 Quote
axial_al Posted January 14 Posted January 14 “Can’t walk around a watermelon without snagging on it” 1 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Sam Hill is popular in my dad's vocabulary as well. Quote
acem Posted January 15 Author Posted January 15 A widow used to say. The hurrieder you work the behinder you get Quote
B.B. Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Sam Hill? In Southern Indiana they say Sam **** Guess you can't spell H E L L on here lol Quote
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