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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    This is very important.

    Always.....

    No, wait.

    Never.....


    Aw, what the hell.
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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Tell her you like her.

    If she doesn't call back after you leave two messages, she doesn't like you.
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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    -Even if you're sure your head will fit, do not attempt to crawl under an electric fence unless you are certain your ass will too.

    -Wonder bras lie.

    -If you read comics for fun, do not disclose this early on in a dating relationship. Instead, claim that you collect "pop art" for the "investment potential".

    -When your woman asks you a difficult question about her looks/weight/clothes/hair, you have implied permission to lie if necessary. But for God's sake DON'T PAUSE when you do so.

    -Trying to cover up the smell of vomit with Brut cologne just makes it smell like vomit and Brut cologne.

    -When dating a girl who wants to "save herself for marriage", do NOT ask her if she'd buy a car without a test drive first. For some reason, they don't like that analogy.
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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by 919191
    Don't wait until you are 8 years into your second marriage before you realize your first wife is still your life insurance beneficiary like I did.
    Well, at least you didn't die before you found out, right?

    Edit.... I just noticed I wasn't the first one here to make this exact same comment.
    Last edited by cincinnati chili; 11-29-2005 at 06:50 AM.
    Stick to your guns.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by dman
    Bungee cords are for tying items down with. I watched Green Berets with John Wayne and decided I wanted to try that scene where they were rapelling. I hooked one end of a bungee cord through my beltloop and the other end to a tree limb and then tried "rapelling". My beltloop snapped and the "s" hook of the bungee cord ripped into my left cheek, narrowly missing my left eye. After 33 stitches to the left cheek, I learned not to do that again.

    I was 8 years old BTW.
    Talk to emergency room doctors, and they'll tell you that hooked-bungee cords should be banned from the marketplace. I took a guy to the emergency room once who about lost his eye using one of these cords for its INTENDED purpose.

    It's a common thing.
    Stick to your guns.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Buy renters or homeowners insurance, and know what your policy covers and does not cover.
    Stick to your guns.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by Blimpie
    Never be in TOO big of a hurry to zip up at the urinal...
    And wait for the shake.
    "In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    You will spend all of your time doing one of the two following things: losing something or looking for something that is lost.

    Always put the car in Park before exiting the vehicle.

    Food, in the hands of a 2 yr old, defies the law of physics when thrown.

    Always secure the ladder BEFORE climbing onto a roof.

    When jumping your car - make sure the (-) and (+) cables are attached to the appropriate posts on the battery.

    Never trust your kid to hold anything for you while you're trying to work on it.
    "In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by RFS62
    This is very important.

    Always.....

    No, wait.

    Never.....


    Aw, what the hell.
    "Always cite your sources."

    Makes all the routine posts.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by SteelSD
    -Wonder bras lie.
    ... that may be, but finding out is far more than half the fun.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by cincinnati chili
    Talk to emergency room doctors, and they'll tell you that hooked-bungee cords should be banned from the marketplace. I took a guy to the emergency room once who about lost his eye using one of these cords for its INTENDED purpose.

    It's a common thing.
    Reminds me of something I learned the hard way as a firefighter:

    Never put your head in line with the recoil of a tensioned rope...



    Other things I learned (sometimes I can't believe I'm still alive):

    Always cut away from your body.

    Never straddle a hoseline (actually, that was another guy).

    Always straddle stairs (that one was me, falling into the basement).
    Next Reds manager, second shooter. --Confirmed on Redszone.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Ski resorts give lessons to beginners for a reason.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Strippers really dont find you THAT interesting...

    Speed is not just like drinking coffee...

    Hate in your heart will consume you...

    Tattoos really do hurt....

    If you dont really love her, dont say you do...
    Nothing to see here. Please disperse.

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Quote Originally Posted by SteelSD
    -Wonder bras lie.
    As a big fan of B cups, I'm glad
    [Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob

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    Re: Things I learned the hard way

    Never use a steak knife to cut another hole in you son's belt. The emergency room folks do not like re-attaching a finger.


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