Pearls of Wisdom; aka Best Parental Advice

Reminded of this after I'd posted a reply about Posties.

One day back in the early seventies my dad had taken myself and my mum shopping. I say taken us shopping it was more a case of my mum shopping and me and my dad were keeping out of the way (shopping by my dad was deemed to be women's work; my dad was just the chauffeur). Pausing for a *** me dad was mesmerized by some workmen on a building site. He wasn't the only one stood watching (pit deputies anyone?) Anyway my dad said to me 'Son, that sees that theer (pointing to a shovel) tha nivver 'as owt to do one one o' them (cue slight pause) - it ant gorra motor on it'

The looks on the massed blokes puzzled me at the time for it was always me that had to 'get coil in lad' but the advice must have done what it was meant to. I've never had a 'manual' job in my life, always been a 'pen pusher'

Others on this forum must have similar stories - over to you lads & lasses

PS Jury's out abart Potts, Moncur, Mallan et al.

 

My grandad was always coming out with his little pearls of wisdom, but the one he trotted out the most was that t'old Barnsley saying: "Tha should nivver do owt for nowt, unless it's for thi sen"..

 

Just reminded of that old joke when blokes sat on the bed putting his work boots on and his wife says ‘thas got them boots ont wrong feet love’ and bloke says ‘Aye lass I have, they ought to be on thine’ BTW, done manual work 16 years as a miner and now a’pen pusher’ as you put it. Whilst it’s nice not to be doing over -physical work in a challenging conditions, I also see the other challenge with mental- stress side of things

 

Reminds me of this

 

Reminded of this lad

 

Allus werk wi thi heead an not thi hands.

 

'it's better in thy pocket than theirs!'

my grandad always said that when he'd worked a little financial fiddle