Whats the best piece of advise you were ever given
 

Whats the best piece of advice anybody has ever given you?
I think mine was from my Dad on the night before I started work, he told me that when anybody is trying to teach you anything never say I KNOW, because they may never tell you out again. The thinking behind that statement was that he said he was still learning (he was 42 at the time)and would be until the day he died and that has stood me in good stead over the years

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Don't post in the Bank Charges thread.

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the best bit of advice i was ever given is my signature, was given by n owd joiner i worked with around 68.;)

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My manager said that to us a couple of months ago on nights. The ironic thing about him saying it was that he was the one causing us the problems :D:D:D

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The best advice I have had was....'find something you enjoy doing, then get someone to pay you to do it'......and I did.
I trained as a nurse and enjoyed a very fruitful and satisfying career.

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Parental advice.

Hold your head up high.

You're as good as anyone else.

No better, no worse.

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I remember being told at the age of 15, (when boys started coming on the scence) "they dont look at the mantlepiece when there poking the fire!" I guess it was good advice, never forgot it anyway, but dont think the person who said it was insulting me in any way lol

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"Never name-drop" This was a piece of advice given me by Winston Churchill, who I was pleased to call my friend.

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1st husband was half Welsh
2nd husband was half Italian
Dad said 'marry a full blooded Englishman next time'
....but by then I had decided that I wasn't cut out for it

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blow your trumpet loud and proud cause no ****** else will. - my dad

never pork the payroll - ex pub manager i knew

:D

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If tha's got nowt to say.............keep thee gob shut...an old farmers advice.

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and you ignored him because....?

(edit) sorry forgot the smilie:D

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I knew I would meet......................No better not:):D

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Ah go on risk it, tell the real truth instead of your version, for a change.

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Still waiting to hear it :

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Why the wall Less?....Not every day someone gets away with insinuating that am a liar. I will let it pass....for now.

As for joining your Social Group.............No thanks. ;)

Go and have a brew and try to wind someone else up. :D

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Are you trying to tell us you keep your mantle piece in good shape :confused::eek::D

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"Never Let Tony Blair Give You Diarrhoea" :confused:

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Think I might have come across the same joiner Cashy:D

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I'm not saying your a liar, it would just make a nice change if your truth agreed with everyone else's now and then, that would really be a novelty.

The wall was there to stop the exasperated phlegm that I was expecting, as usual you never disappoint, but it's been a nice quiet month off, watching you get hot under the collar with, and insulting everyone else instead of me.

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Another bit of advice from my Dad was when I was going out on my very first date and said If you're not in bed by 11 O'clock tonight son, Come Home:D

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Always use Fairy Snow for white table cloths magpie:D

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table cloths ...... only when I have posh food and that's like once in a blue moon :-) but thank you Jay:D

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Still not biting.......think it might be near your bedtime. :)

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Don't do anything you wouldn't eat:mosher:

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"Life's too short to be afraid"

"never fear another person they all you bleed like you and breathe the same air"

Always remind myself of those two, no point being scared of anyone :-)

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My dad when I was a teenager. "Never mind what the others do. Just be yourself".

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D.L.T.B.G.Y.D.

If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?

Always wear clean knickers, just in case you get knocked over by a bus.

And the one I mostly live by -
When you get to the end (of your life) only regret the things you've done, don't regret not doing something.

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whack it and pray ...... and entwisi will say that i follow them instructions to the letter!!!!

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I get in trouble for that Jen...I get Uncle Less on my case.....Bless Him. :rolleyes:

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Ernie Tuke (J T Rothwells 1960s) "measure, mark, measure , cut "

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I worked for someone once who's advice was "BullS### Baffles Brains", a saying he picked up in the army I think..... Now that I'm working in the IT world of acronyms it's saved me on more than one occasion.

The advice I gave to my daughter the other day though was "dont eat yellow snow". Since I told her though, all the snows melted.

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Depends what you call posh food magpie, mine is Steak Pudding Chips and Mushy Peas with a Fish on top:D never was into Lobster Thermador or caviar myself

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I got advice like that SJ when I was an Happyrentis, measure twice cut once and the other Punch thi bloody nails will ti :D

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Don't put it down, put it away

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If you didn,t you got a thump

Have your bruises heald up yet?

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I think my brother Peter worked for them in that era......I do remember him mentioning that name and also that bit of advice too.

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Since starting uni I've wrote down all the advice and encouragement I'm given so that when I'm feeling down I can refer to it and it cheers me up.

Most of it is related to work... I'll tell you some below...

'Impressions count'
'Catch the ball running'
'Smartness rather than genius'
'Don't be intimidated'

One of my favourite sayings ever which my personal tutor at Uni exposed me to was one by Arthur Quiller-Couch who penned the idea of murdering or killing your darlings. Its mostly a term used by writers who get in the pattern of writing the same things over and over again (personally that makes me think of Stephen King...) but basically it is saying get out of your comfort zone and try something that isn't necessarily your norm.

I'm currently murdering a huge darling of mine and I'm loving it so I definitely think that is an excellent one.

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Not long after I arrived in Canada, I received this practical advice: "Make sure it's a god damned deer before you pull the trigger.":eek: Good advice in a specific sense; and if it is viewed more metaphorically, it could be applied in a more general sense.;)

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one of the funniest was my son, when I was going to an interview and nervous.

Just remember mum, they all sit down and **** just like you. :)

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I like this one ... I think that Lincoln said something similar .... imagining celebs sitting on the flush, straining at a big dump, somehow makes them more like the rest of us;):D

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Hee Hee, wise son, yes? He will be chuffed to think he has the same logic as Lincoln. :D

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When coming back from Spain If you can't drink or smoke it don't carry It.:smokin::drunk::Banane35: