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Old 01-01-2021, 02:10 PM   #41
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We grow too soon old and too late smart.
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:44 PM   #42
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth,if wishes were horses beggars would ride,from my mom years ago.
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Old 01-01-2021, 02:56 PM   #43
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Yogi said these:
You can observe a lot by just watching.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
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If it was easy, anybody could do it.
If you don't fish, you won't catch any fish.

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Old 01-01-2021, 04:14 PM   #44
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I just saw this sign in a furniture store.




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Old 01-01-2021, 04:59 PM   #45
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Good things not cheap. Cheap things not good.
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Old 01-01-2021, 08:42 PM   #46
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Old 01-02-2021, 01:05 AM   #47
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You can’t fix stupid,

Employ a teenager , while they know everything,

A dogs only as good as his owner,
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Old 01-02-2021, 01:32 AM   #48
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Good one for 2020............ seems to have been a shortage
Guess it's just been a SH&T year



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Old 01-02-2021, 09:26 AM   #49
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From an old friend: Buzzard luck.....can't kill nothin & won't nothin die!

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Old 01-03-2021, 11:05 AM   #50
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My Dad used to tell me: Just keep a smile on your face and your big mouth shut. That was the best advice I ever had.

You can’t embarrass me, I’m too ignorant.
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Old 01-03-2021, 07:34 PM   #51
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The difference between a bad and a good haircut is 2 weeks!
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Old 01-03-2021, 08:02 PM   #52
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Colder than a well diggers but in the Yukon.
Or colder than a witches tit in a brass bra.
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Old 01-05-2021, 10:41 AM   #53
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When faced with a tough decision my Dad liked to say, "What would you rather do, climb a hill of maggots or swim a river of snot?"
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Old 01-05-2021, 02:12 PM   #54
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It's not the destination, it's the journey. As a Harley rider, you spend a lot more time on the journey than you do at your destination.
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Old 01-06-2021, 08:35 AM   #55
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Would you like it done right, or right away?
I may not make a good impression but I'll make a lasting one.
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Old 01-07-2021, 05:04 PM   #56
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Here's a few more, "for old time's sake"

People with shaky hands shouldn’t enter dental school.

Contracts giveth with the large print and taketh away with the fine print.

This soil will grow anything from sugar beets to door knobs.

Well the eggs are broke now.

I always was a sucker for a pretty face.

He hasn’t combed his hair since he was 15.

Ignorant as a tree stump.

Quiet as wood smoke.

50 cent words.

A pisces working for scale.

Harder to follow than a white bee in a snow storm.

Don’t jump in before you know how deep it is.

Damper than a frog’s drawers.

Opportunity doesn’t make house calls.

There are some people who not only keep you from being lonely, but make you wish you were.

He can smell food before it’s even cooking.

Homlier than a mud fence.

Plain as plowed ground.

Can’t tell dung from wild honey.

He has more tricks than a dog has fleas.

Blunt as the face of an anvil.

A bat out of Carlsbad.
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Old 01-07-2021, 05:12 PM   #57
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Notice in a workshop that serviced my aeroplanes. Because of the hourly rate it is obvious it wasn’t recent.

Workshop rates.
30 dollars an hour.
60 dollars an hour if you have started.
120 dollars an hour if you help.
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Old 01-07-2021, 05:23 PM   #58
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Here's a few more, "for old time's sake"

People with shaky hands shouldn’t enter dental school.

Contracts giveth with the large print and taketh away with the fine print.

This soil will grow anything from sugar beets to door knobs.

Well the eggs are broke now.

I always was a sucker for a pretty face.

He hasn’t combed his hair since he was 15.






Ignorant as a tree stump.

Quiet as wood smoke.

50 cent words.

A pisces working for scale.

Harder to follow than a white bee in a snow storm.

Don’t jump in before you know how deep it is.

Damper than a frog’s drawers.

Opportunity doesn’t make house calls.

There are some people who not only keep you from being lonely, but make you wish you were.

He can smell food before it’s even cooking.

Homlier than a mud fence.

Plain as plowed ground.

Can’t tell dung from wild honey.

He has more tricks than a dog has fleas.

Blunt as the face of an anvil.

A bat out of Carlsbad.

So dumb he can’t tell the difference between sheep shit and liquorice balls !
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Old 01-07-2021, 05:37 PM   #59
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Well cut my legs off and call me shorty!
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Old 01-07-2021, 06:58 PM   #60
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1. The only stupid question is the one that never gets asked.
2. I started with nothin and still have most of it left
3. This ground is so poor you would have to sit on a sack of fertilizer just to raise an umbrella
4. Its been so dry, ya have to prime yourself to spit
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