Hot Rods Quotes to live by...

From the same pie hole

 

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” OR...

Hello,
In elementary school, I learned a hard lesson. Teamwork is necessary to field a winning team. Whether it is just a classroom kickball game against another class or a competitive basketball game in our after school sports programs. It was not obvious to me as I was a top athlete in all sports.

But, my team was not in the top 3 of the grade level classroom school-wide competition in the team games. I knew I could do well, and I overlooked how to treat others to get their game skills up and competitive. I was rudely awakened as we never won the class championship until the 5th -6th grade. By then, I was helping coach the teams and we started winning.

The high school athletics got me few scholarships, but the colleges were too far away from the coast and surf adventures. So, I went to the local So Cal colleges to finish out.

Jnaki

I realized that as far as I was concerned, being a champion is secondary to actually having fun in whatever sport or activity one is involved. I could have pushed the football inclusion in college, but realized it was going to be a limiting experience.

So, concentrating on something like surfing and road trip adventures appealed to me. I had the most fun and wanted to make traveling to surf spots a career, like other professional athletes. A new adventure at the time.

A couple of surf industry folks thought a traveling surfer showing the “wares” from the west coast groups was an interesting concept. But, I still had to pay my way. The merchandise was free to give away and wear, so, I needed a way to get to and from the coastal road trips in the USA, as well as Europe.

My mom chuckled as I asked if they would supply a scholarship for me to do the traveling and being a manufacturer’s rep for some surf industry shops. So, that was a big no…

Finally, I realized my skills were good and I was having fun getting better. So, it was concentrating on finishing college and then, I met my wife in a class… that was a whole new playing field… I finally got something right… YRMV

 

Nose jewelry is a lot of things, attractive is not one of them!

 

Gene was amazing. This statement on the door of his last shop is simply the best !!!!
And of course he was right. I try to learn something every day. thnxxx Gene

 

“ Eat Fish Tacos By The Beach …
Don’t take crap from anyone … “



Jim

 

Ah Ya can.
Provided there is time enough.
And stupid is not happy-stupid.

 

Dan,

Even if it was posted previously, it needs to be said again! In our great hobby & in my industry....this is something that is evident on a daily basis by individuals who DON'T belong!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

My son's best friend made me a poster, picture of a band aid with "stupid hurts" written on it.

 

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

 

Boy isn't that the truth!

I have heard hundreds if not thousands of prospective customers express those exact sentiments after they dealt with Bottom feeders in my industry...Don't speak English, show up in the middle of the night & have no idea how to unload a stick shift hot rod, looking disheveled & Stinking Like Butt!

By the way...that last comment was an exact quote from a customer who after dealing with someone like that, paid me to take care of the mess!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

"wonder what's goin on down the road"
Checkered Demon

 

I deal with my own stupidity every day.
I don't need any extra.

 

Jim

 

another tip, "don't pick your nose and eat it" DJT to X

 

An old Soupy Sales line, "You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can't eat your friends."

 

Signed
A former customer of The Hoffman Group!

 

Don't swim where the mastodons go.

 

And don't you eat that yellow snow.

LOL

 

Never put off 'til tomorrow; that which you can do today!
Pink Floyd Reunion - Time

 

“Two sides of the same coin”

 

I'll add an old family saying from my 5' tall Grandma who was born in 1898 New Mexico.

"Rudeness is a weak persons imitation of strength".

That is the best observation I've heard and constantly remind myself of how valid it is.

 

Related version from one of my college professors: "You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your grade"

 

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. AE

 

Life is like the Titanic.
Slow to change direction.
Best to look far ahead to avoid obstacles.

And...

Do as I say not as I do.

 

If brains was dynamite you , ain’t got enough to blow your nose

 

“you dont get old being stupid.”
I just retired from trucking last week after 47 years…

 

Congrats on surviving near five decades on 'Sesame Street'.
Time now to figure out how to live
My absentee father always said don't do it.
So I waited 'til he was gone, made it twenty years.
Most days my wife tells me how glad she is, I retired.