Hot Rods Quotes to live by...

There is a universal solvent that dissolves all riddles. Its name is truth.
'Macaulay

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

 

Never buy anything made in England that uses gasoline, or has an electrical plug on it..

 

Don't be what ya ain't

Find out what ya are

And be the best one of it

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“It only takes the right one to make it work right!”



Hello,

I heard this quote in one of those cool 50s streaming TV shows we have been stuck on for our viewing pleasure. It was fast on the screen, but memorable in our own lifestyle, so it stuck as a great quote with wonderful experiences along the way.

Since we both came from different style of families and ways to bringing up kids, it was a wonder that my wife was how she became in college and thereafter. I was given pretty much an open book to explore the teen lifestyle, although I did not take advantage of it. My brother was the same way. We could have gone “whole hog” in our travels and surf adventures. But, our hot rod experiences and including drag racing adventures made us step back and enjoy what was going on in our daily lives.

We had to put aside some of the teenage stuff weekly if we needed to get something done on our hot rod car builds or a specific motor ***embly project. Spending the whole weekend doing an ***embly of the crank, the rods and pistons was a giant puzzle, but it had to get finished. So, it was different staying home and working well into the nighttime hours. Easy does it, but there was a specific way my brother showed me and we followed it to the letter. Done once, get it right and no “do-overs!”

Jnaki

So, our teenage lives were different as my wife and I came from different family lifestyles. But, somehow, the mid 60s times all fell into place, meeting in college, getting along in most subjects, spending as much time together to talk into the late night, about everything happening in our lives as to how we fit into the whole surroundings. The mid 60s-early 70 were some happy times, yet sorry times for the whole society. It was one the verge of exploding everywhere.
"PEACE: Is the business of the future to be dangerous..."
But, we managed to get through that time period and function as 20 somethings, 30 somethings and our lives just melded together for the best experience. As we look back to those early years, it was a long time ago and for us, as clear as if it happened yesterday. YRMV

 

With us all coming up on a new year I remember the saying , Don't sweet the small stuff. Damn, I wish I could do that! Being a auto tech full time, most of the time I don't know if I want to pull my hair out or puke. OK! Its the holiday week end, I'm fine now.

 

^^^^ Don't sweat the petty things, just pet the sweaty things^^^

 

When you get something for nothing, it's usually worth it____ .

 

For the love of God, don't pull your hair out! It doesn't come back, and pubic hair implants look really weird. If you feel the need to puke, do it. You can always eat later.

 

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist
expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

Hello,

We all have lived our own lives since those early days. Some went one way and others another. It all depended on how you looked at life or how others lived, acted or thought. Most of our friends from high school and college are as old as we are, but our lives have gone separate ways. From a single en***y of hot rods/drag racing to cruising, something held us together. For us, it was being friends. For others, it was instant family lives as a functional group.

But, as one faded, we wanted to live our own lives the way we thought, not our family’s values or old friends’ values/thoughts. Money was always front and center for our friends. But for us, we struggled through some situations and made adjustments to the direction we were heading.

In our 20s, we went to a gathering and saw our friends. They were all in their lifestyles, jobs and family lives, with the choices they made along the way. If it were high school, we all probably thought the same. But, as we all felt the changes in our own society and how the whole USA was heading, we all changed. Our 327powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery was the only hot rod cruiser in the whole block... so there is that!

“Go your own way…” is a powerful motto with consequences and many changes to adapt to road blocks along the direction we were heading.

Jnaki

But, in thinking back to our sailing days, we learned even as thinking adults. Alone in a small 14 foot sailboat with our own decisions to make to see things as clear as we could, we did “adjust the sails” to make things right. So, as young adults into older, wiser adults, we must have made enough changes to get along in society and get to the point where we are now.

Out in the open ocean in larger sailboats over the years, we had to make plenty of changes and adjust to what mother nature threw at us. But, as calmly as possible, we did adjust and felt secure enough to enjoy our quiet (except for the howling winds…) skimming over the waters for some great times and enjoyment of what we were doing. So, real life skills showed us the direction to go for our growing up times to the present. YRMV

“… the realist adjusts the sails."

 

“Everyday we are alive, is a good day.”

Hello,

In thinking back to our teenage years and in our early 20s, who would have thought we would be as old as those really “old folks” at family gatherings. As young whippersnappers, we looked at the world with good intentions and wanted to be free to go and do what we wanted. A surf tour around the world was in the books, but out of the question. What was I thinking… Ha!!! College and military were pressing issues, but what a way to look at the future choices...

But, finding someone in a college cl*** was just what the moment wanted to happen. The old saying that a party school was not the best place to send a young teenager. But, if someone did not party at times, where is the fun in that? Back then, there were little worries going to a party. These days, young adults have to check their drinks for poisons and or something crazy. “Cover your drinks and drink your own pour...” is a motto heard around the USA.

Jnaki

But, looking back to those years and when we drive by those locations, a flood of memories comes like a huge wave heading for shore. Last month, in December, the Westcoast had the largest, most consistent winter storm swells of the decade or longer as some would pronounce. The surfers were in 7th heaven to ride those huge swells. As one that was able to ride what was coming in during our “active days,” we can see the glow in those young kids challenging mother nature.

Today, we all challenge mother nature in one form or another. So far, we are still going strong and hope that the young folks are looking out for themselves in safety and security of their new adventures post high school and college. “Times are a changing…” Being so close to 80 is no laughing matter, but it is the price one pays for being very active in our younger years. Play now, pay later... is how the "Credit" era started. So, we are now, "paying..." Ha!
The future is "bright" for those that are in a position to make good choices...

But, good habits and smart decisions are still the center of a great future coming down the road… for the young and even for us old folks, Yikes! YRMV

 

"There's a fine line between stubborn and stupid, try not to cross the line"

 

Henry Fords.....If you think you can,or you think you cant, your right either way.

 

to be or not to be....

 

to rod or not to rod....that is the question.....ha ha ha

 

Be careful, he may be saying that to you someday!

 

When my dad saw me trying to do something not very bright or continuing to do something over and over and it didnt work he would say

"to keep on doing that is about as useless as ***s on a boar hog" or "you might as well pound sand down a rat hole"

 

Yesterday is in the past, it doesn't matter- some song I heard on the radio today.

 

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” — Anne Frank


Hello,

I can see it now, 1949, playing in the yard with our dog and our mom looks out to see if we are still around for the morning. Normally, back then, we had a good size yard, but there was a huge field behind our garage. That field led to the Terminal Island Freeway and beyond that, the railroad berm.

That huge field led to hours of free play, pretend time, holes dug everywhere and the endless days of playing Army in our fox holes, launching gr***y dirt bombs across the field to the enemy… usually, my brother. So, did our parents teach us to play with stuff or other kids?

We were influenced by all of the talks our mom constantly gave us daily. We were her captive audience until we could ride bikes. Then the world opened up little more and the parental suggestive guidance was getting less.

As a teen, those conversations were an everyday thing at the breakfast table. But, my brother always left early and I was left to listen, selectively, to the rabble coming my way. We knew we were making our decisions as we went along with our friends to various places and those times when we all sat around expressing our own views.


Jnaki

Where was the guidance and drabble from our parents? It was there, but by this time we were absorbing as much as we could without admitting it. Those thoughts were there, but part of the system laying dormant until needed. One thing we noticed in our “older” ways is that despite the age difference of the times, the teenage/20 something days are/were similar, just in a different time period.

So, were our mom’s constant babble part of the history? Yes, dormant and when the time came, probably used the information as part of our adapting to the current crisis or happenings… but, we would not admit it at the time! It was supposed to be from our own thoughts, values and minds, playing the role of adapting in our own ways.

It was the same way with our son and when we were the alternate parents for our granddaughter, she listened to everything and did not miss a beat. She caught us at various times with facts learned from us and put it right into the conversations. That kid made us check everything we told her and check again.

As both of them continue on in their lives, it is up to them to live the way they want. But, to remember those moments of our parental (+Grandparental) guidance that we gave out for free and hoped that it stuck for the long run… YRMV

 

"I can cure stupid, but it will hurt".
"I've taught you everything I know and you're still stupid".

 

"Don't let your Jaybird mouth overload your hummingbird ***!"

 

"Paint don't make it go faster."
Don Biederman

 

Jim

 

Hmmm, this sounds oddly familiar!

 

Stupidest quote:
"Ran When Parked"


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That may be but.............

 

This is just about perfect for the "internet era" where many can say derogatory things thinking there are NO consequences. I.E. typing smack from their safe spaces! Before the internet when real men had something to say, they said it to the others face.

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

 

Especially when they sign it "Anonymous"!

 

“Are there dragons?" Well, no… "If there is a word dragon, wouldn’t there have been a dragon?” from the minds of a toddler…



Hello,

This was a hard one to swallow and then figure out a way to explain the idea. Our little toddler son was very inquisitive about everything. We had little money and so for his reading books, besides the ones we were able to buy, we were regulars of the public library system.

They allowed us to check out up to 10 books on one subject for a week’s worth of reading. When our toddler son chose his books, he had one dragon book and several dinosaur books to read. He also had his “normal” Frog and Toad books and other popular mini novels for kids.

So, when the dinosaur books were sitting next to his toy dinosaurs and the memory of the most recent viewing of dinosaurs on display in a Los Angeles museum, he was in 7th heaven. But, what happened to the dragon book (singular) sitting there?

He equated his dinosaur books to the recent visit to the Los Angeles museum and figured out they were real. But, since he did not see any dragons, there was a mystery to his thinking. Add the idea of dinosaurs and the above quote, we can all see where this topic of conversation is going.

Jnaki

So, as young parents, we tried to equate several stories to try and answer his question. Dragsters are real and the word dragster was in the dictionary. But, since he had never seen one in person, were they real? Then he jumped on the hot rod version and although he had never sat in one or saw a roadster on the street, was a hot rod real? He knew of our old photos, yet, that was too long ago to visualize for a young toddler.

To answer his dragon question, he was satisfied at our attempt to equate the flying (actually gliding) dinosaur group of Pterodactyls that look like dragons. Those were compared to the “cloudy” versions of the authors that wrote about land locked dinosaurs and flying ones. Whew, he was satisfied…

Note:

For his next school project, he had moved on from me making a Dinosaur or Dragon to Killer Whales he had seen at Sea World. So, they were real and my working hand held puppet, Killer Whale had an opening jaw. It could be moved by a hand stuck up into his belly. He chased everyone all over the place with his working jaw, Killer Whale… no more Dragons… ha!

 

“Husbands are the best people to share secrets with… They will never tell anyone, because they aren’t even listening…”


Hello,

Over the 50+ years of interaction with my wife, through thick and thin, a method to always listening to absolutely everything she has said rings true. I knew from the start of our college days that I had to hear everything, otherwise I would miss something important and suffer for it later. At the time, it was one thing I could not afford to screw up. This has to last… and last it has…

From 1966 onward to 10 years and 125k miles of a tight space inside of the El Camino gave us plenty of times to get used to each other to solve the “road ahead” for our future.

It was difficult to sit across from her in a quiet restaurant or a bench overlooking a ocean front surf view to not listen to what she was saying. That view overcame any other view as I was intent on not messing up. We were a great couple and it was going to stay that way, through thick and thin…

We have had our run ins with various situations in our lifestyle. We adapted to those situations together and it turned out that we did make the right decisions. So, we have been living a low key, quiet life together through all of the normal family trials and actions. We usually see “eye to eye” on the decisions we have to make. Our son growing up, was confused as if a situation arose and he wanted justification for his actions, my wife would say to “go ask your dad…”

He normally gave up due to his knowledge of both of us having the same reaction and answer to his actions. So, again, it was a coordinated effort we learned along the way. When our granddaughter came on the scene. we had our own way to look at things as seasoned veterans of child raising and life experiences. The mantra of “do this, do that” was heard from her parents, we listened and did what we thought was the right approach to “those” situations. Our granddaughter was much better for it in the long run. Creativity was never stifled or hindered in any way...

Jnaki

Over time, we both laughed together and grew up as a tight knit couple of old folks that still had tons of 20-30 something memories as we grew older. My wife was the one that said the original quote at the top of the story. What??? We both looked at each other and had a very long laugh. One in a million laughs we have enjoyed as a couple of old/young kids… Ha!

But, I had better continue to listen, even in these “old folks” days… YRMV