oddish4
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posted on February 2, 2001 04:33:46 PM new
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Your parents seem very wise 
Oddish~ The Odd One
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mauimoods
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posted on February 2, 2001 04:53:31 PM new
Daddy was awesome, Oddish. Been a long long time since he passed on. Still miss him too.
Kris...Daddy countered the bad things. So I had it ok as long as HE was the wind beneath my wings. Corney, but oh so true. He died when I was 17...so thats why I split. Nothing to stay for, ya know? But he was a wise man, for sure, and much beloved by the townsfolk as well as she who was perfect in his eyes
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hammerchick
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posted on February 2, 2001 05:45:32 PM new
You don't have to look as bad as you feel.
I don't have any answers but all I can say is Everything's Gonna Be Alright.
Dad -
Can't never did anything.
You're never gonna amount to a hill of beans.
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kitsch1
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posted on February 2, 2001 05:48:26 PM new
ah memories
[ edited by kitsch1 on Feb 2, 2001 05:49 PM ]
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jps
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posted on February 2, 2001 06:41:35 PM new
My mom was my best friend as well as the friend of any kid who needed one. What I remember hearing most was:
Be nice to your sister because she is your Closest Living Relative.
(I, of course, was convinced it was true that my sister was switched at the hospital, and told her frequently.)
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doxdogy
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posted on February 3, 2001 07:03:55 AM new
My mother always told me "Good night, sweet dreams and I love you". Every night before I went to bed. Right up until the day I got married and moved out.
Theresa
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bootsnana
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posted on February 3, 2001 08:45:22 AM new
Nevermind.... I'll do it myself.
Mom was the Goddess of Guilt
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 3, 2001 10:58:40 AM new
"Don't spit on a gif horse"....
I used to wonder why no one answered me  , until I found out it should have been:
"don't look a gift horse in the mouth..."
********
Gosh Shosh!
About Me
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noteye
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posted on February 3, 2001 11:47:59 AM new
Things Momma said -
"Taste this". - it wasn't always a 'treat'.
"When you're good and grown then you can do as you wish". To which Daddy always muttered - "Then, you'll get married."
"Ask your Sister what that will get you".
"Are those your brothers' shorts?"
"It's prettier outside than it is inside".
"Have you fed the chickens yet?"
noteye
A sad Texan once commented "I Wish it would rain, not so much for myself, I have seen rain before. But, for my 10 year old son."
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Zilvy
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posted on February 3, 2001 02:10:44 PM new
Momma said, "If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas!" Like Bon Ami....haven't scratched yet! 
You can't save the world, stop bringing home strays.
It is as easy to love a rich man as a poor one. (We didn't travel in the same circle as the rich) That made the choice easy!!
You're not going anywhere in That!
I hope your daughter is just like you. That was supposed to be a curse...fortunately No Children...guess I fooled her.
What will the neighbors say?? We lived on a 3 mile dirt road and our nearest neighbor was 3/4 of a mile away.
[ edited by Zilvy on Feb 3, 2001 02:13 PM ]
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debbielennon
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posted on February 3, 2001 02:41:10 PM new
Another one from my Mom:
It takes pains to beautiful.
Sometimes I think it's true...
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december3
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posted on February 4, 2001 02:11:53 PM new
Money doesn't grow on trees.
No swimming for an hour after you eat.
You will take your little sister with you.
Your father always takes your side.
(He did too, I was his favorite)
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xlhgrl
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posted on February 4, 2001 08:05:12 PM new
My mom would just yell my name at the top of her little lungs.
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ddicffe
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posted on February 4, 2001 08:12:30 PM new
My father told me before I left on a 12 month tour of some hamlet or other:
Shoot straighter, run faster, hit harder: and never show fear to your enemy.
He was a WW2 and Korea vet, and I miss him immensely. God bless you, dad.
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Linda_K
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posted on February 4, 2001 08:32:58 PM new
Pretty is as pretty does.
Don't wear panties with holes in them, just in case you're involved in an accident. (She was a nurse who must have been impressed with the condition of the arriving patients underwear.) LOL
Watch how a man treats his mother, then you'll know how he'll treat you.
No one will ever love you more than your mother.
You'll understand *why* when you have children of your own. (And boy, did I ever.)
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 4, 2001 11:07:04 PM new
Mom: Go ask your father. So I did.
Dad: Go ask your mother. So I did.
Mom: Go ask your father. So I did.
Dad: Go ask your mother. So I did.
and on and on and on...
Not a lot got acomplished.
Maui: I am so sorry you were raised by such a thoughtless, cruel woman. Your post made me cry. Thank god for your father!!
[ edited by cmbtboots on Feb 4, 2001 11:13 PM ]
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december3
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posted on February 5, 2001 06:07:04 AM new
I forgot about the underwear thing, heard that one too.
Also, from my Grandmother,"Don't wear shiny shoes, people can see the reflection of your undies in them"
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Muriel
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posted on February 5, 2001 04:00:27 PM new
My mom is in a nursing home, but she has all her mental faculties. She just has some medical problems. The other day she came down with a cold, and the doctor came to see her. The doctor said "What seems to be the matter?" and she said "I think I have Mad Cow Disease".  That's my mom!
This is my mom reading to my grandson. He had just asked her "Grandma Doris, why do you have witch hands?"
[ edited by Muriel on Feb 5, 2001 04:04 PM ]
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cmbtboots
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posted on February 5, 2001 11:32:49 PM new
Muriel I don't know why, but the mad cow think is so funny!! I have been thinking of that of and on all day and I crack up giggling. thanks for sharing!
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bitsandbobs
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posted on February 6, 2001 01:57:20 AM new
Memories! LOL.
"You're enough to make a saint swear",
or the funniest one was,
"Have you got clean underwear on? You never know if you'll get run over".
Believe me, If I ever got run over, they weren't going to stay clean anyway!
Bob, Downunder but never down.
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nettak
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posted on February 6, 2001 03:15:14 AM new
Bob, you are too funny.LOL
I remember my mother in law telling my husband to make sure he always wore PJs to bed in case there was a fire. Cause if he didn't have PJs on she said he would be the only one out on the footpath naked. LOL
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msmas
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posted on February 6, 2001 06:54:41 AM new
Maui's mom must have had a clone! My grandmother rescued me and I lived with her until striking out on my own. She is best remembered from "That which does not kill you makes you strong" and "Whenever a door closes, a new one opens". Hey Maui...she was RIGHT!
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Meya
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posted on February 6, 2001 06:59:18 AM new
The comments about wearing clean and non-holey panties got me thinking. I can hear it now...the patient arrives in the emergency room. "Nurse? What are the patients STATS?" "Doctor, her blood pressure is 110/60, her pulse is 55 and thready, her pupils are equal and responsive, and she's wearing nice clean panties with no holes".
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ConnieM
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posted on February 6, 2001 08:57:16 AM new
I'm a paramedic. I'm just happy if they're wearing underwear at all!
My parents are/were my rocks. Dad's been gone for almost 4 years now, but his voice still tells me "Don't let the ba$tards get you down." Dad was no one's doormat, and I hope he passed that on to me. (My splotchy resume sure seems to agree!)
Mom has given so much great advice. We've solved the world's problems many times together. I guess the one thing she says that sticks out is "He wasn't ever worthy of you, anyway." Sticks out because she had to remind me last night. (She's right!)
Connie
Edited cause I forgot one! Mom yelling "This is not a toddle- house!" when I was trying to find something to eat. She still can't exactly tell us what a toodle-house is! LOL!!!
[ edited by ConnieM on Feb 6, 2001 08:59 AM ]
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Linda_K
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posted on February 6, 2001 09:05:32 AM new
Meya - I'm ROFLMHO at your emergency room drama. Thanks, I needed that.
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msmas
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posted on February 6, 2001 09:15:35 AM new
The Toddle House!
That sure brings back memories. There was a Toddle House in Harrisburg,PA. It was one of a chain of "mini-diners"... no tables and chairs, just a counter with stools. It was the local coffee shop. As I recall, you could get sandwiches as well. That one closed more than 40 years ago and I think it was one of the last ones in existence!
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ConnieM
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posted on February 6, 2001 09:23:56 AM new
Hehehe...Thanks msmas! Now, I'm gonna call her and tell her what it is! I'm also gonna tell her, "Yeah, I DO think I know everything!"
Connie
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Muriel
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posted on February 6, 2001 03:26:33 PM new
The Toddle House! Oh my gosh, I had forgotten about that. There was one in Toledo, OH. We had neighbors who had ten kids and their mom worked as a waitress at the Toddle House. It was a little greasy spoon in a not-too-good part of downtown. 
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debbielennon
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posted on February 6, 2001 03:51:59 PM new
"Don't do what I mean! Do what I say!"
That one always confused the heck out of me and I invariably ended up doing what she I thought she "meant" instead of what she actually said.
This thread is funny...
My mom is the sweetest, nicest, mellowest person now. I must have been really bad to bring out this side of her...(I know I was, but I didn't realize it at the time.) She would tell my sister & me "So & So's kids are so good and well behaved. Why aren't you?" ummmmmmmm.......cuz we are little brats that enjoy beating the stuffing out of each other to see if we can get away with it?
[ edited by debbielennon on Feb 6, 2001 03:54 PM ]
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nettak
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posted on February 6, 2001 04:38:01 PM new
Meya & ConnieM too funny about the undies. LOL
I wonder if our own kids' will remember the silly things that we say to them, will they repeat them somewhere down the line. Gosh I hope not cause I know that I have said some pretty dumb things over the years to my kids'. 
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