50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

[OakRidgeStars]

Words from the wise, to the soon-to-be wiser.

http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/04/ ... d_shou.php

[mamabearCali]

Words from the wise, to the soon-to-be wiser.

http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/04/ ... d_shou.php

Good advice.

[dorminWS]

They should add something my pappy used to tell me:

"The harder I work, the luckier I get."

[Kreutz]

13) When asking for a salary, always have a figure you want in mind -- and then ask for significantly more than that number. That way, you may get more than what you want and even if you don't, you have a better chance of getting the amount you had in mind than if you had blurted it out right off the bat.

Truth. Fortune favors the bold. Good find.

[Jakeiscrazy]

Good list my favorite:

There is no such thing as a free lunch. If it seems free, you may want to ask who's paying for it and why before you take it.

But this one could use a little improvement:

3) If you are cutting something, whether it be with scissors, a knife, a box cutter, anything sharp, make sure you are pulling the blade away from your body, not towards it. It may save you a trip to the hospital.

This one has a lot of exceptions. When ever anyone else is near I ALWAYS cut towards myself because it's bad to cut yourself but worse to cut a friend.

[jdonovan]

This one has a lot of exceptions. When ever anyone else is near I ALWAYS cut towards myself because it's bad to cut yourself but worse to cut a friend.

I ask them to move.

[WRW]

I quit reading at righty tighty to laugh at a memory of a young feller that wouldn't believe me about left hand threads. Worked up a sweat, he did.

[Jakeiscrazy]

This one has a lot of exceptions. When ever anyone else is near I ALWAYS cut towards myself because it's bad to cut yourself but worse to cut a friend.

I ask them to move.

Not always really feasible. If you were cutting something with a lot of force then yes another solution needs to be found. But you keep your knife sharp you won't had that problem most of the time.

[futuremarshaljenn89]

"When men have a problem and they tell you about it, they want to know how to fix it. When women have a problem and they tell you about it, they just want you to listen."

The secret to love, if I ever heard one.

[wylde007]

I can think of a large portion of the population well over 18 that could also stand to digest (or at least be exposed to) some of these true-isms.

[dorminWS]

"When men have a problem and they tell you about it, they want to know how to fix it. When women have a problem and they tell you about it, they just want you to listen."

The secret to love, if I ever heard one.

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My $.02: Based upon my soon-to-be 43 years of married life, if there is A secret to love, it is probably to keep no secrets.

[jdonovan]

"When men have a problem and they tell you about it, they want to know how to fix it. When women have a problem and they tell you about it, they just want you to listen."

We have a saying in the house.... "sympathy or solution" when someone brings a problem to you, you ask. Then everyone gets what they want. It works very well... but I've got a highly logical other half.

[SHMIV]

"When men have a problem and they tell you about it, they want to know how to fix it. When women have a problem and they tell you about it, they just want you to listen."

The secret to love, if I ever heard one.

And, that there probably explains why I am still single. I feel the need to fix every problem that is put before me, lol.

[futuremarshaljenn89]

Oh yes, definitely agree with all above statements. Women want you to listen, men want to fix. Works for family and platonic relationships alike. Guns are a lot like men, I've learned. Always direct and to the point. Haha

[AlanM]

Thanks for the post.
I emailed links to both the 50 item and the 40 item lists to my daughter who turned 19 today.