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50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:12:53
by OakRidgeStars
Words from the wise, to the soon-to-be wiser.

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

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:30:36
by mamabearCali
OakRidgeStars wrote:Words from the wise, to the soon-to-be wiser.

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

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:48:57
by dorminWS
They should add something my pappy used to tell me:

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

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:52:57
by 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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:30:23
by 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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:41:52
by jdonovan
Jakeiscrazy wrote: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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:36:07
by 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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:06:43
by Jakeiscrazy
jdonovan wrote:
Jakeiscrazy wrote: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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:34:49
by 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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:59:53
by 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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:07:41
by dorminWS
futuremarshaljenn89 wrote:"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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:12:15
by jdonovan
futuremarshaljenn89 wrote:"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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:29:10
by SHMIV
futuremarshaljenn89 wrote:"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.

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:08:13
by 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

Re: 50 Things Every 18-Year Old Should Know

Posted: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:50:49
by 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.