(800) 853-2651
SHOP NOW

Grandpa Used to Say...

J

Jeff-oh

Well-known Member
The one I remember is...

"Spit in one hand and "I want a" in the other and see which one gets filled"

What did you Grandpa always say to you?
 
My Grandpa was long gone by the time I came along,but my Dad used to say,Why wish for a loaf of bread when you can wish for a grocery store,He didnt think much of wishing,
 
Don't tell Grandma

Grandma was a worry wart. Grandpa was a farmer and you all know how farmers have misshaps and near misses. Once Grandpa made sure everyone was OK, the next words out of his mouth were always don't tell Grandma.
 
My grandpa had many sayings. "It will feel better when it quits hurting". "If you are gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough".
 
My paternal grandpa was an expert machinist for a coal company who made and repaired the parts for their heavy equipent. He'd take a drag on his Lucky Strike and grumble; "If you don't know how something works, keep yer d@mn fingers off of it". Also he'd say; "If something is working 99% right, leave it alone".
 
you cant fix stupid-10% chance of rain and its 100% wet- country kids have horse sense,city kids have no sense at all
 
MY DAD SAID:IF YOUR FORESIGHT WAS AS GOOD AS YOUR HINDSIGHT,YOU'D BE AHEAD BY A DAMN SITE.HE ALSO SAID:DAMN DRUNK DRIVER, NOT WORTH THE POWDER TO BLOW HIM TO HELL.
MARK
 
Too late smart.


If you don"t have it in your head, you got to have it in your feet. (muttered as he went to get something he forgot)


Nothing, is ever as easy as it ought to be.
 
My Dad,
"Don't believe anything ya hear, and only half of what ya see"

Grand pap used to say, If someone got ripped off on a deal and couldn't get restitution for some reason, or stuck with something they didn't want.

"Ya burnt your a$$ ,now ya have to sit on the blister."

Me ,
[In my sons adventurous speed cycle he went through] I'd tell him,

"I didn't get this old by being stupid."
 
These are from my dad, who passed away 6 years ago at age 85 (I never knew either of my grand-dads)-

"It's not always what you want, it's what you get that counts".

"When somebody says 'Its not the money, its the principle of the thing', its the money".

[When proposing a "less than ideal" field expedient repair]- "We'll just ----, and let the rough side drag."

About a heavy-set or big-boned (but not obese) person- "He's not fat, just soggy built".

He had a million of 'em- to the extent that my son has asked that my sisters and I chronicle as many as we can remember, so he can put them in the family history.
 
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

When the going gets tough, most people have been gone for days.
 
My dad had that one too, but being of German heritage, said it with a German accent: Ve're too soon olt, und too late schmart.
 
"Let"s see how long it takes to upset Grandma with this one..."

(15 seconds later, rubbing the frying pan sized dent in his head)

"Hmmm... Not as long as I thought"
 
Not from Grandpa, but from an old bachelor "It's better to live without something you want than to live with something you don't want"
 
For Nancy, Case Lady, Miss Grundy, etc. "It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man."

Maybe that was Grandma..........
 
Grandpa used to say "you're windy" to me a lot when I was little. When I was a few years old, I hand no clue what that meant. Then, I wised up and realized it means you're not telling the truth. Now that I'm much older, I realize that he was actually the "windy" one. To this day I still can't figure out why he was so hell bent on the notion that an 8n Ford would out pull my Oliver 1755 ;)
 
my dad used to say, dryer than a popcorn fart. also when he was upset he would say damm damm double damm !was very hard not to laugh with that last one
 
My German grandfather used to sya, when someone asked him Ve Gates? (prolly not spelled in correct high German!) His answer was " De gates is good, but de fence is kaput!"
 
My grandfather trained hunting dogs and his advice to anyone was, "If you are going to train a dog, you have to know more than it does."

My dad would comment, "The only reason some people are dog-tired is because they have growled all day."
 
From my German grandfather, as told by my father: "You take a Dutchman for what he SAYS, not for what he MEANS."

From my father: "You can always tell a kid from the Depression, but you can't tell him much."
 
When we kids tried to "short cut" a given task, he'd say, "Sometimes the longest way around is the shortest way home."
 
My grandfather use to always say "Woman are the most dangerous game on earth". You analyze it. I have for years.
 
When I was a kid I'd go over to Grandpa and Grandma's house and if the ballgame was on the radio, Grandpa would just sit back on the sofa with his eyes closed and a smile on his face. I'd ask "Sleepin Grandpa" and he'd say "Just watching the game and its a good one too". He was right too. Now that I'm older, some of the best hockey games I've ever seen were on the radio, "Heee shoooots, Heeee scooores, HAWKS WIN, HAWKS WIN, HAWKS WIN". Just tied it at 2-2 against the Wings in Detroit with 7:27 left in the 3rd. Go Hawks go.

Thanks Grampa, what a game.

Mark
 
Dad always said "Slow and steady goes far into the night". Maybe part of his German heritage. Don't try to shift her up a gear to get done sooner and break something, just relax, go easy and finish the job without problems.
When we would be working somewhere away from the buildings, fixing fence or whatever and I always forgot some tool we needed, He'd say "What you aint got in your head, you got in your feet. Walk and go get it" Good lessons!!
Paul
 
Awe son of a gun, Hawks didn't win on my radio tonight. Wings took it 3-2 at 5:14 in OT right after I saw Osgoode lose the puck in his crease and the Hawks didn't put it in. A few seconds later, 3 Wings down into the Hawks end, and...

Oh well Grandpa, I saw it all on my AM radio, and it was a good one too.

Mark
 
I didn't get to know either of my Grandpas but here's a couple from wise ol' men...

You can get a lot done if you don't care who takes the credit.

There are those who work and those who say they do. It's easier to do the first because there's less competition.

Another favorite from a 90 something retired Methodist minister who sold Watkins products... I have some great stuff to help with memory but I can't remember where I put it.
 
From my grandpa that was tighter than bark on a tree.

It's not how much you make,It's how much you save.

Never buy anything on time.

From my other grandpa.

Loose lips sink ships.

And, whats the matter boy,you got the dropsy's.

Mark
 
I had a boss when I was 20 and he always said when he commented about a dumb co-worker was;

"That guy is so dumb he couldn't pour p!ss out of a boot if the directions were on the bottom of the boot
'.

I like this one!!
 
"If he was half as good as he thinks he is, he would be twice as good as he really is!"

"If you ain't making no mistakes---you ain't doing nothing!"
 
When Pappy was working on a deal and he couldn't get a particularly hard-nosed prospect to meet his price, Pap wasn't afraid to "dicker" a little. He always told me, "When it comes to the bread, if you can't get a loaf, take a slice."

When my Grand-dad who grew up in the German community couldn't understand what one of us kids was trying to say, he'd tell us, "You're Dutch!" Of course, he kept his coat in the "press," while we kept ours in the closet.

And a co-worker one day, after hearing a particularly nonsensical explanation from a supervisor, came back with: "If brains were gasoline, you wouldn't have enough to run a pizz-ant's motorcycle around a B-B!"
 
My Dad often said, "wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one gets full first". Among many other things like that he said.

I always wondered if my Grandfather had the same sayings, but sadly, he died before I was born.

My Dad has been gone for almost 15 years and I miss him every day. Thanks for reminding me of one of his sayings!
 
He use to say "Come here boy" and if you got close enough he would hit us with his cane and laugh. I still don't know what the wisdom was in that but I always keep my eye on someone with a cane.
Ron
 
Grandpa used to say, "Farming is an expensive hobby"

Dad used to say "Too many cows at milking time, not enough when the milk check comes"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Geo-TH,In
12 g blank?
2
Replies
34
Views
2K
SkipperII
S
C
Belarus 400a 3 point issue
Replies
10
Views
221
RedWhiteandBluewoodlaunch
RedWhiteandBluewoodlaunch
A
Field Cultivativator for Farmall 140 fast hitch.
Replies
3
Views
483
peteL
P
chube11
Need some help
Replies
14
Views
2K
chube11
chube11
C
New (to me) toy. 1957 Ford 601 Workmaster
Replies
15
Views
914
curtis73
C
Tractor Parts Tractor Manuals

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.

All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters
Website Accessibility Policy

Back
Top