My Grandad always said:

"As one door closes, another always opens"

He was a lovely man, but a terrible cabinet maker.

 

Not really said by my grandad, but I saw this and thought it was funny.

Some of my kids' grandad's... i.e. My dad's...sayings:

 " Measure with a micrometer, mark it with chalk and, cut it with an axe."

 " I can fix anything on this farm with a 12" screwdriver and a 3 lb sledge. 

 " If it can't be fixed with a hammer and screwdriver, the problem's electrical"

 " It don't matter what time the gummit says it is, the cows still need milked the same time every day"

 

 

2 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

" If it can't be fixed with a hammer and screwdriver, the problem's electrical"

LOVE THIS!!!

 

My favorite:  If man made it man can fix it.

"If we can't fix it...it ain't broke!" 

In the winter, wife's grandfather used to fuss about the door being open while a conversation was carried on.  His question was always:

Are we not warming the birds?

I can't remember much about my granddads.  Now my dad on the other hand... since this is a family friendly forum I ought to not repeat...

I looked at a house a few years ago that was a nightmare of conditions -- built in the 1940s and never updated.   I told the real estate agent that house only needed two things -- a Sawzall and sledgehammer.

On 9/23/2019 at 10:15 PM, kmealy said:

I looked at a house a few years ago that was a nightmare of conditions -- built in the 1940s and never updated.   I told the real estate agent that house only needed two things -- a Sawzall and sledgehammer.

Years ago when SWMBO and i were looking at houses before we decided to build we went into a place and my first thought was to toss a match and run.  ugh.