"There are two ways to do everything: the right way, and over and over again till you do it the right way."

Right now you're are doing it the second way, most of you.

I don't really care about it, not really.

But I do have an old man hardware store story. I'll make it short. The old man skewered me for whipping out my credit/debit card to pay for a $5 purchase and then barked about younger people. I bring cash now. Old coot!

I don't have a wise old hardware store manager story, but I do have an Eat'n'Park waitress story (two, actually, but only one is fit for telling).

The way to unclog a clogged bottle of Heinz ketchup is to hold it nearly upside-down with one hand and tap with your other hand right on the little raised numbers "57" on the bottle. It works every time.

And here I had lived about 40 years, most of it within a few miles of the Heinz plant, before I learned that little gem.

Use it in good health.

I've always held it upside down and then stuck a butter knife in. Instant, tasty, mess.

My son lives within eyesight of the Hinds Plant smokestacks.

Do you know Troy Hill?

He told me about the secret spot on Hinds Ketchup bottles, too.

M2

"There ain't no money to be made working in a hardware store, and not much in owning one either since Walmart and Home Depot came to town."

He never mentioned doing anything two different ways, but a customer came in and may have interrupted him. Next time you see your guy, you might ask him about clovis bolt wisdom.

:O)

All I heard was "Buy something or get out my store, you little fucker."

He was right, too. I had no money.

Which is why I keep trying to use more and more primer coat.

See what you get for tryin to say something serious here?

That'll larn ya.

I went into a lumber yard and told the guy I need 3 pieces of 2x4, 40 inches each.

He told me that he always measures once, and cuts twice.

I told him he's nuts, that it's the other way around.

He pulled out a 10 foot 2x4, and pulled his tape rule off his belt. Stretched the tape rule across the 2x4, and made marks at 40 and 80 inches. Laid the board down on the chop saw and cut twice, once at 40 and once at 80 without turning off the saw.

Handed me the 3 pieces, and said "measure once, cut twice."

I could tell you about his bin of righty loosie, lefty tighty nuts and bolts, but I'd need charts and an easel.

I could also explain how he maximized his time and energy by measuring once and cutting twice, but that would be a waste of my valuable internet time.

I learned it as "There's never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it twice".

I had a great 1st cook at a restaurant I worked at in Centerville, OH who kept telling me to slow down, hardest thing for a young man to learn. That was 30+ years ago - I still hear her voice from time to time...

you dumped Chachi, right? (guessing)

you measure the first piece, cut it, and then use it to cut the rest by laying it on top while you cut.

Of course, that's how I almost lost my little finger, but that's another story. Fucking band saws.

He's probably too old to lose Medicare, so he can afford to be an asshole to the young uns.