"Don't Call Us, We'll Call you"..........


Basically you're being blown off! Don't bother the person or organization any longer.

"Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."...

Speaking responding to something you're totally clueless about!

48 hours is the maximum time I can tolerate, as far as my own family is concerned. In some cases, 24 hours is too much, too (family).

Invited guest company, party of one, is however a whole other different story. Depending on the situation, length of stay is negotiated beforehand.

Living on my own, and having my own space, is precious. I expect this to be true for any like minded person who values their own space, in like minded ways. :hangloose:

"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades." ........

You're close but haven't hit the nail on the head exactly. Being close doesn't count.

"Cross the stream where it is the shallowest."


Don't pick the hardest way to solve an issue, find out calmly the shortest and safest way to solve a problem and then try.

"Cut your coat according to your cloth."


Living within one's means!

"Familiarity breeds contempt." ............

Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful.

"Forewarned is forearmed."..........

Being warned or told about something ahead of time, leads one to be able to be prepared when the shit hits the fan!

"Fretting cares make grey hairs"............



Worrying is a negative activity that can age you prematurely.

Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree...



Everyone has a common beginning, and therefore, no one is above another.


I also have heard this used in conjunction with both good and bad things falling into one's lap from the same source.

As per my posts in previous threads, I do NOT enjoy company that stays with me, I'd much prefer it that they stay at a hotel and then I don't care how long they stay.

I think one secret to have a successful visit is for both parties to be off work! It's hard to entertain someone when you've got to get up early and head into work!

He is rich who owes nothing.....


A person who owes no one a debt is free of worry, and therefore, rich, in a sense.

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"God helps those who help themselves"....




God only helps those people who work hard and make an honest effort.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul..........



When one takes another loan to pay off an earlier loan; taking from one to give another.

"Spare the rod and spoil the child'..............



A child who is not punished and showed the error of his ways will become unruly.

"To err is human, to forgive divine"..........

It is only normal for someone to make mistakes and do wrong, but for one to forgive another for his wrong is indeed a great and gracious act.

Aside from the aspect of Deity, I basically believe this with all my heart. We were born with a brain to use (much better than any man made computer on earth) and we've got our own intelligence which is individually unique.

Thanks for your post about this, homoe. :rrose:

Two's company, three's a crowd...


Fun while there are only two people whereas the third person is an unwelcome intrusion.

Many may differ with this however.....

Truth is stranger than fiction.......

Real life can be more incredible than anything which can be imagined.

The blind leading the blind.....



A person helping or advising someone knows as little about the subject as the person who is being advised.

.....The Whole Kit and Kaboodle.....

This idiom essentially means "everything and more."

*True*

:)

Possession is nine points of the law.........



In disputes over property ownership, the person in possession of something is sometimes said to have nine-tenths a chance of winning it in a legal argument.

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak...

To give in to doing something you're trying to resist just because it gives you the pleasure.

You pays your money and you takes your chances...


A humorous way of saying that we sometimes must trust in luck when buying or taking a chance on something.

A constant guest is never welcome......



We are apt to grow to dislike friends who visit us too often.

A closed mouth catches no flies.............


It is better not to say anything than to say something that might get you into trouble

Books and friends should be few but good...



You do not need to have too many friends or read too many books in order to live a balanced, fulfilled and complete life as long as the friends and books you do have are full of substance

Bread always falls buttered-side down....



Of two possibilities, it often seems that the more negative one will occur.


Sidebar: Don't forget perhaps this is when the 10 second rule is most important!

Brevity is the soul of wit....


When you want to sound clever, it is better to be brief rather than long-winded

"If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly".......



Cheap goods are usually not the best in terms of quality.

"There but for the grace of God go I."


I too, like someone seen to have suffered misfortune, might have suffered a similar fate, but for God's mercy.

I have always thought that if buttered bread fell to the floor, buttered side down, then it's because the weight of the butter supercedes the weight of the bread.....therefore it's only natural that gravity should cause the buttered side to hit the floor first.

On the bright side, I like the Ten Second rule. :)

"Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence," ~ Buddhist Proverb.


(True).

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery....



When someone copies what you do, it means they really admire you or the way you do things

It's better to give than to receive........



Giving is more blessed than receiving.

I think this is true.
It always makes me happy giving someone an unexpected gift at an unexpected time :hangloose:

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people....


Laughter is the best way to break the ice between strangers or enemies

Man cannot live by bread alone..........


It takes more than food to complete your life.

Not so sure about this, I do L O V E my bread...:hangloose:

never say never....


Always leave room for change.