OT: Miller's Law

[J Miller]

Many many years ago I started a list of things I called Miller's law. I finally put them on paper about 10 years ago. I'm bored today so I thought I'd share them with you.

MILLER’S LAW
Revised 06-05-10
Subject to revision without notice.



1. Never turn down free money.
2. Never turn down free food.
3. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. If it’s fun you can do it again.
4. The lane you move into automatically becomes the slow lane.
5. Never sell or buy a vehicle to or from a relative or friend. Only bad things can come from it.
6. If you work for a relative for pay, GET IT IN WRITING.
7. The trouble you have acquiring something is directly proportional to how much you want it.
8. When you want to sell something, nobody wants it. When you want to keep something, everybody wants it, and will try to take it from you.
9. The worst day shooting is better than the best day working.
10. When you don’t know what you want to do about any given subject, you get lots of opinions and innuendos, and little good advice. When you finally make a decision, no one agrees with it, even if it was their suggestion.
11. If you are dealing with GOOD people: Do unto them as you would have them do unto you.
12. If you are dealing with DUBIOUS people: Do unto them before they do unto you.
13. Never try to grab a scared panicked cat, they are meaner than you, and you WILL suffer SEVERE consequences.
14. Murphy’s Law applies to all rules without exception.
15. If you have two of anything, and you get one fixed..........the other one will break.
16. If I can’t spray Break Clean on it, I won’t work on it.

Joe

[jd45]

I, for one, enjoyed that, Joe. Thanx for sharing, jd45

[rjohns94]

nice list. good advice

[AJMD429]

Good List.

also -

• > if you lose a tool or part, and can't find it, buy another one, and you will then find the first one.
  
  > therefore don't open or unwrap the 'replacement', and save the receipt, so you can return it.

[Ray]

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[J Miller]

Miller's Law #13 was put in there from experience. I bled some learning it.

As for castrating a cat, the proper way is to take him to the vet. They have lots of anesthesia to put fluffy to sleep while they do it.
The vet bill is definitely cheaper than the ER bill.

Joe

[Streetstar]

Some pretty good pearls of wisdom there, Joe. The only thing i'll add is that (at least in my experience) sometimes the "free money" part comes with more strings attached than the money i work for

[J Miller]

Doug,

This is sometimes true if the qualifying word "free" is misused.

Joe

[Chuck 100 yd]

My boss said, "Never do today that witch will leave you idle tomorrow".

My kind of guy!!

[Ysabel Kid]

And I thought # 4 only applied to me!

[Doc Hudson]

Those are exactly the sort of bits of Wisdom and Wise Sayings, I'd like to sprinkle over the cookbook!!

[piller]

Good advice.

[fordwannabe]

Good job Joe! The only reply I have is one of my late fathers sayings
Sellars Law states: Murphy was am optimist it is really much worse than that!
We have proven Sellars Law on many occasions! Tom

[J Miller]

Those are exactly the sort of bits of Wisdom and Wise Sayings, I'd like to sprinkle over the cookbook!!

Doc,
Feel free to use any that you think will work.

Joe