The Goodness Of Photoshop
My father had a saying that I’ve taken with me to this day: Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear. Truer words…
The other saying my father had that I’ve taken with me is, “Always marry a woman with small hands”.
You may want to write those down, my dad is feeding you pearls here.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Your Dad was a wise man.
My Dad had a few “old sayings” as well, most of which can’t be repeated on a Family website such as Mitchieville, but a couple of the cleaner ones; “never trust a man that won’t drink with you”, “never volunteer”, that one was a leftover from the Army.
Pa was a commercial fisherman, and he was suspicious of “new hands”, so usually hired old War buddies, but once in a while a younger fellow would talk him into hiring him.
Commercial fishing usually meant going out in the boat for a week or two at a time, and fishing until the hold was filled. On the boat, the cuisine was not “haute” in ANY language, lots of canned foods, and fresh fish as often as you wanted. Once in a while,we’d shoot a moose or deer,which meant fresh meat for a change.
Costipation was a common problem, and a large bottle of “Phillip’s Milk of Magnesia”, and another of “ENO” were staples on board.
Bathroom facilities were unknown and you did your business over the side rail of the boat. Privacy was an unknown concept. The only rule was if you crapped down the side of the boat, you took a bucket and hurled pails of water at it until the side was clean again.
One summer Pa had this young fellow from Birch River working with us, he seemed to be a pretty good worker, and got along with us reasonably well. But, one day,after we’d got back to harbour, Pa quietly fired him. I asked him why, because I liked the guy, and it was nice to have someone closer to my own age aboard, rather than the crusty old war veterans that usually crewed the boat.
“Well”, replied Pa,”I noticed when he took a crap, his shit was getting soft. Always fire a man if his shit’s getting soft”.
I laughed so hard, I never DID ask where this management theory came from. Pa died a few years back, and I never did think to inquire about that episode, but whenever anyone brings up “old sayings”, I always think of that one,
Modern plumbing has precluded this becoming a tool of modern corporate management, unfortunately, and the only “shit” around is of the figurative type. We’re almost buried in it.
I kinda like this “photoshopping” though, you can improve a person immensely.
You may delete this post if it’s too offensive,Mayor, with no objections. You know how I am when I get to reminiscing.