Originally Posted by fastfredracing
One thing I have observed in my life on this big blue spinning ball, is that people who are often are not " doers " seem to be very critical of the actual people doing the doing . They will pick apart the handy work of someone who attempts to do something on their own, but they themselves would never dream of an attempt at the task at hand .
Every time my neighbor makes a comment about how he would do it , Im just dying inside, to hand the job off to him, and watch him struggle . " Sure Paul, show me, here ya go !" get er done !!!
I mean, this is the guy who comes over for help changing a lawn tractor belt, then critiqued my work, when I was installing a diesel engine in my tow truck last summer .
He made the" psst" sound of disapproval when I was pulling it out ,without removing the entire front clip . So, then , instead of working on my project , and getting things done, I end up arguing, or explaining myself with someone who could not pull this work off in his wildest dreams .
I was actually going to post about this a few weeks ago, when I called him " Mr Obvious " .
I was in go mode, and he kept nagging at me, and getting me off the machine to tell me how to do it a different way .
My old landlord had a saying for this, that I always thought was funny .
When someone would start bugging him while he was working on something, he would say
"Im f^%$king this horse, you just stand there, and look out for the farmer "
I have no idea if he made that up , or if its an old farmer saying, but we all peed ourselves laughing when he used it on an annoying client .
Carry on .
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