OT: Miller's Law
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OT: Miller's Law
Some years ago I began spouting off Millers law when certain situations came up. Eventually it got to the point they were hard to keep in order so I put them to paper.
I was looking for one to cover a situation on another forum and had forgot what I had written down. The first 15 come from personal experiences. The last ones came from other folks.
So just for the heck of it, here's Miller's Law:
MILLER’S LAW
Revised 01-22-05
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. Addendum; Apply where ever necessary.
Everyone knows Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong will..." - Here are some other laws you may not have heard!
Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Lowery's Law of Home Repair: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Beach's Law: Interchangeable parts aren't.
William's Law: There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.
Lane's Law of Supply and Demand: The one item you need is always in short supply.
Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Norman Einstein's Law: If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Col. Murphy's Law of Combat: Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder!
Joe
I was looking for one to cover a situation on another forum and had forgot what I had written down. The first 15 come from personal experiences. The last ones came from other folks.
So just for the heck of it, here's Miller's Law:
MILLER’S LAW
Revised 01-22-05
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. Addendum; Apply where ever necessary.
Everyone knows Murphy's Law: "Anything that can go wrong will..." - Here are some other laws you may not have heard!
Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Lowery's Law of Home Repair: If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
Beach's Law: Interchangeable parts aren't.
William's Law: There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.
Lane's Law of Supply and Demand: The one item you need is always in short supply.
Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Norman Einstein's Law: If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
Col. Murphy's Law of Combat: Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder!
Joe
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
Joe, them's some of the best! And, don't forget, Murphy was an optimist!
Griff,
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
Joe,
That baby is getting printed and placed right on my Tool shops wall cabinet between my signed Willie Nelson poster and my "Miller" High Life beer poster of this good looking lady hunter in a boat duck hunting with the phrase "After the hard day is done "its Miller Time" Wise words Joe/Thanks!
That baby is getting printed and placed right on my Tool shops wall cabinet between my signed Willie Nelson poster and my "Miller" High Life beer poster of this good looking lady hunter in a boat duck hunting with the phrase "After the hard day is done "its Miller Time" Wise words Joe/Thanks!
Re: OT: Miller's Law
If I may, Sir...
No good deed goes unpunished.
From the Music World:
If the dress rehersal goes perfect, you're screwed opening night.
No good deed goes unpunished.
From the Music World:
If the dress rehersal goes perfect, you're screwed opening night.
The Rotten Fruit Always Hits The Ground First
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
OH SHUCKS JOSE, YOU FORGOT MURBACH'S LAW OF HUMAN INTERACTION :
THERE ARE ENOUGH NICE FOLKS IN THE WORLD, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THE "ICE"HOLES.
THERE ARE ENOUGH NICE FOLKS IN THE WORLD, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THE "ICE"HOLES.
RIDE, SHOOT STRAIGHT, AND SPEAK THE TRUTH
Re: OT: Miller's Law
How about the sign in the parts house near me...
A lack of planing on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
A lack of planing on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
Rusty, when I was aboard ship, the parts shack had posted, "All orders for delivery yesterday, MUST be placed before noon tomorrow!" So few understood...Rusty wrote:How about the sign in the parts house near me...
A lack of planing on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
SASS/CMSA #93
NRA Patron
GUSA #93
There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: OT: Miller's Law
unfortunately in the world of architecture and construction...Rusty wrote:How about the sign in the parts house near me...
A lack of planing on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
my field of work...that happens every blasted day...
LETS GO SHOOT'N BOYS
Re: OT: Miller's Law
There is NO problem that cannot be fixed with a few pounds of high explosive or a GOOD hammer!
"Knowledge without understanding is a dangerous thing. For a little knowledge entices us to walk its path, a bit more provides the foundation on which we take our stand, and a sufficient amount can erect a wall of knowledge around us, trapping us in our own ignorance."
Re: OT: Miller's Law
- Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds.
- Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
- Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these, however, are much better than a med-evac extraction.
- The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
- Never fly the 'A' model of anything.
- Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder pedals.
- A copilot is a knothead until he spots opposite direction traffic at 12 o'clock, after which he's a goof-off for not seeing it sooner.
- Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
- Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these, however, are much better than a med-evac extraction.
- The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
- Never fly the 'A' model of anything.
- Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder pedals.
- A copilot is a knothead until he spots opposite direction traffic at 12 o'clock, after which he's a goof-off for not seeing it sooner.
Some people just need a sympathetic pat on the head.....with a hammer. Repeatedly.
Re: OT: Miller's Law
The one I liked was: AIR SPEED, ALTITUDE, FUEL and LUCK....You need any two out of four to make a flight.stew71 wrote:- Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds.
- Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
- Flying is better than walking. Walking is better than running. Running is better than crawling. All of these, however, are much better than a med-evac extraction.
- The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
- Never fly the 'A' model of anything.
- Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder pedals.
- A copilot is a knothead until he spots opposite direction traffic at 12 o'clock, after which he's a goof-off for not seeing it sooner.
The Rotten Fruit Always Hits The Ground First
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NRA
Second Amendment Foundation
Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
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NRA
Second Amendment Foundation
Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
DAV
Re: OT: Miller's Law
Zark's First Law of Cesspools: "No matter how many turds you rake off the surface, more will float to the top."
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, stated simply by Noah Zark: "There is no such thing as a free lunch."
Noah
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, stated simply by Noah Zark: "There is no such thing as a free lunch."
Noah
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
Noah,
And I was just going to take a nice dip tonight!
Whats that thing????????????????? Wasnt me
And I was just going to take a nice dip tonight!
Whats that thing????????????????? Wasnt me
Re: OT: Miller's Law
I have lasting evidence.Never try to grab a scared panicked cat, they are meaner than you, and you WILL suffer SEVERE consequences.
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Re: OT: Miller's Law
been there, done that...................................................
much to my regret
much to my regret
Re: OT: Miller's Law
Excellent list Joe! Particularly the one about cats.
Re: OT: Miller's Law
mate those laws are grate thanks guys
Dave Bateman .
If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words, matches cause fires and spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.
If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words, matches cause fires and spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.