Folks Of Interest Patience

Finally, I found that the easy way to avoid the high blood pressure, tool throwing, (I'd never kick Otis, the dog) is to avoid deadlines. For those of you whom do this for a living--please disregard.

Anyhow once I stopped having a dead lines things became much easier. Just this summer I was finishing up my '37 Chevy coupe to go to the Frog Follies. Well, let me tell you the ways that all turned to shit. Ok, I won't but I decided that we were going anyway and walk around like tourists asking dumb questions..

No elevated blood pressure and we had a good time. I think it will be ready for next year.

It works for me.

 

As I am getting older, I have discovered that patience is not evenly distributed. Some days (hours or minutes) I have a lot more patience then at other times. There also seems to be some events, or people, that push the limits pretty quickly. I allow myself to blow up, melt down, or respond rather quickly, then everything is more settled quicker. Its just not good to hold that stuff in.

I am getting better at slowing down my response time, when I was younger, the response was instant, these days, there may be a few minutes between the point of exceeding my patience and my response and that response may be more mellow then it used to be. Gene

 

I was helping a buddy finish a 47 Ford pickup , that was 95% done and I gave it to him so he could have a Hot Rod to tinker with . I fired up an on bike I had rode over to see what he was doing . Upon arriving , I see a huge fire . I run around the house the truck is 100% in flames . He is screaming don’t touch it let the bastard burn . Come to find out he was under the hood , with a broom stick prop , it dropped on him , pissing him off x 10 . 2 gals of mower gas and it was a Hot Rod for sure . He asks me after it was crisp as a rice crispy , “ when are we starting over ? “ WTH , I was done fired up the scoot and went home in disbelief . I have gotten mad , same as we all have but never destroyed or broken anything because of a fit of childish rage . I don’t understand , walk away . Tomorrow is another day , hell you may even find an answer to your frustrations on the HAMB , while reading it to cool down .

 

That'll teach that damned pickup truck!

Perfect. A really good example of what can happen if you DON'T exercise at least a little patience.

Omg...lmao.

 

I'm pretty patient these days; not much gets me riled up, and I aint never setting fire to no pick-up truck.

When I was much younger it didn't take much to set me off, but a couple of times I saw me being me, loosing it over stuff that in the end didn't matter much. I didn't like what I saw and would have been embarrassed if anyone else saw my Mr. Hyde side. I mellowed up in a pretty big hurry.

 

It's said that a little patience goes a long way.
A lot of patience goes absolutely nowhere.

That is my exact problem.

My wife doesn't agree that stubbornness is just patience seen from the other end.

 

As I got older I realised the "Get it done quick at all costs" attitude of youth no longer works.
Back then you didn't mind reworking something that came out wrong.
These days you have no choice but to slow down.
It's no longer possible to buy a lot of the parts you need at the local parts store.
Fortunately there are specialist suppliers but they are not in your area so it takes time for shipping.
It is no good going to the local wrecking yard for anything now.
You just have to step back and take the time it needs.

 

i have patience for things......people not so much.........
i gained a lot of weight[sp] when i got married. i wait for her to get ready, i wait for her to get in the car, i wait for her to finish eating dinner, i wait etc.......................ahhhhhhh!

 

Nope, going to the local scrapper is pretty much just getting in an hour of walking because 99% of their shit is less than ten years old... and it's SHIT. Can't carry a part in to match up; have to leave it at the counter and tote whatever you think might be the same all the way back to the office. Too many people remove part with Bluto strength instead of tools, so almost every connecting wire, joint, etc is trashed.... and there's always a team of "lemme do that fo you" non-help waiting just inside the gates with a pair of slip joint pliers, a hatchet, and a twelve pound sledge hammer for taking out glass.

 

I'm a pretty patient person. The problem is it just feed my procrastination.

 

I could've been a Doctor... but I didn't have any Patience!

 

I remember a quote but I don't remember who wrote it.

Patience is not the ability to wait but it is how we behave while we're waiting or something to that effect. HRP

 

I don't know whether working on the same hotrod for 43 years and still not getting it on the road is a sign of patience or futility. Since I haven't yet given up, I'm ruling out futility - for now.

 

Man, talk about the patience of Job, working on the same car 43 years and still haven't gone for that first ride. I wish I was closer to give you a hand. HRP

 

I was patient for 55 years I wanted a 32 ford since I was a teen.

 

I'll get back to this one.

 

I've got more patience now than I've ever had. Might as well have, haven't got much money to spend, so I have to wait, and wait, and wait when I need something over a few bucks.....

 

Danny is a lot more patient now than he use to be, it was a combination of things but mainly the accident that put him in the hospital,the surgery on his shoulder and the long recovery that followed.

 

I think I have a lot of patience-wife says I have none!

 

Then there's the other side, the old joke about the old bull and the young bull on the hill looking down on a herd of young heifers. Young bull says, " Let's run down there and fuck one of 'em." Old bull says, "No let's WALK down there and fuck "em all."

 

Being impatience is when you just have to stick your finger on that freshly painted surface to see if it's dry, 95 % of the time it's not! HRP

 

I've been in your shoes and as I have tried to explain to newcomers to the hot rod & custom world that keep saying I wish my car was on the road.

It's harder to have had a car at the shows in the past and show up without one, you then realize all the fun you are missing. HRP

 

Danny, I hear one winning lottery ticket was sold in SC. for one point six billion. Was that you, my good friend?

 

What I've learned in my shop, is....it don't have to be done in this session, tomorrow is another day. I used to try to finish whatever project I took on the same day, but now, I tinker and if it gets done great, if not, tomorrow. Took a long time to get to that attitude.

 

Mark,sadly it ain't me,the winning ticket was from a store in Simpsonville which is a subburb of Greenville, the KC Mart sold the winning ticket and I have been in the store but only bought a coke & a pack of nabs.

But, I do have a cousin that lives there and I am patiently await a phone call from her.

There are a few Hambers that live in the Simpsonville area.. HRP

 

Man i hear you! Sorting through the stupid little issues with my build right now and dealing with brand new parts that don't work out of the box has been nothing but a test of my patience!!! And i do suck at that virtue! I have definitely become better at it over the years but still not one of my best skills!

 

I remember that one oh so well......

 

The oldest reference book on the planet has many published versions and each define the word patience differently. Long suffering- is my least favorite. It sounds harsh, tiring, stressful and perhaps painful.
Steadfastness- stick-to-iveness, hang in there, good things come to those who wait, blah, blah, blah is a close second.
Endurance- that is the one I can live with. It's required to build cars and maintain them. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

 

Your 60 and she's 22???? How lucky can a guy get???....

 

A serious math question, How many times does 60 go into 22? HRP