Favorite hydronic quotes

DanHolohan

Icarus

“Water won’t stay on a flat rock”

“I resemble that remark”

Icarus

Zman

"I don't need to pay you to watch me work"

nicholas bonham-carter

One of the best sayings for many pursuits, from Zman:

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
Albert Einstein

SlamDunk

Above a tool crib:

This isnt Burger King. You get it our way or you dont get it at all.

Gordy

My favorite hydronic quote, which is not specifically confined to the field.
“Depends”

“What goes into a T must come out of a T”

“System side flow must be greater than boiler side” when speaking of mod/con efficiency with P/S piping, or hydraulic separator.

“I don’t mean to call you dumb, or nothin stupid”.....

With concrete forming. “You’ll never know if you kicked it to much, but you’ll always know if you didn’t kick it enough”.

“You’re not going to do it like that are you?” Used on apprentices, but also leaves a funny look even on a journey mans face. Even though they are doing it right.

“I’ve been doing it like this for 20 years”. “Well, you’ve been doing it wrong for 20 years”.

BillyO

This one works for everything,
"Keep it simple stupid"

clammy

The sweetest of a cheaper price is soon forgotten after the bitterness of poor quality .holding onto to that one for over 20 years and it always rings true as I see it a lot and of course there is no cheap fixes . My fall back isOMG when working for others which usually brings a whats a matter and some concern to which my response is always the same oh my god it’s gonna be beautiful which is what we all try to make stuff look like when where done aside from ease of service . The oldest fall back is always Peace and good luck and a thank you clammy

Harvey Ramer

"Sometimes life gives you little gifts" When something works out just right.
"When it comes to the trades, everything silver wants to cut you"

And a play on fast food; "I'll be having it my way and you'll be loving it"

Gordy

BillyO said:

This one works for everything,

"Keep it simple stupid"

I work with a guy who just can’t do that. No matter how hard he tries.

BillyO

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

newagedawn

the bitter taste of a poor install lasts far longer than the joy of the lowest price

nibs

I like some of the British ones:
Don't get your nickers in a knot.
Round the twist, (round the bend),
Use your loaf ( of bread) = use your head,
Bristol city shortened to Bristols = parts of female anatomy.

lager

There are three kinds of men.
The one that learns by reading.
The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Will Rogers

lager

"Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."

George Carlin

Intplm.

Work smarter not harder.

STEVEusaPA

lager said:

"Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."

George Carlin

I think Mark Twain said that long before George...

AMG63

" To Learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher"
James Joyce

rick in Alaska

Also, you can not learn anything if your mouth is open.
Rick

Tim McElwain

Measure twice cut once.

ratio

Tim McElwain said:

Measure twice cut once.

Huh. I always thought it was "Measure once, cut twice. Order more lumber."

Icarus

“Cut it twice and it is still too short!”

delta T

The one we always used to get the newbies with, was "oops, cut it too short, go grab the pipe stretcher!"

A couple of them ran out the truck and looked for five minutes or so and came back concerned and dejected to raucous laughter. Kind of cruel, but funny.....

BillyO

usually keep it next to the bucket of steam and the hen way

Icarus

That would be Hen Weigh....right next to the left hand smoke bender.

Mike_Sheppard

When I was an apprentice many years ago.

Me: “Is that how we’re going to leave it?”
Mechanic: “Can’t see it from my house!”

Zman

"Never try to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig"

Tim McElwain

Which way is the water going?

Tim McElwain

Go get me 20 feet of shoreline this was usually given to the new tech as an order.

SlamDunk

When I worked for an airline, if the opportunity ever presented itself (very rarely), we'd send a new guy to another airline's maintenance dept for: prop wash, a bin stretcher, or a left handed sky hook. Of course that airline would say another airline borrowed it and send the new guy to that airline-on and on.

DanHolohan

@SlamDunk, reminds me of my Boy Scout days. Smoke shifter? Cannon Report? Dehydrated water? I fell for them all.

Steve Thompson (Taco)

Radiator hose for a VW

Icarus

Siezed muffler bearings....

SeanBeans

We would send them out for the hammer sharpener

BillyO

one that I have asked many a helper
" Did your parents have any kids that lived"

delta T

My dad has a few that I'll share

"Keep you a** behind your work"

(basically, if you are fighting getting something together or apart, pay attention to how your body is positioned. If your a** is not directly behind you and your work in front, stop, re-position your body, and 9 times out of 10 you will find it much easier to do what you are doing}

"Hurry every chance you get"

(Really what it means is don't hurry the stuff that shouldn't be hurried, save time by doing it right the first time. Going to the truck to get some tools? You can hurry then. Aligning and strapping piping? Take your time to make it true and level so that you don't end up having to try and fix it later.

"If that were in my house, would you leave it like that?"

(No explanation necessary)

stonebutson

Treat your service calls like a tuneup and treat your tuneups like a service call. Also, don’t trouble shoot on the way to the call.

stonebutson

Torch gets put away last

stonebutson

Tighten it up till it cracks then back it off a half a turn

Steve Thompson (Taco)

1976, college summer job as a pipe fitter helper at an oil refinery, pulling blind flanges out of a 24" high pressure pipe. I was told, never put your fingers anywhere you wouldn't put your d***.

The fellow I was working with was a great German craftsman - called his work gloves "hand shoes". Man, those were the good old days...