Lefty loosie, Righty tighty

[lost-in-nj]

thats for light bulbs and screws......

or

Red, right, return....
for boating and buoys....

what other sayings help you remember "things" ????

lost

[NightWatcher]

1. red and yellow, kill a fellow. red and black, friend of jack

coral snakes

[Inchworm]

2. Hot on the left and shit flows downhill

that's for plumming.

Don't look down
Thats for Ironwork.

Roy G. Biv
Rainbows

Please exume my dead aunt Sally
Order of operations

Many more I'm sure. My memory is crap from years of abuse, so I need all the gadgets I can find.

:hi:

[TZ]

3. Spring forward, fall back....

which will be needed again soon for the "fall back" of the clocks in a couple of weeks.....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

4. TIF on all my socks.....

helps me remember to put my toes in first.

[SPKrazy]

5. angle of the dangle

directly proportional to the heat of the meat...


some kind of meat cooking saying I think :P



:evilgrin:

[driver8]

6. Beer before liquor, never sicker...liquor before beer, in the clear!

Sounds good in theory, but I think I've been sick testing both!

[KitchenWitch]

7. I am supposed to remember stuff?

Dang, no wonder I am so in the dark all the time...

[Perseid]

8. 1967 Chrysler Newport

had the threads the other way
righty loosey, lefty tighty.

[mark414]

9. it's not the size of the boat...

[Boojatta]

10. Delete of post that could be misunderstood.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly

for resistor color codes.


"Lefty loosey, righty tighty" got me through engineering school.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Red at night, sailor's delight; red in the morning, sailor's take warning

[Bravo Zulu]

13. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas

Explanation

The first letter of each word gives you the first letter of the planets, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

[cobalt1999]

14. I thought Pluto was demoted.

If so, you'll need a new one.

[Perseid]

17. pizza nazi

no pizza for you! damn you to hell, Pluto

[Inchworm]

15. What is the one for species classification?

All I remember was it had "King" in it :D

:shrug:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow...coral snake

[BrotherBuzz]

18. My very energetic mother just showed us new pickles

What the heck am I going to do now that Pluto is no longer a planet? :shrug:

[cobalt1999]

19. When tying a bowline knot...

The rabbit comes out of the hole, around the tree, and back in the hole.

I've been tying bowlines for over 30 years, but I still have that damn saying in my head.