Your most ignored rule

[Buffs35]

As someone that's been thrown out of a truck and experienced the pleasure of flight for life, I'd recommend seatbelts.

 

[Southern Elk]

Knew a guy in high school who was thrown out of a Bronco onto the pavement and killed on the interstate. I wear my seatbelt every time I get in a vehicle.

 

[Nameless Range]

I Don’t wear sunscreen. Terrible for ya but love the feel of a burn. it’s one of the things I’m going to try to be better at on the back 40.


I’ve always worn seatbelts, but a few years back, I watched someone unbelted get thrown from their vehicle and die, I drug a tarp over their body so passer-bys wouldn’t have to see it, gave the Montana highway patrol a report of what I saw, got to the VFD and got a fire truck and went back up to the scene for 4 hours to do traffic control until at the end it was time to pull a hose and spray the evidence off of the interstate of what I had witnessed and faced earlier in the day.

Definitely enhanced my zealotry towards seatbelt use. Don’t really give a hoot what someone does on private property, but on public roads souls other than the departed will be cleaning up the mess.

 

[Wildabeest]

Leash law. I hardly ever put my dog on a leash. I have one neighbor who gets all bent out of shape about it, and my dog is far more under control off leash than hers is on. She calls the HOA and the sheriff on a regular basis. Ring cameras are your friend.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Don’t put your fingers anywhere you wouldn’t put your…

 

[Redmt]

I follow all the rules unless I don't feel like it.

 

[hank4elk]

I forget the gloves too often these days.
Good scar collection @ 70. I wear my hair longer proudly,it hides the scars & lumps.
Dotti broke my Gibbs Rules mug and now she thinks rules don't apply.
She is learning the off rule the hard way now.

 

[Big Bore]

I'm from Texas and I put beans in my chili.

 

[TOGIE]

i don't cook chicken to 165

 

[Forkyfinder]

I leave my diesel running at pumps. Especially when its cold.

 

[Redmt]

I need a clarification.
Are these rules self imposed, made specifically for you by others, rules you set down for others or just general rules of life that most people accept?

 

[noharleyyet]

I'm from Texas and I put beans in my chili.

 

[Irishman]

Rather than backing into parking spaces which seems to be the latest fad, I look for a pull-thru spot farther from the store or business. It makes it just as easy and safe to pull out and I get more exercise. And I park as far away as necessary to find a pull thru spot, often next to a cart return cage which I feel helps protect my truck more. I just shake my head when I see someone waiting for someone else to pull out from a front row spot when a pull thru is available just a short distance away. Evidently, people really believe they're getting extra points by parking in those front row spots.

I do the same as you. I need the exercise, and I don't need someone to hit my car when they open their door. The circling looking for a close parking spot gets me, especially at the gym.

 

[Khunter]

Wrapping up cords ! I hate it , I never wrap them , I coil them like nature intended . My wife wraps everything up and it takes twice as long to untangle it !

No idea what ‘wrapping up a cord’ is so I must be a coiler.

 

[Greybeard]

I'm from Texas and I put beans in my chili.

Testify! I'm native born Texan and my family always put beans in our chili. Of course, I come from "old NO money" and my folks had a lot of kids. The beans made the chili go further.

 

[HappyCamper]

I had no idea there was people who made chili without beans…
The rule I most often forget to follow is remembering the wife is always right. I don’t blatantly ignore it but cannot seem to grasp it as expected.

 

[Maverick1]

Just the tip?

 

[Greybeard]

Don't look at your 401K in a down market.

 

[tormenter]

Putting the toilet seat down after I am finished. I swear the toilet seat magically goes back up at some point during the day or night.

 

[rjthehunter]

I leave my diesel running at pumps. Especially when its cold.

Psh, when it's winter, I don't shut my gasser off at the pumps, unless one of the costco gas nazis is on patrol. (They're actually pretty nice. They always give the dogs treats and will help you pick an 18 gallon fuel tank to put back in your truck.)