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Duskypearls -> An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 8:49:54 PM)

Too good and true not to share this.


* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
* Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.




TheHeretic -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 10:20:40 PM)

Like.




Duskypearls -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 10:25:14 PM)

Glad to hear it.




kitkat105 -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 11:43:51 PM)

The press conference is on right now for those who are interested!

BTW, $7 per US citizen is how much it cost. I'm sure most would be willing to forgo Starbucks for this!




Duskypearls -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 11:48:19 PM)

What press conference, Kit?




ARIES83 -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/5/2012 11:52:04 PM)

The mars landing!!!
Btw good post




Duskypearls -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 12:28:09 AM)

Oh, thank you. Enjoy the Mars stuff. Does nothing for me. I rather things needing to be made right on this planet were attended to before we go spending scadillions of bucks gallivanting around the Universe.




Owner59 -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 8:13:56 AM)

My top two favs..........


Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Thanks for the OP.




MasterG2kTR -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 6:02:48 PM)

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Marini -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 6:50:25 PM)

Thank you so much Dusky, I love this!
So many pearls of wisdom here!

I ESPECIALLY love:

Meanness don't jes' happen overnight
Live a good honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin.
and
Sometimes you get and sometimes you get got.


I LOVE expressions like this.
Doesn't it seem that many of the most profound statements, are usually at least 100 years old?
I have another one to add, that my friend's father told me 20 years ago, a very wise gentlemen.
He said, "Most people ain't fit to fool with."
[;)]




Anaxagoras -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 6:59:32 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got

... eventually you get gone.




Marini -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 7:03:12 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Anaxagoras

quote:

ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got

... eventually you get gone.


funny, I hope that's not you.




Anaxagoras -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/6/2012 7:10:39 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Marini
funny, I hope that's not you.

It could very easily have been me but probably not because my hair is a lot longer. [:)]




DesFIP -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 8:53:07 AM)

The ordering someone else's dog about is by Will Rogers.




RemoteUser -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 9:11:26 AM)

Reminds me of when we lived on the farm. Thanks for sharing!




wittynamehere -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 9:13:25 AM)

A bunch of garbage, including some religious nuttiness. Not even worth reading.




ARIES83 -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 5:09:24 PM)

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

You got the bad judgement covered
so your well on your way.

-ARIES




FrostedFlake -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 5:39:28 PM)

Nice stuff. Thanks, Duskypearls.

[image]http://www.lestinto.it/wp-content/img/the-far-side.jpg[/image]




Duskypearls -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/7/2012 6:11:30 PM)

Funny cartoon, Frosted. A fair trade, it would appear. As they say, turnabout is fair play.




ARIES83 -> RE: An Old Farmer's Advice (8/8/2012 2:05:40 AM)

Dear DuskyPearls,
IOU
One wise quote, as I've
had to borrow one of
yours for my sig![:D]

-ARIES




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