Old Farmers Advice

[Sparky]

 
Old Farmer's Advice:
>>>
>>>         • Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and
>>> bull-strong. •
>>>
>>>         • Keep skunks and bankers 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 bothering 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. Leave the rest to God. •
>>>         --
>>>         And.............Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too
>>> old to fight, he'll just kill you.

[Natalie]

Thank you Sparky, very true words.