Advice from an old farmer.....

[Ackman]

Reveived this in an E-mail, today...thought I'd pass it along.....

*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 just 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 won't ever 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 digging.

* 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.

* Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.

* If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

*Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

[Dick-CT]

too bad the clowns in washington never read this.

[Eric Schultz]

I know a few others who can abide by those words......
Including myself.

[Joe Prindle]

My grandpa was an old farmer and he had a few that you can add to that list, if you are so inclined:
"It takes a big woman to weigh a ton, and a bigger man to love her"
"If you can't laugh at yourself, everyone else will."
and, the one I with I would have paid more attention to.....
"When you are over your head in shit, keep your mouth shut!"
Joe