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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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An Old Farmer's Advice:

* 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. Leave the rest to God.

 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Belongs in the good quote thread me thinks. good words though.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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I like alot of those. Living in the middle of North Dakota, I find many of them quite true as well...
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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Wow, good wholesome stuff compared the crap posted at different forum communities. Well done.

Ryan
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Exelent post!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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All words to live by... except for the third one (about the stump)... I guess I'm missing something on that one.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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I assume it means Avoiding Disaster / Extra un-necessary work makes one's life easier.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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I think it means to choose your battles carefully.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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i thought it meant it was easier to literally plow around the stump (why there is a single stump in the middle of a field i do not know) and loosen that dirt so when the time comes to pull it out it would be easier, or easier yet, just keep avioding it.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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very, very good stuff.... Thanks.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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I dunno... If the statement is taken literally, a stump in a field is an obstacle. Life would be easier if it were removed. If you plowed around it once, you'd have to plow around it every spring until you decide to pull it out.

Taken figuratively, I guess it would be easier to go around an obstacle than to confront it.

Ignore it and it'll go away?
 
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