Old Farmers advice.

[R J]

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

And, some days all you can do is smile and wait for some kind soul, to come pull your arse out the bind you have gotten yourself into.  

 
 

[ILcruiser]

Thanks for the wisdom 

[Tundra]

Thanks, I needed that today. Made me smile Funny and true

[John Schmidt]

RJ, I've read those lines numerous times over the years and get a smile each time because they're so appropriate. Some remind me of personal experiences....like the John Deere can't outrun a bumblebee. As a kid back in the early 50's, I was quite fast...eadily running the 100yd. dash in under 10 seconds. My dad used to tell me I became a near world-class sprinter the two summers I worked on a hay baling crew with him and my granddad....running from those darn bees. Granddad drove his little Ford tractor, dad and my cousin fed/tied the wires, I loaded the bales on the flatrack. If granddad hit a nest, those bees were REALLY pissed by the time the rig got back to me.

"The best sermons are lived, not preached" is one dad used to gently impress on me. He always added....."so be careful how you live, for you may be the only Bible some people ever read."

[R J]

"The best sermons are lived, not preached" is one dad used to gently impress on me. He always added....."so be careful how you live, for you may be the only Bible some people ever read."

I wonder if my grandfather knew yours, or if that was in a book somewhere.

I heard it from both my great gandfather and my grandfather.

Neither one went past the 6th grade in school.

Both were farmers and cattle/hog ranchers. So I got educated real early on the farm.

Sure helped out when I enlisted into the Marine Corps.   I was a pretty strong young lad back then.

Remember, November 10, 2010 is the Marine Corps 235th birthday.   Marine Corps was born on November 10, 1775

As Forrest Gump would say:
“That's all I have to say about that.”

[grizs50]

Beware the man with one gun, He probly knows how to use it!

[R J]

Beware the man with one gun, He probably knows how to use it!

That could be very true, but, Marines were taught how to improvise & kill with our bare hands, if necessary.

Maybe I should clarify, I was taught in April and May of 1950, (Don't know if the new Corps) does that, and I used it once in the Chosin Reservoir, & once in Aug 52.    It saved my rear end.