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Old farmers advice.


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* 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.*

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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.

 

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LOL,

 

Thanks, PEEN ! I may print this one out, and we'll put it in our latest scrapbook !

 

(I found out there's a LOT of insects faster than my JD tractor, at night...)

 

 

 

 

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