The Forestry Forum

An Old Farmer's Advice:

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.  ;D

* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.  :D

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.  :o

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. :o

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.  8)

* 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.  :D

* 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.  8)

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.  ;D

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.  :o

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.  ;D


* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.  :o

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'."  8) 8) 8)

* Always drink upstream from the herd.  ::)

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.  ;D

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.  ;D

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.  :D

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

* When it's all said and done, there's usually more saying than doing.

* A man who can grasp the why can create the how.