Some off, some on topic

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.

Geo.