OT: An Old Rancher's Advice

Making this post to y'all from our friend Bob Farrell.

[b:654c4848f0]<big>"Graydon and James H - Should post on YT (I don't know how). Words of wisdom here. bob f."</big>[/b:654c4848f0]

An Old Rancher's Advice

This is great advice! (Enjoy the picture - an awesome pencil drawing!)

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[b:654c4848f0]An Old Rancher's Advice:

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

* Keep skunks and bankers (and generally 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 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.[/b:654c4848f0]

<big>* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.</big>

All good advice, its much easier to live good and not have to look over your shoulder.

Amen

Those are proverbial words of wisdom. Good stuff.

Good post.

I am was saddened to hear about Bob. He and James have exchanged private emails for some time now. James shared many of the emails with me. Bob has a wonderful sense of humor.

Since he now is pretty much housebound, anyone that has his email, please contact him.

We need to let him know he"s not forgotten.

> Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes he eats you.

Awesome post--Thanks for that!

I like it and the mason jar too.

Mark

that was great James, thanks a bunch!
that one post made my day

James,

Thanks for posting that! Great wisdom that, can make a guy think.

I thank Bob also for wanting to share it with us.

how high do you build cross fence to keep bull out????. six strand or seven???/

Reminds me of Will Rogers.

Alot of these quotes come from Will Rogers.

Several of Will's quotes come from Mark Twain.

All good, to the point, and timeless.
Will Rogers quotes