Recession wisdom

[Pot-Bellied Stallion]

"I was in a university to learn but they didn't teach
 how to shoot a squirrel, skin it, cook it up in an acceptable, tasty fashion."

Poet,
You should have gone to Texas A&M.

[gypsyman]

Just getting ready to hit the sack. Had a bowl of rice with corn mixed in, white corn tortilla chips. Used it for a dip. What I'ld have, .60 or .75 in a late night munchie. Tasted pretty good. Going to bed with a full stomach. gypsyman

[rio grande]

 You're about to pay for a wedding, a honeymoon, and a bunch of crap that makes no sense. Get her work gloves for an engagement present. If getting dirty and working is too tough for her, go find another one. A pretty woman that's useless ain't so pretty.

Travis, that's the most astounding thing I've read in a month. Makes sense, still astounding.
 Look, you're among friends here, you don't have to equivocate...

[The Poet]

                                  Pot-Bellied Stallion,

       I have been told 'the same thing' by a deputy on the Sheriff's dept.

"Don't you keep in touch with any of your friends from college days"?

No, like now, I lived alone and studied music,
wasn't there to have fun but to learn how to read music,
And I did.

They were amazed with thousands of women,
and 'my college days' 'which were supposed to be the most fun times in my life',
that I lived alone and studied classical piano music 9 hours a day.

"You live on a farm, and could have gone to Texas A & M,
 and met dozen of others who could have been your friends for life!"
"Jack, Friday and Saturday night your phone never rings".
"And the only two girlfriends you had back then, both lived next door to you".
"You never went out".

I said that one doesn't need to go to school to learn agriculture.

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                                           The Poet
                                    J. Winters von Knife
                          http://jacksknifeshop.tripod.com/

[Pot-Bellied Stallion]

Actually, one doesn't need to go to school to learn music, either.  However, and I have learned this after many years on the land, some of the agriculture I learned in school was totally wrong.  The science of agriculture, as does the science of anything else, changes as research is performed and newer/better methods and techniques are discovered.  The large ag-chemical companies continue to dispute the results of research concerning how the fertilizers we still use today have been ruining the land for decades.  Maybe you're right - farmers might have been better off sticking with the horse drawn implements and staying out of school.

[The Poet]

                     Pot-Bellied Stallion,

       Very interesting...
At first ...shock... then... 'realization' of your remark:
 "One doesn't need to go to school to learn music, either".
Sounds like you have land and are a 'very aware' Aggie.
I have 25 acres in north central 'Texas' and raise poultry,
 grow a big garden 30' x 100',
cut my own hair and brew my own beer {ale}
Published poet and master marksman and my best friend
 from 1959 {the third grade}
is manager of:
{And get this...}
The Aggie Feed Store!

     Hey!
 Check out my web site and blog

   http://jacksknifeshop.tripod.com/

   "Lets git ignert and go coon hunting"



                   J. Knife
    and Sandymay asleep on our bed
             {She's a hound}

[prairiedog555]

If I were a young man I would move to a place were the jobs are.  I don't know much about Australia but in the US it would be Wyoming, Alaska or even N. Dakota.  Low unemployment because of the energy business.
Also have a chance to leave the stinking, ugly city.
I now live in small town in mid west.  We make do with less, but don't lock our doors.
Actually this crisis could be a great opportunity for a better life.