Favorite Quotes

[therealnorthernf]

One of my Dad's... "U don't know what U have until it is gone"..

for me this really hits the nail on the head with small communities and not shopping local.

[bucket]

One of my Dad's... "U don't know what U have until it is gone"..

for me this really hits the nail on the head with small communities and not shopping local.

Government policy dictated that...only the strong should survive...right????...

It costs too much to help local communities ....right...

Now add up all the costs to not being able to do that even without the pandemic....

Then the next saying applies...


"'"""Its cheaper to keep her/him/local"""""


I have watched communities die in my youth ...from something as simple as a ball field at the old schoolhouse in the middle of nowhere...to towns that once thrived....there wasn't room to keep extra farmers around....so the consolidation of farms...then grain elevators and finally railways....for no good outcome when shit hits the fan...

As a nation that had the ability to isolate communities quickly....we lost that by consolidation....add up the costs now....we look pretty stupid...and those responsible will never stick their hands up and admit it....

[Chief]

A quote from my dad “look after yourself first, nobody else will”.

[GALAXIE500]

Hard Times make Strong Men

Strong Men make Good Times

Good Times make Weak Men

Weak Men make Hard Times

Can you guess where we are in this circle?

We are the last line on that list , at least at a Federal level

[GALAXIE500]

A line that my Dad told me a few years ago , " you never saw too many fat guys on a threshing crew"

[blackpowder]

Was your uncle Norwegian?

Funny, my Dad's side were. But this one German descent. Just a life spent in seismic/coring drill rigs LoL.

[blackpowder]

Government policy dictated that...only the strong should survive...right????...

It costs too much to help local communities ....right...

Now add up all the costs to not being able to do that even without the pandemic....

Then the next saying applies...


"'"""Its cheaper to keep her/him/local"""""


I have watched communities die in my youth ...from something as simple as a ball field at the old schoolhouse in the middle of nowhere...to towns that once thrived....there wasn't room to keep extra farmers around....so the consolidation of farms...then grain elevators and finally railways....for no good outcome when shit hits the fan...

As a nation that had the ability to isolate communities quickly....we lost that by consolidation....add up the costs now....we look pretty stupid...and those responsible will never stick their hands up and admit it....

Bucket. Not wanting to restart an old argument or derail the thread.
But I can't think of any way we could have had an alternate reality on the Prairies.

[Guest]

“Don’t dip your dink in the company ink”

Watched over the years as so many missed this valuable morsel of info in the patch , lol

[blackpowder]

Or "don't duck with the cook"

[littledoggie]

From a man that lived to be 95:


...tell me and I will forget, show me and I will remember, help me do it; and I will learn!