Some Good Advice From WR

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Simple but brilliant and full of truths!

Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash with his best friend, Wylie Post, was probably the greatest political sage this country ever has known.

Enjoy the following:

1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3.. There are two theories to arguing with a woman . . Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

ABOUT GROWING OLDER...

First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.

Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.

Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.

Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old

TONY MANDILE
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Those are so true Tony.

But would Will be talking about electric fences? Probably after his time...
 
Could be.I'm just thinkin' of the ones that came along in the '70's when I was a kid. I had never seen one prior to then but I sure ain't a world traveller by any means.
 
William Gallagher, an inventor in New Zealand, came up with an innovative development to the electric fence in 1936-37. He built it with a car's ignition and a Meccano set, and used it to keep his horse from scratching itself on his car. He started a company to sell the invention.

Read more: Origins of the Electric Fence | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5618506_origins-electric-fence.html#ixzz0tKFVJdgn

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LAST EDITED ON Jul-11-10 AT 08:17AM (MST)[p]The devil is in the details.;-)

The NZ guy didn't invent the electric fence per se; he invented "an innovative development TO the electric fence," i.e. the use of a car ignition system. IOW, using DC power rather than AC power.

"Electric fences were first used by the military in World War I to enforce borders and are still used in high-security areas such as prisons and military facilities, but their most common use is for the containment of livestock. They have been used agriculturally in the U.S. since the 1930s and were also developed in New Zealand at about the same time. The first agricultural electric fences used alternating current powered by an electrical main. With advances in the charger or power source, many electric fences, particularly temporary ones, are now powered by batteries with solar chargers. An early developer of the electric fence, William Gallagher of New Zealand first electrified his car to keep the horse away from it and then developed battery-powered fences as well as fences linked to the main power supply."

TONY MANDILE
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