True Grit Farms":17c5uzla said:
Really? The smartest and most well schooled people I know personally don't have enough common sense to survive without books or smart phones. And none have any mechanical abilities, if you can get them pointed in the right direction they're usually good to go. I truly believe they over think everything.
I view "common sense" as being able to make decisions and apply knowledge to things that are common to you; some things can be universal. For example, if a person is of normal intelligence and drives a vehicle, common sense should tell them that one should drive differently on snowy, icy roads than when roads are clear on a summer day; however, I've known some people to fail in that department.
As for "well schooled people" not having enough sense to survive without books and not having mechanical ability, that's because they have spent their time in a library or in pursuit of a career that doesn't include being under the hood of a truck, hooking up a disc mower, and discerning what different appearances of cow manure says about the cow's health. Everybody has different experiences and interests.
I was behind a guy in line at a department store once who said he worked at an auto parts store. I don't know what sparked the conversation, but he told the cashier that she wouldn't believe how many people he encounters who doesn't know a spark plug from a fan belt. He said it as if it earned him a few extra feathers in his wings, but I was thinking how I'd like to take him to my school and turn him loose for a few days and let him do my job and see how much he knows about it.
To be honest, my son is one who isn't interested in engines or mechanical things, but he can burn up the honor roll in high school, and I'm sure he will make more money some day than I have ever made.
TexasBred":17c5uzla said:
Morning buddy. Guess we all have our own perception of things. I see it just the opposite. 99% of the time the people in any vehicle coming up my driveway have no intention of doing harm to anyone or taking something that doesn't belong to them. At least until now it's been that way....matter of fact it's still 100%. ;-) Tomorrow it could change.
I agree 100%. I'll have to say that everyone who has pulled down our farm road has been 100% positive. I've never had an issue so far. I actually asked a few people at work today if I just had my head in the sand about things being good where we live. They seemed puzzled as to why I was even asking. they agreed that our crack heads eventually just blow themselves up, and we have a pretty darn friendly county.