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<blockquote data-quote="50/50Farms" data-source="post: 1777507" data-attributes="member: 42731"><p>I'm not old, though someday I'd like to be. I have known some phenomenal men (and women) who lived such fantastic lives and did so much and shared so much hard-earned knowledge with those that would listen. I'm sad to say that many of them are gone now, but in a way I don't think they ever really are. I still remember so much of what they said, what they did, what they taught, and what they did for those who came after them and I'm sure many others remember all of that as well. Maybe we're never really all the way gone at all. When I'm stressed out, my grandfather and others I've known sometimes show up in my dreams to give me advice. Could just be a trick of the brain, but if what was taught to you helps in your life, and you teach it to somebody else and they teach it to somebody else, I guess part of you can kind of go on forever. The area my main family is from they settled in sometime around the 1850s, they were ubiquitous within the area by the 1880s. The land acquired in their lives from then up through the first half of the 20th century still belongs to family in decent quantities. That's a hell of a thing if you think about it. Where I'm from, even the land that hasn't been in families for just about ever can often be cited back to who that family acquired it from and how and when right on the spot. I'm blabbering, yada yada, something about legacy. I don't know anyone from here in person that I know of, and I know the average age on here usually starts with a higher number, but I don't think anyone here with all of this knowledge of ag and life and the world will have any trouble leaving a footprint somebody else will notice going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="50/50Farms, post: 1777507, member: 42731"] I'm not old, though someday I'd like to be. I have known some phenomenal men (and women) who lived such fantastic lives and did so much and shared so much hard-earned knowledge with those that would listen. I'm sad to say that many of them are gone now, but in a way I don't think they ever really are. I still remember so much of what they said, what they did, what they taught, and what they did for those who came after them and I'm sure many others remember all of that as well. Maybe we're never really all the way gone at all. When I'm stressed out, my grandfather and others I've known sometimes show up in my dreams to give me advice. Could just be a trick of the brain, but if what was taught to you helps in your life, and you teach it to somebody else and they teach it to somebody else, I guess part of you can kind of go on forever. The area my main family is from they settled in sometime around the 1850s, they were ubiquitous within the area by the 1880s. The land acquired in their lives from then up through the first half of the 20th century still belongs to family in decent quantities. That's a hell of a thing if you think about it. Where I'm from, even the land that hasn't been in families for just about ever can often be cited back to who that family acquired it from and how and when right on the spot. I'm blabbering, yada yada, something about legacy. I don't know anyone from here in person that I know of, and I know the average age on here usually starts with a higher number, but I don't think anyone here with all of this knowledge of ag and life and the world will have any trouble leaving a footprint somebody else will notice going forward. [/QUOTE]
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