tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post8242058938555215708..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-48385801220571491892008-01-29T14:19:00.000-06:002008-01-29T14:19:00.000-06:00Brian:Luck got most of us into farming; competence...Brian:<BR/><BR/>Luck got most of us into farming; competence keeps us in. I picture it as generational - my father's competence became my good luck. <BR/><BR/>Good fortune can eventually be overcome by bad practice, however. I have seen a thousand acre inheritance lost in twenty years, for example. An extreme case to be sure, but a powerful lesson nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>This is a gross generalization, of course, but it delineates for me what I can take credit for and what I should simply be thankful for.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, our profession is not populated by incompetents, and my point is it strikes me as good time to own up to it at least.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-61454923750873953752008-01-29T12:51:00.000-06:002008-01-29T12:51:00.000-06:00PS, Please take the above comment in the manner ...PS,<BR/><BR/> Please take the above comment in the manner in which it was intended: arch, yes; snarky, no.<BR/><BR/>BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-36972373334226348762008-01-29T12:48:00.000-06:002008-01-29T12:48:00.000-06:00John, Below you said that most successful farmer...John,<BR/><BR/> Below you said that most successful farmers owe that success to "accidents," from which I can logically only infer that you intended to juxtapose said accidents against "competence." <BR/><BR/> Are you now seeking something which you ealier implied does not exist, at least not in critical measure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com