Posted 1/5/2010 00:42 (#1003639 - in reply to #1003588) Subject: Re: Thanks for your stories
I'll probably get run out on a rail here but I feel I should comment on your statement about Mr. Smith being an"inspiration" to you. I guess I'm from an old school but bankruptcy is equal to failure. I am a 4th generation farmer and I would think if I managed business so poorly that I lost everything I had worked for that I not only let myself down but also everyone that has passed on before me. I have watched this kind in the 80's, live big and drive nice stuff but in the end lucky it there is enough to burry them and leave nothing to their family. Success is leaving the operation better than when you got there. There is a family of brothers near here that farm together, they have never approached a landowner to rent land, the owner comes to them. They won't bid on a piece of land if a family member of the seller wants to buy it or the current tenant. To me that is the type of person that should be an "inspiration". Just wanted to put my .02 in as to the old school isn't all bad.
Hey MSB, do you have anymore stories on Eugene Smith?
