There’s a wise old adage:
“Don’t change horses in midstream”
Interestingly enough this proverb is credited to Abraham Lincoln who, when aides wanted him to fire Gen. Grant for being a heavy whiskey drinker, Lincoln used one of his famous proverbs to guide his reply:
“An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.”
So Lincoln, recognizing Gen. Grant’s extraordinary military wisdom and success, replied to the aides:
“But can you tell me where he gets his whiskey?”
“We cannot, Mr. President. But why do you desire to know?”
“Because, if I can only find out, I will send a barrel of this wonderful whiskey to every general in the army.”
Well, I’ve, yet again, decided to ignore that sage advice … and switched to a new meme for “Friday Fun” – which will now become a “Sunday Smile”.
Adding to the delay is that we recently received our annual Property Assessment from the county, and mine went up 15 percent! So I’m going to appeal.
The County Assessor Office admits there was a glitch in their calculation. Currently there are about 25,000 other homeowners appealing. I’ve got to get the paperwork done by Monday – and it obviously takes priority.
2 Responses to “Ignoring Sage Advice …”
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Hey, do what you need to do! That increase is atrocious!
I’ll wait this time to post to Care2.
Fortunately, my friend, you are not a horse, Unlike our detested Fuhrer, you aren’t even part of a horse.