Sharing your burdens works wonders for the soul. Yellow jackets can be trapped and killed with vodka and orange juice. Don't have any orange juice on your skin when near a yellow jacket nest. Digging post holes is harder than it looks. Golden seal is harder to grow than kids.
Most people are stupid.
I intuitively knew this before, but Y2K proved it to me beyond doubt. The way to most men's hearts may be through their stomachs, but the way to mine is a good back rub after I've dug some post holes. 100 pounds of salt is not enough. You never have enough. There is significant danger in almost every facet of modern life.