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Old 05-30-2008, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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Oh ok it was a joke....whew! that scared me.

SSHHHHHHHHH!!!!! not so loud...we're trying to keep others out.
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Pawnee Nation
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Oh ok it was a joke....whew! that scared me.
Joke? The only joke is on the people who come to Oklahoma and pretend to like it. It is HOT in the summer,you have to have air conditioning running and people get in your face when you leave your kids and dogs in the car when you go to an afternoon matinée.

It is COLD in the winter......that 4 inches of snow in January shut this country down for two days........Spring time it rains and the wind blows (speaking of blowing, there are way too many "in your face" people trying to help you.......I saw a guy hold a door open for an older woman the other day at the post office......talk about interfering with someones right to get their mail).......I had a big breakfast a couple of days ago in a cafe....three eggs, hashbrowns, toast, a large slice of ham, and a cup of coffee.......cost me $5.00!!!!!!! Did THEY ever see me coming. Today I had dinner at a KFC........buffet, all you can eat, $7.00!!!!!........I'm gonna have to start carrying a brown bag lunch.

Did you guys know that a tornado almost completely wiped out an abandoned town the other day? No one is safe. Why anyone would give up the security of the LA freeways and the pleasant folk who inhabit those nice affordable homes in California for Oklahoma shacks is beyond me.
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Old 05-30-2008, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Somewhere! :)
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Joke? The only joke is on the people who come to Oklahoma and pretend to like it. It is HOT in the summer,you have to have air conditioning running and people get in your face when you leave your kids and dogs in the car when you go to an afternoon matinée.

It is COLD in the winter......that 4 inches of snow in January shut this country down for two days........Spring time it rains and the wind blows (speaking of blowing, there are way too many "in your face" people trying to help you.......I saw a guy hold a door open for an older woman the other day at the post office......talk about interfering with someones right to get their mail).......I had a big breakfast a couple of days ago in a cafe....three eggs, hashbrowns, toast, a large slice of ham, and a cup of coffee.......cost me $5.00!!!!!!! Did THEY ever see me coming. Today I had dinner at a KFC........buffet, all you can eat, $7.00!!!!!........I'm gonna have to start carrying a brown bag lunch.

Did you guys know that a tornado almost completely wiped out an abandoned town the other day? No one is safe. Why anyone would give up the security of the LA freeways and the pleasant folk who inhabit those nice affordable homes in California for Oklahoma shacks is beyond me.
Don't sugar-coat things GP...
Tell them the REAL truth about how BAD it really is in OK.
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Old 05-30-2008, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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Don't forget the bugs and snakes. There's every kind of bug you can imagine out here and they're uncontrolable.
Along with a water shortage, contaminated lakes and streams.

Everyone here has experienced at least once, a snake in their bed when they wake up,,,if they wake up.
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Old 05-30-2008, 07:58 PM
 
Location: Pawnee Nation
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Don't forget the bugs and snakes. There's every kind of bug you can imagine out here and they're uncontrolable.
Along with a water shortage, contaminated lakes and streams.

Everyone here has experienced at least once, a snake in their bed when they wake up,,,if they wake up.
Saves going to the market for meat that day....snake and eggs make a good breakfast
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Old 05-30-2008, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma(formerly SoCalif) Originally Mich,
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or snake head cheese
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Old 05-30-2008, 08:29 PM
 
Location: OK
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Snakes? You want to talk abour snakes?

Opened my washing machine yesterday and found a little snake all curled up inside. It was the size of an earth worm on steriods but as I didn't know if this was a baby copperhead I tried picking it up with some tongues and promptly dropped it behind the drum.

So I did a load of laundry ..... no problem.

Did another load this morning and as I was pulling the laudry out of the washer I saw something wriggling around. This time I managed to get it into the jar so I could try and identify it. It appeared to be harmless so I set it free.

All is good.

Then this afternoon I went to the hen house to check for eggs. I haven't had any eggs for a few days but I figured the girls were getting used to the hot weather.

I saw a long, dark thing .... and getting closer I realized it was a snake. I took some pictures for ID purposes and thought it was a copperhead. So I went back to the house to get my boots and a gun and by the time I got back it was gone. As it turns out, it was probably a rat snake ... it was at least 4 feet long, while a copperhead is much smaller.

All this is happening while Goodpasture is out of town. Lordsy Mersy ....
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Old 05-30-2008, 09:41 PM
 
Location: In My Own Little World. . .
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Snakes? You want to talk abour snakes?

Opened my washing machine yesterday and found a little snake all curled up inside. It was the size of an earth worm on steriods but as I didn't know if this was a baby copperhead I tried picking it up with some tongues and promptly dropped it behind the drum.

So I did a load of laundry ..... no problem.

Did another load this morning and as I was pulling the laudry out of the washer I saw something wriggling around. This time I managed to get it into the jar so I could try and identify it. It appeared to be harmless so I set it free.

All is good.

Then this afternoon I went to the hen house to check for eggs. I haven't had any eggs for a few days but I figured the girls were getting used to the hot weather.

I saw a long, dark thing .... and getting closer I realized it was a snake. I took some pictures for ID purposes and thought it was a copperhead. So I went back to the house to get my boots and a gun and by the time I got back it was gone. As it turns out, it was probably a rat snake ... it was at least 4 feet long, while a copperhead is much smaller.

All this is happening while Goodpasture is out of town. Lordsy Mersy ....
Looks like women of the "old wild west" haven't changed much over the years!
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:07 PM
 
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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Joke? The only joke is on the people who come to Oklahoma and pretend to like it. It is HOT in the summer,you have to have air conditioning running and people get in your face when you leave your kids and dogs in the car when you go to an afternoon matinée.

It is COLD in the winter......that 4 inches of snow in January shut this country down for two days........Spring time it rains and the wind blows (speaking of blowing, there are way too many "in your face" people trying to help you.......I saw a guy hold a door open for an older woman the other day at the post office......talk about interfering with someones right to get their mail).......I had a big breakfast a couple of days ago in a cafe....three eggs, hashbrowns, toast, a large slice of ham, and a cup of coffee.......cost me $5.00!!!!!!! Did THEY ever see me coming. Today I had dinner at a KFC........buffet, all you can eat, $7.00!!!!!........I'm gonna have to start carrying a brown bag lunch.

Did you guys know that a tornado almost completely wiped out an abandoned town the other day? No one is safe. Why anyone would give up the security of the LA freeways and the pleasant folk who inhabit those nice affordable homes in California for Oklahoma shacks is beyond me.
Maybe because people marry people from here....I did or I would be in Utah still
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Old 05-31-2008, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth/Dallas
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Joke? The only joke is on the people who come to Oklahoma and pretend to like it. It is HOT in the summer,you have to have air conditioning running and people get in your face when you leave your kids and dogs in the car when you go to an afternoon matinée.

It is COLD in the winter......that 4 inches of snow in January shut this country down for two days........Spring time it rains and the wind blows (speaking of blowing, there are way too many "in your face" people trying to help you.......I saw a guy hold a door open for an older woman the other day at the post office......talk about interfering with someones right to get their mail).......I had a big breakfast a couple of days ago in a cafe....three eggs, hashbrowns, toast, a large slice of ham, and a cup of coffee.......cost me $5.00!!!!!!! Did THEY ever see me coming. Today I had dinner at a KFC........buffet, all you can eat, $7.00!!!!!........I'm gonna have to start carrying a brown bag lunch.

Did you guys know that a tornado almost completely wiped out an abandoned town the other day? No one is safe. Why anyone would give up the security of the LA freeways and the pleasant folk who inhabit those nice affordable homes in California for Oklahoma shacks is beyond me.
For those of you that didn't know, GP is the Oklahoma Tourism Director. Good job GP!
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