The Original Old Farts Club

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

my theory that most engineers and mechanics are born not formally educated and your story is more proof

when was the last time you visited Oklahoma?

imhavent been back there for about 15 years now so I’m overdue for a road trip

I want to visit Staind and check out all the dispensaries and grows

Farming in Oklahoma certainly was a nurturing environment for practical problem solving. How to do what needs to be done with what ya got.

I visited Wynnewood, OK last in 2016 to bury my mom. A lot had changed, but some things were just the same as 61 years ago when I left.

Visiting Staid's farm is almost enough justification to visit OK again all by itself. You have to doff your hat to the lad's energy and ingenuity.

 

[pute]

Coffee time is over. Time to get my rear in gear.

 

[WeedHopper]

I always love driving thru NE Oklahoma. Beautiful country.

 

[Hippie420]

I always love driving thru NE Oklahoma. Beautiful country.

That's the only beautiful place in OK.

Know what ya call a good looking woman in Oklahoma? Tourist.

 

[pute]

I dated a girl from Muskogee back in 1970. She was a fox. I let her go for a self centered tramp. To this day I don't know why. I love Lake of the Cherokee's. My parents had a cabin cruiser docked there. Good times.

 

[RosterMan]

Not going say it Nope

 

[SubmarineGirl]

That's the only beautiful place in OK.

Know what ya call a good looking woman in Oklahoma? Tourist.

I spent one week every summer in Ardmore Oklahoma Visiting my grandparents They lived in the city which was always interesting to me as I had only lived in the country. I can’t remember much except a coors beer plant on the end of their street, some lizards, horny toads that walked instead of jumping fun freshwater fishing with my grandaddy and my first taste of government cheese. I loved that stuff. We always brought home their excess in those brown paper boxes. They were on welfare which I didn’t understand at the time. Don’t remember any beautiful women now that you mention it.

 

[Unca Walt]

Not going say it Nope

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A FIRST!!

 

[Unca Walt]

Found this in an old file...

 

[Unca Walt]

I spent one week every summer in Ardmore Oklahoma Visiting my grandparents They lived in the city which was always interesting to me as I had only lived in the country. I can’t remember much except a coors beer plant on the end of their street, some lizards, horny toads that walked instead of jumping fun freshwater fishing with my grandaddy and my first taste of government cheese. I loved that stuff. We always brought home their excess in those brown paper boxes. They were on welfare which I didn’t understand at the time. Don’t remember any beautiful women now that you mention it.

I caught a horny toad and mailed in a box to my sister up North.

She named it "Getchoo-Getchoo" because it would scrabble in place pretending to jump at you. Totally harmless.

A fun thing she discovered was that if she laid Getchoo down by a nest of large-sized ants, the toad would start gobbling them. The ants would come boiling out to drive him away, but all he would do is sorta spin in place and gobble them as they reached him. Kewl.

He lived around her house for three years, then disappeared.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

I dated a girl from Muskogee back in 1970. She was a fox. I let her go for a self centered tramp. To this day I don't know why. I love Lake of the Cherokee's. My parents had a cabin cruiser docked there. Good times.

The Oklahoma foxes weren't interested in me when I lived there, but I dated some pretty country girls that could ride a horse, drive a tractor, and wrestle.

Dad and I fished a lot in Texhoma and sometimes in Murray for Crappie, Large Mouth Bass, and Channel Cat.

We just had a 14' Aluminum boat with 25 Hp motor for fishing and water skiing. Sure made getting up interesting............

 

[Hippie420]

The Oklahoma foxes weren't interested in me when I lived there, but I dated some pretty country girls that could ride a horse, drive a tractor, and wrestle.

Dad and I fished a lot in Texhoma and sometimes in Murray for Crappie, Large Mouth Bass, and Channel Cat.

We just had a 14' Aluminum boat with 25 Hp motor for fishing and water skiing. Sure made getting up interesting............

They had to learn how to wrestle, especially if'n they had brothers.

Walt, remember when you'd rag me about living in Yankeeland and giggle when I mentioned how cold it was?
Say hi to my friend Alex when he gets there.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

I caught a horny toad and mailed in a box to my sister up North.

She named it "Getchoo-Getchoo" because it would scrabble in place pretending to jump at you. Totally harmless.
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A fun thing she discovered was that if she laid Getchoo down by a nest of large-sized ants, the toad would start gobbling them. The ants would come boiling out to drive him away, but all he would do is sorta spin in place and gobble them as they reached him. Kewl.

He lived around her house for three years, then disappeared.

That’s it unca. i always liked stuff like that when I was a kid. Obviously it made an impression on me

 

[user 60570]

all the Oklahoma stories have got me all sentimental and water in my eyes

some of the best years of my life besides Big Sur was NE Oklahoma , 1969 - 1982


this is where I first started growing outdoors gorilla style , Oklahoma hills

 

[pute]

Slap the dog and spit in the fire......I AM DONE PLANTING. My azz is dragging again. Doesn't matter I am done.

I love that song Big. Oklahoma might be nice but I want nothing to do with Kansas. The tip of H-ELL imo. Was back for my brothers funeral a few years back. Cop hassled me.....followed me for over 15 minutes cause I have Colo plates. The wind blew the hole time, temp was in the upper 90's in the day and mid 80's at night. Oh, humidity was over 90%.....lovely place.

I am gonna just sit for awhile.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

They had to learn how to wrestle, especially if'n they had brothers.

Walt, remember when you'd rag me about living in Yankeeland and giggle when I mentioned how cold it was?
Say hi to my friend Alex when he gets there.

My big sister could still whip me up until high school and was the first to beat me up using boxing gloves.

 

[WeedHopper]

Sub. Texas has some beautiful women.

 

[SubmarineGirl]

Sub. Texas has some beautiful women.

They got them Dallas cowboy cheerleaders

 

[user 60606]

Sub. Texas has some beautiful women.

yes .. always have


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[pute]

Good night