Okies in the BYC The Original

[QueenPeaches]

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Our Next one will be May 29th @ 5pm
Then.... June 19th @ 5 pm

 

[Buster52]

Hey, Peaches, that item I promised you and Hi-Jacker is awaiting pickup at the library. I actually remembered it this morning! I will bring it to the next sale if you don't make it here by then.

To all,
The Lawton Farmers Market starts its season this Saturday, beginning at 7:30 AM O'clock in the Morning at the Comanche County Fairgrounds on south Sheridan. I encourage each of you seek out your local farmers market for some good fresh food grown by local farmers.

Lawton Farmers Market:
http://www.swokgrowers.org/

Other Oklahoma Farmers Markets:
http://www.okgrown.com/markets/

Buy Fresh, Buy Local:
http://www.kerrcenter.com/buy-fresh.htm

 

[QueenPeaches]

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TY!

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

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Thanks for posting this Buster I had just thought this morning when the Farmers Market was going to be starting up... I love buying my stuff local and fresh...

 

[Stimpy]

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I all but grew up in Rattan. I still have kin in that area too. I've hunted and fished and camped all over that area for almost 50 years now, including 40 years in a row. Since the days before Weyerhauser, when it was Dierks Timber. Back then it was jeeps and 2 wheel motorcycles, and then the 3 wheelers came along. Now the 4 wheelers are here and I just bought a new side by side. Who knows what the next step in that evolution might be? The important thing is that there will be a next step and those roads and trails should be left open for them. Sure, there are a few that spoil things for the larger group, but they should be dealt with individually. To place restrictions on everyone who rides the trails in unnecessary and unfair. As long as they are not doing permanent damage to the environment, I say let 'em ride.

-Stimp-

I grew up in that area before there was a Broken Bow Lake, Pine Creek Lake or Hugo Lake. Our cattle 'free-ranged on Dierks timber and all the locals would round-up the

cattle in big sorting pens and beside Bear Mountain Tower or up at Cloudy Flats and then take your cattle the rest of the way home.

We didn't take Easter or Spring break to go to Florida, we knew we would be in the hills on horseback bringing down the cows.

Grandpa had an Ol' International pickup that would go anywhere and Uncle William would take his tractor. I grew hunting and fishing the area and didn't worry about fences

because the only fences were at someone's house around their barn and paddock areas and you knew everybody and where they lived.

My Grandpaw was mad as ever when they started building the dam on Mountain Fork River to build Broken Bow Lake. So much of that land was Choctaw land and the

government (Corp of Engineers) just took it. Yes, it is beautiful but it was so much more prestine before they put the lake and dam in on the river.

Hi-Jacker

Man, I remember when the Kiamichi was free flowing. I have a sister-in-law that was born on the west bank of that river about 1/2 mile south of the bridge. I also remember going to boat and tackle shows and what-not and hearing the professional fishermen talk about how much better it will be when the Pine Creek Res. is full. That's a lake I feel like we could really live without.

I remember "volunteering" to help gather cattle too. Once we had a small herd, maybe 20 head, that I couldn't drive out of Bear Canyon, up to the road. So I took it on myself to drive them down the canyon and across the river to a pen on Iron Springs road. I hated those cows, and that horse, and everyone who thought that owning either was a good idea.

-Stimp-

 

[Buster52]

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Thanks for posting this Buster I had just thought this morning when the Farmers Market was going to be starting up... I love buying my stuff local and fresh...

You are welcome.

But I need to correct my information.

Had I looked more closely at the information on their website today, I would have noticed the start date has been changed to Saturday June 5th because they felt they didn't have enough produce.

Makes sense, I guess, but they need to have someone out there with at least something (the egg guy if nothing else) as they have had flyers up all over town for over a month stating the start date as this Saturday and I have been advertising it all over the place for them. I've been excited about the start of the season.

So, the current official start date for the Lawton Farmers Market is June 5th.

But don't hold me to it.

 

[Buckguy20]

Hello, Just checking in.
I have been having to clean up trash after some mooronic yahoo decided it would be fun to run over my trash carts last night.
Totaled all three of them.
I am not one one to wish ill will on people but I hope their vehicle sustained at least as much damage as the carts plus a
months sentence of chronic diarrea.
I had to file a vandalism report with the police, mainly so that I won't get charged for damaging the city's carts.
Like I would drag all of my loaded trash carts a hundred yards to the street then get in my truck and crash into them so I could spoend half a day cleaning up the mess.
The police were nice but can't really do anything.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I am sure Grace or Dandelion can tell you where it is but I think it is actually near the little town of Blue.

Edited to add

Or Grace's Dad

 

[Buster52]

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Yup. BLT 3/4. We did a lot of time in the Philippines, then swung by Thailand and Hong Kong. On the way between the last two we hit a typhoon. I was on one of the little troop carriers built to haul tanks and trucks and such on that leg of the journey. That was pretty exciting. Huge waves. Stand on the deck and seemed like you could look straight over your head and see water. For some reason I never got sick.

I was infantry but didn't see any combat. I came close a couple of times. Mayaguez thing hit just before we went on float, and they evacuated Saigon a week or two before I arrived on the Rock, so I barely missed those two. I have a buddy that volunteered to do the Saigon thing and got his picture on the cover of Time. He's in that famous picture of the helicopter on some roof and he is helping people up off of a ladder.

I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the camp I was at in Okinawa, but I'm pretty sure it was Hansen now that you mention it. We might have been in some of the same places, I'll bet.

We really need to hook up at one of these chicken things and swap stories, Stimp. I never went to Vietnam, but that was the reason I signed up.

Yeah, if you were with 3/4, you were at Hansen. I was with 2/4 there. My favorite unit of all that I served with. In fact, I'm going to a 2/4 reunion in September. We're going to go to San Diego to see a series of new Marines get their EGA's and graduate.

Man, was Hong Kong a blast or what? How long were you there? I spent 10 days R&R there and had to go back in country to get some rest. I loved Hong Kong.

What was the name of the troop carrier that you sailed on? Do you remember what type of ship it was?

-Stimp-

My memory is real murky, but I believe it was an LST. I remember the stern could open up for amphibious landings, thus the tanks and such on board. We actually fared better in the storm than the big carriers and such, because we could ride out the waves. Our big carrier (the Nimitz, I think) was damaged and had to return somewhere for repairs. I had no idea what real danger we were in until years later.

I mean, the US government wouldn't needlessly put us in harms way just for the sake of a schedule, would it?

Yeah, I loved Hong Kong. It was fairly westernized compared to the rest of the places we visited. All these wonderful local foods, but I remember the first place everyone headed for when liberty was called was Burger King for a great big American burger. Plus it was the first world class city I had seen since leaving the SF bay area. Then there was the whole aura and mystic of the local culture.

Very beautiful and interesting city.

 

[Stimpy]

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Yeah, if you were with 3/4, you were at Hansen. I was with 2/4 there. My favorite unit of all that I served with. In fact, I'm going to a 2/4 reunion in September. We're going to go to San Diego to see a series of new Marines get their EGA's and graduate.

Man, was Hong Kong a blast or what? How long were you there? I spent 10 days R&R there and had to go back in country to get some rest. I loved Hong Kong.

What was the name of the troop carrier that you sailed on? Do you remember what type of ship it was?

-Stimp-

My memory is real murky, but I believe it was an LST. I remember the stern could open up for amphibious landings, thus the tanks and such on board. We actually fared better in the storm than the big carriers and such, because we could ride out the waves. Our big carrier (the Nimitz, I think) was damaged and had to return somewhere for repairs. I had no idea what real danger we were in until years later.

I mean, the US government wouldn't needlessly put us in harms way just for the sake of a schedule, would it?

Yeah, I loved Hong Kong. It was fairly westernized compared to the rest of the places we visited. All these wonderful local foods, but I remember the first place everyone headed for when liberty was called was Burger King for a great big American burger. Plus it was the first world class city I had seen since leaving the SF bay area. Then there was the whole aura and mystic of the local culture.

Very beautiful and interesting city.

Could it have been the USS Whitfield County?

What I remember most about Hong Kong was that the exchange rate was 7 Hong Kong Dollars to 1 American Dollar. I hit Hong Kong with $3,200.00 American and 10 days later I was bumming cigarettes. What a party!

PM me your phone number, I might have some info that you'll be interested in.

-Stimp-