How many life long Okies here?

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dennishoddy

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Born in and still still call Ok home. Several years traveling with the Army, having an option to move anywhere but chose to move back to Ok for family along with hunting and fishing opportunities.
Still call Ok home but we travel in the RV 6-7 months out of the year. What a great lifestyle. [emoji39]
 

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A yankee is one who's passing thru. A damn yankee is one who's here to stay.

Okie born and raised. Left in 75 for work returned in 80. Spent a yr in Ill., a yr in Ind., and 3 yrs in Kan. Don't expect I'll be living anywhere else.

The way I heard that is a yankee comes to visit, a damned yankee brings their carpet bag to stay.
 

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A yankee is one who's passing thru. A damn yankee is one who's here to stay.
The way I heard that is a yankee comes to visit, a damned yankee brings their carpet bag to stay.
Eh, everybody knows Yankee is only half a word.

I wasn't born in Oklahoma, but that was just because my folks were wandering in the wilderness. Except for '18, when I spent half the year wandering around the highways and byways of Mississippi and Texas, the longest I've been out of the state since we moved here was for just over a week.
 

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Born in OKC and lived all of my 63 years here. I've hunted, fished and explored this great state from one corner to the other.
In all my travels I've never found anyplace that could pull me away from this great state.
 

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I briefly lived homeless in Los Angeles for a minute. You know times had to be tough when you willingly lie down for a nap on a random bench at LAX waiting on your plane to OKC.
 

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