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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2971149" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px">I'll give a bit different perspective than most here. I'm nearly 71 years old and was raised in Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle in a small town, which at its biggest only boasted 627 people. But, those people were of the age of those that were the pioneers and homesteaders, WWII veterans, and survivors of the Depression as well as the Dust Bowl, which had its epicenter in Cimarron County.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px">I had family members and friends who both moved to other locales for work and who stayed behind in Cimarron County. Those people demonstrated a courage that I can never match, in that they had the courage to either pack up their whole family in one car and with what belongings they could carry and moved elsewhere, with no guarantees of work. Those that stayed behind did so with the courage to stick it out with no guarantees or local work or even the capability of harvesting any crops.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Our town blacksmith was a WWII veteran with an artificial leg. Once, when we were in his shop to have a part welded, he noticed me staring at the ankle of his leg. He stopped what he was doing and took the time to explain to me at a young age about how horrible war is, but also why it is sometimes necessary.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px">So, like Old Phart stated, I will bear the name Okie with great pride and honor.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 2971149, member: 7900"] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]I'll give a bit different perspective than most here. I'm nearly 71 years old and was raised in Cimarron County in the Oklahoma Panhandle in a small town, which at its biggest only boasted 627 people. But, those people were of the age of those that were the pioneers and homesteaders, WWII veterans, and survivors of the Depression as well as the Dust Bowl, which had its epicenter in Cimarron County. I had family members and friends who both moved to other locales for work and who stayed behind in Cimarron County. Those people demonstrated a courage that I can never match, in that they had the courage to either pack up their whole family in one car and with what belongings they could carry and moved elsewhere, with no guarantees of work. Those that stayed behind did so with the courage to stick it out with no guarantees or local work or even the capability of harvesting any crops. Our town blacksmith was a WWII veteran with an artificial leg. Once, when we were in his shop to have a part welded, he noticed me staring at the ankle of his leg. He stopped what he was doing and took the time to explain to me at a young age about how horrible war is, but also why it is sometimes necessary. So, like Old Phart stated, I will bear the name Okie with great pride and honor.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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