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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nighthawk" data-source="post: 2535044" data-attributes="member: 3906"><p>I lived in California, I wrote a letter to my uncle in Maysville asking to come work for him that the Summer. I came to Oklahoma to first work for my Uncle in Maysville picking up rocks, straightening metal, mowing his lawn, and shooting mice in the barn, until he did not have any more work for me to do.  Then I hauled hay for about a week, then worked as a Broom Corn Jonny cutting broom corn from 6:00 AM till 6:00 PM for $1.25 an hour, and making enough for my plane ride home plus some spending money.  I learned a lot cutting broom Corn, I learned how to chew tobacco, and drink water at the same time, how to keep my cigarettes dry while working, and flirt with the Broom Corn Sally's.  It was hot miserable work, I always looked forward to a thunderstorm because it would cool the day off some.  By the way I did not smoke or chew tobacco until that Summer. I had a hard time getting use to the heat at first coming from temperatures of around 79 degrees to Oklahoma that was 100 +.  Another plus, I got to experience M80's, cherry bombs, firecrackers, roman candles, bottle rockets which were all illegal where I lived in California. I also learned how to run a trotline, and catch the biggest catfish I had ever caught .  I would have to say it was quite a learning experience for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>