[Mattie Jo]

[quote]you can see all the way to tomorrow. Seeing a thunderstorm out there is the best nothing to block the view, pretty dang awesome.[quote]

Coming from CA to Ok I saw those big skies. it was as if I were seeing the real sky for the first time. I can't imagine what thunderstorms would look like. Maybe when we take a trip this summer we will see one in Nebraska, Kansas or some other State, but without a tornado.

[scaredofsnakes]

your to funny. Here in Oklahoma we don't care what you look like or what you wear or even if you've had a bath, would be nice though if you did.All we want is your money, money, money..lol No honestly, there are alot of friendly folks left in Oklahoma. It's nice to see polite people that take their time an want to talk. My father well now he could talk to you all day an night. He was one of those talkers. Never met a stranger in his life. Cause if they were they weren't when they left. That is the same way I am.. I usually can make a person laugh when they have a frown on their face. Just the way I am.. But then their are some of these Indians here in Oklahoma that honestly don't talk or smile. Wonder why? But it is true.. I have seen it way to many times.. Maybe they don't understand English very well. I dont know.

[winkie2]

Apparently Ok has a long history of being especially nice. Reading all these posts brought something back to my mind that my mother told me years ago. My parents went to Forgan Ok from Miss. 60 years ago, just to visit for a while with some friends. My mother was pregnant with me at the time. This was during the war & a lot of stuff was rationed. She was craving Juicy Fruit chewing gum, but because of the rationing never had enough. When she moved to town word got out that the new pregnant lady in town was craving Juicy Fruit chewing gum & she said everybody in town brought her their ration of gum. She took a pile of it to the hospital but after she gave birth to me completely lost that craving, but never forgot those wonderful people who brought her their ration of gum.

[baby_firefly]

no i dont think she was high
my aunt is the type that will bend over backwards just to help somebody in need or appear distressd
she grew up and lived in oklahoma her whole life and not only can she never shuttup but when she came to nyc she struck up random conversations with people, they lookd at her weirdly and started trying to get away as fast as they could
i think that girl is just the same way as my aunt very very chatty lol

[ukyankee]

I am an Okie by transplant (moved there 15 years ago from CA.) I have found the people to be more than friendly- they are compassionate, they share when they don't have a lot to give, they take time to sit on the porch and watch children play, they are kind to old people...I could go on, but let me give you an example. Shortly after moving to OK I found myself on a highway with a flat tire and no cell phone. A car pulled up and the woman inside said "Hold on Honey. I'll send my husband". Five minutes later a man pulled up and said his wife sent him to change my tire. But...by that time two cars had stopped and a young man was changing the tire. The man in the 2nd car helped the young man change the tire even though he had stopped with his wife and two children in the car. His wife chatted with me, the children played off the road, the third man supervised until the tire was changed. The young man refused my offer of money, no names were exchanged and we all went on our repspective ways. I am an african american woman and all of my rescuers were white, if that makes a difference to you.

For the last three years I have been working in the United Kingdom outside London. I kept my house in OK. After experiencing Brits, French, Germans, Swedes, Danish and a host of other nationalities/races. I can't wait to get back to Red, White and Blue Okies.

[flintysooner]

I enjoyed reading that story and thank you for sharing it. I have to say it is not uncommon for people to offer to help even around Oklahoma City. People still stop for funerals unless on the Interstate.