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ok got activated and ready to set up shop.Hello one and all,I am a refugee from the AK side of town,My name is Cleon. and i hope i bring a diverse point of view to these halls of sanctity.i live in a small town in eastern Oklahoma,called Muskogee,made famous by Mr. Merle Haggard.this is a very conservitive town of heavy hitting bible thumpers ,rednecks and various gang bangers and the like.
myself ,my wife Cheri and my 2 girls Cheyene,Daisy And adopted boy,Buddie live in the heart of what is fondly known as 18th street.a recovering war zone from the crack wars of the 80's and 90's.we are well received and live safely but cautiously.when the police come through here they travel 4 deep to a car not the usual single or double officer to a car. but none the less this is our home now.we at one time were on top of the world.
unforeseen circumstances with the parents and my wife's health and mine have bought us back to Muskogee.we lived in Denver ,Colorado before this and both worked at career jobs at K-mart.in '98 my mother suffered a massive stroke were i needed to take off of work to help care for her.we sold our hose and much of our possessions to move in with them.and in 2000 we were able to move back out and into a nice apartment.my parents moved back to Muskogee to their birthplace.
soon after my father sent for us to move to Muskogee also to help them with things.once again we were uprooted.we soon found employment here in Muskogee at and earned less than half of what we earned in Colorado.then in '06 my wife suffered a massive stroke that left her paralyzed and not able to communicate.and i had been managing my own health issues that had evolved from my military days(non combat related).we stayed in our house till '10 living off of our credit cards and me working when i could.my dad passed in '08 and my mom in '09
we stayed in our house that was across the street from parents house for another year till we had to get out due to it being in foreclosure.we at one time had a credit score of 800 and better. and know we live from disability check and what i make on ebay selling off our possessions.so here we are at this stage of our lives.and boy do i have some opinions about things.this is or family pictures
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac259/cleonjr/fam/HPIM8212.jpg (http://s905.photobucket.com/user/cleonjr/media/fam/HPIM8212.jpg.html)
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ok part 2 of our journey, We are a very strong Christian family.and are happy for the most part and satisfied with our situation.we live frugally,but have funds to pursue or hobbies my wife likes jigsaw puzzles and goes to a daycare type facility Mon-Fri she is high strung and likes to adopt all the stray dogs on the neighborhood. me i love music and like to get a nice piece of stereo equipment when funds allow.Daisy is the tiny yorkie and Cheyene is the medium terrier mix.and Buddie is the blue english bulldog we are keeping for a freind.that is us in a nut shell. more to come.
Dondilion
11-12-2013, 06:32 AM
Welcome One1 !
Quite a journey in life you share with us. I am sure with time you will
also share your political perspective.
BTW that is a mean looking pit bull. Are you intimating your political
tenor? :D
JJIII
11-12-2013, 06:33 AM
Welcome to the forum.
merrylander
11-12-2013, 06:50 AM
Welcome aboard, and hang in there maybe St. Anthony will come up with something.
Welcome One1 !
Quite a journey in life you share with us. I am sure with time you will
also share your political perspective.
BTW that is a mean looking pit bull. Are you intimating your political
tenor? :D
oh boy do you know it,i cant wait to get started,gonna mingle in later today,and find some juicy spots to start with.
Welcome aboard, and hang in there maybe St. Anthony will come up with something.
You Know it!!!
donquixote99
11-12-2013, 07:30 AM
Welcome one1!
barbara
11-12-2013, 07:37 AM
Welcome!
piece-itpete
11-12-2013, 08:49 AM
Howdy Cleon! :wave: That is a beautiful dog. I pray your situation changes as you wish.
Pete
Oerets
11-12-2013, 09:03 AM
Welcome aboard! Fellow K-Mart alumni, worked twice for the company in the seventies. Once in the back then in security. Met the future wife who also worked there. Most of my oldest friends come from the days at K-Mart.
Barney
Howdy Cleon! :wave: That is a beautiful dog. I pray your situation changes as you wish.
Pete
that would be nice if change comes ,but in the world we live in at the moment would it really make a difference.i really do accept my life as it is and I am happy for the most part.because i really do understand my reason for being born.and i will do my best till my last breath
Welcome aboard! Fellow K-Mart alumni, worked twice for the company in the seventies. Once in the back then in security. Met the future wife who also worked there. Most of my oldest friends come from the days at K-Mart.
Barney
K-mart was the place to be at one time .now it is just a shadow of it's former glory.in the town i live in there are never more than 5-6 cars in the parking lot and the wally world lot is full.
bobabode
11-12-2013, 12:46 PM
Welcome to PC, Cleon.
CarlV
11-12-2013, 03:18 PM
Howdy!
K-mart was the place to be at one time .now it is just a shadow of it's former glory.in the town i live in there are never more than 5-6 cars in the parking lot and the wally world lot is full.
Yep mine too, well they do a bit better than that. I still drive by the Walmart to go to it instead.
Neither my Sears or the Kmart sell cd's anymore, how weird. Well, Kmart has old whatever is left stock on the shelf and the Sears has nothing at all.
Carl
BlueStreak
11-12-2013, 03:27 PM
Howdy!
Yep mine too, well they do a bit better than that. I still drive by the Walmart to go to it instead.
Neither my Sears or the Kmart sell cd's anymore, how weird. Well, Kmart has old whatever is left stock on the shelf and the Sears has nothing at all.
Carl
It's that old, "Oh, NOBODY buys those anymore.". Then they notice the old codgers scrounging around in the thrift bins......................
Think vinyl.:)
Dave
BlueStreak
11-12-2013, 03:36 PM
Oh, and; WELCOME CLEON!
That is quite a story.
I now have my sister living with me. She had her fifth heart surgery a few years ago and is pretty much restricted to working part-time now. Fortunately, I still have a pretty good job that pays the bills.
You never know what challenges life will hand you.
Dave
yes we are quite resilient.and we rise to the challenge.we are wired that way.
Rajoo
11-12-2013, 07:21 PM
Welcome to Political Chat Cleon.
rajoo
icenine
11-12-2013, 07:35 PM
Welcome Cleon to PC!
I am afraid it is not politically correct sometimes
Warm greetings from someone who grew up in Oklahoma and once -- many years ago -- had the deepest crush upon a girl who went to HS at Tulsa Washington and, later, went to Rogers State in your city.
I have felt some of your loss and do not frequent AK much these days as, while I maintain ownership of my classic sound system, it hasn't been plugged in for over a year and that site is difficult mentally for me, right now.
That said, I adore people here and very much wish that I could locate an opportunity to meet any of them, anywhere.
I cannot stress to you the joy I have found here, when I could locate none anywhere else, and hope you get same. :)
BlueStreak
11-13-2013, 03:46 AM
Why do I fell like I should be wearing hip waders?
Dave
JJIII
11-13-2013, 05:15 AM
Someone hijacked Zeke's account!;)
Warm greetings from someone who grew up in Oklahoma and once -- many years ago -- had the deepest crush upon a girl who went to HS at Tulsa Washington and, later, went to Rogers State in your city.
I have felt some of your loss and do not frequent AK much these days as, while I maintain ownership of my classic sound system, it hasn't been plugged in for over a year and that site is difficult mentally for me, right now.
That said, I adore people here and very much wish that I could locate an opportunity to meet any of them, anywhere.
I cannot stress to you the joy I have found here, when I could locate none anywhere else, and hope you get same. :)
hiya Zeke,thank you for the welcome.yes i started on AK and it does get mentaly challenging sometimes i mostly just lurk and see if i can find a interesting thread on the older stuff.
yes i think this spot is going to be good for me also.i have a lot to say, and already i am running into ,i cant say opposition but i guess normal new kid on the block stuff.that is healthy though it shows your moral and inner fiber.my best friend (we were more like brothers than friends).we started off not liking each other and almost went to blows.life is funny that way.i have some more pictures i will put up later.i guess when i get going full steam my life will be pretty open.
that is ok i have no problem with that i have no deep dark secrets ,not a serial killer or NSA member or anything. ok well gotta get the pictures loaded.
oh yea Oklahoma is a pretty good place to live.it suits me cause i am a country hick type anyway. i hope no Oklahoman's take that the wrong way.i am just sayin' a simple down to earth type feeling i get.
ok this is my cutie going to school ,kinda chili this morning, 19 degrees.
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac259/cleonjr/fam/HPIM8298.jpg (http://s905.photobucket.com/user/cleonjr/media/fam/HPIM8298.jpg.html)
ok and my 2 little girls Daisy(the little yorkie she is 8years old) and Cheyenne(she is a terrior mix and 4 years old we found her)they just got back from getting there shots and ahaircut.
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here are 2 of my wife's neighborhood Friends she let them in for some heat and a hot meal.
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piece-itpete
11-13-2013, 09:51 AM
I see one's a terminator dog :)
Pete
I see one's a terminator dog :)
Pete
good catch,Pete,figured i would be friends with them just in case.
merrylander
11-13-2013, 10:31 AM
No dogs, he died of cancer just a month before his 17th birthday, but we have three ferals who live in heated doghouses on our deck. The mother cat and two of her daughters. Can't come in because of allergies.:)
Momma Missy and Freckles
No dogs, he died of cancer just a month before his 17th birthday, but we have three ferals who live in heated doghouses on our deck. The mother cat and two of her daughters. Can't come in because of allergies.:)
Momma Missy and Freckles
Beautiful cat's,the cats around us are pretty much wild my wife try's to get them up on the porch but they want nothing to do with humans ,they are smart.she gives them food and warm milk though.they keep the rat population down around here.
JJIII
11-13-2013, 01:05 PM
No dogs, he died of cancer just a month before his 17th birthday, but we have three ferals who live in heated doghouses on our deck. The mother cat and two of her daughters. Can't come in because of allergies.:)
Momma Missy and Freckles
If I'm ever homeless I'm gonna come live on your deck!:D
merrylander
11-13-2013, 01:07 PM
If I'm ever homeless I'm gonna come live on your deck!:D
They adopted us, we had them spayed and there they are. They are God's creatures so someone neeeds to look after them.
donquixote99
11-13-2013, 01:18 PM
They adopted us, we had them spayed and there they are. They are God's creatures so someone neeeds to look after them.
JJ is reconsidering.
piece-itpete
11-13-2013, 01:31 PM
ROTFLMAO!!
Pete
JJIII
11-13-2013, 04:27 PM
JJ is reconsidering.
You got that right!:eek:
Charles
11-14-2013, 05:01 PM
Someone hijacked Zeke's account!;)
I've mixed Psilocybin and Valium as well.
Chas
bobabode
11-14-2013, 08:55 PM
JJ is reconsidering.
HAW! Can I ear notch him?:D
bobabode
11-14-2013, 09:03 PM
I've mixed Psilocybin and Valium as well.
Chas
Bourbon and vicodin here but that's all in the past now. Now it's just bourbon and wacky tabacky.
Well howdy to you fella's too.just barging in without a proper hello or nothing.but that is what you get now a day's.
You little snot's could have at least bout some Hooker's too,along with the party favor's.
I have a interjection i would like to add.you know today i got kinda emotional coming from the grocery store.My usual bout of self pity and bitterness at our situation in life.And I thought of my father,The whole time i grew up and later as an adult,I had never seen this man cry.And he had lot's to cry about he had lost more than half of his brothers and sisters to murder's.he had a very large family too.he was a very soft spoken man. always worked 2 job's as long as i can remember.
The only thing i ever knew him to do wrong was to every now and then he would call my mother and she would go and he would have stashed a box out by the dumpster at the restaurant he worked at.And later he would tell everyone that he had done that but he did it to feed his family,and he knew it was wrong.
I really deep down believe that his generation was the last of Proud Men and Women.there is always the exception but in my opinion it is getting very rare to see this type of strength and pride.And I know he did wrong and some will point that out. but it is like this "who is without sin let him cast the first stone"just wanted to add this since it was on my mind.
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