I swear the state motto is "Oklahoma is OK". Not great. Not the best. Just OK. Oklahoma is a very modest state unlike its neighbor to the south.
I am having a lovely time here. The weather is gorgeous and its always a lot of fun to hang out in my dad's office with "The Coffee Klatch" (as I call them). My dad's office seems to be the central meeting point for some of the folks here in Chandler, Oklahoma. They start coming by his office for coffee and gossip around 8:30 am. I get to hear a running commentary on politics, international affairs, and local gossip. (In case you were wondering, they think that Barak Obama will ultimately be the VP candidate to Hillary's Presidential candidacy in the next election.) But please don't make the mistake of thinking that this group of curmudgeons are a bunch of rednecks or hicks. Some are former senators, bankers, lawyers, and other interesting folks. All are well educated.
One interesting tidbit I picked up from a board member of a local bank is that this particular bank has grown 40% in the past year. I asked why and was told that people here are getting rich (again) from the oil business. You never hear about that these days. The way the media is reporting the energy situation it's easy to assume that just the Arabs and that crazy Chavez are making money off U.S. gas consumption but apparently lots of Oklahomans are making money too. So thank you to all the Humvee and SUV owners.
No great stories today from the Sooner State but if anything happens that is blog-worthy I will post it faster than you can say,"Oklahoma is OK".
I am having a lovely time here. The weather is gorgeous and its always a lot of fun to hang out in my dad's office with "The Coffee Klatch" (as I call them). My dad's office seems to be the central meeting point for some of the folks here in Chandler, Oklahoma. They start coming by his office for coffee and gossip around 8:30 am. I get to hear a running commentary on politics, international affairs, and local gossip. (In case you were wondering, they think that Barak Obama will ultimately be the VP candidate to Hillary's Presidential candidacy in the next election.) But please don't make the mistake of thinking that this group of curmudgeons are a bunch of rednecks or hicks. Some are former senators, bankers, lawyers, and other interesting folks. All are well educated.
One interesting tidbit I picked up from a board member of a local bank is that this particular bank has grown 40% in the past year. I asked why and was told that people here are getting rich (again) from the oil business. You never hear about that these days. The way the media is reporting the energy situation it's easy to assume that just the Arabs and that crazy Chavez are making money off U.S. gas consumption but apparently lots of Oklahomans are making money too. So thank you to all the Humvee and SUV owners.
No great stories today from the Sooner State but if anything happens that is blog-worthy I will post it faster than you can say,"Oklahoma is OK".
(This really is what Manvel Ave/Route 66 in Chandler looks like. The building my dad owns and lives in is right around the corner from where this photo was taken.)In case you are interested in the history of Chandler, OK...
Chandler, Oklahoma is a beautiful old town located on old Route 66. Chandler was founded in 1891 and has some picturesque old buildings in the downtown area. Well, the ones you see today are the survivors from a tornado that ripped through the town in 1897.
The Chandler area harks back to the days of the wild west. Cromwell, Oklahoma, a nearby town, was the scene of the last gunfight of the Wild West. Celebrated lawman Bill Tilgman lost his life in a gun battle with Wiley Lynn, a federal prohibition agent in 1924 and is buried in the Chandler cemetery. The Lincoln County Museum is a great stop off for some of the local history of the pioneers and Route 66.
The Chandler area harks back to the days of the wild west. Cromwell, Oklahoma, a nearby town, was the scene of the last gunfight of the Wild West. Celebrated lawman Bill Tilgman lost his life in a gun battle with Wiley Lynn, a federal prohibition agent in 1924 and is buried in the Chandler cemetery. The Lincoln County Museum is a great stop off for some of the local history of the pioneers and Route 66.
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