tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post3307102023224651108..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: "Okie Pride"A Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-41121994135641904432015-03-08T03:46:16.585-07:002015-03-08T03:46:16.585-07:00You don't control where you're from only w...You don't control where you're from only where you go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453990769681687739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-72848958514670044392015-03-06T14:23:15.483-07:002015-03-06T14:23:15.483-07:00Yes, Jerry, thankfully we grew out of that shame. ...Yes, Jerry, thankfully we grew out of that shame. But it was there, alright. Okie and poor were burdens we shared as children.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-90389043507314628742015-03-06T14:10:32.091-07:002015-03-06T14:10:32.091-07:00Scrib, your musings today were of particular inter...Scrib, your musings today were of particular interest to me because I also am an Okie. When I was a kid I thought being called an Okie was akin to being called a nigger and was ashamed of being so poor. When our family drove through town I would lie down in the back seat so that none of the kids I knew would see me in our old ratty car. Those feelings of inferiority gave me the drive to rise to whatever measure of success I now enjoy. Today, like Merle, "I'm proud to be an Okie" as you are, and pretty much advertise the fact.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065083508434349688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-80826926661192336852015-03-06T07:00:51.117-07:002015-03-06T07:00:51.117-07:00Nicest compliment I've had for a long while, C...Nicest compliment I've had for a long while, Corky.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-66795822657430599262015-03-06T06:54:59.636-07:002015-03-06T06:54:59.636-07:00Hear Hear.
You are going to become required readin...Hear Hear.<br />You are going to become required reading for my children. <br />Thank you CorkyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com