Moving to Oklahoma

Ok so the job wants to pay me not to come to work now....what a deal. Found a house in Broken Arrow Ok...fixer upper but with character( 50 years old like me)!
My wife and I will move there by may 1st and should have the house finished in the next 10 years or so! In the mean time I leave behind my San Diego reline group and will need to hook up with the local Tulsa redline community. Give me a shout. Larry
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Larry,

I have lived in Broken Arrow my whole life. I have yet to find any regular gatherings for redline collectors here. I know there is a Tulsa group that meets monthly. T-Town Wheelers-- google for website, they do have a newsletter I believe. If you happen to find any more please let me know. Welcome to the community. I hope your move is a very smooth one.

Todd H.

I live in Bixy, a suburb right next to Broken Arrow. Will look forward to see you about.
I know a couple others locally that are into collecting, but it seems the new stuff is what most of Tulsa collectors are after. What a joke!
Jeff

Todd and Jeff, I am looking forward to meeting you both. I am only a redline type and try to avoid the "mainline mentality " if you know what I mean. My house will take alot of my time but I will need a diversion from time to time. I will reach out again once I am there and ready to play with my toys...Larry

Larry...sorry to hear you will be leaving SoCal. We shall keep in touch buddy.

Best of luck in Oklahoma!

Jeff

Larry.......wow, That is going to be a change, from SoCal to Oklahoma, Probably will be a nice change though...You only live once so another experience in life isn't a bad thing...Good Luck on the move....

Larry, i'd rather live in the gutter than with all those libs in tax-i-fornia. Good Luck!!

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I was wondering where you lived...now I know.

The "gutter" happens to be 5 acres with a lake, creek, bridge over the creek, 3000 sq ft house, and a 4 car 1500 sq ft garage...for half of what my rent house is in San Diego per month....did I mention the lake has Bass, perch and Catfish....all off the deck of my house....no permit required....can't be happier.

Pix of the house
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Larry:
Living in the country is the best place to be. Good Luck on your new adventure. The weather might be a little bit of a shock for a southern California guy.

Greg

Looks beautiful Larry...best of luck brother!!!

Thanks for the support and good words...You know how much the friendship has meant to me through the years. I will always have a guest room ready...well give me a year, after that you are all welcome to vacation in Oklahoma......Larry

Congratulations Larry it looks like a nice step up and fishing out the back door is almost as good as getting a pink 442 in the mail. I hope we will still see your smiling face at the conventions but if not, best of luck on the move and getting the place in order. It looks like a great place to live.



Jeff

As someone that grew up in the Phoenix area and would spend a couple of weeks in San Diego every year and still tries to make it over once a year or so - and we always love it - I have to admit that my first thought was ugh... But I've never lived there so I have no idea what it would be like on a day to day basis. I'm sure that Oklahoma will slow the pace down for sure and, like you said, the cost of living is probably half - and the thought of having that much land with water is awesome. The picture looks great - show us more! Congratulations!

And by the way, I don't want to speak for him, but I'm relatively sure that Mark was saying that he would prefer to live in an actual gutter than CA - I don't think that he was referring to Oklahoma as a gutter.

Edit: the minute I first posted this it dawned on me that my avatar pic was taken in Mission Bay - told you I love it over there!

Thanks again everyone. I sort of knew what Mark meant, but it was a great opportunity to tell a little more about my new home. Home they say "is where the heart is". Lori and I both grew up in Tulsa.
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Welcome to Oklahoma. My wife and I have lived near Tulsa since 99. Great place to raise a family.

Your first post...I am honored, welcome to the board. I will get in touch after the big move. Larry

Larry:
Looking good. keep us updated with pics.

Greg

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Well, Larry, you are now an official CIO. (California Improved Okie)!

I have never thought of it that way.....But I know a lot of NBTC (never been to California) OKIES that would argue that point with you
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This is a bridge over a creek you cross to enter my property....I have never owned a bridge before...WAIT isn't there a joke about that?

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Do you own a .22??? That pond looks absolutely ripe for turtle shooting. I've done it more than once in Oklahoma, it's a great he man sport!!!

Hi Larry - Best wishes for a smooth move to Oklahoma. Your new place looks great to me! I live about two miles outside of Harrisburg, Oregon which is about 15 miles from Eugene. I have a couple neighbors but there is a 93 acre field across the road. Not totally country but as close as I've been able to find given the location. Why anyone would want to live in town or, worse yet, a city is completely beyond me. The sun is just coming up at my place and other than the birds it is absolutely dead quiet. If you've never lived in the sticks before you may actually find it a bit unnerving for a couple weeks.

I was born and raised in Kansas. Brace yourself for the humidity. Depending on the year it can be unpleasant. The best part is it leaves in the fall. Buying several floor fans to keep the air circulating will help a bunch.

Any bass?

Lane

Thanks Scott and Lane....Yep there are turtles and Bass. This house sort of popped up and fell in our lap. I was not ready to retire(relocate) but it was in our long term plans. Lori and I are both from Tulsa and we understand the weather and the humidity issues. Hopefully no surprises there.
I spent 3 weeks working on the house in March. I just love the quiet and the wildlife....Other than the mud dobbers that have taken over the outside of the house.
Here is a sample of the wood work in the house....Game room ceiling.
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Hey Larry,

Awesome house!!! Thanks for sharing the pictures and congratulations on the move. Hope you will still make it to the Conventions.

Andrew

Looks and sounds awesome Larry, congratulations!

once again thanks for the well wishes. 1 week from retirement, 2 weeks from living in the house. We are stoked. Lots of work to do on the house and property.....but lots of time to do it,,,,,now I just need lots of money and energy and We are set. This hobby has been good to me....see you all at future conventions...Still have the love for my toy cars....thanks Larry[ATTACH=CONFIG]87067[/ATTACH]

welcome to broken arrow oklahoma. i lived here 44 years and my family lived here since 40s. peaceful and boring town. lol nice place. jeff.. ravenstang and i are buddies. we will be glad to show u around. give me a msg when u move.
jerry

Larry:

Any new updates on the ranch? That top view is awesome,are both bodies of water yours?

Greg

hey larry, just caught this thread, i live in bixby. we`ll have to hook up sometime. tim

Hi everyone We have moved in. Just finding which box has what. It will be a while till I have my toys set up but if anyone wants to drop in to meet and greet, we are at 111th and lynn lane. Give me a ring...619 204 3908 I am looking forward to meeting all of you. Greg we own part of both bodies of water, and I have
confirmed that there are fish in it ....life is good. Larry

thats only about 20 minutes from me. welcome to the hood!

That is awesome!!!!! I bet the stress level is a lot less than southern California?

Greg

Greg I am having to adjust to the thought of being retired. Can't say it has really sunk in yet. Cost of living is way less. We have made alot of progress in less than a week. Really happy to have the move done and over. Thanks for the warm welcome......Tim...give me a ring when you can stop by. Larry 619 204-3908

Congrats Larry that you are in the house now.......I bet you are having a pretty cool time, looks like an Awesome Homestead for sure!
Wish I was closer, I'd pop in for a tour....

Welcome to God's country aka Oklahoma LOL, being that close to the water you need to watch out for snakes.

Ok so 2 weeks into living in Okla and we could not be happier. Killed 2 snakes so far...caught my first large mouth bass ever....I feel like I am slowly getting a handle on the house. Spent most of the day cutting back over growth in the yard. I may squeeze out some time to set up my redline room soon. Hope to meet all of you soon. I plan to host a redline party next month for all my new crew in tulsa. Thanks for all the good wishes. Life is great right now. Never better..Larry

Glad to hear it Larry!

Thanks Jeff.

Well our home was invaded by a "Masked Bandit" at 2 am Friday morning. I left some old bread in a zip lock to feed to the birds on a window sill and a raccoon decided to find a way in to get it. We are redoing an upstairs bed and bath and had a window out but covered in plastic. He somehow got up to the window and clawed through the plastic, came down the stairs and had his meal. When I work to something in the house, I grabbed my gun and hunted down the intruder. Funny thing is, as a city boy, I was really unsure how to coax a raccoon out of the house without putting holes in the walls. Or if they will attack for that matter. After about 10 minuted of throwing shoes and prodding him with a broomstick, he finally found the open door out. I guess i have a few things to learn. Never thought I would be searching snakes and raccoons on the internet. My toy room is half way set up now. progress is being made. Larry