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You May not know how much I loved the freedom of being a police officer. I was a Texas State Trooper with the highway patrol. We took our patrol cars home. So when I left the house in the morning, as soon as I backed out of my driveway I was at work. I would call dispatch and tell them I was 10–8, 10–41. Which meant I was in service and beginning my tour of duty. Sometimes I would stop a car a block from my house or it might be 30 or 40 minutes later. Sometimes I would go two weeks without ever seeing my boss. We were trained to handle our business and turned loose. The modern day micro management hadn’t effected us yet. We would work our way two counties over and meet some other troopers at a lake restaurant for some catfish. Sometimes we would head out three or four counties away and work a rodeo or a chili cookoff.The cars I got to drive were also great. I started with a 1987 Ford Mustang, one of the best pursuit cars I ever had. I drove a Chevy Iroc Camaro, which was a great car. I drove a Chevy Caprice with the LT1 Corvette engine, that car was a blast. My last vehicle was a Ford Explorer with the twin turbo Eco boost engine, really a great patrol vehicle. Had so much fun driving over the years. Went through a high speed driving course In Oklahoma, it was balling I’m telling you.As a state trooper the area I worked on an average day was 3 to 4 counties. Never boring really, you could always go somewhere and find something to get into. We backed up P.D.s, S.O.s, Game Wardens, even the occasional federal agent. I worked all over the state in my career. Worked riots in Dallas, Austin, Corsicana. Did hurricane duty on the coast several times. Worked the Mexico-Texas border for 3 years. Hardly ever a dull day.The shooting practice was also a blast. I was a gun enthusiast, so the more shooting practice the better. I’ve carried in my career the following. Colt 45, Winchester 12 gauge shotgun, M16 full auto rifle, S&W 357 magnum, Sig Sauer P220 45 auto, Sig Sauer P226 DA/SA 9mm, Sig Sauer 357, Sig P226 DA/SA, Sig Sauer P226 357sig DA only, Ruger Mini 14 rifle, Remington 870 12 ga. Police shotgun, Remington police magnum 12 ga. Shotgun, Mossberg 12ga. Police shotgun, M4 5.56 bushmaster rifle. We had Shooting competitions and practices all the time. Just imagine getting paid to become a better shot. The ammo was free and so was the camaraderie. I spent about 4 years on a district shooting team which was also a blast. Got to meet some world class shooters that were as good as Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill Cody. It was truly a great adventure of epic proportions, I would start all over again tomorrow and do it all over again.Now on a somber note there were tough times. I lost several friends along the way. It is only by the grace of God that I am still here. The last three years were trying with all the hatred towards the police. It has broken my heart. But that’s all I’m going to say about that. Hope you enjoyed.

Thank you for asking me.There are quite a few. I found a list and cut and copied but only a portion of the “D"s. You can check thelinks to finish the rest of the alphabet. There are so MANY!Plus don't forget Rogers's and Hammerstein's big block buster play turned Academy Award winning “ Oklahoma!” the musical.**Blurb about Rogers and Hammerstein**Founded by the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and headquartered in New York City, The Rodgers& Hammerstein Organization owns the rights to the world's most popular stage and film musicals, including OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.List of songs about OklahomaThis is a list of songs about the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Oklahomans and Oklahoma locations.Songs about OklahomaLeon Russell American singer-songwriterContent is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted24 Hours From Tulsa" — Gene Pitney; written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, 1963[1]"Ain't Oklahoma Pretty" – written and sung by John Pizzarelli, performed with Bucky Pizzarelli, 2009.[2]"All Aboard for Oklahoma" – Spade Cooleyand Ike Cargill, vocal by Red Egner, 1947.[3]"All Across Oklahoma" – The Brombies, 2010.[4]"All the Time in the World" – John Fullbright, 2012.[5]"Almost to Tulsa" – Buddy Charleton, pedal steel guitarist with Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors.[6] -- Later recorded by Mike Auldridge on Dobro.[7]"Along the Verdigris" – Tom Paxton, recorded with Iris Dement singing harmony, 1994.[8]"Anywhere I'm Loving You" – Matt Hillyer and Eleven Hundred Springs, 1999.[9]"The Bad Roads of Oklahoma" — Susan Herndon, 2010.[10]"Back in Oklahoma" – Written and performed by Jamie Richards, 2004.[11]"Back in Oklahoma" – Wayde Blair, 2006.[12]"Back to Oklahoma" – Ned Miller, 1970; written by Alan O'Day.[13]"Back to Oklahoma" – Michael Fracasso, 1995.[14]"Back to Oklahoma" – Jim Layeux, 1998.[15]"Back to Oklahoma" – Donnie Duree, 2009.[16]"Baja Oklahoma" – written by Willie Nelsonand Dan Jenkins for the HBO movie of the same name, 1988. Later recorded with significant variations by Karla Bonoff, 2007.[17]"Ballad of the Oklahoma Women's Liberation Front" – Beth Elliott, 1976.[18]"Beim alten Bill in Oklahoma" – Written by Ulrich Jonas, Peter Power and Rolf Soja, recorded by Heino, 1979.[19]"Big Boat Across Oklahoma" – Hank Thompson, co-written with William Penix, 1969.[20]"Big Cedar" – Bill Grant and Delia Bell, 1976 and 1980.[21]"Blown Away" – written by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, recorded by Carrie Underwood, 2012.[22]"Blues for Oklahoma" – Virgel Bozman, 1950.[23]"Bob's Got a Swing Band in Heaven" – Red Steagall, 1978.[24]"Border Oklahoma" – Norfolk & Western, 2001.[25]"Boy from Oklahoma" (about Woody Guthrie) – Willis Alan Ramsey, 1972.[26]"Boys from Oklahoma" – Written by Gene Collier; recorded by Cross Canadian Ragweed, 2002.[27]C"California Cotton Fields" – Written by Dallas Frazier and Earl Montgomery, recorded by Frazier, then by Merle Haggard, 1969/71.[28]"California Okie" – Kevin "Blackie" Farrell, recorded by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, 1975.[29]"California Okie" – Robert John Jones, a.k.a. "Rocky Topp", writer; recorded by Buck Owens, 1976.[30]"California Okies" – Betty Overstreet, 2007/8.[31]"Cherokee Maiden" – written by Cindy Walker, recorded by Bob Wills, 1941; a #1 hit for Merle Haggard, 1976; later performed by Asleep at the Wheel, 1999.[32]"Cherokee Strip" – written by Glenn and Tim Spencer, members of the Sons of the Pioneers, 1940. Performed by the group in thein the movie The Durango Kid. Later recorded by Bob Beckham, 1967.[33]"Chickasha City" – written by Kris Bergsnes, Larry W. Herbstritt, Brian Dean Maher and Rich McCready, recorded by McCready, 2005; later recorded by Charley Austin, 2008.[34]"Choctaw Bingo" – James McMurtry, 2002; also recorded by Ray Wylie Hubbard, 2005.[35]"Chouteau, Oklahoma" – Brian Wyer, 2008.[36]"Cimarron (Roll On)" – The Jimmy WakelyTrio; written by one of the trio, Johnny Bond, 1938.[37]Cleveland County Blues" – John Moreland, 2015.[38]"Coal County Country" – Ed and Jolene Bullard, 1983.[39]"Crazy About Oklahoma" – written by Al Smith, recorded by Jimmy Reed, 1967.[40]D"The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)" – written by Steven R. Diamond and Mark Daniel Sanders, recorded by Wade Hayes, 1997.[41]"Dear Okie" – Doye O'Dell and Rudy Sooter, 1948.[42] Later recorded by the New Lost City Ramblers, 1968, and Hank Thompson, 1969."Death Trip to Tulsa" – Mark Lanegan, 2014.[43]"The Devil Went on to Tulsa" – Jana Jae, 1979.[44]

Jobs…Houston…hands down… (You did not mention your work field) Dallas/Ft Worth is good too. If I knew your field, I could be more help.CRIME: Don’t live in the inner city anywhere, Find a suburb…buy a house in a subdivision and good luck. If you choose Houston..try SOUTH suburbs…League City, etc…that is OUTSIDE HARRIS County and the commute is tough… Except for DEER PARK,,,say away from the Houston ship channel area for living.San Antonio is good, but jobs are ‘more specific’… no real oil or heavy industry….Buy a place north of I-10…you can buy inside 1604, but BE CAREFUL…HUNTINGTON subdivisions for now are good..but stay away from ‘service hub’ all along the areas close to I-10 through out the city…SA is putting low cost apartments in those areas and the crime and drugs are coming along with that. Ask me how I know.If you are in OIL RELATED FIELD of work…pick your town…pick a good neighborhood recommended by your company. HOUSES ARE CHEAP…COST OF LIVING IS LOW… We have GOOD COPS all over the place. Schools are good the farther away from the Mexico border you get. (we, by law, HAVE to take illegal children into our schools…most do not speak English)Lastly,,,be careful in El Paso. My birth place. And also be careful ANYWHERE along the Texas-New Mexico-Mexico border… Things are getting out of control there and the democratic mindset of New Mexico really doesn’t seem to care. They do little about the drug ‘trucks’ and the illegal ‘buses’ who bring the drugs and illegals and crime along the border to find jobs and buyers along the Tx-NM border. They view the drug/illegal/crime traffic in their state as a “Texas-US Government Problem”. (we screened FOUR bus loads of ‘job applicants’ in Clovis, NM, for high paying, oil field labor jobs. 3 persons were drug free, none had USA documents and two persons offered me cocaine packets for a job)If you can find work…North EAST TEXAS is the SECRET OF TEXAS… Longview, Texarkana, Marshal, Tyler….up in the corner by Oklahoma and Arkansas. If you can find work there…schools are good, crime is low, housing is fair…Police do their jobs….