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Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: sgrizzle on September 21, 2008, 09:11:18 pm If any of the following apply to you:
If you think 71st and Memorial is safer than Admiral and Sheridan If you think being the city with the most philanthropic giving of any in the US is a bad thing. If you signed a petition to recall Gomez or Patrick but not Randi Miller. If you never go south of 51st. If you never go north of 41st. If you think the Albertson's in North Tulsa being vacant is the fault of the city and not economics or capitalism. If you think the millionaires should keep their same level of giving, but you should have a voice in what they give it to. If you think that spending money on new transit options is a bad idea now and in 15 years will be complaining that we don't have more in place. If you can't name a single place to eat in Tulsa that isn't with 10 minutes from your house/work. If you think a mayor working for no salary donating millions to City projects is doing it all for selfish reasons. If you think replacing old cottages with giant estates makes midtown nice. If you think stopping anyone from doing anything is a solution in midtown. If you leave your house at 7:40, get to work at 8, and still complain about "the traffic." If you think North/East/West/Downtown (pick one) should just be left to die out, because that doesn't effect you. ... You might be a Tulsan. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: MDepr2007 on September 21, 2008, 10:47:50 pm Midtown complain?
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: dbacks fan on September 22, 2008, 08:45:32 am I was thinking "You might be a Tulsan if you know what 'MA-HU' means.
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: sauerkraut on September 22, 2008, 09:59:49 am I was never sure if a Tulsa resident was called a "Tulsan" or a Tulsaite". I'm not even sure what a Houston resident is called, A "Houstionan" or a "Houstonite"! A Dallas resident is called a "Dallasite" A Columbus, Ohio resident is called a "Buckeye"[:)]
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: ARGUS on September 22, 2008, 10:09:56 am sgrizzle, send that list to Urban Tulsa; more of US need to think about things like that and TULSA'S BEST INTERESTS.
Good Post. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: tim huntzinger on September 22, 2008, 12:07:48 pm Yeaaaah but what does it take to be THE Tulsan?
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: Skip Towne on September 25, 2008, 11:36:06 am quote:Is a Tampa Bay resident a Tampon? Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: cannon_fodder on September 25, 2008, 01:03:42 pm quote: 1) Guilty. I probably venture south of 51st street 4 times a month. Most of that is a stop over. 2 + 3 are kind of mutually exclusive and somewhat all encompassing. Ergo, everyone is a Tulsa. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: breitee on September 25, 2008, 02:53:58 pm quote: MAbel and HUgh Hodges, owners of the huge limestone mansion that sat upon the hill across from Oertle's at 25th and Memorial. They both died in 1970 and the mansion was left to rot, becoming Scream in the Dark for a few Halloweens, then finally succumbing to the elements. It was torn down in 1978 after a series of fires. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: dbacks fan on September 25, 2008, 03:13:13 pm quote: Ding! Ding! Ding! (http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p309/kallsop2/MAHU.jpg) Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: sgrizzle on September 26, 2008, 06:04:57 am quote: They aren't exclusive. The middle ground is redevelopment that fits with the area. 2 is the McMansioners and 3 is the people asking for a moratorium on all midtown demolition. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: Skip Towne on September 26, 2008, 09:40:22 pm You might be a Tulsan if you remember the "Golden Drumsticks".
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: dbacks fan on September 30, 2008, 10:58:51 am You might be a Tulsan if you remember the "flying saucer" KELI studios when they were on the fairgrounds.
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: Aa5drvr on September 30, 2008, 12:27:28 pm You might REALLY be a Tulsan if you knew the it was Golden Drumstick (singular), and that the KELI radio building was actually a corporate display for one of the International Petroleum Exposition shows. I think it was Mid Continent Supply.
Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: RecycleMichael on September 30, 2008, 02:05:20 pm I went to the Golden Drumstick so many times as a kid I could fart feathers.
When I was ten, I got in a fight behind the restaurant to see which of us tough guys got to take the prettiest girl to the school fundraiser at Franklin Elementary across the street. I won. She made me spend all my money buying her stuff. I somehow never learned a lesson from it though. Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: Hawkins on September 30, 2008, 08:56:51 pm Cool!! Awsome thread!! Okay, okay, my turn.
You might be a 'Tulsan' IF 1. You have a daughter named Kaitlyn (spelled a variety of ways, but there are probably 800,000 'Kaitlyns' living here). 2. You drive a PT Cruiser or a pickup truck. 3. You slam on the brakes for yellow lights and yield signs, and drive like a turtle. 4. You smoke. 5. You panic when you have to go 'downtown' to pay a traffic fine, because you don't know where you are going, and will likely get lost on those pesky one-way streets down there (that's me). Sadly, I think that about sums up 98% of the population here. [;)] Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: sgrizzle on October 01, 2008, 07:01:56 am quote: You have Kaitlyn but you left out "Aiden/Caiden/Jaiden?" or being named after a president (Regan, Kennedy, etc) Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: JessnT on October 31, 2008, 01:30:48 am quote: What a coincidence that I ran across this post today. I grew up around there and when I was little, a bunch of older kids took us younger kids over there late one night and walked us up to the house and ran off, leaving us all alone. I think some other kids were hiding and making noises and trying to frighten us! Of course this was after all the nightmarish stories for weeks leading up to the trip over there. I ran all the way home (3/4 mile) without stopping once, and I think I probably peed my pants too! When I got older, I didn't even want to participate in scaring the younger kids. That was the spookiest landmark I knew as a kid!! I still glance that way when I make it to that area of Memorial. Thanks for finding that picture!! Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: JessnT on October 31, 2008, 02:13:09 am I didn't know how to add the picture. Maybe someone else can.
Here is a link to the mansion when it was young and pretty! http://www.tulsaokhistory.com/photogallery/mahumansion.html Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: carltonplace on October 31, 2008, 06:58:47 am Here
(http://www.tulsaokhistory.com/photogallery/mahumansion.jpg) Title: You might be a Tulsan... Post by: AMP on November 01, 2008, 08:52:00 am When we opened Oertle's store across the street from the mansion, my mom and I made a trip over to the mansion. We spoke to the owner, to check if the paging system or lights were a problem with him. He said, oh no not at all, I just love it that we now have a grocery store and department store so close.
He rode over to the store in his private ambulance with his driver about once a week to shop. He always had his oxygen bottle close to his wheel chair. And he always smiled at me and said thank you sir when I opened the door for him. I remember the Long Horn Cattle that roamed his property. Speaking of sound over the Public Address System at Oertle's, KELI Radio 1430AM and the Kelly brothers, one of my jobs at Oertle's was to play the Specials over the PA. Those were pre-recorded by the KELI DJs and played on a 1/4" reel to reel tape recorder. I had to play them every 15 minutes, but I also had to wait for the song that was playing over the Muzak system to end before starting the announcement. |