Have any "family" or longtime Tulsa ways changed since you were a kid? Were there things that were "religion" that were usually not deviated from in your parents household vs. your own household?
When I was a kid we always used for:
Burgers: Goldie's
Grocery Store: Skaggs
News: KTUL
Paper: Tribune
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: El Chico
Type of car: GM
Special Occasion: Royal Dragon
Radio: KMOD
NOW, In MY house, it's:
Burgers: Webers
Grocery Store: SuperTarget
News: KOTV
Paper:Whirled...
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: Compadres
Type of car: Jeep
Special Occasion: Tucci's, Bistro
Radio Station: Star 103, 94.1, KMOD
Here's a blank one so you can paste if you reply...pretty please!
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This is mine...the dining options are influenced by the children.
THEN
Burgers: Griff's
Grocery Store: Homeland at 15th and Yale
News: KOTV
Paper:Tulsa World and Tribune
Gas: Phillip's 66
Ice Cream: Tastee Freeze
Mexican: Casa Bonita
Type of car: Rambler station wagon
Special Occasion: Piccadilly's
NOW
Burgers: Bill's Jumbo Burgers
Grocery Store: Reasor's
News: TulsaNow
Paper: Tulsa World, USA Today and Urban Tulsa
Gas: Phillip's 66
Ice Cream: Blue Bell
Mexican: Speedy's
Type of car: Pickup truck
Special Occasion: Spaghetti Warehouse
I grew up in the 70s. Here's what I remember...
Burgers: Goldie's, Tastee-Freez, Dairy Queen, A&W
Grocery Store: Bestyet, Skaggs Alpha Beta
News: KTUL with Beth Rengel (weather with Don Woods and Gusty)
Paper: Tulsa Tribune
Gas: U-tote-M, Git-N-Go
Ice Cream: Braum's, Dairy Queen, Tastee-Freez
Mexican: Taco Tico, Taco Bueno, and El Chico
Type of car: Among many cars, I remember my parents' VW Rabbit, Ford Scout, and Econoline van
Special Occasion: Molly Murphy's and The Fountains
General stores: Anthony's and Otasco
Radio: K107, K95 and FM96
Way back in the day:
Burgers: Penningtons
Grocery Store: Lockameyers, Sipes, Safeway
General Stores: TG&Y, Sears, Otasco
News: Channel Two before it was KJRH
Paper: Tribune
Gas: P66
Ice Cream: Tasty Freeze
Mexican: El Rancho and Casa Bonita
Type of car: Ford
Special Occasion: Shadow Mountain, Bordens on Sunday
Drink of Choice: Beer
Radio: KMOD, KAKC
Today:
Burgers: Goldies
Grocery Store: Wal-Mart, Wild Oats
News: KOTV
Paper: Whirled, Tulsa Now (LOL)
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: Qdoba
Type of car: Ford (somethings don't change)
Special Occasion: Flemings, Bodean's
Drink of Choice: Crown
Radio: KMOD
Burgers: McDonalds
Grocery Store: Sipes 26th & Harvard
General Stores: Steve's Sundry, TG&Y
News: KTEW (2) or KTUL
Paper: World/Trib (I was a Trib carrier)
Gas: Skelly or Reeder's Texaco
Ice Cream: Dairy Queen
Mexican: Taco Bell
Type of car: Station Wagon
Special Occasion: What was that?
Radio: KAKC/KELI
Burgers: Ike's, any greasy place
Grocery Store: Depends on what's convenient
General Stores: Steve's Sundry, Drug Warehouse
News: Internet/KRMG
Paper: World/UTW
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Rarely eat it
Mexican: Bueno
Type of car: Truck
Special Occasion: Some out of the way place
Radio: KRMG, KMYZ, KMOD
Thanks for the replies, I really enjoy reading them![:D]
Then
Burgers: Lee's Drive In - Sand Springs
Grocery Store: Best Yet - Sand Springs
News: KTUL
Paper: Tulsa Tribune
Gas: Bowdens - Sand Springs
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: Casa Bonita
Type of car: Dad = Chevy Pickup, Mom = Lincoln Towncar
Special Occasion: Out on the boat on Lake Eufaula
Radio Station: KELI
Now
Burgers: Scott's - Bixby
Grocery Store: Reasors
News: KOTV
Paper: Daily Oklahoman
Gas: Phillips 66
Ice Cream: Cold Stone Creamery
Mexican: Ted's
Type of car: Wife = Acura TL, Me = Toyota Sequoia and Dodge Ram pickup
Special Occasion: Bodean's
Radio Station: Sirius
Then
Burgers: Goldies
Grocery Store: Skaggs
News: KRMG
Paper: World
Gas: Wherever
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: Taco Bueno, Taco Tico
Type of car: Chevy
Special Occasion: Casa Bonita
Radio: KRMG
Now
Burgers: Ron's
Grocery Store: Super Target, Food Pyramid
News: TulsaNow forum
Paper: TulsaWorld.com
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Archer Farms (target)
Mexican: Las Americas, Chipotle, Tico, Bueno
Type of car: Dodge
Special Occasion: Anywhere outside the house
Radio: KMYZ
Then
Burgers: Griff's, Sandy's, home grill
Grocery Store: Safeway, Humpty Dumpty, Gulf Mart & IGA
News: TV, Tulsa Tribune
Paper: Tulsa Tribune
Gas: DX Super Boron
Ice Cream: Grocery store
Mexican: ??????
Type of car: Chevrolet Malibu, Impala
Special Occasion: Luisianne
Radio: KAKC, KELI
Now
Burgers: my home charcoal grill, or Ron's
Grocery Store: Reasors, Warehouse Market
News: Tulsa World, TV, Internet
Paper: Tulsa World
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braums or grocery store
Mexican: Bueno, Bell, or my own kitchen
Type of car: currently Oldsmobile, but they don't make 'em anymore unfortunately
Special Occasion: Anywhere outside the house
Radio: don't listen to radio
Then when I was a kid...
Burgers: Linda Mar or Bundy Burger
Grocery Store: Safeway
News: KTUL
Paper: Tribune
Gas: Didn't drive, think dad used Texaco
Ice Cream: Dairy Queen
Mexican: Taco Hut in Crystal City
Type of car: Dad always had a new Ford LTD or Mercury Marquis.
Special Occasion: Freddie's Steakhouse
Radio: KAKC or KELI
Now as an adult...
Burgers: Arnold's
Grocery Store: Neighborhood Market but I'm not happy about it.
News: USA Today
Paper: Tulsa World online
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braum's
Mexican: Chimi's
Type of car: MINI
Special Occasion: McGill's
Radio: KRMG
Sounds like a lot of you had the statistically "non traditional" family, aka one set of biological parents. I had the typical Tulsa family so really no traditional place we ate at, car, paper, radio, tv, etc.
Went like this... Parents had me, divorced, each remarried. Lived with mom and her best friend Carol for a few years, then mom and step dad for a few years "they had my sister", then lived with dad and step mom for a few years "she had a daughter from a previous marriage" they also had my other sister, then lived with mom and her bf, then lived with dad and step mom, then lived with single mom, then mom and dad remarried "had my little brother". Occasionally lived with grandmother throughout that time. There may have been more in between there and the timeline may not be completely accurate, ya loose track after a while lol.
Lived in more houses than I can remember. Went to school in more schools than I remember, in Tulsa, Broken Arrow, and Owasso. Lived in one household that didnt go to church and mom was a science teacher and professor, to another household that went to church every sunday, prayed in a circle before the kids went out to play and went to a fundamentalist church where people would speak in tounges and wallow around on the floor. Lived in the city, went to a school where the kids smoked pot in the bathrooms and there were bars on the windows. To living in the country, gardened, fed and milked cows. Relatively wealthy nice houses to very small trailer and everything in between.
Have any "family" or longtime Tulsa ways changed since you were a kid?
Heck they changed regularly WHEN I was a kid lol.
Were there things that were "religion" that were usually not deviated from in your parents household vs. your own household?
Ummm,is that supposed to be a trick question? Which parents? [:P]
Tulsa Mini- try the hickory burger at the new Ike's next to Linda Mar. Not saying it's better than Arnold's it's compairing apples to organges, it's not a griddle burger. Thick patty, they must put crack in it because I can't quit thinking about it. Chimi's, eh? Didn't you used to do some ad work for them? It's ringing a bell.
Speaking of the Linda-Mar...
Most places only have vanilla, chocolate or strawberry shakes. The Linda-Mar drive-in has a cherry shake.
It is very, very good.
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Originally posted by Conan71
Tulsa Mini- try the hickory burger at the new Ike's next to Linda Mar. Not saying it's better than Arnold's it's compairing apples to organges, it's not a griddle burger. Thick patty, they must put crack in it because I can't quit thinking about it. Chimi's, eh? Didn't you used to do some ad work for them? It's ringing a bell.
We've tried Ike's a couple of times. Haven't had the burger yet.
And, you're freaking me out. How would you know about me and Chimi's advertising? That was a long time ago...
Then
Burgers: Brownie's, Pennington's
Grocery Store: Sipes
News: Gusty/Lionel
Paper: Trib
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braum's
Mexican: Casa Bonita
Type of car: Le Car (really)
Special Occasion: Charlie Mitchell's (hey...i was a kid)
Radio: The Rainbow Station, of course...that and the AM modern rock station in the late 80s
Now
Burgers: Claude's, Brownie's
Grocery Store: Wild Oats
News: Local Channel 53 KOTV, cause its always on, and TGOV. LOL
Paper: World
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braum's
Mexican: Cafe Ole
Type of car: Gary Fisher Mountain Bike
Special Occasion: Stonehorse Cafe...mmmm
Radio: 89.5 KWGS
I do love threads like these; they make me wax nostalgic!
Burgers: Hanks
Grocery Store: Sipes, Red Bud, Skaggs
General Stores: TG&Y
News: Channel Six..how could you go wrong with Lee Woodward and King Lionel?
Paper: World
Gas: Derby
Ice Cream: Braums
Mexican: Casa Bonita
Type of car: Pontiac
Special Occasion: Molly Murphys in the early 80s
Drink of Choice: Beer
Radio: KMOD, KAKC, KMYZ
Now:
Burgers: Hanks, Rons
Grocery Store: Warehouse Market
General Stores: What are those?
News: Channel Six..still the best news in town.
Paper: World
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Still Braums
Mexican: La Mansion
Type of car: Chevrolet
Special Occasion: Haven't had one in a while, but one I do remember recently closed is Mondo's.
Drink of Choice: Beer, 7 and 7
Radio: Sirius Satellite.
I'd like to add:
Then:
TV Shows: The Carol Burnett Show and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Now:
TV Shows: 30 Rock and Meerkat Manor
Cool....
Then TV Shows: Captain Kangaroo, Big Bill and Omagog, Bonanza, Laugh-In, The Mazeppa Show, Fantastic Theater.
Now: Weather Channel, Meerkat Manor, Monday night football, ESPN
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Originally posted by TulsaMINI
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Originally posted by Conan71
Tulsa Mini- try the hickory burger at the new Ike's next to Linda Mar. Not saying it's better than Arnold's it's compairing apples to organges, it's not a griddle burger. Thick patty, they must put crack in it because I can't quit thinking about it. Chimi's, eh? Didn't you used to do some ad work for them? It's ringing a bell.
We've tried Ike's a couple of times. Haven't had the burger yet.
And, you're freaking me out. How would you know about me and Chimi's advertising? That was a long time ago...
I'm telapathic, or was that psychopathic? I sent you a PM. I'm an old ad vet.
THEN:
Burgers: Pennington's
Grocery Store: Sipe's, Scagg's, Humpty Dumpty(!)
News: KTUL
Paper: Tribune and World
Gas: Phillips 66 or Conoco ("Fill 'er up with Ethel!")
Ice Cream: Swenson's
Mexican: Didn't eat it back then
Type of car: 1969 Olds Toronado
Special Occasion: Picadilly (seriously!)
NOW:
Burgers: Ron's
Grocery Store: Reasor's
News: KWGS FM 89.5
Paper: Tulsa World and Urban Tulsa
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braum's
Mexican: Senor Tequillas for happy hour margaritas; Mexico Lundo for the chicken soup. Albuquerque, NM for the good stuff...
Type of car: Chevy Prism (My "sexy" car!)
Special Occasion: Any one of several local places...and I've just discovered the steak at Molly's Landing. Not in Tulsa, and I'm not big on the "rustic" atmosphere...but the steak sure melts in your mouth!
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Originally posted by TheArtist
Have any "family" or longtime Tulsa ways changed since you were a kid?
Heck they changed regularly WHEN I was a kid lol.
Were there things that were "religion" that were usually not deviated from in your parents household vs. your own household?
I guess I am old school. I was born in 1957 in OKC and raised in Tulsa. ALL of my childhood friends had 2 parent households where the mother stayed at home. I don't recall any of my playmates that had divorced parents. Heck, I was raised Roman Catholic so divorce wasn't in our vocabulary. Our dads went off to the office grind every day, and mom stayed home to cook, clean house, drive we kids around, and be Cub Scout den mothers and PTA/school volunteers. May seem very idealistic and cliche now, but it was a "wonderful life" at least until I turned 13 when my father died, and I am sure I am a better adult for it. After dad come home from work and our school homework was done, the TV went off and we sat around the kitchen table to a family, home-cooked dinner EVERY night. To eat out at a restaurant was a rare, special treat. It really was an idealistic "Leave It To Beaver" sort of life, and I am glad I was a part of it. But you know, it is not so out of reach for families today, if they would reexamine their priorities and budget funds properly.
Of course all was not a bed of roses, in my own life or that of others. Dirty laundry was not talked about then; you just accepted your situation and moved on. You kept up appearances, which may or may not have been a good thing, but if I had to relive my childhood, I don't think I would change a thing except for my parent's premature deaths.
You are all so young.............
Burgers: Hardens (Johnny the Gyp) on 11th.
Grocery Store: Piggly-Wiggly (SE corner of Admiral and Harvard); Later on McCartney's.
General Merchandise: Oertles, Oklahoma Tire, Ben Franklin
News: Tribune and Channel 8 (once we got a TV)
Paper: Tribune
Gas: Skelgas, delivered to the farm
Ice Cream: Schively's (where Al's Subs are now, or the ice cream store in Dawson (closed in 56 if I recall)
Mexican: There wasn't any
Type of car: Hudson
Special Occasion: Borden's Cafeteria in Sheridan Village, Jamil's
Added: I recall dad coming home with a TV a couple of days after the night he heard on the radio that Gunsmoke was no longer going to be broadcast on radio, but was going to be a TV show.
Now
Burgers: Hardens on 4th and Sheridan (Johnny passed a few years ago)
Grocery Store: Wal-mart for staples, Beef and pork from McKinney's in Yale, Milk from Swans, produce from garden or Conrad's.
News: CNN
Paper: Oklahoman
Gas: QT
Ice Cream: Braum's
Mexican: made at home....restaurants don't do it
Type of car: Dodge pick up
Special Occasion: Jamil's