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I remember the Champlin stations, there was one at the corner of 63rd and Meridian. I remember the gas wars at that corner and the price was only 25 cents a gallon at that! Obviously a long time ago....

Talking about 63rd and May kind of jogged my memory about something. We're talking 1967/68 era. I remember there was a slot car track somewhere north of the intersection. Up near where the theater...

I well remember the NW Expressway/Highway and MacArthur intersection and the fireworks stand on the NW corner. We would walk through that intersection coming home from Hefner Jr. High when we didn't...

I well remember KOMA and it's rival WKY in the 60's and 70's and many were the times my mother would tell me that she came in and turned off the "transistor radio" that I had fallen asleep listening...

We have a 2011 5.7 v8( 6' bed, crew cab ) Tundra to tow our 9000lb RV and it does the job very well in addition to being a very comfortable truck. We towed that trailer all over the west with no...

I graduated Putnam City High School in 1975. What a great time it was.

Cold with lots of snow out here in the high desert NE Oregon. Beautiful, but cold!

Mike

One of the things I miss the most is losing track of the people I knew and what's going on in their lives. I knew so many people that I started first grad with( Rollingwood Elementary School ) and...

It has been 40 years this month that my family and I left OKC to move to Oregon. As I look back on those years I have mixed feelings about leaving. I had grown up in OKC, having gone from first grade...

I've been singing the praises of Winco here in the Portland Or. area for years. It should do just fine in OKC.
It's bittersweet for me as in a few months my wife and I are moving out to our property...

Yes, the Dip! The oil pan on my 73 Plymouth Duster( Cragar SS mags, 60 series tires on the back and, of course, air shocks ) bears witness to that! As I recall that was on the North side of the lake?...

Yes, it is a shame to see them go. I've looked to them for electronic parts since the 60's. I remember as a kid going there with a magazine like "Popular Electronics" and buying parts for a project....

To those who want to drill near the lake:

Drill, baby, drill!

You couldn't wait to lord your mineral rights over farmers, ranchers and even home owners so you could over-produce and,...

Apparently you aren't old enough to of seen the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Lt. Dan Combs and the fast draw "highway safety" shows he used to put on all around the state. I saw him at schools, Boy...

50th and MacArthur was never high class, but I remember when It was vibrant commercially. I worked at Kennards Discount Grocery on the NE Corner along with the other businesses that you mentioned. I...

Can't resist having fun with this one!

1. I use checks quite often, especially at the grocery store. Winco still takes them and I don't use a debit card. If they want my business they'll need to...

I remember it, but vaguely. My dad had a 63 VW Beetle which I know he had serviced there. For some reason I have a memory that they may have moved further south towards Norman sometime later as I can...

Olympia beer! Hah! I remember it well. I've passed the brewery( now closed ) so many times going up to Seattle. It looks like they're trying to make office space out of it now. As I recall, it was...

You can say that again! We've gone from a commie under every bed to a terrorist under every bed. I guess Washington has to keep pumping out the fear. Give us our rights back and I can deal with the...

In memory of my father, PFC John Popa, 334th Infantry, 84th Division, Company F. Upon being drafted in 1943, he was sent to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania as part of the Army's ASTP( Army...

Yes, there were periodic ash falls in the years following. It just depended on which way the upper level winds were blowing.
I remember looking at the horizon and you could see a column of ash...

Living in Oregon I remember Mt. St. Helens well. I think it was a Sunday as I had come home for the weekend from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Or. I don't remember how I heard that it had...

I grew up in OKC but have lived in the Portland, Oregon, area for many years. Portland is a very progressive, cosmopolitan, international city with great attractions, but yet I've wanted to leave for...

Another one of my arcane nostalgia posts.

I know there is lots of discussion about Downtown Airpark as a music venue, but I remember it as an airport. As a kid I was fascinated by aviation( still...

In response to ctchandler: I think you once mentioned you worked at Hertz, and what you describe may be a perfectly valid model for that environment. In the West Coast Tech environment I've known for...

Winco has been a part of the North West for years and I do all my grocery shopping there.

They have the best prices in the Portland area and the quality is good. You have to bag your own...