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OUAndy1807
2/2/2006, 10:22 AM
It's just a big Lawton, really. I don't see what the big deal is.
picasso
2/2/2006, 10:24 AM
It's just a big Lawton, really. I don't see what the big deal is.
hey, we Tulsa types are just glad OKC finally started picking up the trash.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 10:26 AM
Threads that start with "Tulsa or Tulsans" are always fun.
They never seem to start with Lawton though...
JohnnyMack
2/2/2006, 10:28 AM
Hills.
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 10:33 AM
and trees. Don't forget the mother ******* trees dammit.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 10:48 AM
I love tulsa!
but bartlesville better.
you live out in no mans land awhile and you appreciate the green and the trees.
Widescreen
2/2/2006, 10:50 AM
Tulsa is great. I used to have great respect for Andy. Now, not so much.
picasso
2/2/2006, 10:51 AM
I love tulsa!
but bartlesville better.
you live out in no mans land awhile and you appreciate the green and the trees.
the land around Woolaroc and also west of B'ville towards the Osage Hills State Park is some of the nicest in the state.
Also, OKC is just a larger version of Amarillo.
I'm a great Tulsa fan. I want to retire there someday........... When's the boat show?
oumartin
2/2/2006, 10:53 AM
Osage hills park is a hidden gem in this state my friend. When the water flows through there its just beautiful.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 10:53 AM
Does Woolaroc have a casino?
sanantoniosooner
2/2/2006, 10:53 AM
Shawnee is just a bigger Seminole.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 10:53 AM
The best thing about living in Tulsa is it's not OKC.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 10:54 AM
Also, OKC is just a larger version of Amarillo
w/o the XXX silos on the interstate
OklahomaTrombone
2/2/2006, 10:54 AM
I'm a great Tulsa fan. I want to retire there someday........... When's the boat show?
This weekend
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 10:54 AM
Well, OKC has just really become a real city, and I am happy for that.
And Tulsa needs so much work on infrastructure, jobs etc.
But one thing important to me is eating, and Tulsa has much better restaurants than OKC.
Not sure why, but that is undisputed fact.
I'm a great Tulsa fan. I want to retire there someday........... When's the boat show?
Now. And this weekend. Golf show too.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 10:55 AM
the land around Woolaroc and also west of B'ville towards the Osage Hills State Park is some of the nicest in the state.
Not too loud or Garth will buy it.
OUAndy1807
2/2/2006, 10:56 AM
at least OKC doesn't have a bunch of nasty refineries.
Really, though, last night I went to a concert up at Cains and it was the first time I've gotten off the highway in Tulsa in my 26 years of living in Oklahoma. I was pretty impressed.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 10:57 AM
People get jealous because we have a big driller...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002296/images/driller%20sunset%2030.jpg
Now. And this weekend. Golf show too.
Cool! I bought a boat there back in 1987.........
Flagstaffsooner
2/2/2006, 10:58 AM
Tulsa feet smell worse.
picasso
2/2/2006, 10:59 AM
Well, OKC has just really become a real city, and I am happy for that.
And Tulsa needs so much work on infrastructure, jobs etc.
But one thing important to me is eating, and Tulsa has much better restaurants than OKC.
Not sure why, but that is undisputed fact.
midtown Tulsa is hard to beat. Downtown will never have a Bricktown feel because they've turned most of the old buildings into parking lots.
My gf's Dad is a city planner and he gets red when you talk about the City Council.
Seriously though. nice job with Bricktown OKC, but no thanks.
And, the state fairgrounds in OKC doesn't compare, it's a craphole.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 11:01 AM
What, those beautiful lights shining off the refineries is what makes it a special place. If not for oil would Oklahoma even exist or just be part of texas?
I love me some refineries. they kept me employed for a number of years.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:01 AM
We have some really swank adult bookstores too.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 11:03 AM
In Tulsa?
I know we went to some flea markets up around admiral and noticed dreamland but I had no idea about bookstores.. sorry i missed those.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:04 AM
The novelty items alone are worth the trip.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 11:05 AM
ah crap. I hear there is a place on sheridan thats worth visiting as well. Bar I believe it is. Tangles or something like that.
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 11:05 AM
at least OKC doesn't have a bunch of nasty refineries.
All two of them.
And they are pretty damn small as well. But they do look like crap regardless, but such is the legacy of Tulsa's previous status as oil capital of the world.
OUAndy1807
2/2/2006, 11:06 AM
And, the state fairgrounds in OKC doesn't compare, it's a craphole.
this is about to be corrected.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:06 AM
ah crap. I hear there is a place on sheridan thats worth visiting as well. Bar I believe it is. Tangles or something like that.Bars are for reprobates.
oumartin
2/2/2006, 11:07 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
However, if you visit refineries down around Corpus or in in California they dress up the area around the refineries enuff that you don't really notice the refinery.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 11:07 AM
My Wife drove us by the Expo Bldg yesterday.
They had a sweet RV for tailgating parked out front.
Looks like another banner year for the show.
Already lots of traffic getting it going.
http://www.tulsaboatshow.com/
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 11:08 AM
midtown Tulsa is hard to beat. Downtown will never have a Bricktown feel because they've turned most of the old buildings into parking lots.
My gf's Dad is a city planner and he gets red when you talk about the City Council.
Seriously though. nice job with Bricktown OKC, but no thanks.
And, the state fairgrounds in OKC doesn't compare, it's a craphole.
The founder of SKYY vodka and some other bizzillionaire just bought like 1/2 of downtown now, and I believe their intent is to really pump some money into a lot of those old buildings.
They said they did the same in NYC, so I guess they know what they are doing.
picasso
2/2/2006, 11:10 AM
this is about to be corrected.
you'll need 10 years worth of work.
I know, I've exhibited at both Tulsa and OKC. no comparison.
picasso
2/2/2006, 11:12 AM
The founder of SKYY vodka and some other bizzillionaire just bought like 1/2 of downtown now, and I believe their intent is to really pump some money into a lot of those old buildings.
They said they did the same in NYC, so I guess they know what they are doing.
I'm really hoping they open up those artist lofts in the Brady district they've been talking about.
also, have you seen those new brick townhouses just west of Peoria near downtown? pretty cool.
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:14 AM
And no one has mentioned our arena of glass with no parking.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 11:17 AM
Is that a new barn they are building in front of the race track or an old/new one they are tearing down?
crawfish
2/2/2006, 11:20 AM
Norman is just a bigger Stillwater.
Without the hicks. Or the manure smell. Or the beastiality.
And with smarter people.
OK, I guess it's really NOT a bigger Stillwater.
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 11:20 AM
And no one has mentioned our arena of glass with no parking.
There's going to be plenty of parking.
We just need more parking meters. :rolleyes:
http://www.vision2025.info/includes/pages/tvbroadcast/photo.gif
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:22 AM
Won't it be wonderful to see Carrie Underwood in concert?????
OklahomaTrombone
2/2/2006, 11:23 AM
I'd like to see her in my bedroom
Pieces Hit
2/2/2006, 11:26 AM
I hear she don't eat the meat.
Jimminy Crimson
2/2/2006, 12:34 PM
But one thing important to me is eating, and Tulsa has much better restaurants than OKC.
Not sure why, but that is undisputed fact.
You say tomato, I say tomahtoe.
colleyvillesooner
2/2/2006, 12:36 PM
I'd like to see her in my bedroom
You gotta computer in there right? ;)
OklahomaTrombone
2/2/2006, 12:36 PM
I hear she don't eat the meat.
You've heard wrong
Okla-homey
2/2/2006, 12:38 PM
I'm a great Tulsa fan. I want to retire there someday........... When's the boat show?
right now d00d. weigh anchor and cruise on up.
JohnnyMack
2/2/2006, 12:40 PM
There's going to be plenty of parking.
We just need more parking meters. :rolleyes:
http://www.vision2025.info/includes/pages/tvbroadcast/photo.gif
Nice location choice, dillholes. :rolleyes:
Nice location choice, dillholes. :rolleyes:
What's wrong with it and/or what would have been a better choice?
right now d00d. weigh anchor and cruise on up.
I might have to do that Saturday, I haven't seen Jimmy Houston in years.
Unless things have changed, they serve beer at the boat show.
Tear Down This Wall
2/2/2006, 12:49 PM
I've lived in both and like OKC better than Tulsa.
bigdsooner
2/2/2006, 12:51 PM
Norman is just a bigger Stillwater.
Without the hicks. Or the manure smell. Or the beastiality.
And with smarter people.
OK, I guess it's really NOT a bigger Stillwater.
heh:D
i cant quit laughin
bigdsooner
2/2/2006, 12:53 PM
i love tulsa. the only other place i would live is dallas
JohnnyMack
2/2/2006, 12:54 PM
What's wrong with it and/or what would have been a better choice?
I think it's a bad location because there's isn't a lot of room for growth with it pinned between the federal/county courthouses, the old convention center and those pesky railroad tracks.
edit: and the bus station and the jail are nice additions too. :rolleyes:
I would've liked to have seen them built it over in Greenwood, or next to where the Spaghetti Warehouse & Caz's is located over on Brady. I think it would have accelerated the growth in that area that is already primed for it, whereas in the space they chose, they'll be fighting tooth and nail just to get anything close to it.
Isn't there room to the north of it? I think that's where that apartment building is that the City shut down, among other dumps.
I'm not that familiar with the area near Greenwood you're speaking of...are there a lot of businesses there? Maybe it was a matter of affordability.....I dunno.
Norman is just a bigger Stillwater.
Without the hicks. Or the manure smell. Or the beastiality.
And with smarter people.
OK, I guess it's really NOT a bigger Stillwater.
Growing up in Norman, living there through college and now having to work in Stillwater and live about 12 miles south of it, I definately can vouche for that......
KC//CRIMSON
2/2/2006, 02:16 PM
Tulsa has CrookedX:D
Crooked X was formed in April of 2005 and is comprised of 4 hard rocking 12 year olds! Their sound is definately inspired by Metallica with a little southern rock influence here and there. "Crooked X's" musical ability and maturity far exceeds their age.
Within a few short months "Crooked X" was featured live on Tulsas Rock Station KMOD. They are the youngest group ever to be featured on the morning show with Phil and Brent. They recieved E-Mails from their fans as far away as Iraq from soldiers who listened to the broadcast. Soon after, "Crooked X" was featured live on KOTV Channel 6 in Tulsa with TV personality Omar Villafranca. Crooked X original "GRAVEYARD" was featured on "HOMEGROAN" with Jay Pitts on Z 104.5. Thanks Jay!
With over 20 shows under thier belts, "Crooked X" has had a consistent schedule of local shows and has developed a great group of die hard fans. "Crooked X" has been accepted to play at the Music Pool at Lake Eufaula in April and has several out-of-town venues in the works.
Crooked X looks forward to rocking in your town soon!!!!!!:D
http://www.crookedx.com/crooked_x_web.htm
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 04:12 PM
That arena was built in the dumbest of locations.
Its a block from the friggin JAIL. and at least 3-4 blocks from any of the downtown bars or restaurants.
I think the "good ol boys" just picked the location cause they owned some of the land near it.
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 04:12 PM
I think it's a bad location because there's isn't a lot of room for growth with it pinned between the federal/county courthouses, the old convention center and those pesky railroad tracks.
edit: and the bus station and the jail are nice additions too. :rolleyes:
I would've liked to have seen them built it over in Greenwood, or next to where the Spaghetti Warehouse & Caz's is located over on Brady. I think it would have accelerated the growth in that area that is already primed for it, whereas in the space they chose, they'll be fighting tooth and nail just to get anything close to it.
amen.
Its a block from the friggin JAIL.
6 blocks.
picasso
2/2/2006, 04:23 PM
That arena was built in the dumbest of locations.
Its a block from the friggin JAIL. and at least 3-4 blocks from any of the downtown bars or restaurants.
I think the "good ol boys" just picked the location cause they owned some of the land near it.
it's not like it was a piece of cake. they had to buy out some long established businesses who didn't always go quietly.
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 04:28 PM
6 blocks.
6 blocks?
The arena is being built between 1st and 3rd right?
The jail is on Archer isn't it?
OklahomaTuba
2/2/2006, 04:30 PM
it's not like it was a piece of cake. they had to buy out some long established businesses who didn't always go quietly.
Yeah, then that grave yard.
This arean is cursed, I still doubt it will ever be finished for less than half a billion.
Pretty sad. Horrible location and way to expensive.
6 blocks?
The arena is being built between 1st and 3rd right?
The jail is on Archer isn't it?
The arena is around 3rd and S Denver, the jail is at 300 N Denver.
Pretty sad. Horrible location and way to expensive.
I thought it was pretty comparable to other arenas of similar size built in similar size cities. No?
OklahomaTrombone
2/2/2006, 04:34 PM
The arena is around 3rd and S Denver, the jail is at 300 N Denver.
Yup...its actually closer to places like Caz's and SW than where the arena will be
StoopTroup
2/2/2006, 04:36 PM
The Arena will be a beacon of light for the Tulsa economy.
We will get all the big monster truck events and maybe some really decent rodeo events, not to mention the possibility of getting at least 2 to 3 thousand more folks go to Talons games.
Yup...its actually closer to places like Caz's and SW than where the arena will be
:confused:
KC//CRIMSON
2/2/2006, 04:37 PM
I thought it was pretty comparable to other arenas of similar size built in similar size cities. No?
I think it's pretty cool. Where else could you go to a concert, get thrown in jail, get out of jail, go to the blood bank, and visit a pawn shop, all in one city block?:D
We will get all the big monster truck events and maybe some really decent rodeo events, not to mention the possibility of getting at least 2 to 3 thousand more folks go to Talons games.
Why would you say that? With it, they can probably get some concerts that we wouldn't be able to get w/o it (do you think Paul McCartney would go to OKC and play The Myriad?). They can bid on NCAA regionals, C-USA tourneys, Mid-Conn, etc. I just think it gives Tulsa a better opportunity of attracting better events than they have now. I could be wrong.
And I don't know that the arena alone will help spur downtown development, but it will help. As will the private investment from folks such as the vodka dude.
I think it's pretty cool. Where else could you go to a concert, get thrown in jail, get out of jail, go to the blood bank, and visit a pawn shop, all in one city block?:D
Come on down and let your wife drive. We've been needing some new azaleas to plant downtown.
:D
OklahomaTrombone
2/2/2006, 04:40 PM
:confused:
The jail
KC//CRIMSON
2/2/2006, 04:45 PM
Come on down and let your wife drive. We've been needing some new azaleas to plant downtown.
:D
Hey, you get them to throw in a Waffle House and a tattoo parlor and we are so there....;)
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