I liked the Monterey House ones...
Oh yeah! Monterey House was great! We ate there at least once a week.
I went out with a few of the waitresses.

Oh yeah! Monterey House was great! We ate there at least once a week.
I went out with a few of the waitresses.

When you growup eating certain foods at different places that's how a food should taste.

For mexican it was El Charrito.

When you growup eating certain foods at different places that's how a food should taste.

For mexican it was El Charrito.

Yup. El Charrito. Hmm.

But Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are not JUST catholic holidays.

1) The whole point in making the observation that I did was the fact Christmas and Easter have lost their religious/spiritual meanings.

2) That too many kids do not appreciate presents of any kind because the mentality has become one where they feel these are things they are entitled too. Things they should get, not earn or miss out on. And this is every day things not just holidays or birthdays.......

I guess I should have worded the original posting differently to have avoided the religious implications. The "Good Friday" story was to show how far things have slipped. Not that it was "Good Friday!!" It's probably true about the July 4Th holiday..
Memorial Day!!! It's just a three-day weekend for most. And another sale item (wreathes) for corporate America. How many remember it as Decoration Day and was to honor the war dead.

Forget the religion............

These are things that are passing us by now and soon will have no significance......

I'm sorry!! I forget how many of you are grant-grads and need things spelled out and a picture drawn...


Agree, most kids have no idea what the 4th of July , Memorial Day, Columbus day,l Veterans Day are really all about, much less Christmas and Thanksgiving. Some stores are even open on Christmas Day. It was a long time ago , but I do remember learning about something of these days in public school........

Having to wait... for anything!

Spit bath's!!

When mom or grandma would lick their thumbs and "clean" the dirt and such from your mouth..............:sofa:

From anyone of authority: "Spit that out!! You look like a cow chewin' its cud"

Letting the adults go first in line at a picnic, family gathering, and then being sent to clean up the mess while the old folks visited.

Spit bath's!

When mom or grandma would lick their thumbs and "clean" the dirt and such
from your mouth...

They still do that. It must be a genetic thing. It's always done with A LOT
of force and followed by, "OUCH! MOM, STOP! IT HURTS!"

From anyone of authority: "Spit that out!! You look like a cow chewin' its cud"

My Highschool biology teacher, Bessie Kelly said that!

Yup. El Charrito. Hmm.

Oh yeah, El Charrito (not El Chico, thank you very much). Over time I was privileged to get to know some of the people from El Charrito. Phil Renteria grew up working there and became a leader in the local graphic arts business. Great guy, he passed away in the '90's way too young. Lupe, one of the waitresses there, I last saw waiting tables at Nino's on NW Expy a few years ago. She was an awesome waitress and approached her job with good humor and seemed to really enjoy it.

Funny story, I went with a business associate, let's call him "Hoss", to Nino's a few years ago. He is a big blowhard of a guy who tries to impress people with his sense of humor. He made a fool of himself using bad Spanish, telling Lupe that if she didn't give us excellent service he would see that she was sent back where she came from. She said "Detroit?" She had a strong Mexican accent but was actually born in Detroit to a Mexican family. One of the best laughs I ever had.

Manners and etiquette.
Customer service, in the work place.

You're not what it's all about.

Does stealing (borrowing) a Watermelon fit in there????

Really going Snipe hunting and actually shooting a Jackalope....had the head mounted so people would believe me.....

Sneaking into the "girly" show at the State Fair.....Sheesh I thought I would be going blind. We went in under the back of the tent.....Boy, you want to talk about some cheesy looking ladies.......

Riding a real roller coaster (Big Dipper)...Not some computerized contraption....

Riding on a real cattle round-up....that was cool...hard work but it was fun....My new daughter-in-law told me she would go with me again...I think I'm too old.....

Does stealing (borrowing) a Watermelon fit in there?
We ought to vote on that one. That's something I never did, probably
because there weren't any melon patches where we lived.



Really going Snipe hunting and actually shooting a Jackalope... had the
head mounted so people would believe me...
Ah, the elusive Jackalope! Too funny. Snipe hunts were always fun. I don't
think any two hunts were ever the same.



Sneaking into the "girly" show at the State Fair... Sheesh I thought I would
be going blind. We went in under the back of the tent... Boy, you want to
talk about some cheesy looking ladies...

That would have been the 'Club Lido' at the Great State Fair of OK. They
were cheesy looking. They may have been pretty in the 20's. I felt sorry
for them.

Sneaking into the "girly" show at the State Fair.....Sheesh I thought I would be going blind. We went in under the back of the tent.....Boy, you want to talk about some cheesy looking ladies.......

Hey! One of them might have been my mom..................

Or my dad (ssshhhh), promised to never tell.

Those cheesy women become a cocktail waitress at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas or a waitress/greeter at the Skyline on S.E. 15th........:ohno:

Sneaking into the "girly" show at the State Fair.....Sheesh I thought I would be going blind. We went in under the back of the tent.....Boy, you want to talk about some cheesy looking ladies.......

Hey! One of them might have been my mom..................

Or my dad (ssshhhh), promised to never tell.

Those cheesy women become a cocktail waitress at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas or a waitress/greeter at the Skyline on S.E. 15th........:ohno:
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The more I think about that, the more I want to forget it. Thought we were cool though and yes it was the club Lido.....The Skyline??? you might be right...

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The more I think about that, the more I want to forget it. Thought we were cool though and yes it was the club Lido.....The Skyline??? you might be right...

The Skyline has a greeter/cashier that looks like that. Could have been the original Vampira (spelling?)

Servers were younger, much younger!

Went to the Skyline recently after finding out they served frog legs....

They were very yummy, plump and tender (The frog legs)

The more I think about that, the more I want to forget it. Thought we were
cool though and yes it was the club Lido... The Skyline? you might be right...

We ate at the Skyline a while back. It's been around forever and used to be
one of 'the places' on the southside.

Spit bath's!!

When mom or grandma would lick their thumbs and "clean" the dirt and such from your mouth..............:sofa:

Actually, a mother's saliva has the same cleaning properties as formula 409.:tiphat:

My kids or grandkids will never know about having to (or being able) picking up Pop bottles and selling them because you wanted to to earn some money. Not picking up cans because you needed to. They'll never know about selling Donuts door to door of mowing a yard and trimming around the base of the house for $2.00 and going to the State Fair all day on that $2.00.....
Knowing how to successfully "Hustle" is a learned art....going out robbing someone is a cowards way.....

... going to the State Fair all day on that $2.00..

Do they still have Fair Day for the schools. It used to be on Monday. The
teachers would pass out the FREE tickets the Friday before.

That was a great time! $5 and no parents!

I went to school in north east Oklahoma for a couple of years and they let us
out for the Tulsa AND the State fairs!

Do they still have Fair Day for the schools. It used to be on Monday. The
teachers would pass out the FREE tickets the Friday before.

That was a great time! $5 and no parents!

I went to school in north east Oklahoma for a couple of years and they let us
out for the Tulsa AND the State fairs!
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The Band Day was always GREAT.....You got in Free with your band uniform on....as did all the other schools that marched in the Fair Day Parade....plenty of places to check out when the girls had to get out of their uniforms....I didn't say that....

The Band Day was always GREAT... You got in Free with your band uniform
on... as did all the other schools that marched in the Fair Day Parade...
plenty of places to check out when the girls had to get out of their
uniforms... I didn't say that...

I remember that, but I was never in band. They let the pep club and cheer
leaders in, too.

Where would you put that monkey suit after you got in? Some would wear
T-shirts and shorts underneath, but I never knew where they would ditch
the uniform?

I remember that, but I was never in band. They let the pep club and cheer
leaders in, too.

Where would you put that monkey suit after you got in? Some would wear
T-shirts and shorts underneath, but I never knew where they would ditch
the uniform?

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On the bus with the girls uniforms.....think about it....

On the bus with the girls uniforms... think about it...

Oh.

OH!

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On the bus with the girls uniforms.....think about it....

Once were all gathered in the bus while leave after disrobing? Uniforms could have covered the windows................:bright_id

Once were all gathered in the bus while leave after disrobing? Uniforms could have covered the windows................:bright_id
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yeah, CHHS band members had to work in the dark.....

That would have been a memograph.

Memeo-Graph (black print) or possible Ditto (blue print). Take it from an old printer.

Memeo-Graph (black print) or possible Ditto (blue print). Take it from an old printer.

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One time we were trying to promote the TG&Y store at 23/Council....Had no extra advertising money and couldn't afford to "Mark Down" everything so, I went out and bought (My Money) a Mimeograph Machine and convinced ALL the merchants in the Center to advertise with us. They would pay or trade for
Advertising space and we (along with EVERYONE else) would put the flyers in their sacks when they bagged their goods.....Did Great.....Of course, we had the larger portion of the weekly ad....that way we could help ourselves get rid of our overstocks and not just buys the company had made.....Thanks Jim...

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One time we were trying to promote the TG&Y store at 23/Council....Had no extra advertising money and couldn't afford to "Mark Down" everything so, I went out and bought (My Money) a Mimeograph Machine and convinced ALL the merchants in the Center to advertise with us. They would pay or trade for
Advertising space and we (along with EVERYONE else) would put the flyers in their sacks when they bagged their goods.....Did Great.....Of course, we had the larger portion of the weekly ad....that way we could help ourselves get rid of our overstocks and not just buys the company had made.....Thanks Jim...

Thanks for correcting my spelling. I knew it was something like mimeo, memeo, etc. etc.

Something my kids and Grandkids w9ll never know is actually dressing up for Halloween and Not have all this diverse situation of Razor Blades in the candy. How many Popcorn Balls did you guys consume (or throw at each other) and NOT have to worry about eating it. I always thought when I became a Grandfather the grandkids would bring their candy back and share the Snickers with Grandpa.....Probably won't happen ......

How about not having to worry about where you could pop your fireworks. Cherry Bombs....Wind Chasers....REAL Roman Candles.......and then of course a burn ot two....How about being ingenious enough to go to the Drug Store and buy some liquid Cinnamon and make cinnamon sticks and sell them at school...did you ever do that.....They would even think about it.....

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One time we were trying to promote the TG&Y store at 23/Council....Had no extra advertising money and couldn't afford to "Mark Down" everything so, I went out and bought (My Money) a Mimeograph Machine and convinced ALL the merchants in the Center to advertise with us. They would pay or trade for
Advertising space and we (along with EVERYONE else) would put the flyers in their sacks when they bagged their goods.....Did Great.....Of course, we had the larger portion of the weekly ad....that way we could help ourselves get rid of our overstocks and not just buys the company had made.....Thanks Jim...

Barter System!

Communist!

Barter System!

Communist!

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Hey, I made so REAL GOOD money for about 5 months....had to come in on my day off to work the ads up....Have thought many times to do this in some of the dying Malls. Cost is almost nothing but, handing them out is a different story.....

Something my kids and Grandkids w9ll never know is actually dressing up for Halloween and Not have all this diverse situation of Razor Blades in the candy. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Several years ago NPR did a story concerning he said, she said events. Razor blades and harmful items in Halloween candy: Bogus! In the few instances where this has happened the candy was tampered with by a family member.

Wal-mart; Young boy comes up missing. He is found in a restroom with an adult who is coloring the child's hair to get the kid out of the store. Not one instance ever having been reported.

Urban Legends Abound.

Several years ago NPR did a story concerning he said, she said events. Razor blades and harmful items in Halloween candy: Bogus! In the few instances where this has happened the candy was tampered with by a family member.

Wal-mart; Young boy comes up missing. He is found in a restroom with an adult who is coloring the child's hair to get the kid out of the store. Not one instance ever having been reported.

Urban Legends Abound.
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Religiously standing I have a hard time with Halloween. But, as a kid it was a neighborhood thing....With the old days around there was no problems. Except one guy gave away nickles.....change into about five or six suits before we got caught.

Something my kids and Grandkids w9ll never know is actually dressing up for
Halloween and Not have all this diverse situation of Razor Blades in the
candy. How many Popcorn Balls did you guys consume (or throw at each
other) and NOT have to worry about eating it. I always thought when I
became a Grandfather the grandkids would bring their candy back and
share the Snickers with Grandpa... Probably won't happen...

How about not having to worry about where you could pop your fireworks.
Cherry Bombs... Wind Chasers... REAL Roman Candles... and then of course
a burn ot two... How about being ingenious enough to go to the Drug Store
and buy some liquid Cinnamon and make cinnamon sticks and sell them at
school... did you ever do that... They would even think about it...

The days of worry a free childhood are gone. There have always been
kooks who were deranged enough to harm kids on Trick or Treat. Now
they've multiplied exponentially.

Shooting off fireworks on the driveway or in the street was a way of life for
2 weeks. Getting burned was one of those rites of passage.

I sold cinnamon toothpicks at school! I'd get a vial of the extract from the
drug store on S.W. 59th and S. Pennsylvania. I'd get 3 cents per
toothpick! More if they were super hot!

Religiously standing I have a hard time with Halloween. But, as a kid it was a
neighborhood thing... With the old days around there was no problems.
Except one guy gave away nickles... change into about five or six suits
before we got caught.
We never celebrated Halloween but would go out on Trick or Treat night,
which was normally on the 30th. We'd check the paper to find out which day
it'd be on.

Something my kids and Grandkids w9ll never know is actually dressing up for Halloween and Not have all this diverse situation of Razor Blades in the candy. How many Popcorn Balls did you guys consume (or throw at each other) and NOT have to worry about eating it. I always thought when I became a Grandfather the grandkids would bring their candy back and share the Snickers with Grandpa.....Probably won't happen ......

How about not having to worry about where you could pop your fireworks. Cherry Bombs....Wind Chasers....REAL Roman Candles.......and then of course a burn ot two....How about being ingenious enough to go to the Drug Store and buy some liquid Cinnamon and make cinnamon sticks and sell them at school...did you ever do that.....They would even think about it.....

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My husband gave out vienna sausage (in the little cans) one Halloween. Made the kids look at him funny. He was probably the scariest thing they saw all night.

My husband gave out vienna sausage (in the little cans) one Halloween. Made
the kids look at him funny. He was probably the scariest thing they saw all
night.
THAT is plain weird!:omg:

THAT is plain weird!:omg:

He said it was a poor neighborhood. He also gave out cans of green beans. The next year, the traffic was lighter.

Remember the Kiwanis's Jr. Police being on patrol Halloween?

I sold cinnamon toothpicks at school! I'd get a vial of the extract from the
drug store on S.W. 59th and S. Pennsylvania. I'd get 3 cents per
toothpick! More if they were super hot![/QUOTE]

In my Freshman year of high school near photo day there sere some of us who had gotten in the habit of getting the cinnamon oil from Sheens and making our own cinnamon toothpicks. Since we were young and brave (translation;should have known better) we would lick or tip the bottle. It is easy to tell from the school photos who was messing with the oil. We had what looked like a 5 clock shadow from the base of the chin, around the mouth and upward. The irritation did not end at the base of the nose but for some it continued ever upward. Looked like a bunch of unshaven W.C. Fields troop.

I sold cinnamon toothpicks at school! I'd get a vial of the extract from the
drug store on S.W. 59th and S. Pennsylvania. I'd get 3 cents per
toothpick! More if they were super hot![/QUOTE]

In my Freshman year of high school near photo day there sere some of us who had gotten in the habit of getting the cinnamon oil from Sheens and making our own cinnamon toothpicks. Since we were young and brave (translation;should have known better) we would lick or tip the bottle. It is easy to tell from the school photos who was messing with the oil. We had what looked like a 5 clock shadow from the base of the chin, around the mouth and upward. The irritation did not end at the base of the nose but for some it continued ever upward. Looked like a bunch of unshaven W.C. Fields impersonators.

How many remember funeral wreaths being placed on the front door of the deceased's home? I am unaware if it is still practiced in our part of the country anymore. Makes an easy mark for criminals.

Dirt Bike trails at the I-40 and I-44 intersection.

We hung black crepe and funeral wreaths when my grandfather passed (1995). The funeral director said they don't see that much anymore.

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We hung black crepe and funeral wreaths when my grandfather passed (1995). The funeral director said they don't see that much anymore.

Were his funeral and such in Ok or back east? For some reason I feel that society in the N.E. part of the country carry on this tradition. Don't know why I have that idea.

Are wakes and visitations held in homes anymore?

Were his funeral and such in Ok or back east? For some reason I feel that society in the N.E. part of the country carry on this tradition. Don't know why I have that idea.

Are wakes and visitations held in homes anymore?

OKC. It is still big in places in New Orleans where his people came from.

You're bound to be a southsider. No one else would know what wedgies are in that context. :woowoo:

My great nephew fears me because of my ability to give the supreme wedgie. I guess that I'll never grow up.

Social Security
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Social Security
Free Market system

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Giving a tip because they earned it....not because society says you have to...

ten cent coffee

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Giving a tip because they earned it....not because society says you have to...

What happened to "Tipping is Un-American" from just 50 or so years ago?

What happened to "Tipping is Un-American" from just 50 or so years ago?

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I understand that a server makes their living (good or bad) by tips. What happens when I pay 9.00 for a hamburger that is thrown on the table...No nothing and then they give this sour look at you and then what??....Who is to say I should tip or should give 10% or 15% or 18%????/Where is the law that this is written into???? Now, if I get a good meal..a smile and just be noticed I tip what it's worth....Have tipped as much as 30% and more... for a good meal and a friendly person.....

ten cent coffee

Ten cent hamburger.

An "old fashion" hamburger.

Keep all the special sauces and the other that kill the taste of a burger.

Toasted bun. Slap the hamburger patty a couple of times with the spatula. A dab of mustard, slice of onion, and dill pickle.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOODDDD

Giving a tip because they earned it... not because society says you have
to...
Ooooooooooooooooo that's a good one! Prunette and I almost always tip BUT
if the service is exceptional they get a better tip.

The thing I absolutely abhor is when the waitress or waiter keeps the change
because they assume we don't want it, or worse, that they think they
deserve it. It doesn't matter if it's 3 cents, bring ALL of the change back. The
manager will get an earful every time it happens. It's bad business.

That a certain four letter word and any connotations therein is vulgar and not to be used in mixed-company, much less in public, and never,never,ever in front of one or both parents.

Never will they get to taste Lifebuoy Soap....

How about seeing an original Wringer-type Washing machine???

Having to hang their clothes on a line with Clothes pins????

But Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are not JUST catholic holidays.

1) The whole point in making the observation that I did was the fact Christmas and Easter have lost their religious/spiritual meanings.

2) That too many kids do not appreciate presents of any kind because the mentality has become one where they feel these are things they are entitled too. Things they should get, not earn or miss out on. And this is every day things not just holidays or birthdays.......

I guess I should have worded the original posting differently to have avoided the religious implications. The "Good Friday" story was to show how far things have slipped. Not that it was "Good Friday!!" It's probably true about the July 4Th holiday..
Memorial Day!!! It's just a three-day weekend for most. And another sale item (wreathes) for corporate America. How many remember it as Decoration Day and was to honor the war dead.

Forget the religion............

These are things that are passing us by now and soon will have no significance......

I'm sorry!! I forget how many of you are grant-grads and need things spelled out and a picture drawn...
Spelled and drawn out? That's funny! from a CHHS grad.