Author Archives: OkieMan

Fly me to the Moon but no further.

What do I do with this? Almost everyday I hear on public radio a program about stars, blackholes, quasar’s, Goldilock planets, and marvelous detailed color photos from telescopes previously launched far into outer space. What do I do or even we do with such eclectic information? How does it affect me here in northcentral Oklahoma.Continue reading “Fly me to the Moon but no further.”

I love the smell of fresh pressed rubber tires.

The Golden State/Sooner State connection. Having grown up in a tiny house near a major industrial area in Los Angeles, we were just down wind from the B F Goodrich tire factory. Almost in the shadow of the Willard Battery water tower. Just north of the railroad tracks near the Union Pacific switching yards. AContinue reading “I love the smell of fresh pressed rubber tires.”

What a cool place to work Pops.

posted by Chuck Ayers   The oil refinery. My dad told people he would meet he worked as a night supervisor at an oil refinery.  However the oil he spoke of was soy bean vegetable oil.  That and shortenings and margarines.  Most of which went to large commercial bakeries. During world war II a bigContinue reading “What a cool place to work Pops.”

Red’s revenge.

  A follow-up to the original.   Red’s Retribution. It was at midterm in her sophomore year at Forestview college when her Grandma sadly had died.  But it was no surprise because grandma was unfortunately slowly going down anyway.  This was not a very good time for Red and her mom.  But anyway as timeContinue reading “Red’s revenge.”

I’m here to see the mouse.

  The place to find fantasy fun and fairytales. When you first drive into the humongous parking lot at Disneyland, you pass under the elevated monorail and immediately you are directed by an army of white nosed parking directors pointing this way and that.  All cars follow each other and park neatly in a rowContinue reading “I’m here to see the mouse.”

Turn me on, Phil

  They called it a Philco cathedral radio.  A wooden table top model about two feet tall with scrolling cut outs over the five-inch speaker and it weighed about 25-pounds.  It was called such because of its arching top something like a church cathedral.  Below was an analog dial pointing from 550 kilohertz’s to 1550Continue reading “Turn me on, Phil”

Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?

  The Captain’s curse. Not sure if you notice these things but the CBS Morning Show has almost always rated last for early morning news and interview shows.  The Today Show and Good Morning America has flipped back and forth in the number one  and two spots.  CBS has been a distant third with lowContinue reading “Where do you get all those Ping Pong balls?”

Throwing out the constitution with the bathwater

  Its almost like re-writing the Bible.  Changing truths to suit our own life style. This is what haters of the US Constitution are trying to do.  Get rid of rule of law and American History.  Forget the past, make it up as we go along.  The constitution may be old and stodgy but itContinue reading “Throwing out the constitution with the bathwater”

No, we are Democrats.

                The supreme commander of NATO came back to the United States in order to run for president. I told my mom General Eisenhower has arrived back in America and will run for President.  This was early spring 1952 and I was in the second grade.  By the way this was my first awareness ofContinue reading “No, we are Democrats.”