Oklahoma Pictures (Pink, Atwood: special needs, home, quiet)

[TheComputerGuy]

If I recall correctly, GP said it was an oil thingie.
(Like my technical term?)

[redbird4848]

GP wins the prize. Get that man a cookie.

*"An oil well directly south of the Capitol was drilled in 1941 and named “Petunia #1” because drilling was done in the middle of a flower bed. It produced up to 600 barrels of oil per day before running dry in 1986. It is one of the several oil wells surrounding the capitol."

*State Capitol

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by SeabeeBolt

Is that what that is? I thought that it was a mock-up of a oil derrick.

In 1935 the Oklahoma Legislature passed a law that authorized the Capitol grounds to be leased for oil and gas production. At one time two dozen oil wells ringed the State Capitol, but the number has dwindled to less than half that.

Phillips Petroleum Co. spudded Capitol #1 on Nov. 10, 1941, and drilled it to a depth of 6,618 feet in 171 days. The well was nicknamed Petunia because it was drilled in a flower bed at the foot of the Capitol's south entrance.

The well is actually 431 feet north of the top of the hole in the Capitol's south parking lot. It was drilled diagonally so it would produce from a spot underneath the center of the Capitol. By the time Phillips plugged the well in 1986 because of declining production, the Petunia had pumped 1.5 million barrels of oil and 1.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas from a mile and a quarter below the Capitol.

Phillips transferred ownership of the well to the state Historical Society in August 1986, for preservation as a monument and for promotion of tourism.

[ogre]

Might both theories be correct? Maybe after the well closed down they mounted a siren on the old derrick.

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by ogre

Might both theories be correct? Maybe after the well closed down they mounted a siren on the old derrick.

Don't argue with GP....
He may be old as dirt, but he's still big ol' boy.

[Goodpasture]

Schousse petting a buffalo calf

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

Schousse petting a buffalo calf

Haven't seen that hat yet...
(Hers went to Lisa... And it looks good on her.)
Where'd she get it?

I'm gonna need one to protect me from the sun
so I don't end up like Seab...
(My REAL Stetson is too hot for OK)

If you say Atwood's, you're gonna have to supply directions.
Yes folks... GP knows OK.
(I'd ask schousse, but she has trouble finding her own truck at Wal-Mart.)

Please note how I have no fear of taking my life in my own hands...
Schousse even scares GP.

And who's the skinny guy with the rope?

BTW... That Hawaiian shirt rivals any of mine and I'm a computer geek...
Schousse is gonna hurt me SO bad tomorrow!
Hope I'm faster than her... She just turned 65 on the 7th. so I may have a chance.

[SeabeeBolt]

Originally Posted by Goodpasture

Schousse petting a buffalo calf

That baby only looks to be a few days old, he still has a cord.

[TheComputerGuy]

Originally Posted by SeabeeBolt

That baby only looks to be a few days old, he still has a cord.

That's no cord...
Let's just say he's going to be a popular little buffalo someday.

[Goodpasture]

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

Haven't seen that hat yet...
(Hers went to Lisa... And it looks good on her.)
Where'd she get it?

Drysdales.............

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

If you say Atwood's, you're gonna have to supply directions.
Yes folks... GP knows OK.
(I'd ask schousse, but she has trouble finding her own truck at Wal-Mart.)

Get on 71st. Go east 16 miles. OR take Old Route 66 west. It turns into "Mission Street" in Sapulpa. Go to "Taft" (AKA Stae Road 17), turn right, go two blocks and it is on your left.

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

And who's the skinny guy with the rope?

He is the wrangler of the buffalo, kangaroo, camel, monkey place.

Originally Posted by TheComputerGuy

BTW... That Hawaiian shirt rivals any of mine and I'm a computer geek...

It came from the Galapagos when she was doing animal rescue there during the wild fires.