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Charles Biggs

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Living in a house means tackling project after project

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We bought our home in 1997 when our kids were mostly little and when house prices were a lot lower than today. It was a fixer-upper. An elderly couple had previously owned our house, which was built in 1967. They had taken pretty good care of it but they really had not updated anything. The…

I drove 1,200-plus miles in 30 hours through six states

Tulsa Beacon

I drove 1,200 miles in 30 hours on a recent trip to South Dakota. Why would I do such a thing? My wife Susan was in Mitchell, South Dakota, visiting our daughter, son-in-law and two grandkids. She flew into Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on a Thursday and had booked a return flight to Tulsa the…

OSU’s Bryson Green catches a pass while Tyson Davis of Tulsa defends during Saturday’s game in Stillwater.

OSU heads to Boise St. after TU win

Tulsa Beacon

STILLWATER – Tulsa made Oklahoma State sweat for more most of the game in Stillwater but in the last few minutes, the Cowboys held on for a hard-earned 28-23 victory. OSU (2-0) managed only seven points in the first three quarters but a 21-point run in the fourth quarter sealed the deal. Tulsa (0-2) and…

After 911, life changed permanently in the United States

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I was at my desk 20 years ago when Islamic terrorists attacked America. I vividly remember the sequence of events. An airplane struck one of the Twin Towers. At first, we thought it might be a horrible accident. At that time, our office was in a building across from our home. I rushed home and…

Going to college has changed dramatically in 48 years

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Forty-eight years ago, I packed up my 1967 Ford Custom with all my earthly possessions and headed off to college. I actually started to go to college in the fall of 1972 at Tulsa Junior College, which is now Tulsa Community College. I lived at home with my Dad during my freshman year at TCC….

Weber, Kingsford and KitchenAid make pretty good grills

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When we got married in 1982, one of the wedding gifts we got was a Weber 22-inch kettle charcoal grill. I really liked that grill. Previously, when I was single and living in an apartment, I had an hibachi grill. It was small but it was a good size for cooking for myself and my…

Sooner roadtrips will be more complicated in the SEC

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Fans who like to travel to Oklahoma football away games are going to pay higher prices when the Sooners eventually join the Southeastern Conference. And that will hold true for all of the other “minor’ sports. In the Big 12, the closest conference member to OU is OSU in Stillwater  and that is only 85…

Galloping inflation is making everything cost a lot more

Tulsa Beacon

This summer,I saw an online ad for a Tulsa grocery that had 95% ground beef for $6.59 a pound. This particular store had a discount program with ground beef at $4.58 a pound but that is still 50% higher than what we paid last year. In the summer, we like to buy ice cream from…

Staying in your present home may be the wisest choice

Tulsa Beacon

In 1997, we purchased the house we now live in. By all accounts, 24 years later, it is worth double what we paid for it. Maybe more. The housing market is exploding. In our neighborhood, when a house is listed for sale, an offer is made in day or two if not within hours. Why…

To see corn, drive through Kansas, Nebraska, S. Dakota

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Driving through Kansas, Nebraska and parts of South Dakota in the summertime is like seeing the set of Field of Dreams over and over and over again. For the second time in two years, we drove from Tulsa to Mitchell, South Dakota, on a long July 4th weekend. Our route was about 660 miles. There…