You are Old School Tuscaloosa if:

[AwwPhooey]

Re: The Cliffs...

Someone mentioned "The Pouch House" awhile back. My Dad opened that restaurant! I was about 7 years old. I live in California now, but I remember it being in front of an old run down putt putt golf place. My Dad also was a part owner of Crispy Chicken (or was it spelled Krispy), which I think was down the street from Namath's restaurant. There was also a BBQ place on that street, which I believe became a KFC. I remember a Taco Tico also. Last, is the Catfish Cabin still out there?

Man, memories of '76. Takes me back to a fine old time to be a kid.

 

[bamabelle1991]

Add 49 & 50....

You are Old School Tuscaloosa if:
1. You still have a couch on your front porch.
2. You once worked at Capstone Grill.
3. You know Troy.
4. You have been thrown out of Gillette's.
5. You remember when swaps were on Campus.
6. You used to go to the Cross The River when the bars closed on
Saturday night.
7. You got in trouble for stand-up smoking (for girls).
8. You still talk about the Cheese-tots from Quick-Snak.
9. You ever called Ty Clark at 4:00 AM.
10. You remember the Tusk. Bonus points if you saw Dave Mathews Band
at the Tusk.
11. You ever rented a house from Terry at the Booth.
12. You were there for a National Championship.
13. The football team didn't lose to Tennessee when you were there.
14. You remember that dirty Phi Gam (he was new school but so what).
15. You remember when Purdy worked at the Booth and Pounders was
just a dream.
16. You jumped off the Cliffs (the high one).
17. You remember when the Purple Fish was the ****.
18. You ever lived on Reed Street. Bonus points for 330 Reed Street.
19. You weren't initiated until late January or February.
20. You saw the Panic at Riverside Amphitheater 21. You can complete
the
quote: "The Machine is a select coalition of..."
22. When you got there everybody had on Tevas instead of
Birkenstocks.
23. You remember the first pair of Patagonias you saw (on a girl).
24. You had The Cheesebrokers, The Grounders or Second Hand Jive for
Homecoming.
25. Every Wednesday night you went to the Train Station. Bonus
points If you remember Side Tracks.
26. You remember when the only bar downtown was the Chukker until
4th & 3rd opened.
27. You had a drug habit. Bonus points if it was a drug problem.
28. You used to order from Tut's Place or Chang's every Sunday.
29. You tried to hit a golf ball across the Black Warrior River.
30. You once drove across the Quad.
31. You can still name the buildings left standing after the Union
Army marched through on its way to Atlanta in 1865. Damn those
Carpetbaggers.
32. You know what a Nickodemus is (even if you can't spell it) and
used to order one to go.
33. You got mad when Dreamland started selling more than ribs.
34. You still bet with the same bookie you had your freshman year.
35. You get excited when you hear the phrase "The correct Bryant-
Denny
>Stadium time is..."
36. The 1994 Alabama/Georgia game was the best game you have ever
seen in Tuscaloosa.
37. You have seen the Snake out at a bar.
38. You ever had your date tape a flask to her leg (or did the
taping If you are a girl).
39. You refuse to believe the Mike Dubose years ever happened and if
You ever see Coach Fran, you plan on kicking him in the balls.
40. You get your 18 year old little sister to sneak you and your
buddy's liquor in the game and on top of that before you go you get
her future
>mother in law's opinion whether it is noticeable or not.
41. You've been to see the ghosts of Northport and the ghost of
Carrolton both on the same night.
42. You have a friend called All the Way.
43. You were the librarian for your fraternity and used it for
everything except studying.
44. You were in a fraternity at UA but went to Shelton State.
45. You actually like it when your privates hang out of your
Patagonia shorts.
46. You've said, "I used to make copies where Phil's is now."
47. You've ever lined up in the gravel pit behind fraternity row
prior to a work party.
48. You never left and if you did, you can't wait to go back.

Brought back some GREAT memories. How crazy is it that I remember the Dirty Phi Gam but can't remember the room number of my days in Tutwiler?! So many of those I can put a "check mark" by.

What about that place called "Broke-n-Jeans" that sold old Levi's? I would love to shop there now. Haha!

 

[bilbo]

Can't believe noone's mentioned Taco Casa (after a night out)

 

[Clubfitter]

. . . saw Hendrix, Joplin, Mountain, Bloodrock at the Colisium or Johnny Shines at some coffeehouse that I cant remember the name of.

I saw Hendrix and Joplin.

 

[Clubfitter]

I would say, "If you ever had breakfast at the Waysider", But wait, it is still there. Went back past weekend to see the Oakland Game and had breakfast there. That place has not changed a bit from what I remember back when. Eggs scrambled and Center Cut Ham and Red eye Gravy and little biscuits prepared exactly as I remembered it.

 

[exiledNms]

Bama-binos in Alberta City had our name on its map when mrs. exiled & I were newlyweds. Seems our place out in Holt was a bit off the beaten path...and that we were regular delivery customers. It was pretty funny to go in to pick up some pizzas for some event once & see "(exiled)" with directions on the map on the wall. I'd have felt bad about being that frequent of a customer, except that I didn't. And don't.

I can hear Johnny Shines singing "Tell Me, Mama" right now. When mrs. e & I saw him downtown on a few occasions, he couldn't play any more, but have mercy could he still sing!

I remember Bob Baumhower & his brother, David serving me wings or a "Farmer Brown" burger down on the strip in the off season when Bob was a DT with the Dolphins. mrs. e & I just hit up the current version of his eatery in Tuscaloosa...a tad fancier now. :biggrin:

Also, I'm glad Earle chimed in to make me feel young. I was getting bummed there about 1992-93 being called "old school" as I was long gone by then. :biggrin2:

 

[jabcmb]

To all the Camp Horne people: Are you still in the area, active with the council, and what years did you work at camp?

I worked there 1966 - 1969, 1971. Great boyhood memories. No longer live there but was active with other councils.

Oh, and sorry I was seven years late answering your question.

 

[CajunCrimson]

You Are Old School Tuscaloosa if:

If you remember the Dreamland sign "Ribs and Wonder Bread. No sides. Don't Ask"

If you remember when LSU was content at being 8-3, Charlie Mac loved The Bear - and they knew their rightful place in the world

 

[We_are_Bama]

Definitely check out Gulf Shores & Dauphin Island down there by Mobile, check out the USS Alabama in Mobile too. Lake Eufaula is pretty awesome and if you go across the stateline to Georgia and check out the Little Grand Canyon thats an awesome place to go, its in a National Forrest. If you like ghost town type deals and stuff Peterman, Alabama near Monroeville is cool and in Monroeville itself they got alot of historic stuff. Selma too, lots of Civil Rights stuff and just a pretty, old style looking town in genreal. Conecuh National Forest is cool for camping and fishing and hiking and stuff too.

Yes.

 

[TDBama78]

If you love the aromatic fragrance of the papermill.

 

[TDBama78]

If you like the bumpadebump that you hear while driving onto campus.

 

[TDBama78]

If you remenber el palacio on the corner on hwy 82.

 

[TDBama78]

If you ever partied at cowboys out by baggets76 truck stop.

 

[TDBama78]

If you have ever seen teluride at a frat party.

 

[GrayTide]

Nick's Steak House. Nick would serve you under age and told you where the state troopers were waiting going back to campus. Mrs. Nick would not serve you without an ID. Small filet, baked potato, salad and tea, $3.00.

The aroma of the paper mill especially strong on Sunday nights.

Parking in the Woods Hall parking lot, windows steamed up.

Parking in the boonies because you had a White Sticker.

Dr. Horace Washburn cleaning out his ears with a ball point pen.

Pugs Cafeteria.

Seeing Coach Bryant every day in his white un-air conditioned 1963 Ford, windows all rolled down and a Chesterfield dangling from his mouth.

The Corner was new.

Standing in formation in wool uniforms on the Quad on Governors Day in 90 degree temperatures.

Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts and Poo Nanny and the Stormers.

Before I-20 was built.

Damn I am old.

 

[Vinny]

I enjoyed Mamma Jewels, I was disappointed when it closed. There was nothing like pizza and a meatball parm sandwich from Tuts, though the International Deli had a good meatball parm sandwich, not to mention Uncle Arnold's bagels and cream cheese stand on the strip!

 

[cuda.1973]

Before I-20 was built.

One of my pet peeves, but I digress.

Damn I am old.

It stinks, doesn't it? Wonder if I took my digitoxin, this morning? Oh, well.

 

[jabcmb]

Is the Cotton Patch still open? I know it closed when Baggett was bought out and then reopened.

 

[RogueElephant]

Yep the high one us around 60 ft and I did it many times can't say I liked the pine tree brushing my backside no matter how far and how fast I ran.

 

[RogueElephant]

The Cowboy Bar remember that I still have a match book from there. Taco Casa let's just say I worked there at one location.

Good days before I got old.