<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4359529846/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4359529846_f94acbc9b3.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br />Every Tulsan has photos like these stashed somewhere in their photo albums or digital files. Why? Because this here is&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Driller">the Golden Driller, and he's one of our top tourist attractions here in T-Town</a>.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Yes, a 76-foot tall, 22-ton likeness of a roustabout is something that every visitor to Tulsa wants to see. St. Louis has The Arch. Seattle has the Space Needle. San Antonio has The Alamo.<br /><br />Here in Tulsa, we have this tall drink of sweet tea.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4358787509/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4358787509_6a96e0177a.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4359528768/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4359528768_ffceba78b9.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Why, Mr. Golden Driller. What big feet you have.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You know what they say about guys with big feet. They have...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4359529336/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4359529336_e26f902d1f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Big shoes.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://breastimpressions.com/">Judi Grove of Breast Impressions</a> and Scott Smith of <a href="http://bluejackalope.com/">The Blue Jackalope Groceries and Coffee</a> gave this great intro at <a href="http://thetulseys.com/">last year's Tulsey awards</a> about this very issue. These two came up with this story about how Mr. Driller's - ahem - <i>package</i> was - cough - <i>downsized</i> back at the end of the oil boom of the early eighties. According to the fiction, oil prices went into a free fall not long after Mr. Driller was, erm, <i>reduced</i>.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, Judi and Scott proposed an initiative - the Repackage Tulsa initiative. To, you know, restore Tulsa as the Oil Capital of the World.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4358787927/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4358787927_08b8db6b64.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4358788121/" title="Golden Driller by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Golden Driller" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4358788121_f1673842f5.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />I'll have to remember to ask Judi and Scott how Repackage Tulsa is coming along. I'll keep you updated.<br /><br />Do you have Golden Driller photos? Can I see 'em?