Humorous story on the change here:
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2018/01/03/oregon-gas-pump-law/999611001/
Our local petrol (gas) station was also the local flour mill that sold everything imaginable in the grain department.<br/>Dad used to buy Pollard to feed the pigs. I quite liked it (no quips?ÿ ?).
It was the local community hub, and meeting place for all manner of people.?ÿ
Then there were the Shell maps and cards.<br/>Latter fascinated me as a kid and I'd go and acquire some even when on my pushbike. Learnt a lot from them.
We also had 2 huge bright enamel Mobil or Ampol (?) advertising signs in the corner of the paddock on opposite side of road to the Shell service station. Dad got upset with the company due to apparent low rent paid for the space taken.<br/>He dismantled them and made a trailer to cart hay, using the metal signs for lining the tray. Being enamel the bales slid across the tray easily. <br/>Ironically Dad sold an acre of ground the signs had been sitting on to the Shell dealer for a bright, modern Service Station?ÿ
That photo above of 2 swish gentlemen and a DeSoto (?) makes one realise how applications of words have changed.?ÿ
Lube, lubrication. Now you see that sort of sign over certain items in the grocery store probably your drug store?
Never keen on filling up on diesel. Often the hose and nozzle are covered in the stinking stuff. I carry rubber gloves for the occasion.?ÿ
If it keeps a job for someone, I am all for a little extra $
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That photo above of 2 swish gentlemen and a DeSoto (?) makes one realise how applications of words have changed.?ÿ?ÿ
1951 Chevy Deluxe to be precise.
That photo above of 2 swish gentlemen and a DeSoto (?) makes one realise how applications of words have changed.?ÿ?ÿ
1951 Chevy Deluxe to be precise.
GENTLEMEN????????ÿ Them Cash boy's?ÿ make the James Gang look like gumball machine robbers.?ÿ ? (except Paden, of course)
And that ain't Paden's cheby, it's his Grandmothers. They just used that car in the picture to get the heat off them.
This is Paden's real car used for umm... whatever:
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In my college days there were two competing gas stations where all of the pump attendants were young ladies in bikinis.
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Now, I would be asking them for their grandparents names to find out if I should know them.
Wondering if it's OCD to round the pump to the nearest dollar. ?ÿ?ÿ ??ÿ
Guilty.
1972 during the onset of a blue norther, I was headed out of Dallas and stopped just past the mastermixer on I20 and opened the window enough to give the attendant $10 and said make sure I get enough to get to Tyler.
At the time, I could fill up and get the car washed and waxed for $8 in Garland.
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I settle for 5 cent increments, if I can hit one.?ÿ But it's hard to give it just the right squeeze.
The Perfect Pump used to be easy but as the price per gallon goes up the numbers fly by at such a rate that stopping dead on the whole dollar is near impossible.
That photo above of 2 swish gentlemen and a DeSoto (?) makes one realise how applications of words have changed.?ÿ?ÿ
1951 Chevy Deluxe to be precise.
GENTLEMEN????????ÿ Them Cash boy's?ÿ make the James Gang look like gumball machine robbers.?ÿ ? (except Paden, of course)
The one in blue jeans is my oldest brother Cole.?ÿ The guy behind him was his buddy Lenny (?)...for real.
Holden and I didn't get our skinners on the '51 for a few more years.?ÿ It wasn't as shiny when we got a hold of it.
My first couple of jobs after high school were in "Full Service" gas stations. It was a different world in those days.
Loyal
"Everything I needed to know in life I learned pumping gas at Bill's 66"
Including how to fight to be the one to clean the windshield when the mini-skirt craze hit.?ÿ ??ÿ
4am in the morning:
(Recently post pubescent) Attendant: "So how's your day been mate?"
Me: "It's 4am in the morning, so it hasn't been anything yet"
(Recently post pubescent) Attendant: "Oh yeah ... hehehehheheheheeheee"
Long pause while the fuel continues to pump.
(Recently post pubescent) Attendant: "So how's your day been mate?"
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He took staff training lessons too literally when he was taught to greet customers by asking about their day.
Reminds me of going through a drive-thru ordering fries and a coke and being asked if I'd like fries with that.
Reminds me of going through a drive-thru ordering fries and a coke and being asked if I'd like fries with that.
Oh you ??young un??s? won??t never learn. For instance, you can get all kinds of ??Drive thru? food free, provided the announcer is female. ie: after placing your order request she crawl out the take out window naked and join you for dinner. That will give them time to call 911 to report a lunatic is loose. After you explain/convince to the local law enforcement you are just a ??normal? idiot, you will usually get your order for free.?ÿ ??ÿ
