And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When I was a kid those garage pits were the only way to work on the underside of a vehicle. Hydraulic lifts might have existed, but in my neighborhood the independent garage owners couldn't afford them. Heck, I still remember the glass gravity flow gas "pumps" (for lack of a better word)
I also remember the gravity flow pumps at some stations out in the country in west Texas. But all the gas stations where I worked as a kid and in Jr. and Sr. high school had regular pumps and lifts. Gas was 28.9 cents/gal, and EVERY customer had ALL their windows cleaned, oil checked, tire pressure checked and belts checked. Back then it was sometimes a challenge to figure out where the gas filler cap was - some car designers were pretty clever, such as late 50's Caddys. The days before mandatory seat belts - with bench seats, you got good at going around corners at such a rate that your gal would slide over into you!
When I was a kid those garage pits were the only way to work on the underside of a vehicle. Hydraulic lifts might have existed, but in my neighborhood the independent garage owners couldn't afford them. Heck, I still remember the glass gravity flow gas "pumps" (for lack of a better word)
ReplyDeleteI also remember the gravity flow pumps at some stations out in the country in west Texas. But all the gas stations where I worked as a kid and in Jr. and Sr. high school had regular pumps and lifts. Gas was 28.9 cents/gal, and EVERY customer had ALL their windows cleaned, oil checked, tire pressure checked and belts checked. Back then it was sometimes a challenge to figure out where the gas filler cap was - some car designers were pretty clever, such as late 50's Caddys. The days before mandatory seat belts - with bench seats, you got good at going around corners at such a rate that your gal would slide over into you!
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