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.
Reminds me of a little place i bought gas so I could mow yards to make money to go right back so Murfee could patch my bicycle inner tube for the 14th time. While I drank a soda inside because it cost 10 cents less if you left the glass bottle. 30 cents instead of 40 for a big one
I remember stations like that from the time before my father got orders and took us to Germany. When we got back in 1969, such stations were starting to become rare.
I've a cigarette machine similar to the one in background! I stock it with caddies that the machine can dispense. Drives the kiddie friend's parents nuts but I think it's awesome.
Regular or High Test?
ReplyDeleteEthyl!
DeleteBack then, I could pump Ethyl all night long.
DeleteTank filled, windows washed, oil checked. Those were the days
ReplyDeleteDon't forget: Fresh Air in the tires!
DeleteAnd battery check.
DeleteAre those boxes of ammo under the counter??
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike. I was thinking reloading components.
DeleteYou can trust your car to the man who wears the st...
ReplyDeleteOh wait. That was Texaco.
Never mind.
I can even smell the place. Maps must be by the door - where are the give-away glasses?
ReplyDeleteWhat were cigarettes out of a vending machine like that back in the day? Twenty-five cents?
ReplyDeletein Vuginya they were nineteen-cents OTC. Vending machine price was twenty-cents per pack with a factory wrapped new penny in change in each pack.
DeleteAhhh, the days of "Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf". Don't forget to buy a Shell No-Pest® Strip while filling up there.
ReplyDeleteAnd watch out...Jonathan Winters might show up and tear the station down. (Hope someone gets that last remark.)
I'm thinking about Jonathan running into Anton Chigurh.
Deletewe would ride all over town and get stickers STP, Shell , Atlantic Richfield, Hudson, Moon Eyes, you know,put em on the metal lunch box.
ReplyDeleteIs that Speaker Mike Johnson's dad?
ReplyDeleteMy father wore the same uniform when he owned a Shell station Santa Cruz Ca in the early 1950’s
ReplyDeleteGas was probably $0.20 a gallon back then,
ReplyDeleteIt hurts my flinty heart to see how far we've fallen.
ReplyDeleteI swear I used to work there. Small town Ohio.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a little place i bought gas so I could mow yards to make money to go right back so Murfee could patch my bicycle inner tube for the 14th time. While I drank a soda inside because it cost 10 cents less if you left the glass bottle. 30 cents instead of 40 for a big one
ReplyDeleteI remember stations like that from the time before my father got orders and took us to Germany. When we got back in 1969, such stations were starting to become rare.
ReplyDeleteI've a cigarette machine similar to the one in background!
ReplyDeleteI stock it with caddies that the machine can dispense.
Drives the kiddie friend's parents nuts but I think it's awesome.