I remember those days... I worked in a full service gas station on Lombard Street here in SF in 1976 and we'd have a few tokes and go joy riding in the restaurant customers cars that would park in our lot. I wonder if we ever drove by any of the places they were having dinner... = )
On Jun 29, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:58:02 -0700 > From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: At the pump ... > > RE: Self Serve vs. Attendant Pumped Gas > > I love this thread. It comes up about once a year. Sometimes it > starts > with "I'm in Oregon (or New Jersy) and they won't let me pump my > own gas" or > it starts "I really miss the old days of full service gas > stations". The > latter always from those of us with thin, gray, or no hair, the > former from > the younger generations. There will be at least one story about the > attendant that tried to put the gas into the '710' cap in the > back. And > there will be a least one mention of gas in a diesel (talk to Susan on > WetWesties). And I could (but won't) tell some tales about car > owners, > tales from working in a 'full service' all night station in the mid > '60's > > Yes, times change. And thank someone the 'good old days' are gone.... |
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