Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:48:45 -0700
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: At the pump ...
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They probably didn't say much, if anything.  Full service was the norm,
taken for granted up until the 60s, then the griping started when a self
serve island appeared :-)

Useta be one island was self-serve and the other island was full-serve.  The
price of gas was a few cents cheeper on the self serve island.  But as
"service stations" became a thing of the past in the late 70s, it went to
full blown self-serve.  I should know, I was a gas pump jockey in my teens
(when I felt like making a buck) growing up in sunny Southern Cal.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 6/29/07, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
>
> I wonder, what the people said those days about the good old days that
> were
> before.  -:))
> Zoltan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Last" <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: At the pump ...
>
>
> > What I think is criminal is the self-serve stations (and even the
> stations
> > in OR) not offering any air for your tires, or charging 50 cents for a
> few
> > seconds of pump time (usually with a broken fitting on the hose.)
> >
> > Also criminal how the major oil companies are pushing policies to force
> > the independent station operators out of business.
> >
> > Anyway,
> >
> > I'm old enough to remember full-service stations when they really
> offered
> > full service (gas, check oil, water, and battery, air in your tires),
> gave
> > you green stamps and other giveaways just to get you to fill-up at their
> > stations.
> >
> > ah, the good old days....  :-)
> >
> >
> > Todd
> > '88 westy
>