Is anyone getting a bit nervous yet?

**beerrunner13** · 05-13-2008, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by hopeak

And gas companys no one today ever hear of. Sinclare, Esso (Put a tiger in your tank), Sunoco, Atlantic Richfield, Standard Station, Gulf Oil. and motor oil came in a can (made of tin, not paper) or you could buy bulk oil in a refillable glass jar. And someone had stamps, ( like S&H Green Stamps.

Yep and remember Fly A where they worried about your car? And getting free dishs and glasses for a fill up, some of the stations gave you a discount if you bought over a certin amount $7

I was one of those guys that had to check the oil and air, even had to wear a company shirt.

**Sourdough** · 05-13-2008, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by beerrunner13

I was one of those guys that had to check the oil and air, even had to wear a company shirt.

Me too. and you could get fired for saying "HOW MUCH". You had to walk up with a smile and say, "FILL'HER UP..???" and they would say, "No A DOLLARS worth, please".

**beerrunner13** · 05-14-2008, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by hopeak

Me too. and you could get fired for saying "HOW MUCH". You had to walk up with a smile and say, "FILL'HER UP..???" and they would say, "No A DOLLARS worth, please".

Yep and everyone who worked there and could give directions too.

**Rick** · 05-14-2008, 06:41 AM

And speak English even if it had an Italian, German or Lithuanian accent.

**crashdive123** · 05-14-2008, 06:57 AM

Ahhhh. The fond memories.

**Rick** · 05-14-2008, 07:05 AM

To Beerrunner - I tell this story all the time. I was in Damariscotta, Maine several years ago looking for the telephone office. Stopped at a gas station where a guy was sweeping the lot.

"G'day", he said as I pulled up and rolled down the window.
"Hello. Can you tell me where the telephone office is?"
"Yup."

**Ole WV Coot** · 05-14-2008, 10:18 AM

Those were the days: a quarter's worth of gas, fart in the tire and a road map plus green stamps.

**Ken** · 05-14-2008, 10:21 AM

I still have a recliner lawn chair that my mother got with those green stamps.

**dawg69** · 05-15-2008, 05:46 PM

And gas companys no one today ever hear of. Sinclare, Esso (Put a tiger in your tank), Sunoco, Atlantic Richfield, Standard Station, Gulf Oil. and motor oil came in a can (made of tin, not paper) or you could buy bulk oil in a refillable glass jar. And someone had stamps, ( like S&H Green Stamps.

We still have a Sinclair station here in town. Had two until about a year ago.

**crashdive123** · 05-15-2008, 05:54 PM

Dawg - what part of the world is that? How 'bout heading over to the intoduction section and let us know a bit about yourself.

**Rick** · 05-15-2008, 06:26 PM

Remember what they called the driver that cut through the Esso station to avoid a traffic light? Esso Asso.

**Ken** · 05-15-2008, 07:21 PM

Shell used to give out free steak knives with a fill-up. Only dumb thing I ever saw my father do was when he looked at the knife, said "It looks pretty sharp," and ran it across his left index finger. Blood squirted all over the kitchen floor. Only reason I didn't get smacked for laughing at him was 'cause I was bandaging him up at the time. My two brothers saw the whole thing. Dad's been gone for years now, but we still laugh like hell (damn near *iss ourselves) when someone mentions it. You had to know him, and you had to be there.

**Sam Reeves** · 05-15-2008, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

And speak English even if it had an Italian, German or Lithuanian accent.

Good luck guessing what language they are speaking or what accents they are conveying it in these days.

**Rick** · 05-15-2008, 07:50 PM

You Can Trust Your Car To The Man Who Wears The Star. Dad traded at Texaco.

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**crashdive123** · 05-15-2008, 07:55 PM

A couple on the street where I grew up (I used to cut their grass) had an old gas pump next to their garage. I don't know how big the tank was. I remember him saying one day - sure am glad I put this in (early 50's I think) because I'll be da**ed if I'm going to pay 20 cents for a gallon of gas.