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EverettB 
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| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: |
RW.. you had to go to the office to get the key on a hub cap to use the service station shitter..
That went for us that worked there too..  |
I still had to do that recently on a road trip so they are still out there.
No hubcap, but a big long stick.
I'm more annoyed by the places that have to buzz you in.
If I have to go inside to tell you to buzz me just give me a key. 
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Randall
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| I was a gas jockey at a Texaco service station in 1973. That was when you didn't have to step out of your car to get gas. After I started working there the manager put a lock on the restroom door requiring a dime to be inserted in the lock to open it. The purpose was to cut down on the number of non-customers. Customers could ask for the key to open the door. One day while I was pumping gas there was a loud explosion from the side of the station. Someone had put a cherry bomb in the toilet, cracking it and rendering it no longer usable. We never found out who did it. |
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lonotch
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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RW senior high school pranks were just that, pranks? Now they have turned into criminal acts.
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russell
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Remember Chip Foust and Boyd Covington? I wonder if the Shreff got that guy
Did Papun really Stingd hisself to dead?
My all time favorite was the night we found the article about Dereck "Raining ambient beats" from his treehouse and everyone here took over the comment section to that article. I laugh every time I think about when someone posted claiming to be Bill May "I'm so fucking sick and senial yada yada"
Man shit used to be HAPPENIN'......
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:54 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Speaking of those full service gas stations, in '78, someone loaned my mom their new VW Rabbit. That car felt like a slot car compared to everything else at the time. We stopped at a gas station to get some fuel & the attendant asked if she wanted him to check the oil. When he opened the hood, he turned around & shouted "hey Earl, this engine's in here sideways".
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:47 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| When he opened the hood, he turned around & shouted "hey Earl, this engine's in here sideways". |
and... while down the street
"Hey Jim.. this damn Vdubbyas got its moter in the front turned sideways.... . "
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iowegian
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 6:37 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Remember Chip Foust and Boyd Covington? I wonder if the Shreff got that guy
Did Papun really Stingd hisself to dead?
My all time favorite was the night we found the article about Dereck "Raining ambient beats" from his treehouse and everyone here took over the comment section to that article. I laugh every time I think about when someone posted claiming to be Bill May "I'm so fucking sick and senial yada yada"
Man shit used to be HAPPENIN'...... |
Shut the fuck up, Russell.
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Cusser
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none).
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: |
| RW.. you had to go to the office to get the key on a hub cap to use the service station shitter. |
Older still are my memories of unlocked (even overnight) service station bathrooms. No vandalism, no drunks/druggies sleeping in them. |
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none). |
But, it's a "dry" heat, right? Can't wait for the monsoons to kick in as well...
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OB Bus
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none). |
But, it's a "dry" heat, right? Can't wait for the monsoons to kick in as well... |
A whole bunch of those heat sensitive Zonies are over-populating our beaches in San Diego. Of course it is hot here inland but that tends to pull in the damp air from the ocean. Result? Fog, aka the Marine Layer. That marine layer is keeping the first 1/2 mile from the beach overcast and cloudy. We wonder if all those Phoenecians are happy that it is 70 degrees and cloudy (vs 116 in AZ) or they are ticked because they have spent $4,500 for a week with little sun at the beach.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Remember Chip Foust and Boyd Covington? I wonder if the Shreff got that guy
Did Papun really Stingd hisself to dead?
My all time favorite was the night we found the article about Dereck "Raining ambient beats" from his treehouse and everyone here took over the comment section to that article. I laugh every time I think about when someone posted claiming to be Bill May "I'm so fucking sick and senial yada yada"
Man shit used to be HAPPENIN'...... |
Shut the fuck up, Russell.
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| wcfvw69 wrote: |
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| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none). |
But, it's a "dry" heat, right? Can't wait for the monsoons to kick in as well... |
A whole bunch of those heat sensitive Zonies are over-populating our beaches in San Diego. Of course it is hot here inland but that tends to pull in the damp air from the ocean. Result? Fog, aka the Marine Layer. That marine layer is keeping the first 1/2 mile from the beach overcast and cloudy. We wonder if all those Phoenecians are happy that it is 70 degrees and cloudy (vs 116 in AZ) or they are ticked because they have spent $4,500 for a week with little sun at the beach. |
That's funny Larry. Growing up in Escondido, I do remember it getting over 100* a few times during each summer. The parents house had no A/C nor ceiling fans.. I'm surprised I survived that cruel environment.. lol
You're right though. Once the triple digits set in here in the valley, folks start disappearing to SD or the AZ mountains to escape this heat..
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none). |
But, it's a "dry" heat, right? Can't wait for the monsoons to kick in as well... |
What about the haboobs? I hear those are fun as well. |
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| Cusser wrote: |
| wcfvw69 wrote: |
| Where I live in Phoenix, you only see the neighbors when they pull into their driveway, open the garage door and pull in and then the door closes. |
And even fewer of those neighbors this weekend, with highs of 116F (in the shade, but there is none). |
But, it's a "dry" heat, right? Can't wait for the monsoons to kick in as well... |
What about the haboobs? I hear those are fun as well. |
They are definitely interesting. You certainly don't want any house or car windows open! They can also reek havoc on the interstates when they cause poor visibility like the fog does in SD.
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Patty B.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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| I was just reading a Jalopnik article where the author was trying to figure out what car imoji cars were suppose to be----remember a time when most car icons were recognizable generic Beetle shape? |
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T Hollis
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Remember our new "1970 Vega GT / 4-speed" got better mpg than 90% of the cars today!
Couldn't keep tires / oil on / in it but, hey it got good gas mileage!
Sure wish I had the black Vega GT now-a-days, it'd have a 350 transplant! |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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This cougar used to be on the Mercury dealership in Raleigh NC, there used to be one in Winston Salem too (if i remember correctly), does anyone remember these at any other Mercury dealers? Or was this just a local phenomenon?
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crukab
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Remember when? |
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Remember our new "1970 Vega GT / 4-speed" got better mpg than 90% of the cars today!
Couldn't keep tires / oil on / in it but, hey it got good gas mileage!
Sure wish I had the black Vega GT now-a-days, it'd have a 350 transplant! |
I do recall beating the snot out of the family '72 Vega, 3 spd., going to concerts in '76-'77, not worried about leaving it in the parking lot unlocked...
That thing survived 3 teenage Boys, w/ a gear head Father ...
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