Am I jinxed?

[Sod Buster]

Rememberr when they were called "SERVICE" stations.

Now you get service like a bull services a cow.

Get this, Rod.  I worked in a Phillips 66 station, and they had what they called the "Mystery Motorist", who was anonymous, who would stop in at random "66" stations, posing as a customer buying gas.  If the attendant didn't do the complete courtesy bit (wipe the windshield, sweep out the floorboards, check tires, oil, water, battery, wiper blades, etc., ask if it wasn't time for a lube and oil change, and try to peddle whatever the current moneymaker was).  If the attendant did all that, the attendant got a smal monetary award, and the station got brownie points.  If not, it was a bad day at black rock.  Nowadays, I feel real lucky if they have paper towels out so I can clean my own windshield.

A coworker of mine used to work at a filling station during teen years.  He did all the things you mention above but he forgot to clean a customer's headlights.  He chewed out for that.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Rememberr when they were called "SERVICE" stations.

Now you get service like a bull services a cow.

Get this, Rod.  I worked in a Phillips 66 station, and they had what they called the "Mystery Motorist", who was anonymous, who would stop in at random "66" stations, posing as a customer buying gas.  If the attendant didn't do the complete courtesy bit (wipe the windshield, sweep out the floorboards, check tires, oil, water, battery, wiper blades, etc., ask if it wasn't time for a lube and oil change, and try to peddle whatever the current moneymaker was).  If the attendant did all that, the attendant got a smal monetary award, and the station got brownie points.  If not, it was a bad day at black rock.  Nowadays, I feel real lucky if they have paper towels out so I can clean my own windshield.

A coworker of mine used to work at a filling station during teen years.  He did all the things you mention above but he forgot to clean a customer's headlights.  He chewed out for that.

You didn't mention the free glass or dish towel with a fill up. All that and gas was under or about $.25 a gallon.

AnnieLee, gas locally is $2.73 for regular.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

$2.49 just up the hill from us.........Buck

[Forty Rod]

S & H GREEN STAMPS.

[litl rooster]

Filler up with oil- $1 of gas and green stamps  too boot. Sounds like the makings of a Saturday nite and a 70's southern rock song.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Or TV stamps( Top Value).............Buck

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Hey Rod, seein' as how you're probably olderin' me, bet you 'member them after-market oil filter kits for automobiles what didn't come factory equipped with one.  Ever see one that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter?  Ekynomical, and better then no filter I bet.  Only remember seeing a couple, but was unique enough to stick with me all these years.

[litl rooster]

Capt. I believe I might be a year younger than you and I remember them from the JC Whitney catalogs.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Yep, ol' J.C. got a couple of my bucks back in the "early" years.

[Forty Rod]

J. C.hitney and moon.

Whitney's still around but I haven't seen a Moon catalog in 35 years.

That dang toilet paper filter actually worked for a short term, but by the time you changed it as often as you needed to it was cheaper to buy a Fram.

What ever happened to STP, Motor Honey and Bardahl Top Oil?

[Four-Eyed Buck]

I wonder too, Forty. It's been some time since I saw those on a shelf......Buck

[Forty Rod]

I imagine they went the way of motor oil in hand cranked highboys and recycled oil in glass bottles.

Anybody remember the Iron Tireman for changing tires.  It was manual, but it sure was easier than not using any machine at all (except a tire tool and hammer).  !955, and we were as modern as tomorrrow with that thing.  Nobody else in town had one.  6 or 7 tires an hour.

[Trinity]

Capt., your dating yourself...."filling station".... glad there no youngster we have to explain that to.

What's a "filling station"?? 

[Forty Rod]

One where they give you enough to eat every time.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Capt., your dating yourself...."filling station".... glad there no youngster we have to explain that to.

What's a "filling station"?? 

You pullin my laig, Trinity?   Everyone knows a fillin' station is where ya gets yer teeth filled when ya ferget ta brush at least oncest a week.

[Trinity]

Capt., your dating yourself...."filling station".... glad there no youngster we have to explain that to.

What's a "filling station"?? 

You pullin my laig, Trinity?  Everyone knows a fillin' station is where ya gets yer teeth filled when ya ferget ta brush at least oncest a week.

brush what... the terlit?  

One where they give you enough to eat every time.

Oh yeah!  We've got a few of them down south.

[gophergrease]

Filling station:  The trash can with the beer keg in it.

[litl rooster]

"Filling Station" use to be a buffett at Mertlye Beach...Might be dating myself

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"Filling Station" use to be a buffett at Mertlye Beach...Might be dating myself

Tried dating myself once.  Didn't try that again.  Ain't much fun when your date ain't got much personality.

[Four-Eyed Buck]