Yep

See the old Coca Cola pop machine? We'd go up at night with a pop bottle opener, open the lid, pop the caps off our favorite pop and drink it through a straw. That worked for several months until old Don Limb moved the pop machine inside.

Yes, at Werley's Esso which later became Exxon.

Yes it was fun at the time.

AND, for .30 cents a gallon!

Sure do

Our service station still has them.

Believe I got my first headlock dutch rub from doing that.

Yea same here.
Carbides on the skidoo cuts them,they dont like that-they have signage warning the skidooers pulling up to the pumps not to drive over the hose.

Back in my high school days we would walk up town for some lunch.

This one kid always would ring the gas station bell as we passed. Bringing the attendant out. And not happy.

One day heading uptown, the kid decided to ring the bell. But to his surprise the attendant was near the door, caught him.

The attendant dragged him into the garage and proceeded to fill his back of pants with the air powered grease gun.

The kid ran off to school and went home. I always wonder how he explained that to his folks.

By the way, he never graduated with my class. He transferred to another school, and graduated.

Yup, and the guy with black grease on his hands walking out from under a car on the lift with lasers for eyes!

Also got Green Stamps and Blue Stamps when you filled up.I got a nice Knife and Hatchet combo with Green Stamps.Nice Packsack too.They also checked your oil and washed your windows while they were filling you up.

Last gas station in this area

When the County set up a ding hose across a road to check traffic flow, us kids had a ball dinging the crap out of them. LOL

Yes sir, I sure can. the old fella would let us wash windshields standing on a wooden oil crate

Can't blame em for that.

I remember when there used to be a little bit of gas left in the bend of the hose when people hung it up. On my walk to grandma's house, I could drain what was left in 2 hoses into the mower and have enough gas to mow her yard without having to purchase fuel. Always thought that was pretty cool.


As far as living in a small town. I outran the sheriff on my (grandpa's) 3-wheeler, thought I had pulled of some "Smokey and the Bandit" or "Duke Boy" stuff. Next morning the sheriff spoke to Grandpa at the coffee shop. That put an end to my career as a getaway driver.

Gun Nut

Sure do.

Nope. I thought I'm old, guess I'm not that old.
I do remember those glass, with metal spout, one quart oil bottles lined up in the front window of the service station though.

Yes, I still remember the ball that you would stick on your antenna too.