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moniss

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8. I knew people who had wads and wads
Tue May 20, 2025, 04:10 PM
May 2025

of green stamp books all filled up and giant rubber bands around the stacks of them. Cigarette coupons also. Best friend in high school worked at a full service. No store like today. Just a soda machine and a couple of choices of candy bars. The whole inside of the place was maybe 7 foot by 25 foot and part of that 25 was for bathrooms at each end that you entered from the outside with a key. The "office" was more like a broom closet.

One gas island with two pumps. They sold recycled motor oil too. That station was one of the small chains and they gave away water glasses.

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