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Sherman A1

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5. Yes, those were the days.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 11, 2018, 04:51 AM

Jun 2018

There was a station on the way to my high school that I would stop at called Texas Discount. Price was 19.9 when everyone else was running about 25.9 or better. They pumped the gasoline for you same as the others and the shack that served as the office and cash register wasn’t big enough for anything more than a few of the popular brands of smokes and a few candy bars.

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Happy Birthday, Self-Serve Gas [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 OP

Interesting piece Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #1

I remember, too - imagined that most of us would Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #2

Yes, those were the days. Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #5

When I first got my license, I don't remember gas stations selling anything besides gas and tires Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #6

We too had a local gas station/ garage across from the public high school were my Mom Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #9

That's where the Mobil station was - and still is - right across from the school Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #10

Growing up in Denver some 55+ years ago, yonder Jun 2018 #3

My cousins grew up in Denver, too - so they must remember the tokens Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #4

Just like canned beans, fluffy socks, running shoes, and durable appliances bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #7

I especially miss the fluffy socks, too! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #8

The sock world bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #11

I have gotten Gold Toe, too! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #12

I'm from New Jersey. We don't pump our own fukkin gas. 3Hotdogs Jun 2018 #13

Oregon was like that too, yonder Jun 2018 #14