Are you this old?

[npalen]

Pre WWII and some my have been in use after it, the gas station pumps were hand pumped into a glass tank on top of the pump cabinet. Ask for $1.oo and the attendant pumped the gas up to that mark on the tank. Gravity dispensed it.

I'm thinking the glass was marked in gallons. Looks like there would be some guesswork in filling to $1.00 or whatever. Maybe they used a magic marker for the dollar marks. Oh wait, magic markers probably didn't exist.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yep, that was a little before I had a driver's license.

That was about the time that my father got HIS driver's license!

 

[JethroB]

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We could pick up WLS into north Florida on a good night.

 

[Jstpssng]

I found a 1983 check stub from my first job out of college. I pay more in taxes now than I brought home back then.

 

[riptides]

I got my license in 1966, don't remember what gas was going for then, but I seem to think it was in the mid-ish 20s, and not really changing much for quite a few years. I do recall getting upset when it got into the high 30s when the Arab oil embargo hit in 1973.
I've heard of gas wars, but they didn't seem to be a thing around here. If they occurred, no one called them that.

I remember the odd and even gas up days/restrictions. You "could"/"should" only fill your tank based on the last digit of your license plate.

Good thing my buddies all worked at gas stations. And I had a secret squirrel job.

 

[riptides]

I found a 1983 check stub from my first job out of college. I pay more in taxes now than I brought home back then.

I remember my first paycheck and shouting out "what the hades is FICA".

I still look at those "deductions". LOL.

 

[the old grind]

We could pick up WLS into north Florida on a good night.

50kw clear channel (24/7 100%) with John Landecker rockin' it. Another I could pick up in the Midwest, after 12:00, was WHAM Rochester with Harry Abraham and IMO the best music and commentary on AM. He was like the Bob Ross of Jazz and introduced some crazy variety in 'age' &/or popularity of artists & performances. (btw, Pharoah Sanders at 81 is still playing that sweet sax.)

 

[rademamj1]

I remember going to the ice house, every two weeks to buy 100lbs of block ice packed in saw dust. It was for the refrigerator ice compartment to keep everything cold. When June came, it was every 3 to 5 days you bought ice and saw dust.

Milk and eggs were delivered every MWF during the week at the front door, and eventually fresh produce was included as a choice. Most everyone had daily newspaper delivered at the front door. Sunday newspapers were 4 inches thick with comic sections the priority for most kids and even adults.

Each month, the Avon lady driving a pink car, made her normal rounds, and all the neighborhood moms would meet at someone's house to place their cosmetic orders. Most neighbors knew everyone in the community for several blocks around.

 

[Alan W.]

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Only 22 yrs ago

Remember that night like it was yesterday.
My wife was pregnant and asleep on the couch.
I noticed that all the countries that reached 2000 first were not crashing and burning. So I set back and enjoyed the evening.

 

[Alan W.]

I remember well the owner of our local gas station telling me that if someone had told him he would be able to put $10 of gas into a car he would have called them crazy.