Be careful, Chuck. You're showing your age, and mine! I remember those
things too!
Remember the Coca Cola coolers that had ice cold water in them? Red on
the outside. On the inside the bottles of Coke hang from tracks, down
into the ice cold water. You slid the Coke bottle in the tracks to get
it out. You dropped your nickle in and a latch opened so you could get
your Coke out. Oh my gosh, how old am I ?!
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's unfortunate that "full service" has come to mean just pumping your
> gas. It used to mean: pump gas, clean the windshield and rear window,
> check the tire pressures all around (if not hot) and check the oil and
> all other fluid levels... battery too in the days before sealed cells.
> Service with a smile and S&H Green Stamps too! Thirsty? Have a green
> glass bottle of Coke for a nickel while you wait. :-)
>
> You could also drop off your K25 at the drugstore next door and it
> didn't have to go all the way to Dwayne's. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Paul Laughlin wrote:
>> It is still non self serve and I, for one, love it that way. And when you
>> compare the price here with that across the river in WA, there seems to be
>> no penalty for the service.
>> Paul in Portland OR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] e-6 processing
>>
>>
>>> ...........ah, Oregon. Enjoyed many a summer vacation in the 90s at
>>> Pacific
>>> City just down the 101 a little way from Tillamook. I do recall the BP
>>> station in PC pumping gas for 63 cents a gallon but oh did the pump jockey
>>> get ancy when I wanted to self serve !
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