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To: Revolting cat!; P.O.E.
You mean petrol stations?

In England maybe.

They were typically called fillin' stations in the south.

54 posted on 03/20/2011 4:41:23 PM PDT by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure the accuracy of the quotes. ~ Abraham Lincoln, 1865)
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To: Eaker

They still are, here.

[we’re a little backwards....we didn’t get disco until the early 80s]


60 posted on 03/20/2011 5:37:47 PM PDT by Salamander (I may be lonely but I'm never alone...and the nights may pass me by......but I never cry.)
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To: Eaker

My grandpa always called them “service stations”. I was born too late to really appreciate gas stations, but I remember we were in the South on a trip and filled up at an old one that still had the globes. I was intrigued. When I got a little older I started to collect gas station collectables. I’ve even got a 1956 Tokheim pump with an original Shell globe on top in my living room. My wife isn’t crazy about it.


65 posted on 03/20/2011 7:07:11 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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