Old gas stations

[3fingers]

Kinda reminds me of the thread,
"This or that?"

MOBIL with an "E" at the end?
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or

Sinclair?
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The original Little America was on the Lincoln Highway out in the middle of nowhere. It started small and grew like crazy.
The old fellow who owned it got caught out in a blizzard there and promised to build a travelers haven to keep others from meeting the same fate. It was quite a place.

 

[2jakes]

This was the inspiration that led to the building of "Little America" in Wyoming:

And this is what he created:

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Post script:
Lindbergh to Byrd, 1929,
Although Lindbergh and Byrd were considered competitors, their relationship
was also one of mutual respect, as shown by this radiogram from Lindbergh thanking
Byrd for naming an inlet in the Bay of Whales for him.

 

[2jakes]

1950s

 

[2jakes]

Little America. Covey's Little America was started in 1934
by Stephen Mack Covey (1869-1959) as a small gas station-motel-cafe.

 

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The original Little America was on the Lincoln Highway out in the middle of nowhere. It started small and grew like crazy.
The old fellow who owned it got caught out in a blizzard there and promised to build a travelers haven to keep others from meeting the same fate. It was quite a place.

This was the inspiration that led to the building of "Little America" in Wyoming:

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And this is what he created:
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Post script:
Lindbergh to Byrd, 1929,
Although Lindbergh and Byrd were considered competitors, their relationship
was also one of mutual respect, as shown by this radiogram from Lindbergh thanking
Byrd for naming an inlet in the Bay of Whales for him.

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1950s
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Guys, thank you for all the great info. A travel agent seems like a good career path for a penguin; unfortunately, today, like every other job, "disruption" has made it much harder.

 

[Frunobulax]

Guys, thank you for all the great info. A travel agent seems like a good career path for a penguin; unfortunately, today, like every other job, "disruption" has made it much harder.

Apparently, they had live penguins for viewing.

http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/littleamerica.html

 

[Frunobulax]

This thread is lacking in Stuckey's

Panama City, FL.

Now I want a pecan log. And some Mexican Jumping Beans.

 

[2jakes]

This thread is lacking in Stuckey's

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Panama City, FL.

Now I want a pecan log. And some Mexican Jumping Beans.

 

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This thread is lacking in Stuckey's

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Panama City, FL.

Now I want a pecan log. And some Mexican Jumping Beans.

The palm tree and orange - great illustrations - have a wonderfully classic-Florida feel.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

And what looks like Tom Hanks, servicing a car...

Rob

 

[2jakes]

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And what looks like Tom Hanks, servicing a car...

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Rob

Tom's fixing the car to make sure he gets
on the "Road to Perdition" with no problemo!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Lol!

Rob

 

[seres]

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Nice pic... You don't see many "grease pits" anymore.

 

[2jakes]

This is the pits!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[seres]

When I was a young teen, our next door neighbor built a grease pit in his home garage. He sawed the concrete floor nice and straight, hand dug the pit, placed concrete blocks for the walls and poured a concrete floor. All first rate. Every time I would visit I worked my way over to his garage to stare with envy.

Then one day his wife put her car in the garage, and somehow drove one wheel into the pit. After that fiasco, he filled-in the pit. But I still wish I had a grease pit in my home garage!

 

[David Conwill]

The free-standing garage in my first house was built sometime before 1914 (I know this because an early owner had calculated his fuel economy on the wall in pencil and left behind the date July 2, 1914). It had a pit in the bay nearer the house, all brick lined. Someone in the past had fabricated a covering of heavy boards for it and I never worried about anyone driving into it. The biggest danger of pits, as I understand it, is accumulation of carbon monoxide, which is heavier than air. Thankfully, when I stood in the pit my head was above ground, so it wasn’t a huge risk for me. Nowadays I don’t even have a garage and it’s KILLING me.

 

[2jakes]

When I was a young teen, our next door neighbor built a grease pit in his home garage. He sawed the concrete floor nice and straight, hand dug the pit, placed concrete blocks for the walls and poured a concrete floor. All first rate. Every time I would visit I worked my way over to his garage to stare with envy.

Then one day his wife put her car in the garage, and somehow drove one wheel into the pit. After that fiasco, he filled-in the pit. But I still wish I had a grease pit in my home garage!

A Short Garage Story

I was nine.
Fell asleep on top of the car inside the garage.
Woke up as the car drove out.
There was a nail sticking out on top frame of the garage entrance.
I still have the scar on my back!

If you plan on sleeping on top of a car
inside a garage...make sure to remove the nail first.

The End.

PS:
For those of you healots who might be
thinking it...
Yes I was lucky it was on my back and not somewhere else and there was no infection!

 

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