Posted on 01/07/2018 7:04:33 AM PST by Kaslin
Do the service stations in Oregon give away road maps?
I’m still drinking from some 60’s gas station glass mugs....amber glass holding nearly a pint with a really good grippin’ handle.
Can’t remember if they were from Gulf, Atlantic, or Phillips 66.
The couple of times I drove in Oregon were really irritating, since I have no desire to sit in my car and wait for someone to come pump my gas, when I can do it easier and faster myself. For that reason, I swore I would never live in Oregon.
It looks like Oregon is finally catching up to the modern era. I don’t think that will change my mind about never wanting to live there, though.
Oregon has no sales tax and washington has no income tax. Live in a place like Stevenson WA and shop in Oregon. Bets of both worlds.
Given that money was denominated in silver or silver certs then or had just come off and had yet to experience Greshams law, that was a bit on the high side, $3.73/gal at today’s prices.
Much of that stuff falls under the *vintage* label, and can command decent prices at a sale. Careful. You may have something of value there. :)
It’s so nice that you are using them.
A few years ago I was in Seattle for a conference and had some free time afterwards so I drove to Salem, Oregon, to consult some records (some of my mother’s ancestors were Oregon pioneers). I must not have needed any gas while I was in Oregon because I was not aware of this rule. $2500 would have made it an expensive trip.
When I was a kid growing up in the Pittsburgh area, a similar thing happened. The City of Pittsburgh did not allow self serve gas, but most of the ‘burbs did. So gas in the city was more expensive and most of us didn’t buy it. When they finally changed the law there was much wailing and teeth gnashing over “untrained, unsafe” amateur gas pumping. It blew over quickly.
I remember buying gas for about 17 cents a gallon in Oregon in 1969.
I would hate losing the savings fro self-serve stations. I never get gas in places like NJ.
By their fruit I know them.
These folks are fags.
Years ago (okay decades) I used to do the real "service station" thing. We made 3 cents a gallon on the gas, maybe enough to pay the the rent. The real money was made in the service bays.
We laughed when the station across the street put a big cooler in the garage and started selling... ...milk.
Now, good luck finding a station where you can get a tire fixed or a quick oil change. Whatever, we obviously didn't have the last laugh.
And Moses was a choir boy back then? ;)
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