Author Topic: lazs (Read 619 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:20:08 AM »

hmm.. the uk guys seem a bit..... jealous.

I like the cat t shirt.

rosco.... seriously... go to this site http://www.ntahc.org/modifiedhealeys/index.html

I know most of these guys.. my car is on the site. there is some articles on rack and pinion etc...

The best thing I did for my 55 was to add the bilstien tube shocks and a sway bar.

lazs

lazs2 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:25:40 AM »

Oh... and 20 years ago we had a store here in my little town in kalifornia that had two gas pumps outside... was a convienence store with a small delli in it and it sold all types of liquor and had a gunsmith 3 days a week behind the counter where rifles pistols shotguns and ammo were sold.

you could fill up with gas, grab a sandwich and a 12 pack and buy a used shotgun off the rack and a couple of boxes of shells and go.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:32:43 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
Oh... and 20 years ago we had a store here in my little town in kalifornia that had two gas pumps outside...

I bet the pump monkey had an oily rag that hung from the pocket of his overalls, and offered to wipe your windscreen. He would have left the gas pumping into your car while he did that, and I bet the pump went DING with each gallon pumped!

lazs2 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:40:27 AM »

nope... you pumped your own and when you were done you went in and told the guy how much you pumped and payed for it.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:52:50 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
nope... you pumped your own and when you were done you went in and told the guy how much you pumped and payed for it.

Well, I guess they learned from their mistakes. Nowadays, every gas station I saw in CA you had to pay in advance, or use a CC at the pump.

lazs2 · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:58:32 AM »

It was the same when I was in england except that the prices were three times higher and you had a better chance of being mugged or pickpocketed.

lazs

midnight Target · « **Reply #21 on:** November 01, 2005, 08:58:40 AM »

Jeeez Beetle... did you think Gomer worked in every gas station too?

Curval · « **Reply #22 on:** November 01, 2005, 09:04:29 AM »

When I was in Arizona a few years ago I saw a sign outside a store advertising itself as:

"Drugs and Ammo"

What a wonderful combination.

beet1e · « **Reply #23 on:** November 01, 2005, 09:06:09 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
It was the same when I was in england except that the prices were three times higher and you had a better chance of being mugged or pickpocketed.

lazs

You clearly did not come round here - no advance payment necessary, but there are numberplate recognition systems on the forecourt.

Who is Gomer?

midnight Target · « **Reply #24 on:** November 01, 2005, 09:48:29 AM »

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 01, 2005, 11:36:06 AM »

Silly, Beetle obviously never saw Mayberry in the Gomer years, he MUST be a Goober fan!

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2005, 11:53:27 AM »

Our grocery store was kinda like what you describe Lazs, only without the gas pumps. The owners slaughtered their own hogs in the back and did some really excellent BBQ pork sandwiches at lunch time when I was in school for like 50 cents each. That was the big deal once you got into high school, you could walk off the school grounds to eat. They didnt let us drive (if you were old enough), so alot of us drove and parked in town by the store, and then walked there for lunch. Then we could go cruising for half an hour before we had to park and walk back to school.

I think the entire grocery store could have fit in my office. They had a small shelf with shotgun shells and .22s by the cash register and one of those big metal coolers behind the counter with the glass bottles of soda for 30 cents. You had a choice of Pepsi, Coke, RC, Mt. Dew and Ski. They didnt sell guns, but there was a bulletin board inside the door, and there was usually several posted for sale.