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8. Omg, I remember Esso (now Exxon) and the gas attendants who used to come out to pump the gas

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2024, 09:02 AM

Mar 2024

and check your oil, clean the windshield, and even check your tires if you asked. All part of the service. Still, I would never go back to those days even if you paid me. In some ways, those days look so nostalgic and wonderful, but nope! No. No, thank you.

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"just a friendly reminder to our republican friends to set your clocks forward 60 years tonight... " [View all] orleans Mar 2024 OP

👏👏 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #1

. . . niyad Mar 2024 #2

Bwah! Blue Owl Mar 2024 #3

lol BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 #4

If only they could. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #5

They won't. They're waiting for tsf to "weigh in" first. littlemissmartypants Mar 2024 #6

If only! liberalla Mar 2024 #7

Omg, I remember Esso (now Exxon) and the gas attendants who used to come out to pump the gas crickets Mar 2024 #8

I remember those days to! Tickle Mar 2024 #9

Reminded me of that scene from Back to the Future (3o second mark) Abolishinist Mar 2024 #14

LOL 😂 Emile Mar 2024 #10

If I moved my clock forward 60 years, I'd have oceanfront property. Wonder Why Mar 2024 #11

Haha! That's the spirit. nt crickets Mar 2024 #12

Of course I live in the mountains and would be 137 years old. Always a downside. Wonder Why Mar 2024 #13