[PRCo] Re: McKeesport

[Jim Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> It's particularly nice because it shows a gas station from before the 
> "slob in the box" era of gasoline marketing, back to when they were 
> called service stations and when you received service when you went there.

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Oregon is still Full Serve  --  Self Serve against the law  --  they 
check oil and clean the windows.       Usually forget that when I am up 
there  --  jump out of the car and prepare to pump gas and I Get 
Attention Very Fast!!       Basically very nice!
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I don't view Self Serve as bad  --  just evolutionary process.       
Even many drugs are downgraded to OTC that were once prescription  --  
department stores are Mostly if not All Self-Serve  --  many other 
examples as well.
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BE____Careful   on Oregon highways  --  highway patrol is Overly 
Enthusiastic.       Never received a ticket  (never got caught??!!)  but 
had a cruiser follow me south on 101 - Coast Highway  --  considerable 
distance.       (((This is when I had my VW Diesel Camper  --  Great 
Torque but Horrible For Speed  --  had tractor trailers passing me 
UpGrade on Freeways  --  OFTEN!!!)))       Finally pulled off the road 
at Visitor Site and waited a spell  --  never saw cruiser again.
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Others have also indicated that Oregon highway patrol is quite 
energetic.       CAlifornians are not well liked up there but I never 
really experienced problems.       L-o-n-g---Ago  I learned to say I am 
from Pennsylvania  (I__AM!!)  --  not from CAlifornia!!!!!!!       Why 
the CA plates  --  Rental Car??       Beautiful State,  Oregon  --  Very 
Beautiful.
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I was in a small Colorado town with one very small section that could be 
considered  Yuppified.       Stopped in restaurant there and:::
One person brought place setting
Another One brought Water.
Another One brought Menu.
Another One served.
Another One asked about dessert.
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Gross Overkill in service!!!
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> .......And we didn't even have a fancy name for it like 
> detailing.      It was simply vacuuming the seats and washing the 
> windows to get the tobacco off them.

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Janitors  vs  Custodial  Engineers!!!!!!!
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Not unlike Barbers // Haircuts.       Some are particular about their 
haircuts  --  that's fine.       I just like to walk in, get a haircut, 
and leave.       Walked into   *_Barber___Shop_*    (so I thought)  in 
Burlingame and one barber was occupied, 3 others standing there.       I 
was asked if I had an appointment?   """NO!"""       Each asked the 
other if they could accommodate me and one begrudgingly did  --  
NO--One  came into the shop while I was there.       Cheeze__Whiz!
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>>> From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
>>> Date: 2006/08/26 Sat AM 06:39:18 EDT
>>> To: "PRCo" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>> Subject: [PRCo] McKeesport
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