[PRCo] Re: McKeesport

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Last time I bought gas in New Jersey it was full service as well.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:34 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: McKeesport


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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