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03-17-2012, 01:09 PM | #21 |
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary
Gas my have been only 17 to 23 cents a gal. rent may have been 50.00 to a 100.00 a month also but what were your wages. I remember (picking up) 2 cent then 3 cent pop bottles to get enough gas money to cruise on Friday and Saturday nights. Was not working at the time. May have mowed a lawn or two for a couple of bucks.
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03-19-2012, 05:54 AM | #22 |
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In 1966 gas was 24.9 a gallon and I was making $1.10 to pump it.
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03-19-2012, 07:23 AM | #23 |
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Actually, Tin Lizzy and Flivver are from the Model T era. And Daddy-O is from the '50s.
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03-19-2012, 09:19 AM | #24 |
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Gay - when it meant to be happy, and a variation a Gay blade, meant a sharp dresser or party guy.
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03-19-2012, 09:25 AM | #25 |
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How about "humdinger" and how did this go from a slang \ word thread to a I remember when gas was X thread?
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03-19-2012, 10:01 AM | #26 | |
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Pumps had a small glass "dome" with a plastic red colored piece inside near the "sale' and "Gallons" windows that wiggled around to show that the gas was flowing. Some pumps with the globe on top had a pump handle on the side and a scale to measure the gallons. After you pumped the gas up there, removing the hose let the gas feed by gravity down to the tank. No electric power needed. Quote:
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03-19-2012, 11:08 AM | #27 |
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If you want your A model to "crank", you need to "step on the starter"
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03-19-2012, 11:21 AM | #28 |
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Parlor
Lime Phosphate Soda fountain
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03-19-2012, 07:48 PM | #29 | |
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STEP ON THE STARTER, STEP ON THE GAS, SLIPPED THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD & BUSTED MY--------SHHHH,! DON'T GET EXCITED, DON'T GET ALARMED, JUST SLIPPED THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD, AND "BUSTED MY ARM!" (COURTESY OF CHIEF!) Bill W.
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03-19-2012, 09:37 PM | #30 |
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Purr's like a kitten.
At 15 mph she's humming a song. |
03-20-2012, 06:31 PM | #31 |
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Yo broommaker,
Remember this song? "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines, and you shiver when the cold winds blow." On Route 66, through Flagstaff, Az. in the winter, Chief would always sing it, as he stared straight down the road and as if his thoughts were a 1087 miles away. Great stuff to remember as that's about the only time he EVER sang. Bill W.
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