Signs, back in the day

[Nosetime]

Modern one. The tip jar on the counter at my local liquor store reads: 401K. Pretty funny from the Syrian guys that run it, and it's always flowing over, so clever marketing indeed.

[77Birdman]

Originally Posted by GRutter

Stop Signs had cats eye marble reflectors.

Street signs were 4x4's, painted white, with the street names running vertically on the sides of the post.

I can remember my dad sending me to the gas station for a gallon of "white gas" with a quarter. Gas was $0.239. I don't know why I remember that.

Theres a development in my area in which all of the street signs are 4 x 4's with vertical names. Nothing was laid out square, and it meanders through the woods, quite extensively. The way the signs are located its confusing at best. It takes a couple of trips in there to figure out which way youre going!

[Badpuppy]

I was a kid in Oglesby, IL, the street signs were 4x4 concrete obelisks about 4' high. The paint faded and had to be restencilled every year or two. Probably replaced by now.

[Chris in WNC]

1970s Tampa, the older neighborhoods had those same concrete sign posts.
I loved them.

1990s Jacksonville FL there were a very small number of them still remaining in old neighborhoods.

[31Cabriolet68-C]

Does it count if they're still in view? These are still up at the Texas Tavern in Roanoke VA:

We don't take checks, and we don't handle bumblebees.
And:
Yes, ladies do enjoy eating here!

Funkiest little place you'll probably ever see, and best chili ever, at least according to The Champ, Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali who wanted it to get a Michelin Star!

[Keith True]

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In a book I read about 30 years ago the ranch had a sign that said,we don't rent pigs.

[midgetracer]

this will never
come to pass
Backseat driver
out of gas
Burma Shave

[Planojc]

Welding shop sign, We can weld anything but a broken heart and the crack of dawn.

[katy]

I remember a ranch w/two barns, the sign on one barn said "Horse Barn", the sign on the other barn said "The Udder Barn".

[stickshift]

I thought this was funny.thumbnail_IMG_3962.jpg

[Oldgearz]

Originally Posted by wwirz

Burma Shave

Thishas to be the number one answer to this question!!....if you come from back East. Don't know if they were in the South and West.

[daveymc29]

When I was a kid we lived in the buildings that had been a "Toll Gate." If some local asked where we lived we said "The Tool Gale." Out of area plate or accent we would say "Healy Toll Gate." Didn't really matter, it was the only Toll Gate for 50 miles. It had been built in 1889 by Donald Healy, on his road from Horshoe Bend to Boise Idaho, which was a dirt road named Cartwright Road, Still exists in parts, but private property. Hwy 55 is 3 miles west of it on Spring Creek. Used to be Spring Valley Ranch, is now Aviemore area of Eagle.

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by Keith True

In a book I read about 30 years ago the ranch had a sign that said,we don't rent pigs.

Lonesome Dove?

[Keith True]

That was the book.Since covid names seem to escape me for a few minutes.The oddest thing is that when I think of somebody,I will usually only recall their first or last name,but not both at the same time.Then it pops up in my head a minute later.

[nkaminar]

Saw this yesterday. Probably before 1915 when the Model T can out with electric lights. At the Mast General Store, founded 1880.

[31Cabriolet68-C]

Tip Jar in Providence RI sandwich shop:

"Remember, our hands are in your food!"

Food was great, jar had plenty of $$$$...

[mcgarrett]

Saw this sign on the wall in an old machine shop:

[B]"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from Bad Judgement"[/B]

[stickshift]

This one has been around for a while.

[fried okra]

Slow down Pa
Sakes alive,

Ma missed signs,
4 and 5.

Burma Shave

[JayJay]

I've seen this one in a couple of stores, not exactly vintage but still cute:

"Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten."