08-17-2026, 06:48 PM
Back in high school (mid 60s) my best friend had a Mini Minor (the original design). If he wanted to give it a treat, he'd fill it with a dollar's worth of regular and a dollar's worth of premium.
My father also had a smallish car. One of the gas companies was giving a free steak knife with a $5.00 fill up and he couldn't get 5 bucks worth in the tank. The local dealer agreed to give him a knife every second time.
Canadian gas stations resisted going metric for years until suddenly the price went over $1.00 per gallon. They suddenly managed to jump to metric to avoid having to cut a hole to add an extra digit to the pumps. (remember a liter is a generous quart)
I remember a letter to Model Railroader complaining about putting $1.29 "plastic squeeze bottles" behind his $100 brass locomotives.
My father also had a smallish car. One of the gas companies was giving a free steak knife with a $5.00 fill up and he couldn't get 5 bucks worth in the tank. The local dealer agreed to give him a knife every second time.
Canadian gas stations resisted going metric for years until suddenly the price went over $1.00 per gallon. They suddenly managed to jump to metric to avoid having to cut a hole to add an extra digit to the pumps. (remember a liter is a generous quart)
I remember a letter to Model Railroader complaining about putting $1.29 "plastic squeeze bottles" behind his $100 brass locomotives.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.