Old gas stations

[2jakes]

Mystery car from 1937 !

"The Pause That Refreshes!"

"Yer darn tootin' !"

 

[Trenchfriend]

@2jakes
Isn't that an awesome CocaCola-display? They should recreate that!

 

[2jakes]

@2jakes
Isn't that an awesome CocaCola-display!! They should recreate that!

Sie sollten nicht zu schwer zu reproduzieren sein.

Behind the "Graf Zepellin" bike I'm building is a vintage style coke chest.
I added the "Sprite Boy" porcelain sign to
the top.

 

[Fading Fast]

Bet it felt like the place was going to fall down around you inside that station in a wind storm.

 

[2jakes]

Bet it felt like the place was going to fall down around you inside that station in a wind storm.

About the only time I've felt like the place was going to fall down was in a
Los Angeles camera & jewelry dept.
store.
I experienced a tremblor or templor.
Not sure of the correct wording.
Was told by the locals that it was a minor
thing caused by the faults underneath
the city.
I was meaning to move out of this area,
this made up my mind... pronto!

 

[Fading Fast]

About the only time I've felt like the place was going to fall down was in a
Los Angeles camera & jewelry dept.
store.
I experienced a tremblor or templor.
Not sure of the correct wording.
Was told by the locals that it was a minor
thing caused by the faults underneath
the city.
I was meaning to move out of this area,
this made up my mind... pronto!

I was on the 31st floor of a modern skyscraper - but to be fair, it was a trading floor which has a "raised" floor (basically, they actually do "raise" the floor about 8 inches to run all the wiring for the extra screens, phone lines, etc. for the trading desks and then lay heavy metal planks over supports to create the "new" higher floor) - so when a tremor hit from an earthquake (one state away!), it felt like you were surfing as you could feel the floor panels going up and down in waves. I believe the raised floor might have exaggerated that effect, but whatever, not comfortable to feel a building wobbling when you're more than 300 feet off the ground.

Afterwards, we were assured it was always safe - and I guess it was as (1) it was a new building built to all the latest codes, etc., (blah, blah, blah) and (2) well, it's still standing, but that was one uncomfortable feeling. And there's always this - if it wasn't safe and fell down, many, myself included, would be dead and they'd up the standards for the next building. It is what it is - it's all safe / not safe - it's life.

The building:

 

[seres]

... And there's always this - if it wasn't safe and fell down, many, myself included, would be dead and they'd up the standards for the next building...

So true.

 

[Frunobulax]

Bet it felt like the place was going to fall down around you inside that station in a wind storm.

Those buildings still survive in various incarnations. I drive by one every day, practically.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Fading Fast]

What first went through my mind was
the feeling that no matter where I went
was not safe and the whole place was
going to cave in at any moment.

(I tend to get overly dramatic)

I know when there's nothing to do and that was a there's-nothing-to-do moment: you're either going to die or not. The fast "out" of that building with the elevators working is over five minutes and I doubt they run during an earthquake. My personal feelings are I'm okay with dying, I just don't want to be broken beyond repair; so oddly, I don't freak out in those situations as the binary result - dead or fine - doesn't make me as nervous as dead or severely / irreparably injured.

 

[Fading Fast]

Those buildings still survive in various incarnations. I drive by one every day, practically.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Absolutely - there are many still standing. But I still bet the rattle and shake in a big wind storm makes you think otherwise.

 

[2jakes]

Survivors!

 

[2jakes]

I know when there's nothing to do and that was a there's-nothing-to-do moment: you're either going to die or not....

Gosh... I remember feeling that when I was 19 on tour courtesy of uncle Sam.

 

[BobHufford]

Survivors!
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I've thought about doing something like this with the station we own (and currently rent to a used car dealer) -- call it Tamale Station or something. Put keypad/voice menus in the pumps and have it be a drive through thing. Your order brought out by someone dressed in vintage gas station uniforms. Might even clean your windshield...

Then I realize that I'm nearing retirement and this sounds like a lot of work.

 

[Fading Fast]

Gosh... I remember feeling that when I was 19 on tour courtesy of uncle Sam.

All I can say is thank you. Everyday - literally everyday - I remember that my safety is provided by people like you.

 

[2jakes]

I've thought about doing something like this with the station we own (and currently rent to a used car dealer) -- call it Tamale Station or something. Put keypad/voice menus in the pumps and have it be a drive through thing. Your order brought out by someone dressed in vintage gas station uniforms. Might even clean your windshield...

Then I realize that I'm nearing retirement and this sounds like a lot of work.

Reminds me of a young man with similar ideas.
He created a "malt shop" with juke box and fountain diner.
I ordered a chocolate malt.
One swallow is all I could take.
In the course of the conversation with the owner, I mentioned the way a malt
was made back in the '50s.
He replied...."that sounds like a lot of work!"

 

[2jakes]

All I can say is thank you. Everyday - literally everyday - I remember that my safety is provided by people like you.

Thanks pal!
It's nice to know that while I'm still in this world!

I feel like that about my father who
served in WW2.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The mystery car is most likely a 1937 Willys. He's a chump to be driving such a nifty car in the snow. Salt'll eat that bugger right down to the frame.

 

[LizzieMaine]

 

[2jakes]

 

[BobHufford]

We may be slipping off topic...