When I visit my daughter in Houston I need her with me all the time to translate. Some of those dudes (particularly Walmart staff) speak in what sounds like a cross between Russian and Swahili, when the speaker is suffering lock jaw and constipation.........
My grand father built the first service station in Tasmania in 1923. When I was a kid at High School (1958 - 1960) I pumped petrol on Saturday and Sunday for 10 shillings (now $1.00) for the weekend. We had five or six hand pumps, the brands I thing were Golden Fleece, Vacuum, Mobil, Caltex and Shell. With the coming of the electric pumps Father went one brand, Caltex (which is Texaco in the USA.)
I don't remember the price of petrol but it must have been expensive by my standards. My first car was a 1929 (?) Hupmobile that I bought for $10 and I know that when broke I would buy a half gallon of petrol at a time............
This post was edited by Bob (Aust) at 03:51:49 03/10/13.
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