"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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>>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>> Was it good? Or was it simply the only place to stop for miles around?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Blinky
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>>
>> Nothing special at all. It was the only place. You would see the big
>> billboards for miles ahead :-))
>
> Countdown billboards?
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> +-----------------------------------------+
> | |
> | ONLY 183 MILES to |
> | THE FEEDBAG RESTAURANT in PODUNK! |
> | |
> +-----------------------------------------+

> --
> Blinky


You got me a-thinkin'. I don't know if they had those "so many miles to..."
signs then. Eisenhower started the freeway system abt 1956, so I don't
think the freeways were in Kansas then. People weren't in such a hurry then
to get to the next stop (basically because there weren't many -- ;-))) I
do remember the Burma Shave signs still being there. That was about the
only entertainment. I had a Volvo bug and it was so damned noisy, the radio
was worthless (if I had one, I don't remember.)

Geez, looking back at that decade makes me depressed. Enough said! I'm
outta here.
Dee Dee