On Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:44:54p, Dee.Dee told us...

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> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>>> Was it good? Or was it simply the only place to stop for miles
>>>> around?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Blinky
>>>
>>>
>>> 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

Stuckey's used to have "Only --- miles to Stuckey's" on local small
highways.


--
Wayne Boatwright

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