"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> 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?
>>>
>>> +-----------------------------------------+
>>> | |
>>> | 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


Interesting, I've only seen Stuckey's (on the highway exits) when I moved
here to VA in 1993 - never heard of them before. But within 5 years, I
believe they were all closed down.

Dee Dee