Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> 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.

They definitely predated freeways. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've seen
them in photos from the '40s and even '30s.

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