On Wed 23 Jan 2008 12:39:41a, Blinky the Shark told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Tue 22 Jan 2008 09:44:54p, Dee.Dee told us...
>>
>>
>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> Dee.Dee wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>>>> news >>>>>> Dee.Dee wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>

You're absolutely right.

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Wayne Boatwright

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