Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> "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.
>
> http://www.stuckeys.com/search.php

Re the countdown signs specifically, I'm curious enough that I emailed
their marketing department (for lack of a general place to ask quesitons)
and asked if they did use them and if so if they did predate the freeways.
I doubt that I'll get an answer; answering won't make them any more money.
But if I do I'll report back.


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