On Wed 23 Jan 2008 02:27:50p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> 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.
>
>

I'm not sure I'd call Stucky's signs typical of the usual countdown signs,
as they had only a couple or three ahead of a store, but I do remember
signs with miles on them.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Date: Wednesday, 01(I)/23(XXIII)/08(MMVIII)
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