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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 ![]() >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message >>>>>>> news ![]() >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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 ******************************************* Date: Wednesday, 01(I)/23(XXIII)/08(MMVIII) ******************************************* Oxymoron: Small Crowd. ******************************************* |
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