Some time ago!
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malvin wrote:
From one of the last old gas stations I photographed,,, gone forever. malvin
Jan 20, 2023 05:52:18 #
malvin wrote:
From one of the last old gas stations I photographed,,, gone forever. malvin
Cool image
White Gas contained no lead and was use mainly for Lantern, camping stove fuel and the old brass Blowtorches, and many more things. I ran out of gas in my wrecker one time and I had 5 gals of white gas I had just purchased, I made it to the next gas station, but the engine knocked like someone left a hammer bin it. It was also much cheaper than leaded gasoline, at the time it was approx. .020 P/G Reg.leaded was $.045
Today you pay $5.00 per gal. for Colman fuel "white gasoline"
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Jan 20, 2023 11:46:24 #
gener202002 wrote:
Cool, I remember as a kid gas at $.20 a gallon. My how times change.
19.9 cents is the lowest I remember
Jan 20, 2023 13:35:09 #
Great find and shot. I am one of the few survivors of my generation who use White Gas as a cleaning solvent. We would have Gas Wars at the station I worked at after school in 1960. We actually got to 16.9 for ethyl.
Jan 20, 2023 14:52:21 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Great find and shot. I am one of the few survivors of my generation who use White Gas as a cleaning solvent. We would have Gas Wars at the station I worked at after school in 1960. We actually got to 16.9 for ethyl.
Gasoline, white or otherwise was, and is, dangerous as a cleaning agent. My father's first wife died, and her mother was badly injured, due to an explosion and fire in their home that resulted from them using gas for cleaning something.
Jan 20, 2023 15:32:56 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Gasoline, white or otherwise was, and is, dangerous as a cleaning agent. My father's first wife died, and her mother was badly injured, due to an explosion and fire in their home that resulted from them using gas for cleaning something.
Yep, I knew it was unsafe even then but you use what you can afford. Being young, indestructible and knowing it all probably had something to do with it too.
Jan 20, 2023 16:43:05 #
malvin wrote:
From one of the last old gas stations I photographed,,, gone forever. malvin
In the grand scheme of things, 85 cents wasn't that long ago
I remember my dad buying gas for 22 cents a gallon and swearing about how he was getting gouged! A cool find on your part 🤎🤎🥇🤎🤎Jan 20, 2023 16:55:56 #
Mustanger wrote:
19.9 cents is the lowest I remember
Yeah, I tend to round off. I still remember two eggs, toast, hashbrowns, and coffee for a dollar, as well. Maybe $.99. There are some things to be said about the old days. Happy days!
Jan 22, 2023 17:48:30 #
When I was in Thailand my house had teak floors. (teak forest nearby) I never concerned myself with the care or cleaning, as I had a "house girl". I went home early one day and she was cleaning and waxing the floor. On her hands and knees with paraffin melted on an open flame and mixed with kerosene!
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