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1. about 2 months ago on Gasoline Alley

   919 is a Raleigh North Carolina area code. I have dialed it many times by dialing 9 to get out (at work) and then dialing 1 for a long distance call – 91919 – then the number

2. about 1 year ago on Gasoline Alley

   If you would like to see a dead ringer for the Gasoline Alley city hall in real life, go to “google maps”, type in “227 South Center Street, Statesville NC” and then do street view on center street. I working in this building for 11 years. No spittoons, but there were ash trays stored in the basement.

3. about 1 year ago on Bloom County

   PTL -pass the loot. Back when this was happening the morning radio hosts in Charlotte had a field day lampooning the “pass the loot club”.

4. over 1 year ago on Gasoline Alley

   They are on I-277. Old interstate highway that circles Charlotte. Highway 16 intersects from the North and the mountains are North of Charlotte. The fictional town of Gasoline Alley is probably North of Charlotte somewhere near 16. 277 is short – only 6 miles in circumference.

5. about 3 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   @AnyFace, @MT Wallet, this is the building at 227 South Center Street in Statesville, North Carolina

6. about 3 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   This is the building at 227 South Center Street in Statesville North Carolina. I worked in the basement there for 11 years

7. almost 6 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   If you want to see the real building, use google maps to look at 227 South Center Street in Statesville, North Carolina. I worked in the building for 11 years.

8. about 6 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   That is definitely the old city hall building in Statesville, North Carolina.

9. about 6 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   I worked in a building from 1996 to 2007 that looks exactly like the one Jim has drawn. It is located in Statesville, North Carolina. Here is the google maps location: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7830129,-80.8871972,21z?hl=en I think he is using the Statesville building since the doors are jutting out – something they corrected back to the original in the 2007 renovation.

10. about 6 years ago on Gasoline Alley

    I worked in a building from 1996 to 2007 that looks exactly like the one Jim has drawn. It is located in Statesville, North Carolina. Here is the google maps location: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7830129,-80.8871972,21z?hl=en I think he is using the Statesville building since the doors are jutting out – something they corrected back to the original in the 2007 renovation.