As I recall in the late 1950’s you sat in your car while THEY pumped your gas, checked your oil and tire pressure… True service!! (And yes I know, some states still don’t allow you to pump your own gas)
Happy Tuesday, good Folks. Feel like a joke? Here’s another trucker number. Yesterday’s got a good response. This makes me for to be very happy! Here we a-go-go!
A trucker stops at a rural diner to get some coffee. Looking around, he sees the only open seat was at the far end of the counter. He goes over and starts what turns out to be a great conversation with a farmhand next to him. After a while the farmhand gets up to leave and says, “Y’know what? You’re a good ol’ guy! I’m gonna go up to the register and tell them that I’m paying your ticket. When I get the waitress to look over just give a thumbs up”. “Mighty kind of ya, stranger!” the trucker says and returns to his coffee. The farmhand goes up to the register and tells the waitress, “See that guy at the end of the counter giving a thumbs up? He’s paying for my meal.”
Yeah, back in the day I had a Springer Spaniel who just loved the water. Don’t tell me she was only 30% wet after shaking off — even those few times when the shaking off didn’t reach me.
According to this site there were jump centers at gas stations, and I think RBION used this site as the source of information for this posting. In fact I think they may frequently use this site as a source of material. https://didyouknowfacts.com/facts/in-the-1950s-there-were-jump-centers-at-gas/
eromlig over 1 year ago
Det Wogs. Dry about 71 percent.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
That coffee must be that one at the end of the Garfield online animation “Bean Me.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3DuYrIUzq8
wmwiii Premium Member over 1 year ago
I was a kid in the 1950’s, and I don’t remember any trampolines at gas stations.
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
Don’t serve that coffee to Mr. Bean. He’s already going crazy all day long!
Bilan over 1 year ago
Why would the FDA even recommend a caffeine dosage?
Copy-&-Paste over 1 year ago
As I recall in the late 1950’s you sat in your car while THEY pumped your gas, checked your oil and tire pressure… True service!! (And yes I know, some states still don’t allow you to pump your own gas)
alscoonz2 over 1 year ago
Happy Tuesday, good Folks. Feel like a joke? Here’s another trucker number. Yesterday’s got a good response. This makes me for to be very happy! Here we a-go-go!
A trucker stops at a rural diner to get some coffee. Looking around, he sees the only open seat was at the far end of the counter. He goes over and starts what turns out to be a great conversation with a farmhand next to him. After a while the farmhand gets up to leave and says, “Y’know what? You’re a good ol’ guy! I’m gonna go up to the register and tell them that I’m paying your ticket. When I get the waitress to look over just give a thumbs up”. “Mighty kind of ya, stranger!” the trucker says and returns to his coffee. The farmhand goes up to the register and tells the waitress, “See that guy at the end of the counter giving a thumbs up? He’s paying for my meal.”
bookworm0812 over 1 year ago
Where can I find that coffee? I could use a cup this morning.
JR53home Premium Member over 1 year ago
It looks like the customer is pumping their own gas. Was there self serv then?
oakie817 over 1 year ago
is there decaf black label?
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
Thanks, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, for the free ad. ~ Satan
Take care, may wet dog Fido “Well Shake It All Baby Twist And Bark” Arford be with you, and gesundheit.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Yep,and that wet dog is always standing right next to its owner when it does.
Also,on a LILO AND STITCH TV show,the kid said that Kona Coffee is so strong that only adults are allowed to buy it.Fact or fiction?
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Believe It or Not,Rep,Jim Jordan’s laptop is even MORE incriminating!!
koolodge over 1 year ago
First I heard of it and I was a kid in the 50’s
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
The FDA has a minimum daily requirement for caffeine? I’m caffeine deficient! Oh, it’s a maximum. Well, I’m still deficient.
The Duke over 1 year ago
The dogs may shake dry but they can’t shake the wet dog smell.
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
So the gas stations with trampolines gave rise to punitive damage lawsuits?
mindjob over 1 year ago
Do they still make Jolt cola with twice the sugar and all the caffein? Or was it twice the caffein and all the sugar?
mike.keady over 1 year ago
Gas service stations in the 50s had attendants to pump gas. People were not allowed to pump their own gas.
ekke over 1 year ago
Yeah, back in the day I had a Springer Spaniel who just loved the water. Don’t tell me she was only 30% wet after shaking off — even those few times when the shaking off didn’t reach me.
Buckeye67 over 1 year ago
According to this site there were jump centers at gas stations, and I think RBION used this site as the source of information for this posting. In fact I think they may frequently use this site as a source of material. https://didyouknowfacts.com/facts/in-the-1950s-there-were-jump-centers-at-gas/
coffeeturtle over 1 year ago
do they sell that stuff on Amazon???
8^)
flpmlp over 1 year ago
They’re going to need many trampolines while parents recharge those electric vehicles!
metagalaxy1970 over 1 year ago
Drink that coffee and I would be awake for the whole week!
magicfever495 over 1 year ago
Sure do miss our jokers.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ahh yes trampolines, back in the day before suing lawyers ruined the country.
1Friendo over 1 year ago
Yeah, me neither.
WDD over 1 year ago
Wet dogs might be more welcome if they didn’t shake themselves dry around people.