29 thoughts on “Who remembers these and when they were free?”
Don’t remember Sinclair, usually went to Chevron or Texaco station for free air, E78 tires sometimes didn’t seal well, chuckling
People also used to roll the air hoses back up when they were done
Quick Trip is still free.
I lived in Tulsa in the early mid 90s. A green cloud of mysterious gas, green in color, appeared one morning over a Sinclair facility. Radio station that I was loyal to announced “Dino must have farted”
Had to be Chlorine… I bet a months worth of 5 cent bags…
Was it the 55 gallon of Roy D. Mercer whoopass station. Phil and Brent will always be the kings of the airwaves. Youtube Roy D. for some of the funniest practical jokes ever heard on the radio. They went GLOBAL.
Flaring Cederq we had at one time 3 refineries here.
Hell, I’m old enough to remember gas at 17 cents a gallon, the attendant filled the tank, checked the oil, tire pressure and cleaned all the windows with a, “thanks and come again.” Now you got to fight the pump to spit out a receipt.
Damn Judy, are you Vetustior Humo? Latin for “Older then Dirt.”
Pretty close!
Badge of honor, the cheapest I remember was 45 cents. I worked at a station for 2 years during highschool. There was self serve pumps and full service. I pulled a lot of dipsticks in my day.
And you got green stamps and game cards or juice glasses to boot. Of course the minimum wage was about $1.60.
Sung to the tune of Dark Side of the Moon:
The lunatics are on the glahss,
ya get one free from poompin’ ghass!
There’s JarJar Binks,
and rubber Yoda mahsks!
Got to get the whole set while they lhasssst…
( Sung to a Brit/Aussie accent)
Waiting for it to stop ringing to know the tire was full.
I’d tell all of ya that I have a 8ft. replica of old Dino the green dinosaur, but you probably won’t believe me.
Pictures or nope.
chuckling
Remember them well. I never trusted the pressure you set them to, and always used my tire gauge.
Ditto
I remember an air hose that didn’t have a water removal device, in a New England winter. Ice does not balance.
I remember when water was free and porn cost money……
Early 80’s my bro and me were tooling around town on our bikes. He had opted for a 10 speed, I had a BMX style.
Anyway, the station my dad always used had one of those, and as we were near it, my bro thought he needed some air so we decided to try it.
He was not at all a technical or mechanical type but I was, and I knew better than to dial it up to like 70 or something, but that was my inner coyote.
It held for about a mile on down the road when it went off like a shotgun blast.
It blew the rim apart at the seam as well as the tire and tube of course.
Found a payphone (ha) and called home. Dad came to retrieve us and the bikes, and I was a lazy 13 year old and was happy (home from here was all biking uphill mostly) to not have to do that, till he found out what happened.
He took my bro and his bike home and I had to pedal back.
Lessons learned.
Lowes in Hoover, Al just installed one near the contractor loading area.
I know where Hoover is… used to live in Hokes Bluff outside of Gadsden.
Funny seeing the Sinclair air pump. When I was cleaning out the garage years ago I came across an old box of Grandpa’s crap and one of the treasures in it was a Cities Service tube of door lube for autos. Stuff is still good too.
Yup and gas under $0.30.
I never was near a Sinclair, but Texaco and Esso. Never trusted the air pump either. My brother and I used the “tire squeeze” as a gauge.
Dad was ranting and raving when gas went from 11 to 13 CENTS overnight, which is why I remember it. I was just turned 5, back in ’58…
There a few free ones where I live, but only one that can seat a motorcycle tire.
Don’t remember Sinclair, usually went to Chevron or Texaco station for free air, E78 tires sometimes didn’t seal well, chuckling
People also used to roll the air hoses back up when they were done
Quick Trip is still free.
I lived in Tulsa in the early mid 90s. A green cloud of mysterious gas, green in color, appeared one morning over a Sinclair facility. Radio station that I was loyal to announced “Dino must have farted”
Had to be Chlorine… I bet a months worth of 5 cent bags…
Was it the 55 gallon of Roy D. Mercer whoopass station. Phil and Brent will always be the kings of the airwaves. Youtube Roy D. for some of the funniest practical jokes ever heard on the radio. They went GLOBAL.
Flaring Cederq we had at one time 3 refineries here.
Hell, I’m old enough to remember gas at 17 cents a gallon, the attendant filled the tank, checked the oil, tire pressure and cleaned all the windows with a, “thanks and come again.” Now you got to fight the pump to spit out a receipt.
Damn Judy, are you Vetustior Humo? Latin for “Older then Dirt.”
Pretty close!
Badge of honor, the cheapest I remember was 45 cents. I worked at a station for 2 years during highschool. There was self serve pumps and full service. I pulled a lot of dipsticks in my day.
Maybe she has the original recipe for dirt…
Why, yes I do! Here’s the one I like the best:
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/dirt-cake-recipe-5547060
Look how beautiful it is. Made in AMERICA.
And you got green stamps and game cards or juice glasses to boot. Of course the minimum wage was about $1.60.
Sung to the tune of Dark Side of the Moon:
The lunatics are on the glahss,
ya get one free from poompin’ ghass!
There’s JarJar Binks,
and rubber Yoda mahsks!
Got to get the whole set while they lhasssst…
( Sung to a Brit/Aussie accent)
Waiting for it to stop ringing to know the tire was full.
I’d tell all of ya that I have a 8ft. replica of old Dino the green dinosaur, but you probably won’t believe me.
Pictures or nope.
chuckling
Remember them well. I never trusted the pressure you set them to, and always used my tire gauge.
Ditto
I remember an air hose that didn’t have a water removal device, in a New England winter. Ice does not balance.
I remember when water was free and porn cost money……
Early 80’s my bro and me were tooling around town on our bikes. He had opted for a 10 speed, I had a BMX style.
Anyway, the station my dad always used had one of those, and as we were near it, my bro thought he needed some air so we decided to try it.
He was not at all a technical or mechanical type but I was, and I knew better than to dial it up to like 70 or something, but that was my inner coyote.
It held for about a mile on down the road when it went off like a shotgun blast.
It blew the rim apart at the seam as well as the tire and tube of course.
Found a payphone (ha) and called home. Dad came to retrieve us and the bikes, and I was a lazy 13 year old and was happy (home from here was all biking uphill mostly) to not have to do that, till he found out what happened.
He took my bro and his bike home and I had to pedal back.
Lessons learned.
Lowes in Hoover, Al just installed one near the contractor loading area.
I know where Hoover is… used to live in Hokes Bluff outside of Gadsden.
Funny seeing the Sinclair air pump. When I was cleaning out the garage years ago I came across an old box of Grandpa’s crap and one of the treasures in it was a Cities Service tube of door lube for autos. Stuff is still good too.
Yup and gas under $0.30.
I never was near a Sinclair, but Texaco and Esso. Never trusted the air pump either. My brother and I used the “tire squeeze” as a gauge.
Dad was ranting and raving when gas went from 11 to 13 CENTS overnight, which is why I remember it. I was just turned 5, back in ’58…
There a few free ones where I live, but only one that can seat a motorcycle tire.