The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 4 months ago"30 minutes or it's free" back then was wildlemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1958arrow-down115
arrow-up1943arrow-down1image"30 minutes or it's free" back then was wildlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 4 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoMy passenger seat-back pocket was always stuffed with Rand McNally’s. I wonder if kids today would even know to stop at a gas station for directions if they got lost.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThose gas stations used to have a map rack. One in my town next to a freeway had a laminated one on the wall behind the maps with a big arrow saying “You are here.” When people asked for directions the clerks just pointed.
My passenger seat-back pocket was always stuffed with Rand McNally’s.
I wonder if kids today would even know to stop at a gas station for directions if they got lost.
Those gas stations used to have a map rack. One in my town next to a freeway had a laminated one on the wall behind the maps with a big arrow saying “You are here.”
When people asked for directions the clerks just pointed.