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FriscoCharlie Oct 5, 2015

  1. Hardcoaler

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    You may well be right. Gear oils have "EP" Extreme Pressure additives to ensure that the lubricant stays on the gear faces as they interface under great force. I was a lubricants buyer at heavy manufacturing plants and the number of products for specific industrial applications amazed me. Those lubrication engineers are mighty smart people.(y)
     
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  2. jamcool

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    They were a J Paul Getty controlled oil company...merged in the 1930s with Associated Oil of California (Flying A) to form Tidewater Associated Oil Co.-Thus Tydol Flying A.
     
  3. r_i_straw

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    1939 in Dalhart, Texas. Russell Lee photo.
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  4. BigJake

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    Ahh, yes; when tires had innertubes...

    Which made the greatest floats ever invented for the swimmin' hole. But you had to make sure you wetted the whole surface down before hoppin' on them, or you'd get scorched!

    Nothin' like layin' back in an innertube on a cool creek in the hot afternoon, watching the clouds go by...

    ...at least I assume they weren't advertising vacuum tubes for sale?!
     
  5. Shortround

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    Ah! Monkey Wards. A very popular catalog sales up here before Sears took over.
     
  6. r_i_straw

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    Along Highway 66 west of Kellyville, Oklahoma and was a Phillips 66 station.
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  7. r_i_straw

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    Service with a smile. "Should I check your oil Sir?"
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  8. Kurt Moose

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    Looks like that young man's first crush....:love:
     
  9. BigJake

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    Just wait 'til she washes the windshield...
     
  10. BigJake

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    ...Pickin' it up here, boss!
     
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  11. acptulsa

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    Nah. He's at that in between age, young enough not to notice, old enough to prefer his milk cold.

    No, she ensnared him with the balloon.
     
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  12. BigJake

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    I don't think so...

    But what about his dad, on the verge of forgetting he's a married man?!

    "I'm a married spud; I'm a married spud!"

    The sign "Stop Motor" might take on a new, additional meaning...

    And notice the sign in the background, with the cartoon man in the car. This was a very well composed photograph!
     
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  13. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    1950. Cool. Back when customer service was a real thing and even some fun. Not just smoke, mirrors and hot air.
     
  14. r_i_straw

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  15. acptulsa

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  16. r_i_straw

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    Onion Oil Company? [​IMG]
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  17. Kurt Moose

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    *nyuck nyuck!!*:ROFLMAO::D
     
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  18. Mike VE2TRV

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    Was related once to Onion Pacific. They had to be broken up because all those Onions made a monopoly... :D :whistle:
     
  19. Kurt Moose

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    I really want to know what the slogan is at the bottom of the "Onion Oil Co" sign!
     
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  20. r_i_straw

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    Slaphappy.jpg
    From Slaphappy Sleuths 1950.
     

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