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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Occasionally if they wash the windows and when I bring my mower/tractor cans to be filled.
Diesel in the car, then another transaction needs to be restarted to fill the cans with 87. While filling the cans they are stuck with me holding the nozzle into the cans.
Most of the time it is just, shove nozzle into hole, and they go on to the next car to shove a nozzle into that tank.
Then they will come back to pull it out, hand you receipt and off to the next car.
Like fast food restaurant.
It sucks if it is busy, you HAVE TO wait for them to get to you. Then the pump stops but they are with another car or three before they get back to you.
Us regular folk can not touch the "unsafe" nozzle.
Because of this, it is fun when you go to nearby Washington state and see the Oregon drivers trying to figure out how to make the unmanned pumps work.
Even though we have three to five Employees/Attendants running around pumping gas, our gas is still cheaper than our neighboring states of Washington and California.
Not really a toy, but when was the last time you saw a grain elevator like this one?
Those things were a favorite around our house. They still make similar things, just not under that brand name. The new ones have battery-operated lights in the wheels that flicker as it spins.
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Functioning gas-powered seaplane, 1931
Yeah, my brother had one of the old school ones for years. I loved it.Those things were a favorite around our house. They still make similar things, just not under that brand name. The new ones have battery-operated lights in the wheels that flicker as it spins.
Pic of the "new type," for my fellow TB fogies. 
The wiggly contour to the return arms is another new wrinkle, but it's still fun!
The wiggly contour to the return arms is another new wrinkle, but it's still fun!
Mattel X-15 Vroom Space 3 Wheeled Vehicle.
The Sonic Ear high-velocity listening device, 1979
One of my favorite toys as a pre-schooler! I distinctly remember this one. Thanks for posting!
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How many of us fixed our cassettes with a pencil back in the day? I sure saved a few tapes this way.
I probably still have one of these somewhere in my junk drawer.
Still do...(lotta cassettes of bands I was in)
