June 26, 2024
Every morning Uno and I walk past this giant, leaning saguaro on the way up to Morningstar. Is it my imagination or is it leaning more than it was last week?
I'm not sure, but that sucker weighs about 5,000 pounds, so I have been walking by a little quicker than normal and I fully expect it to come crashing down any day now. Or, it could still be there a century or two after I'm gone. Either could be true. By the way, do you see Uno in the picture?
Jugs Iced Free By BBB, Indeed!
Meanwhile, back on Route 66 back in the day.
Thanks to my band pard Rob "Rooster" Mathiasch, here are a couple golden oldies if you have ever worked in a gas station when it was full serve. Seems hard to believe from this vantage point, but there we were.
Crazy. How did Flying A have all those seemingly superior products, "100+ Octane!" "Veedol 10-30 all purpose oil!" and "Ms-3 by Dupont," and still go out of business? Well, sometimes you can have superior everything and still lose the farm. Just ask Ted Turner.
"It had a fantastic cast, jarring battle scenes and 8,000 extras. What it didn't have was a point."
—The devastating review of "Gods And Generals" which cost Ted Turner $90 million to make and distribute and it made back $12 million
Tidewater had the best marketing at the time, too, great neon signage and logo, snappy uniforms, promotable ties to aviation; wish I had a Flying A T-shirt as homage.
ReplyDeleteKudos for keeping Uno's paws cool with walks in the early light!