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duncang

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11. Full service gas station.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 01:13 PM

Oct 31

Everything from pumping gas, fixing tires, handwashing cars, cleaning windows, checking air, and my favorite old timer gas station thing refilling the glass oil bottles. We had what looked like a gas pump but was the cheapest oil you could buy. Some customers would even pull directly to that pump to fill up on oil. Hey I’m down about two quarts would you check?

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What job did you have that no longer exists? [View all] irisblue Oct 31 OP

Medical transcriptionist no_hypocrisy Oct 31 #1

Me too XanaDUer2 Nov 1 #41

I once pumped gas at a convenience store EYESORE 9001 Oct 31 #2

Worked at a small local stationary store chain as my first job in 1987. Basso8vb Oct 31 #3

I still miss them! Lulu KC Oct 31 #29

Switchboard operator... NT deRien Oct 31 #4

I did that for workstudy first 2 yrs in college.I loved using the cords irisblue Oct 31 #7

One of the customers was deRien Oct 31 #9

I did that back in college ... 1966. sinkingfeeling Oct 31 #23

I was a paper boy too, in the late 80s. Diraven Oct 31 #5

Last time I had newspapers delivered, it was a 40 something woman with a car not a kid with a wagon/bag irisblue Oct 31 #6

Data entry part-time for McDonnell-Douglas in the early 1980s. Jeebo Oct 31 #8

DJ, where I played actual records. Permanut Oct 31 #10

Full service gas station. duncang Oct 31 #11

Car hop on roller skates. onecaliberal Oct 31 #12

Do you still skate? irisblue Oct 31 #14

The last time was probably 5 or 6 years ago. onecaliberal Oct 31 #15

I was a night shift computer operator back in the day. Phoenix61 Oct 31 #13

typesetter, paste-up, camera operator, film stripper mike_c Oct 31 #16

Did you do some of these jobs at the same place, or were all these separate? ... electric_blue68 Oct 31 #31

I delivered papers, too. I did my route on my bike until it broke, then I walked it. Aristus Oct 31 #17

drive in theater concession stand rurallib Oct 31 #18

Actually there are still 350 justaprogressive Oct 31 #21

T-Square & triangle Paste-Ups, and Mechanicals Replaced by Computer Programs... electric_blue68 Oct 31 #19

Video Store Manager JoseBalow Oct 31 #20

good times Skittles Oct 31 #32

Keypunch operator. sinkingfeeling Oct 31 #22

Iron pourer at a General Motors foundry. Robotics Emile Oct 31 #24

Paperboy Here, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 31 #25

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I guess I would go with job DUTIES Skittles Oct 31 #30

I worked in a vinyl car top factory... GReedDiamond Oct 31 #33

This will require some explanation. OldBaldy1701E Nov 1 #34

I pumped gas, checked oil and washed the windshield TommieMommy Nov 1 #35

Correcting errors on computer punch cards Marthe48 Nov 1 #36

Batch station operator for a computer lab WestMichRad Nov 1 #37

I worked in a lab where data was recorded on eight inch floppy disks. hunter Nov 1 #38

Part time stationery store clerk for a very short time Wicked Blue Nov 1 #39

Wiretapper jmowreader Nov 1 #40

used to iron hankerchiefs, pillow cases, and my Father's dress shirts Kali Nov 1 #42

Duplicate deleted irisblue Nov 1 #43

I did that! irisblue Nov 1 #44

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