I miss the prices more than the attendant that would come out and gas your car...they'd even clean your windshield if needed!
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bigredfish
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I miss the prices more than the attendant that would come out and gas your car...they'd even clean your windshield if needed!
... and check the oil
This doesn't look like it would feel very "portable" when you lifted it.
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Yeah...good times according to some...apparently, it was a great time to be alive
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Times Square, NY in the 1970's before it all had to be cleaned up so that American Youth wouldn't be brainwashed, reproduce, and multiply. It worked a decade or two before the Internet became alive. 
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Photo Proof That Sleaziness In Times Square Isn't Actually New
Sorry, Bill de Blasio. The Times Square whose "family friendly" nature you're trying to preserve has a pretty sordid past.
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Mayor Koch started the process in 1980, but things didn't actually start changing until about 1988!
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I almost walked into one on 44th Street and 8th Avenue a few months ago "by mistake" - I thought I was walking into a CVS pharmacy - Google Maps misled me
Apparently, lots of fine natural girls back in the day - no fake tan lines, no hipster vibes, tattoo-less, no breast / buttock implants; no botox bullshit; things were very fine back in those days; natural odor was a plus too (pheromone-secreting) too; a little bit of hair on the pits, chin, and bush was considered okay back in those vintage days; girls back then had a natural polite personality. Nowadays, such girls are after the money - annihilating certain men; rinsing and repeating. Its disgusting.
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When I was a kid we had a store called Yard Birds. They had a 60' tall bird mascot and you could drive between its legs with your car. On a 95F day in 1976 there was a car fire at the store. Guess where the car was? Yep between the birds legs. The bird was freshly varnished and burned down in like 10 minutes.
REAL embossed metal ceiling tiles as in that image are worth some dough these days.
Oh, yeah....throwing rocks up and watchin' the bats dive after them.
Greasy pants legs because of chain guards removed on the bikes.
Fenders removed.
Hard to believe I still have all my toes.......
I used an online inflation calculator. It said $107.55 in 1956 equals $1292.12 in 2026.
And according to Google, that inflationary calc would be a bargain:
In 2026, the average total cost for childbirth in the U.S. (including prenatal care and delivery) is projected to be around $20,000 to over $30,000. Out-of-pocket expenses for insured patients generally range from $2,000 to $3,500 for vaginal births and higher for C-sections, depending on deductibles. Without insurance, costs can exceed $50,000 for hospital stays.
Yes, it shows how out of control our health care costs are.