Saturday,  Nov. 16, 2013 • Vol. 16--No. 123 • 8 of 28

Boomer Babble - Thoughts at Large
Fill It Up
By Charles Ortman

• Remember when …… of course anyone younger than 50 is now going to change the radio dial……remember when we had radio dials…..oops still lost them.  Actually, I was going to say remember when you just could get out of your car, pump your gas, pay for it and be gone?  I know you have to be old like us to remember when someone would come out and fill the tank for you.  Around our area, the last one I can remember was the old Wall Lake gas station on Highway 42 (the old Highway 16).  And if you are about a hundred years old you might remember when the gas station attendant would check your oil, your tire pressure, and wash your win

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