Gas Stations, Service Stations, Car Care Stations by Ceil Winters

This was posted this morning in an article I received from the Key West Citizen Newspaper in Key West Florida. That is where I was born and my dad owned the first Standard Oil station in Key West. Back then not everyone was fortunate enough to own a car. This is when our family purchased our first family car that was a Kaiser (I believe was a Mercury Brand).

I remember we as a family all worked at the service station. (My job was to carry my box out to the car at the pump, step up and clean the windows). My dad usually pumped the gas.That is back when someone would come out, pump your gas, clean your windows, check your tires and oil; have a soda and gossip for awhile. If you didn't have money to pay my mom would keep a record of money owed in a little hand-written log book. Back then we didn't have credit cards. I don't remember a cash register, I think dad had a cigar box to keep the money in and a pickle jar to put change. My brother use to work in the back and helped change tires. I guess my sister just sat and looked pretty, don't remember her having any chores.

Just a few memories as life was back then.Now we pump our own gas, check our own tires, clean our own windows and pay at the pump or go inside, pay and pick up a snack. We are lucky if we see the same person next trip to the"Convenience Store" as we call it today.

This has not one thing to do with real estate, septic inspections, home inspections, swimming pool inspections, commercial inspections, condo inspections but it sure was fun remembering.

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