[HPFGU-Catalogue] Re: Funny Potter pic in Files.

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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:39:23 -0000, Jen Reese <stevejjen at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Jen: Too funny, Sean! We have an exhibit in our Texas State History
> museum with all the old oil companies and logos, given the Texas
> petroleum connection and all that. Anyway, I think the dino *was*
> Sinclair, and then Fina was another one, but if I remember right they
> just had the distinctive orange sign with blue lettering. Texaco is
> still around, but the logo was a big 'T'in a star when it first
> started out. And the flying red horse was definitely Mobil--are you
> saying you still have Mobil stations in Australia, Sean? We don't have
> them around here anymore.

We've had Mobil here for years, but the station around the corner from
me is owned by a regional subsiduary which in turn answers to scary
men in black suits and sunglasses from America, so I guess that
answers the question :) I forgot about Texaco, that' s another one.
 
> Jen, fascinated by this because her grandfather ran a Texaco station
> way back when, and she spent many an idyllic afternoon getting free
> sodas and watching guys give people *full* service fill-ups with
> window washing, courtesy oil & tire checks and all the rest.

Ah the days when we were kids and people had real jobs.

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