If this were true France - which is 71.6% nuclear - would have free
electricity, or at worst selling at a 71% discount. ;
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 3:54 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > I remember when nuclear power was in its infancy, and the motto was "too
> cheap
> I remember when nuclear power was in its infancy, and the motto was "too
cheap to meter."
Had nuclear energy been done correctly, it would've been. It's never going to
happen in this country. We are probably heading into another "dark ages" or at
least another end of "The Bronze Age".
Rick
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I remember when nuclear power was in its infancy, and the motto was "too
cheap to meter."
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:08 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Haha yeah we’d go riding around in my buddy’s car on Friday nights and
> before he took the car home we’d all k
Haha yeah we’d go riding around in my buddy’s car on Friday nights and before
he took the car home we’d all kick in a quarter or two to go fill up so his dad
wouldn’t be pissed the next morning
--FT
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> On Jul 2, 2022, at 10:53 AM, OK Don via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> I remember D
I remember Dad coming home from work and telling that there was a gas price
war down the street, go fill my car - a 1951 bug. I only had $0.50 on me,
and the car would not hold that much gas! I think it was around 0.10/gal
and my tank was about half full (no gas gauge in 1951).
On Sat, Jul 2, 202
I remember a stretch of traffic lights breaking up the interstate on the
way to Boston from NYC where there was always a running competition to sell
the cheapest gas. 22 cents/gallon comes to mind. This was in the mid 60s.
On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 6:25 AM M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes <
mercedes
I recall the spinny wheel pumps. I also recall nobody ever thought gas
would be more than 99.9, so you had to multiply by two...
On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 7:33 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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>
> My phone appears to only have actually kept one photo out of the bunch b
when I started driving Gulftane (panther piss) was 14.9. I remember the
crank pumps & sight glass but not with little balls in it.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 1:02 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right?
>
> Remem
On 2022-06-28 13:24, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
They used to check more at a fuel stop than most people check ... EVER.
https://youtu.be/f984Pt8tmms
Batteries took more water back then but I don't think I'd want somebody
unscrewing the caps 2-4x a month.
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han most people check ... EVER.
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> >> https://youtu.be/f984Pt8tmms
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> >> Rick
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> >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> >> Sent: June 28, 2022 11:56 AM
> >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> >> Re
June 28, 2022 11:56 AM
>> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
>> Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com
>> Subject: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal
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>> --FT
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e/f984Pt8tmms
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> Rick
>
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Sent: June 28, 2022 11:56 AM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Cc: buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com
> Subject: [MBZ] Premium 16.9/gal
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> [cid:8a17752d-41c3-457d-be99-f257338
Tokheim pumps were made in my old home town Ft Wayne at a factory across from
the airport. That guy invented the “automatic” pump. I think it might still be
there.
--FT
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> On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:15 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> If you look at this old Texaco pu
If you look at this old Texaco pump you can see the sight glass at the top
right, just above and to the left of the nozzle.
https://blog.retroplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Texaco-Tokheim_zm.jpg
They could have little “vanes” in them that turned as the gasoline went
through, or 2-3 small
On 2022-06-28 13:05, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
I don't remember the sight glass but do remember mechanical pumps that
had to be scrapped when the price per gallon topped $1.00.
For a while they would set the price in the pump at 1/2 the actual
price, and then double the total when you pai
I don't remember the sight glass but do remember mechanical pumps that had to
be scrapped when the price per gallon topped $1.00.
For a while they would set the price in the pump at 1/2 the actual price, and
then double the total when you paid.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 12:02 PM, dan penoff.co
Tried to sell me a new tire too but all they had was some recaps
--FT
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> On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:02 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right?
>
> Remember the gas pumps that had the sight glass with the little
And they checked your oil and washed the windshield, too, right?
Remember the gas pumps that had the sight glass with the little colored balls
that rolled around when the gas was pumping? Or am I dating myself?
-D heading out to yell at the kids on my lawn…
On Jun 28, 2022, at 12:55 PM, Bugger
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