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13. "Esso" and "Enco" in some regions. The name "Esso" survives in the sniglet "Esso-asso", for someone who ...

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Sat Mar 21, 2026, 03:10 PM

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cuts through a gas station to cut around a traffic light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniglet

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As I get old, and by definition I am aging daily, [View all] PCIntern Yesterday OP

Great post luv2fly Yesterday #1

Familiar stuff. It's amazing how much things have changed Ocelot II Yesterday #2

I remember the sonic booms. Delmette2.0 Yesterday #35

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember all of that Walleye Yesterday #3

School bus issues were very common PCIntern Yesterday #4

Yes, I remember those days... MiHale Yesterday #5

I remember those days too. multigraincracker Yesterday #6

Thanks for the interesting post MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #7

Remember when cigarette ads featured doctors telling smokers it would improve their health? sop Yesterday #8

I have magazines that have ads like that in them Mossfern 12 hrs ago #42

i agree, except the blu laws were repealed when i was around AllaN01Bear Yesterday #9

I remember much of what you wrote about. When I was a little girl I made leg braces for my Tiny Tears doll out of yarn. Vinca Yesterday #10

Yes Jughead Yesterday #11

Your post was interesting to me, thank you PCIntern! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #12

Being a public school kid lonely bird Yesterday #19

Many places still offer fish on Fridays to this day. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #25

I wasn't Catholic lonely bird 15 hrs ago #36

"Esso" and "Enco" in some regions. The name "Esso" survives in the sniglet "Esso-asso", for someone who ... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #13

Our town, the family of 5 kids all came down with polio at the same time. One of the kids later became a 3Hotdogs Yesterday #14

On the good side, though, otchmoson Yesterday #15

Oh yeah! Picturelady Yesterday #34

I never stopped to wonder what happened to mercurochrome mainer Yesterday #16

My mother always had a small bottle of merthiolate or Mercurochrome, cksmithy Yesterday #17

I remember all that as well nuxvomica Yesterday #18

OMG, Sinclair the dinosaur! We had one and I loved it! Ocelot II Yesterday #31

As I recall... GiqueCee Yesterday #20

All of that, yep, remember it well Attilatheblond Yesterday #21

Oh, I remember those Brylcream commercials: "a little dab'll do you." CTyankee Yesterday #23

Almost all of this is familiar. I was born in 1951, and will mark 3/4 of a century next month. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #22

I am reminded of the air raid sirens. FuzzyRabbit Yesterday #24

You missed at least a couple on the Esso timeline. Susan Calvin Yesterday #26

Not in Philly PCIntern 15 hrs ago #37

Piney Woods. Susan Calvin 13 hrs ago #38

Gotcha. PCIntern 13 hrs ago #39

They used to give away a lot of nice stuff to good customers. Susan Calvin 8 hrs ago #43

there was a restroom devoted to smokers in my high school Brainstormy Yesterday #27

Early Fifties Tiny Tabby Yesterday #28

Wow, we posted about the green stamps exactly the same time! GoodRaisin Yesterday #30

Great reflections. Anybody remember Green Stamps? GoodRaisin Yesterday #29

Sure: PCIntern Yesterday #32

I remember most of these.... Bayard Yesterday #33

;-{)...... Goonch 13 hrs ago #40

Yup. There it is! PCIntern 12 hrs ago #41