CONTEST ENTRY - Weather

[write_light]

Texaco service stations, 1941  (artwork by Peter Helck)

The copy alone sells me: "The hour is late...the driving, tough...the road, lonely. Then, through the cold, wet darkness shines a star... the Texaco Star.  Beneath its friendly light, a man waits to serve you...a Texaco dealer, alert, capable, competent."

Comments

[christhawk]

Yes. The copy is beautifully written! And I would not want to be driving on that road, in the rain, with no gas station available...

[teamrodent]

Hopefully, the driver has good tires...

[luke_russell]

The Texaco man can help there too! Ahhh, the good ole days.

[pikkewyntjie]

Registered rest room? I'd settle for clean.

[furnacechant]

I seem to remember that, even up into the late 70s when I was a child, Texaco had some kind of a reputation for unusually clean restrooms, and my grandmother talking about that and recommending stopping there when we were on a family roadtrip, as I had a severe restroom phobia as a child and would freak out dangerously if forced into a particularly filthy one. We did and I do remember the sense of relief I felt at what was definitely an unusually nice clean restroom for a gas station, but I believe they sadly quit bothering with that at some point in the 80s.

[luke_russell]

Yes, the Texaco restrooms were exemplary. They made a specific point of it. And, I can see why someone would select Texaco stop merely for that reason alone.

[furnacechant]

Oh, and "yes" if voting is still open, it was interesting having that memory tripped with some confirmation.

[blokesomething]

So I guess this is the beginning of the 24/7 convenience store?