From: Sarge (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Sun May 22 2005 - 09:05:48 PDT
FINALLY!!!
Ronzo is alive!!!
I was wondering when the Grand Master Wit would address this issue.
Thanks again Ronzo, you always make me laugh.
-Sarge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 11:57 PM
Subject: [MV] Mmmmmm..... MULTIFUEL????
>
> We have folks going to great lengths to use fry-o-lator oils etc., but
> is anyone with a deuce that isn't pegged for diesel only using regular
gas,
> either as a supplement or straight, during these periods of petroleum
duress
> in the states? ( I Know Nigel, you'd give your left man raisin to pay as
> little in England as we Yanks pay for gas here, but that's for another OT
> thread...)
> If you are and are using self serve, is it ok to wear a Texaco shirt
at
> a Mobil station while pumping? How prissy do gas station attendant
> reenactors get if you don't follow the proper uniform type and colors. Are
> there gas station 'stitch nazis'?
> I was a Gulf man in the late sixties- early seventies myself, 4 tours
in
> a preppy hell hole in Massachusetts that had the school that both Bushs
> attended. Summer uniform was a blue pin stripped short sleeve shirt, dark
> blue shorts, blue knee socks and a pith helmet. The shirt, socks and pith
> helmet all had full color Gulf embroidery, (don't remember seeing any
> subdued stuff).The shirt and socks also had a blue racing stripe running
> down them. The crap I took from class mates was brutal, but tires and
parts
> at cost and unlimited use of lifts, tools and 'high test spillage' made
the
> care and feeding of a '64 Impala with a 327 and a Powerslide doable for a
> kid in high school/ community college.
> The pumps had 3 wheels for Dollars and 3 wheels for gallons. And
> Gulftane, a no lead fuel, (colloquially referred to as Weasel Piss or Ping
> Juice, used only in Bugs, Corvairs, 2 stroke Saabs and occasionally '64
> Impalas on Wednesdays and Thursdays) was around 24 cents a gallon, about 6
> cents a gallon cheaper than regular. So why is No Lead so expensive now?
> Had a Medal of Honor winner from WWII that used to come in every
Sunday
> morning at 0800 and occasionally he'd clean up the Men's Room while we
> filled his car..... I sheet you not. Said Captain on his credit card, but
I
> worked there for almost a year before my boss told me the story of this
> quiet, polite guy with glasses who had a pair made out of stainless steel.
> Wonder how he would have weighed in on folks portraying 'warriors' or
> wearing uniforms and ranks they never earned while acting out battles or
> impressions they 'read' about? Probably would have thought it a hoot to
see
> an MB or M38A1 painted Navy gray. But the make believe swabby better be
> squared away. If not, it would probably be as much an insult to him as a
> flag sewn on the seat of a hippie's ass. Think about it......
> Anyways, regarding the Petrol, Inquiring minds want to know.....
>
> Regards,
> Ronzo in NH
>
>
> PS And as I handed you your change, I'd chant the Gulf mantra " Thank
> you very much. Come again, Drive carefully and always look to the Orange
> Disc for the highest quality motoring products....." Ahhhhh, the (simple?)
> good old days......
>
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