I ride many of these Virginia backroads. There are abandoned houses and collapsing barns, of course. But there is an amazing number of abandoned stores with gas pumps out front. The biggest problem is stopping to take the shot.
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Steven Desjardins >> >> In the second of my series of "Abandoned Gas Pumps of Virginia", >> here's one for the BP fans: >> >> >> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1310929586_5D4tN8k-L-LB >> -- Steve Desjardins > > That is an old one. > > Gasoline at 38 9/10 cents per gallon & leaded regular to boot. Hasn't even > been modified to handle prices over 99 9/10 per gallon. > > Must have been abandoned some time in the early 70s. I remember all my > friends back then telling me I was crazy for predicting that gasoline would > soon cost more than $0.50 a gallon. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
