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JimJimmyJames ‌ I was a bigger Esso fan in those days but sure remember Sinclair.

JimJimmyJames ‌My oldest brother was a pump jocky at a Sinclair station. He brought home a 3 foot tall inflatable (Kinky, I know) Dino the dinosaur. Damn thing would probably worth a small fortune today.

Mr Puma ن ‌Yes Sir, it would. I worked at the Humble, Esso, and Exxon, Saw the name changes while I worked there for a 50-hour week I got 27.00 dollars a week after taxes. Fed a family of 4 after my daddy passed.

Mr Puma ن ‌I don't remember Enco. I remember the gas wars where the gas would go down to 3.9 and couldn't go lower cause that was the tax then. Farmers and ranchers would come to town with trailers loaded with 55-gallon drums and fill them up.

Mr Puma نI‌ had one of those too. Used it as a pool toy. Gonna guess it was around 1962 or '63.

oldmarinesgt5B‌ut when was this? $27 dollars today is not the same as $27 in 1945, which is when minimum wage was ~50 cents per hour. (Minimum wage hit $1/hr in 1957.) $27 in 1945 = ~$470 today.

JimJimmyJamesJimJimmyJames I‌ started working in a union grocery store in 73. I got a $1.75 an hour, minimum wage was a $1.60