Good ol' Days
Fill her up mate!7 total reviews
Comment from Pearl Edwards
Yes the good old Aussie, fill her up mate, days are well and truly over. I don't mind filling the petrol it's checking the tyre pressure that I find hard. Enjoyed your poem about the good ole days Kay,
cheers,
valda
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2021
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Yes the good old Aussie, fill her up mate, days are well and truly over. I don't mind filling the petrol it's checking the tyre pressure that I find hard. Enjoyed your poem about the good ole days Kay,
cheers,
valda
Comment Written 18-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 18-Apr-2021
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Hello Valda, I can't drive now so on my mobility scooter I have solid rubber tyres that don't need air! Thanks for readin friend. K XX
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
This is a great story in a poem, Aussie. I enjoyed reading it. I like the dialogue that carries the story. Your use of Australian English is well-suited for this poem. Of course it is your home country, but it gives your poem a down home feeling, too. Your words flow smoothly with great details and are filled with imagery.
Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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This is a great story in a poem, Aussie. I enjoyed reading it. I like the dialogue that carries the story. Your use of Australian English is well-suited for this poem. Of course it is your home country, but it gives your poem a down home feeling, too. Your words flow smoothly with great details and are filled with imagery.
Thanks for sharing.
Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 17-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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Jan, Thank you for reading and glad you enjoyed. K xx
Comment from mermaids
I remember when a gas station attendant would fill up the tank and wash the windshield and sometimes check the oil. Gas stations are now self serve. Your words take reader back in time to another era, gas guzzlers and gas station attendants. It was a much more simple and happy time.
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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I remember when a gas station attendant would fill up the tank and wash the windshield and sometimes check the oil. Gas stations are now self serve. Your words take reader back in time to another era, gas guzzlers and gas station attendants. It was a much more simple and happy time.
Comment Written 17-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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Ah, memories are made of these old times, good times and no mobile phones! Thank you, love Kay XX
Comment from aryr
What a great club entry, Kace. I do so remember the good old days where grease monkeys filled your tank, cleaned the windshield and added air to the tires. We did initially call it petro. Such fond memories, thank you.
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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What a great club entry, Kace. I do so remember the good old days where grease monkeys filled your tank, cleaned the windshield and added air to the tires. We did initially call it petro. Such fond memories, thank you.
Comment Written 17-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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We can't turn back the hands of time when life was simple. Today we are threatened by so many things - who would have thought? K XX
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No they just become memories but at least we have them. You are so welcome Kace.
Comment from Liz O'Neill
This memory can be converted to Vermont, USA. We used to have that at every station as we call them. I was pleasantly surprised to see there still are few die-hards who pump in person. They used to check the oil too. Sadly, now there's so much dishonesty, they might cut your fan-belt to get few dollars extras to have to replace it with a dishonest price on everything.
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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This memory can be converted to Vermont, USA. We used to have that at every station as we call them. I was pleasantly surprised to see there still are few die-hards who pump in person. They used to check the oil too. Sadly, now there's so much dishonesty, they might cut your fan-belt to get few dollars extras to have to replace it with a dishonest price on everything.
Comment Written 17-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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I have to tell you before I forget; to get you out of bother with a broken fan belt, women in the car were asked for their stockings (nylons) using them for a temporary belt worked! Hoping the station wasn't too far away. Thank you for reading, have a good day. K XX
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I did not know that. That is funny.
Comment from Susan Newell
The Aussie lingo is delightful, and I could get most from context. We have one gas station that will still pump gas, but there's no other service and it's about eight miles from home. I, too, miss the days of the attendant who cleaned the windshield and checked the oil. I'd pay extra for the service, but like everything else, "service" is dying in the face of technology -- everywhere.
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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The Aussie lingo is delightful, and I could get most from context. We have one gas station that will still pump gas, but there's no other service and it's about eight miles from home. I, too, miss the days of the attendant who cleaned the windshield and checked the oil. I'd pay extra for the service, but like everything else, "service" is dying in the face of technology -- everywhere.
Comment Written 16-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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Hello Susan, Thanks for reading. So much has become impersonal, it will never go back to the good ol' days when we could have a yarn over the fence - in the country areas folks do live simple lives without cell phones. They are a curse and split families up. Blessings, K XX
Comment from dragonpoet
That's what they called a full-service gas station in the U.S.. No such thing now, with paying at the pump.
This is a well rhymed poem that fits the picture this challenge well.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
dragonpoet
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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That's what they called a full-service gas station in the U.S.. No such thing now, with paying at the pump.
This is a well rhymed poem that fits the picture this challenge well.
Keep writing and stay healthy.
dragonpoet
Comment Written 16-Apr-2021
reply by the author on 17-Apr-2021
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G'day codger! I like to write the way we speak here. It's sad we have lost so much because of so-called technology and it's called progress? Outback on the cattle stations, some a million acres; no such thing as a mobile phone! Bless you, Kay XX
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No problem, Kay.
Bless you, too.
Joan
