On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:46:21 -0600, Karl Townsend
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:09:05 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


dpb wrote:

Way late for intro--sometime towards late-60s, I'd say was when they
initially came out. Were several incarnations of style before the
more-or-less now nearly universal side-spout one of width/height,
opening, etc., etc., ...


I remember a valvoline ad in a auto parts store with a woman with
oily handprints on her shirt and the caption, "Real men don't use oil in
bottles!" It was right over the shelf of Valvoline otor oil in bottles,
so I bought a different brand.

I worked in a gas station as a kid. We filled oil into glass quart
jars with a screw on funnel lid and cap to remove when filling the car
up a quart. anybody else do this?

I vaguely remember seeing a _picture_ of one of those eons ago.

My first job after graduating from tech school was as a lube monkey
for a local Chebby dealer. (MAN, what a letdown!) We had newfangled
pumps and hoses which resembled gas pumps. They'd pump however many
quarts you set the dial for. Just pull the trigger.

Other tasks were the warranty replacement campaigns on all Chevy car
and truck motor mounts. That and other things made me a FORD man for
the rest of my life. (Well, until I bought the Tundra.)

--
The ultimate result of shielding men from folly
is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer