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             One of the rarest gas stations in the United States

One of the YouTube channels I watch is Phil Edwards [1], and on October
10^th, I managed to catch his request for help—he wanted people local to a
dozen cities to provide some phone video. I noticed that one of the cities
mentioned was Lake Worth Beach, Florida. I once lived in Lake Worth, Florida
[2]—could it be near there?

Turns out, Lake Worth is Lake Worth Beach [3], having changed its name in
2019 in order to rebrand itself. And while Lake Worth Beach (and I don't
think I'll ever get used to that name) is a bit north of Chez Boca, it isn't
that far to drive. I felt it would be interesting to see what project Phil
Edwards has in mind, so I signed up.

The project involved video of a gas station, and not just any gas station,
but one of a dozen stations still branded with Standard Oil [4] (which are
now owned by Chevron Corporation [5]).

On the 12^th, I drove to Lake Worth Beach and videoed the only Standard gas
station in Florida [6]. As stations go, it wasn't that special. It didn't
have a distinctive architetural style, nor did it look all that old. It
looked like every other Chevron gas station, except for the “Standard” label
that most people probably just ignore. Heck, I lived just a few miles down
the roat from this station and I never knew it was a Standard gas station,
that's how unremarkable it is.

I'm only mentioning this now as Phil's video on Standard gas stations [7] is
now up on YouTube. The footage I supplied can be seen at the 2:35 mark [8]
(all four seconds of it).

So I guess that means I can add “videographer” to my résumé now.

Woot!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@PhilEdwardsInc/videos
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/02/16.1
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Worth_Beach,_Florida#History
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil
[5] https://www.chevron.com/
[6] https://www.google.com/maps/@26.6085448,-80.0575297,3a,75y,174.43h,91.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg2b8gxdnj6brywj-LJO_Mg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iga8Fd5Y4q8
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iga8Fd5Y4q8&t=155s

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