I was 13 (1970) and just had topped off the gas tank in my Rupp Enduro mini bike at the nearby Standard oil station and as I went thru the back lot of the station I noticed this Standard Oil LDO oil sign back there. I went back inside and asked the owner if I could have it and the addiction was on as I carried it 2 blocks home and came back for the minibike. After that the owner of the Pure Oil station on the other corner nearby and I became friends and I got a few of his signs up through my high school years. Then a marriage and starting a business took me other directions but once life settled down to a nice old farm in Wisconsin the signs that had been packed away for years got hung up and the addiction of farm auctions, picking and swap meets came back to life.
It's a addiction of Love and if you stop at any paint store and ask them for a stress free color to paint your walls, they only wish they cold sell you the color of many old signs on a barn wall.....cause it's a calm summer day all year long!!!
The LDO sign has now moved indoors so the weather dosn't take any more toll on it's life but it sure looke good on the barn for all those years to remind me everyday that this is a fun addiction.
