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#60362 Blackroadie (User) Sometimes I wish you were a pinata ! Platinum Boarder Posts: 4369 Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   Just doin' some thinking, I started driving in 76'. I used to fill my 454 Chevelle for 12 dollars (gas was .59 a gallon here)...from dang near empty! Which was most of the time. When I started ridin' bikes in the late 70's...and gas took a ridiculous hike up to .85 a gallon, it cost me 4 dollars to fill up! What a ripoff! LOL For all you old farts, remember when everybody said that when gas hit a buck a gallon, they were gonna start ridin' horses again?? Ahhh, for the good ole' days.   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/01/27 10:10 By Blackroadie.   04 MIDNITE SILVERADO   The administrator has disabled public write access. #60366 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I think gas was 37 or 38 cents/ gallon in 70 when I started driving. And someone filled the tank for you, checked your oil and cleaned your windshield.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #60367 Yakman (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 410 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I worked at a gas station when I was in high school.....$5 for 8.8 gallons of gas still sticks in my mind. About 56 cents a gallon. Anyone recall the gas wars in the late 1960's? I remember my parents getting gas for 19 cents a gallon which included an oil check and a clean windshield. At those rates, we could fill up our R* for under a buck!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #60368 Blackroadie (User) Sometimes I wish you were a pinata ! Platinum Boarder Posts: 4369 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I dont remember what year it was but,... a neighbor of mine back in the early 80's.. he must have been at least 90 years old then, Told me he remembered when gas hit .10 a gal. and people bout' rioted against the goverment. hehe He said it cost him a buck to fill his Model A. But he still had a horse and rode it quite often after that crazy gas hike from .06 a gal. to .10 Hey yakman..I used to work in gas stations also, during the "mini skirt" fad. I loved cleaning the windshields!   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/01/27 10:12 By Blackroadie.   04 MIDNITE SILVERADO   The administrator has disabled public write access. #60371 Flashback (Moderator) Just the facts, Ma'am.. Moderator Posts: 9221 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   Yea, I remember my dad telling me a story about he and his buddy driving from cleveland to detroit for about 2 dollars worth..course he only earned about 2 dollars a week according to him....   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #60374 JMayton (User) Heading down a road I've never been down before. Gold Boarder Posts: 613 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I can remember "gas wars" when stations with in view of each other would cut prices to .17 or lower a gal. They would give away dishes, glasses and "green Stamps" if you filled up. A couple of bucks, or so, filled her up. I used to think .50 cents was out of this world. Then anything over a buck. Then $2. Now $3. $2.98 is what it is around here now.   Logged     http://www.sailblogs.com/member/felixfelicis/   The administrator has disabled public write access. #60375 Big Bear (Moderator) Who loves you , Baby? Moderator Posts: 6997 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I'm a youngster , but can remember just 15 years ago (round the time I got married) gas was .89 cents a gallon. Was broke then , so all I could put in my car was 5 bucks. That was roughly 5 1/2 gallons of gas though, so you could go somewhere. Now you put in 5 bucks, you get a gallon and a half, and you don't go far . BB   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #60376 javawave (User) Over 17235 good days in a row and counting Platinum Boarder Posts: 5710 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   I remember buying it at .39 when I mowed yards as a kid. It was in .80 - .90 range when I started driving. I could sneak a pack of cigs out of the vending machine at the laundry mat for .40 at that time also. Maybe the price of gas can be directly related to Tobacco?   Logged     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"A mind full of judgment has little room for wisdom\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"   The administrator has disabled public write access. #60379 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago     Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #60381 Big Bear (Moderator) Who loves you , Baby? Moderator Posts: 6997 Re:Anybody remember..... 4 Years, 4 Months ago   My wifes mom used to collect S&H greenstamps up north. Not sure it was a southern thing though, as I can't recall them. BB   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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