deejeff442
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oh to dream and none of the junk ethanol
the good ol days
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Back in 93 I was delivering pizza at night while going to college. At the time I was driving a 1980 Camaro with a 350 cubic inch engine that got about 12 mpg. The place I worked gave us $5 per day for gas. That $5 gave me a little over a quarter tank of gas and was more than enough to get me through a 6 hour shift of constant driving. Now, I think that would probably be enough for 1 or 2 deliveries in that car.
flower
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1988 I had a little car, Chevy Spectrum, and the gas station would give you a free gallon of gas with a fill up or $10.00 worth of gas....well I was empty and I filled my tank but it didn't come out to $10.00. When I went in and tried to explain I had indeed filled up. The owner laughed and said $10.00 wouldn't fit in that little car and he gave me my free milk.
Same car, same gas station a few years later...$25.00 to fill it up...I wonder what it would cost today to fill it up???? LOL...nobody gives away free milk anymore either.
Same car, same gas station a few years later...$25.00 to fill it up...I wonder what it would cost today to fill it up???? LOL...nobody gives away free milk anymore either.
sweatervest13
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Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468085
oh to dream and none of the junk ethanol
I forgot about the regular leaded gas. LOL. Unleaded was like the midgrade (but only cost $.03 more).
Oh and isn't it nice to not see a Cash vs Credit price at the pump.
Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468085
oh to dream and none of the junk ethanol
I forgot about the regular leaded gas. LOL. Unleaded was like the midgrade (but only cost $.03 more).
Oh and isn't it nice to not see a Cash vs Credit price at the pump.
al mc
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Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468133
Ah...you children. I remember when I was in graduate school riding around north Jersey looking for a gas station that still had gas for less than $.30/gallon. Those were the good ole days!
Plus one. I will age myself here...but when I was 10 my parents decided to take my brother and i on a cross country trip. We ran into a 'gas war' in Oklahoma where the price was 19.9! Imagine filling up you tank for $3-$4.
Originally Posted by GeriDoc http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468133
Ah...you children. I remember when I was in graduate school riding around north Jersey looking for a gas station that still had gas for less than $.30/gallon. Those were the good ole days!
Plus one. I will age myself here...but when I was 10 my parents decided to take my brother and i on a cross country trip. We ran into a 'gas war' in Oklahoma where the price was 19.9! Imagine filling up you tank for $3-$4.
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by Al Mc http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468143
Plus one. I will age myself here...but when I was 10 my parents decided to take my brother and i on a cross country trip. We ran into a 'gas war' in Oklahoma where the price was 19.9! Imagine filling up you tank for $3-$4.
+1
Gas war in my home town of des moines iowa '60's it think advertised $.199 (19.9 cents). but at the bottom plus tax. Tax was 10 cents per gallon.
I also remember going cross country between des moines and phoeniz az in '72-73 (along Route 66 /I 40 (shades of cars) )and being surprised my '65 corvair actually took $3.50 to fill up once. LOL
Originally Posted by Al Mc http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468143
Plus one. I will age myself here...but when I was 10 my parents decided to take my brother and i on a cross country trip. We ran into a 'gas war' in Oklahoma where the price was 19.9! Imagine filling up you tank for $3-$4.
+1
Gas war in my home town of des moines iowa '60's it think advertised $.199 (19.9 cents). but at the bottom plus tax. Tax was 10 cents per gallon.
I also remember going cross country between des moines and phoeniz az in '72-73 (along Route 66 /I 40 (shades of cars) )and being surprised my '65 corvair actually took $3.50 to fill up once. LOL
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Originally Posted by beaslbob http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468229
Before we get all misty eyed I also remember starting salaries at Boeing for engineers in 1970 was 9,600 annually and '72 airman basic pay was like $167 per month or so.
Yeah, but you could also buy a house for 15K, right?
Originally Posted by beaslbob http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468229
Before we get all misty eyed I also remember starting salaries at Boeing for engineers in 1970 was 9,600 annually and '72 airman basic pay was like $167 per month or so.
Yeah, but you could also buy a house for 15K, right?
sweatervest13
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Well, now I feel a lot younger. Needed that. LOL
zman1
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Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468085
oh to dream and none of the junk ethanol
When I first started driving in 78 it was $0.63 and I know it went over $1.00 a gallon while in highschool "OPEC oil embargo Price fixing 70's)". The gas pumps had a sticker they placed in front of the decimal point for the $1. Unemployment 7.1%, Federal spending,$458.75 billion , Federal debt $776.6 billion, Dow-Jones High 893, Low 807.
Gas
78 $0.63
79 $0.86
80 $1.25. - Unemployment 5.8%
81 $1.38
82 $1.32 - Fed Debt first went over a trillion, Unemployment 7.6%
83 $1.24
84 $1.21
85 $1.20
86 $0.93
87 $0.95 - Fed annual spending first went over a trillion
88 $1.08
89 $1.12
90 $1.16
Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468085
oh to dream and none of the junk ethanol
When I first started driving in 78 it was $0.63 and I know it went over $1.00 a gallon while in highschool "OPEC oil embargo Price fixing 70's)". The gas pumps had a sticker they placed in front of the decimal point for the $1. Unemployment 7.1%, Federal spending,$458.75 billion , Federal debt $776.6 billion, Dow-Jones High 893, Low 807.
Gas
78 $0.63
79 $0.86
80 $1.25. - Unemployment 5.8%
81 $1.38
82 $1.32 - Fed Debt first went over a trillion, Unemployment 7.6%
83 $1.24
84 $1.21
85 $1.20
86 $0.93
87 $0.95 - Fed annual spending first went over a trillion
88 $1.08
89 $1.12
90 $1.16
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by DragonZim http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468236
Yeah, but you could also buy a house for 15K, right?
yep. and sell it for $100K a few years back.
Originally Posted by DragonZim http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468236
Yeah, but you could also buy a house for 15K, right?
yep. and sell it for $100K a few years back.
beaslbob
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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468260
LOL...BUT in 1978 minimum wage was $2.65.....
And in 1979 when I entered the workforce it was $2.90 HAHA
my first real job (after paper boy) the owner was complaining sack boys had to be paid $1/hour (early '60's
second job usher at theater $.65 per hour
Got a big jump to high prices department store for $1.25 per hour.
FWIW at that time the paper boy was used by free market types as an example of how free enterprise works. Paper boys in america made more then something like 50% of the world's population.
And american factory workers were the highest paid in the world.
But then the US got off the fixed exchange rate and we're now something like 13th or 14th or so.
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/391199/the-good-ol-days#post_3468260
LOL...BUT in 1978 minimum wage was $2.65.....
And in 1979 when I entered the workforce it was $2.90 HAHA
my first real job (after paper boy) the owner was complaining sack boys had to be paid $1/hour (early '60's
second job usher at theater $.65 per hour
Got a big jump to high prices department store for $1.25 per hour.
FWIW at that time the paper boy was used by free market types as an example of how free enterprise works. Paper boys in america made more then something like 50% of the world's population.
And american factory workers were the highest paid in the world.
But then the US got off the fixed exchange rate and we're now something like 13th or 14th or so.
