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Inside wall of an outhouse that Dad built out back for the farm laborers in about 1965.
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MossRoad
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The lowest I ever remember seeing it as a kid was probably 29 cents. The lowest I ever paid was probably around 50 cents, back around 1976-77, right when I started driving.
I've told this story before... back in '77 I was a sophomore in high school, 3 of my friends and I were observing senior skip day 2 years early, and were taking my parents' VW van up to Lake Michigan. Gas at my favorite station was 55 cents. It was 50 cents down the block. My 3 friends and I got into an argument because I wouldn't go to the cheaper station. We put 10 gallons in the tank. It was $5.50. They'd only pony up $1.25 each and made me pay the extra 50 cents myself. So there were were, 4 guys, arguing over 12.5 cents apiece. :laughing:
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If COVID can move between cats and humans, we will see a surge or two.
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I would also expect to see a huge decline in the feline population.
k0ua
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I saw 15 cents one day during a gas war. When I was a kid it was commonly 17 to 21 cents per gallon. When it got up into the 20's Dad would complain about "gas is getting so dang high" it is all relative. I can remember often dad pulling into a service station and telling the attendant to put in a dollars worth. That was very common.
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Paid as little as 24.9 at USA self service for my homemade minibike and as much as 4.99 stateside a few years back... maybe Death Valley CA?
Of course in Europe there were times the equivalent gallon was 3 to almost 4 times as much
Of course in Europe there were times the equivalent gallon was 3 to almost 4 times as much
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My mother-in-law who is 80 remembers gas a 15 cents when she was in high school.
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Hey man, 10 cents would buy you a coca-cola in those days....
In the early 70's my best friend and I would get gunny sacks and walk the dirt road behind our neighborhood looking for bottles to cash in for 10 cents apiece. Man, I tell you what! :laughing: Two 9-10 year old kids with 30-40 bottles could get mighty sick on 3-4 dollars worth of candy at the dairy store! :ashamed:
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I've tried to explain to my kids what penny candy was.....
"It was candy that cost a penny"
They still don't understand that! :laughing:
"You hand the clerk 1 penny and she hands you back 1 piece of candy"
"You hand the clerk 100 pennies, and she hands you back 50 pieces of candy, a bottle of pop, an ice cream bar, and a bag of chips!"
They stare at me like I'm nuts. :laughing:
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