The good old days!

SUBMAN1 · 07-06-08, 06:37 PM

Don't cry people!

-S

Sailor Steve · 07-06-08, 07:06 PM

That much, huh? I complained when it got that high.

Platapus · 07-06-08, 07:42 PM

I remember by Dad telling me that his co-workers used to give him crap because he paid $0.26 a gallon for Arco white gas. They were astonished that he would ever pay that much for gas.

SUBMAN1 · 07-07-08, 06:33 PM

Some of these are good too:

Monica Lewinsky · 07-07-08, 06:54 PM

My FIRST car, paid 32 cents a gallon in 1972. Miss those days. Went ballastic went it shot up to 39 cents a gallon that year. Them days are LONG GONE!

bookworm_020 · 07-07-08, 08:13 PM

I remeber when I thought 70 cents a liter was paying to much here in Australia. It cost me over $100 to fill my petrol tank the other day. I can just dream of when petrol cost 30 cents a liter!

August · 07-07-08, 11:18 PM

Yeah but lets not forget what we were making back in those days.

Kapitan · 07-08-08, 05:27 AM

I dont even remember prices like that.

wait i wasnt even born !

Cheap fuel for me was 79.9p per litre (about $1.40c to you guys)

seafarer · 07-08-08, 06:52 AM

Actually, I can remember paying in the $0.40-$0.50/gal price range in Aransas Pass, TX as recently as 1998.

rifleman13 · 07-08-08, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Don't cry people!

-S

Too bad there aren't many old mechanical gas pumps out there...

It can't even pass the $3.99 mark!
Old Mechanical Pumps are cool!

It's a darn conspiracy I tells 'ya!

STEED · 07-08-08, 09:48 AM

Those days are long gone people time to knuckle down to hard cold facts.

SUBMAN1 · 07-08-08, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rifleman13

Too bad there aren't many old mechanical gas pumps out there...

It can't even pass the $3.99 mark!
Old Mechanical Pumps are cool!

It's a darn conspiracy I tells 'ya!

You better take another look! That pump can't pass 99.9 cents!

mcf1 · 07-08-08, 10:13 AM

dammitt!!!!

I think I a was born to late.

AVGWarhawk · 07-08-08, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mcf1

dammitt!!!!

I think I a was born to late.

One would think so but your rate of pay at the time this was taken would even make the .32 cents seem very expensive.

mcf1 · 07-08-08, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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Originally Posted by mcf1

dammitt!!!!

I think I a was born to late.

One would think so but your rate of pay at the time this was taken would even make the .32 cents seem very expensive.

:hmm: yes you're right
:hmm: maybe I was born to soon or maybe not

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I remember by Dad telling me that his co-workers used to give him crap because he paid $0.26 a gallon for Arco white gas. They were astonished that he would ever pay that much for gas. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	My FIRST car, paid 32 cents a gallon in 1972. Miss those days. Went ballastic went it shot up to 39 cents a gallon that year. Them days are LONG GONE! __________________ Sink them all! Last edited by Monica Lewinsky; 07-07-08 at 07:14 PM.

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I remeber when I thought 70 cents a liter was paying to much here in Australia. It cost me over $100 to fill my petrol tank the other day. I can just dream of when petrol cost 30 cents a liter! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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mcf1 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Greece, Volos Posts: 710 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	dammitt!!!! I think I a was born to late.