Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 04, 2007, 03:20:38 PM
Post by: Antibubba on July 04, 2007, 04:00:59 PM
Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 04, 2007, 04:05:11 PM
but the 87.9 was from only November 1998
filling my same car is a 42 dollar affair these daze
Post by: The Rabbi on July 04, 2007, 04:10:03 PM
Post by: lupinus on July 04, 2007, 05:03:14 PM
Post by: Phyphor on July 04, 2007, 05:10:12 PM
W/a 454 V8
Post by: Monkeyleg on July 04, 2007, 05:44:40 PM
Post by: Phyphor on July 04, 2007, 06:19:46 PM
The 454 I referred to? In my Dad's Pontiac Firebird, 1969.
She'd do about 160 or so...... I've only been up to 157 MPH (I counted the dots between 150 and 160)
My mom made him sell that car, it scared the hell out of her.
He still misses "Old Blue. "
Post by: charby on July 04, 2007, 11:13:17 PM
-C
Post by: Manedwolf on July 05, 2007, 04:17:17 AM
And yes, when I was a little kid in the 80's, my parents' 1972 Mercury Marquis Brougham only took $10 to fill up, with change. If even that much.
Post by: JonnyB on July 05, 2007, 04:52:11 AM
Regular was a penny more.
jb
Post by: Nick1911 on July 05, 2007, 06:59:09 AM
Post by: Tallpine on July 05, 2007, 07:10:35 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 05, 2007, 10:06:52 AM
Brad
Post by: Tallpine on July 05, 2007, 11:02:50 AM
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I can also remember 10 cent Cokes (in 8 ounce bottles) and 25 cent milkshakes.
And I can hear a Statler Brothers song playing in the background ....
Saturday morning serials chapters one through thirteen,
fly-paper, penny loafers, Lucky Strike Green ....
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 05, 2007, 02:11:54 PM
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Saturday morning serials chapters one through thirteen,
fly-paper, penny loafers, Lucky Strike Green ....
fly-paper, penny loafers, Lucky Strike Green ....
Flat tops, sock hops, Studebaker, Pepsi Please,
Ahh, do you remember these?
Harold, Phil, Don, and Lew. Had it on 8-track and vinyl. Even got to see them a couple times in Wichita Falls.
Jimmy Fortune did a good job at tenor after Lew had voice problems, but he just didn't have that little extra to his voice like Lew did. Heck of a songwriter, though. I hear they officially retired from music a couple years ago.
Brad
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on July 05, 2007, 05:14:15 PM
.17 was in 63-65 if i remember right
Post by: S. Williamson on July 06, 2007, 11:50:33 PM
Post by: Chuck Dye on July 07, 2007, 06:11:03 AM
Post by: Manedwolf on July 07, 2007, 07:19:04 AM
For most of my life, the federal minimum wage has worked out as 3½ to 4½ gallons of regular. Looking at today's fuel prices and wages makes me wonder...
I don't care about the minimum wage. People can easily educate and work harder to get over that.
The problem I see is that real wages for skilled professions haven't kept up with costs. The sort of career that paid $50-$60k in the late 90's still pays...$50-$60k, but costs of living have risen far faster.
Post by: Chuck Dye on July 07, 2007, 07:41:17 AM
...still pays...$50-$60k,
I guess those skilled pros will have to educate themselves, work harder, and get over that.
The marketplace is a harsh mistress.
Post by: Thor on July 07, 2007, 08:41:25 AM
Post by: grislyatoms on July 07, 2007, 10:14:23 AM
In the 80's it was $250-$300
Nowadays, he wouldn't have been able to fill it up for much less than a grand.
Post by: armchair warrior on July 08, 2007, 07:31:14 PM
Anybody else notice that there are less gas stations,
but we pay more?And we pump it ourselves?
Out here(Kali)the greenies got rid of those evil underground
storage tanks with the blessings of the Big Oil(what is there 1
big company now?)to cut down on competition.