I remember when I was younger, going to the gas station and getting one dollar's worth of gas. Had a quarter of a tank of gas yesterday, so filled her up, for a grand total of $50.97 up here in Fairfax at Nan's.
Gas was $3.559 for regular. Noticed when I was in St. Albans earlier that gas down there was $3.599, so I guess you could say, with tongue in cheek, I got a good deal.
Back in 1958, I bought a 1947 Chrysler for $100 from one of my coworkers and drove it until the mid 1960s. I sold it to Howard Brooks, who lived up where Alberta Clokey lives now for $50, which is less than what it cost me to fill my tank with gas yesterday.
Back in the late 1970s it was a different scenario with gas. It wasn't so much the cost then as being able to get the gas. A group of us used to car pool to IBM and we each had a 5 gallon can of gas at home, just in case of emergency. I think most gas stations used to allow you to get a maximum of $2 for gas and Maryann used to take my car when I was gone to work and go down to the gas station where Nan's is now and wait in line to get my $2 worth of gas. I had a big old 1975 nine passenger Plymouth Fury V8 at that time and suspect I probably used most of the $2 worth of gas waiting in line, although I don't know how much gas was per gallon was back then.
As bad as the price of gas seems (is), I did see a chart somewhere that showed gas prices, adjusted for inflation over the years and in that light, there was a time that gas compared to wages at that time was about equal to what it is now.
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