To: oh8eleven
Where were you in the 70's? Gas was never $3.oo or even $2.oo per gallon. At least not in Texas.
To: Msgt USMC
Where were you in the 70's? Gas was never $3.oo or even $2.oo per gallon. At least not in Texas. The poster was talking about inflation adjusted prices. IIRC, 1981 still holds the record as the year of the highest gasoline prices.
27 posted on
09/05/2006 7:43:09 AM PDT by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: Msgt USMC
Msgt USMC
Since May 22, 2006
Welcome aboard and Semper Fi ...
You're right, the price per gallon wasn't as high in actual dollar values. But "back in the day" the price escalated to five, six or even ten times (IIRC) what it had been, and as percentage of minimum wage, take home pay, home budgets, etc., it was much higher than what we see today.
30 posted on
09/05/2006 7:53:31 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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