Gas wars?
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Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
When gas was 50 cents a gallon how much was a dozen egg and a gallon of milk ?
Currently a gallon of gas is $2(national average) and a gallon of milk is more than $3 and similar price for a dozen egg.
Think about it, gas is currently cheaper than milk and egg.
So sad but true....
When gas was 50 cents a gallon how much was a dozen egg and a gallon of milk ?
Currently a gallon of gas is $2(national average) and a gallon of milk is more than $3 and similar price for a dozen egg.
Think about it, gas is currently cheaper than milk and egg.
So sad but true....
4* and 5* fuels being the norm at around 18/19 pence per litre, and maybe 1 in 5 petrol stations had a diesel pump in the far corner, covered in cobwebs through little use.
The lowest I recall was in KY around 2000 at 75 cents a gallon. Gas may be cheaper than milk per gallon but I don't go through 20 gallons of milk on a trip.
Originally Posted By: spk2000
The lowest I recall was in KY around 2000 at 75 cents a gallon. Gas may be cheaper than milk per gallon but I don't go through 20 gallons of milk on a trip.
What I mean was the cost of extract crude oil, refining, transportation, taxes ... end up less than milk is amazing to me.
The lowest I recall was in KY around 2000 at 75 cents a gallon. Gas may be cheaper than milk per gallon but I don't go through 20 gallons of milk on a trip.
What I mean was the cost of extract crude oil, refining, transportation, taxes ... end up less than milk is amazing to me.
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Anyone here old enough to remember....?
I still have a three wheel pump ( a Wayne IIRC ) set at .339 when it was taken out of service. As a kid, I pumped a lot of red dyed ethyl at not much more than twenty cents a gallon.
I haven't seen a price war since the mid 70's. It costs way too much to sell motor fuels at retail these days for that kind of nonsense.
Anyone here old enough to remember....?
I still have a three wheel pump ( a Wayne IIRC ) set at .339 when it was taken out of service. As a kid, I pumped a lot of red dyed ethyl at not much more than twenty cents a gallon.
I haven't seen a price war since the mid 70's. It costs way too much to sell motor fuels at retail these days for that kind of nonsense.
Originally Posted By: Oregoonian
All you guys with that low cost gas.....what was the minimum wage back then, and what was your weekly pay?
I can remember back in NJ, when I was about 16 (1956), I had a P/T job after school and weekends, and was making (I think) about .75 cents an hour.
I made $50 / week after school and on weekends; I was 12 or 13 when I started gas jockeying. Early 70's.
All you guys with that low cost gas.....what was the minimum wage back then, and what was your weekly pay?
I can remember back in NJ, when I was about 16 (1956), I had a P/T job after school and weekends, and was making (I think) about .75 cents an hour.
I made $50 / week after school and on weekends; I was 12 or 13 when I started gas jockeying. Early 70's.
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
When gas was 50 cents a gallon how much was a dozen egg and a gallon of milk ?
Currently a gallon of gas is $2(national average) and a gallon of milk is more than $3 and similar price for a dozen egg.
Think about it, gas is currently cheaper than milk and egg.
And people sip their $30/gallon coffee while complaining that the gas companies are ripping them off.
When gas was 50 cents a gallon how much was a dozen egg and a gallon of milk ?
Currently a gallon of gas is $2(national average) and a gallon of milk is more than $3 and similar price for a dozen egg.
Think about it, gas is currently cheaper than milk and egg.
And people sip their $30/gallon coffee while complaining that the gas companies are ripping them off.
I do remember that the minimum wage back in 1968 was $1.20 per hour. Gasoline at ESSO was about 28 cents a gallon back in 1968.
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While I'm not old enough to have seen prices that everyone has posted, I do remember the gas wars in the late 90's, possibly year 2000 as well.
My parents took pictures of the Exxon $.79 gasoline being sold and I remember my dad saying that we would probably never see that again in our lifetime. So far he was right. There was a Mobil station across the street too, they were competing with each other. The Exxon station has since closed, nobody could figure out why they were right next to each other.
My parents took pictures of the Exxon $.79 gasoline being sold and I remember my dad saying that we would probably never see that again in our lifetime. So far he was right. There was a Mobil station across the street too, they were competing with each other. The Exxon station has since closed, nobody could figure out why they were right next to each other.
I remember these as well...
Originally Posted By: grampi
I remember when Sunoco had the dial-a-octane pumps where you could select the amount of octane you wanted....
Originally Posted By: grampi
I remember when Sunoco had the dial-a-octane pumps where you could select the amount of octane you wanted....
Originally Posted By: Dallas69
And that was for ethyl.
If anyone here remembers what that is.
I know a few of you do.
"Get some gas. Make it ethyl. If you can't get ethyl, get Mabel."
( -- Groucho Marx to Chico, in Duck Soup)
I hadn't started driving when gas was below .55/gal., but I recall prices like some of you mention. A friend of mine in the very early '70s used to mention price wars when he worked part-time at a local service station.
And that was for ethyl.
If anyone here remembers what that is.
I know a few of you do.
"Get some gas. Make it ethyl. If you can't get ethyl, get Mabel."
( -- Groucho Marx to Chico, in Duck Soup)
I hadn't started driving when gas was below .55/gal., but I recall prices like some of you mention. A friend of mine in the very early '70s used to mention price wars when he worked part-time at a local service station.
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