Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I think of this every once in a while. 1966. Summer. I was ten. There was a convenience store a couple blocks away, and between our house and there lived an old guy in a wheelchair. He'd sit out at the edge of the road waiting for a kid to come by. He'd give you a dollar and send you to the store for a loaf of bread, a pack of bologna and a pack of cigarettes. And for your trouble he let you keep a dime, but he got the rest of the change back. Never heard of any kid skipping with his dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I worked at a convenient store in the early 1980s. A pack of name brand smokes, a 16 ounce soda and a gallon of gas were all $.70 each. Today that pack of cigs is $6 or more, and the gas has been over $4 at times. The govmint does not control the cost of sodas (that soda is now $1.50). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 while others can remember lower my fondest memory was gas at 19.9¢ a gallon and I had just got my license and had to pay for my own gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Tom Bullweed said: I worked at a convenient store in the early 1980s. A pack of name brand smokes, a 16 ounce soda and a gallon of gas were all $.70 each. Today that pack of cigs is $6 or more, and the gas has been over $4 at times. The govmint does not control the cost of sodas (that soda is now $1.50). ……. not yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I remember buying 2 gallons ( 9 US Quarts ) of gas and a bottle of Coke for 50 cents .... My first Bike would hold 25 cents worth of gas if it was right empty.... Over 5 buck today .... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 When I was in college we would drive out of the city limits to escape the city tax on cigarettes. We bought unfiltered KOOLs, CAMELs and LUCKY STRIKEs for $2.00 a carton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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