And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Gasoline in 1972 was .36 cents a gallon (I looked it up). Run that thru the inflation calculator to turn it into 2019 dollars and you $2.21 a gallon. According to gasbuddy (https://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPriceMap) that price is near to right for about 1/4 of the nation today! ($1.93-$2.46)
Gas is still close to the same it's the dollar that isn't worth much!
In late '71 I was going to school in Sonoma county Calif, driving up hwy 101. At the Petaluma Hill Road exit I'd buy gas at the Gulf station because it was cheap, 24.9 cents a gallon.
Yep, NW Ohio in the early '70's I was "assistant manager" at a station.(manager, me, and the 'part-time guy").
Remember selling gas at 25 cents/gallon and could have gone to 15.9 with out calling for authorization. Cigarettes were 35 cents a pack(no generics) out of a vending machine. Drove a 67 Mustang fastback with Shelby Cobra steering & suspension.
I remember those days. I worked in a gas station on busy Rt 30 in Western PA from '69 - '72 while I was in high school. Our normal price was 31.9 for regular and 33.9 for hi test. During the gas wars we went down as low as 26.9/28.9. The manager would have me take a drive 5 miles east and west of the station every day before I started pumping to survey the prices at all the other stations so that we could match or beat their prices by a penny. One of the great things about that was that I was on the clock and getting my regular pay and also that I got to put in $1 worth of gas for free. If that amount wouldn't fit in the tank then the balance went on a tab for when I needed it. My car never went even close to empty.........
When I was in high school in Woodland Hills CA, gas sold for 23c/gal for regular. Took a trip up to Santa Cruz & there was a serious gas war along the way, somewhere above Ventura: our side of the road had gas for 4c/gal and the other side was cheaper, only 3c/gal.
My dad, who believed in frugality, went to the other side to fill up, while moaning about the fact that he couldn't bring the prices home with him!
On the return trip the prices had gone back to normal, which was a grievous blow to my old man. Oh, those were the days! (My motor scooter ran a month on $1.50 worth of gas, but that $1.50 was a lot of money to me.)
Gasoline in 1972 was .36 cents a gallon (I looked it up). Run that thru the inflation calculator to turn it into 2019 dollars and you $2.21 a gallon.
ReplyDeleteAccording to gasbuddy (https://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPriceMap) that price is near to right for about 1/4 of the nation today! ($1.93-$2.46)
Gas is still close to the same it's the dollar that isn't worth much!
In late '71 I was going to school in Sonoma county Calif, driving up hwy 101. At the Petaluma Hill Road exit I'd buy gas at the Gulf station because it was cheap, 24.9 cents a gallon.
I was in the Houston area in 1972, gas wars had discount stations selling for .10 a gallon.
ReplyDeleteYep, NW Ohio in the early '70's I was "assistant manager" at a station.(manager, me, and the 'part-time guy").
ReplyDeleteRemember selling gas at 25 cents/gallon and could have gone to 15.9 with out calling for authorization. Cigarettes were 35 cents a pack(no generics) out of a vending machine. Drove a 67 Mustang fastback with Shelby Cobra steering & suspension.
"Glory Days!"
I remember those days. I worked in a gas station on busy Rt 30 in Western PA from '69 - '72 while I was in high school. Our normal price was 31.9 for regular and 33.9 for hi test. During the gas wars we went down as low as 26.9/28.9. The manager would have me take a drive 5 miles east and west of the station every day before I started pumping to survey the prices at all the other stations so that we could match or beat their prices by a penny. One of the great things about that was that I was on the clock and getting my regular pay and also that I got to put in $1 worth of gas for free. If that amount wouldn't fit in the tank then the balance went on a tab for when I needed it. My car never went even close to empty.........
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school in Woodland Hills CA, gas sold for 23c/gal for regular. Took a trip up to Santa Cruz & there was a serious gas war along the way, somewhere above Ventura: our side of the road had gas for 4c/gal and the other side was cheaper, only 3c/gal.
ReplyDeleteMy dad, who believed in frugality, went to the other side to fill up, while moaning about the fact that he couldn't bring the prices home with him!
On the return trip the prices had gone back to normal, which was a grievous blow to my old man. Oh, those were the days! (My motor scooter ran a month on $1.50 worth of gas, but that $1.50 was a lot of money to me.)