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.
So was I, and I remember the dictum from ??? stating that the price of gas on base had to be within (at first) three cents of the average price off base, regardless of cost.
1966 it was 24 9/10ths. Five years later the price had doubled. I think it was 1975 when gas went over $1.00. And mostly gone were S&H stamps, set of drinking tumblers, and full service.
In 1972, I could buy almost exactly 13 gallons of gas (at 0.489 per gallon) for each hour of pay. Today, 13 times $5 a gallon means I need to make $65 an hour. Hmmmm..... gas is considerably cheaper today.
The gas crunch of the 70's gave birth to self-serve. In the 60's you could get a coffee mug or dishes with full-serve credit card fill-ups. I'm old. There are still a couple of those mugs around here somewhere. They matched the avocado or baby shit yellow appliances.
These prices must be post-Arab Oil Embargo. Gas at MCAS El Toro was $.28.7.
I drove to Las Vegas in 1971 and found gas in Baker, CA at $.44.9, the most expensive gas I had seen in my life. I felt like calling the cops with that sort of robbery in progress.
I was in the service in the 70's; gas on base was even cheaper.
ReplyDeleteSo was I, and I remember the dictum from ??? stating that the price of gas on base had to be within (at first) three cents of the average price off base, regardless of cost.
DeleteGas in Texas in '72 was around 26.9 cents per gallon. And that was full service.
ReplyDeleteAside from bell bottoms and polyester the 70's weren't bad.....
ReplyDeleteDon't forget platform shoes and disco. Avocado green appliances. Wage freeze and gas lines, mortgage rates in double digits.
Delete1966 it was 24 9/10ths. Five years later the price had doubled. I think it was 1975 when gas went over $1.00.
ReplyDeleteAnd mostly gone were S&H stamps, set of drinking tumblers, and full service.
I remember being madder than all get out toppping off the tank cost $18 for 15 gallons in 1977.
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That's the fabled "girl next door" right there.
ReplyDelete50 cents a gallon was after the '73 Opec action...
ReplyDelete1970s when there already was no real need for marking gas price ending in .9 cents.
ReplyDeleteFor those who do not know, in NJ, you are not allowed to pump your own gas.
ReplyDeleteSame in Oregon, except for the occasional outlaw.
DeleteThat Chevy Nova was only $2500 then, too.
ReplyDeleteIn 1972, I could buy almost exactly 13 gallons of gas (at 0.489 per gallon) for each hour of pay. Today, 13 times $5 a gallon means I need to make $65 an hour. Hmmmm..... gas is considerably cheaper today.
ReplyDeleteThe gas crunch of the 70's gave birth to self-serve. In the 60's you could get a coffee mug or dishes with full-serve credit card fill-ups. I'm old. There are still a couple of those mugs around here somewhere. They matched the avocado or baby shit yellow appliances.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, in the 70's your car would keep running after you shut it off.
ReplyDeleteThese prices must be post-Arab Oil Embargo. Gas at MCAS El Toro was $.28.7.
ReplyDeleteI drove to Las Vegas in 1971 and found gas in Baker, CA at $.44.9, the most expensive gas I had seen in my life. I felt like calling the cops with that sort of robbery in progress.
I should have said that gas at MCAS El Toro was $.28.9 was in 1972.
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