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.
I paid 16 cents a gallon at the corner of Hwy 50 and the 65th Street expressway in 1970. There was a station on each corner and they were having a "gas war," back when that meant lower prices, not higher.
Yup, same conditions in SoCal at that time. I remember 0.17/gal, filling my tank for under $3 while getting my windshield cleaned, oil level and tire pressure checked AND S&H Green stamps, free steak knives and water tumblers.
Don’t think he could chase me down but if he caught me it’s game over for me.
ReplyDeleteRugged for sure but a runt. Check out the turned up cuffs.
ReplyDeleteBack then the cuffs were the current style. Probably between 1950 to 1955
DeleteNo neck Ned
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, it was always fun heading to the gas station to pump my girlfriend, Ethyl.
ReplyDeleteNo neck Ned.... Ha.... Greg Warren approved. He is a bull regardless of height.
ReplyDeleteAnd people wouldn't believe me when I told them bunker oil for steam locomotives was 9 cents or less a gal.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. This was apparently taken before the national gasoline tax ended in 0.09.
ReplyDeleteI paid 16 cents a gallon at the corner of Hwy 50 and the 65th Street expressway in 1970. There was a station on each corner and they were having a "gas war," back when that meant lower prices, not higher.
ReplyDeleteYup, same conditions in SoCal at that time. I remember 0.17/gal, filling my tank for under $3 while getting my windshield cleaned, oil level and tire pressure checked AND S&H Green stamps, free steak knives and water tumblers.
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