It's like my Dad always said about the price of sodas. "They're cheaper now
than they were when I was a kid, because when they were a nickel, I didn't
have a nickel."
Sloane :)
'69-Six
>The average annual wage in 1958 was $3,674 and the average price of
>gasoline
>was $0.284 per gallon. The current average annual wage of about $37,000 is
>ten times that of 1958, but instead of paying $2.84 per gallon, motorists
>are
>paying today a nationally averaged price of $2.449 per gallon. Gasoline is
>cheap! Also, gasoline is a commodity, so people shouldn't get all shook-up
>when the price goes up and down.
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