I was one of those buck an hour kids working in a gas station. But I could put
more than 5 gallons of gas in my 53 Ford for a buck. During the gas wars the
price would drop under 19cents a gallon. My how times change.
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On Mar 29, 2013, at 6:39 AM, "Bill Tobin" <william.tobin31@verizon.net>
wrote:
> In a way I long for those days too. Then I remember that the prevailing wage
for teens was $1.00 an hour!
> When I was a teen in the mid 60's gas was 27.9 for years.
> Times change, don't they?
> Cheers, Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
> To: "'Triumph Friends of'" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 1:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stations of yesteryear
>
>
>> I remember those as well in my West Texas Home town. Two stations that
sat
>> next to each other were always getting into those gas wars. I long for
>> those years when you could drive around for a week on a buck's worth of
gas.
>>
>> Joe C.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of RACER BUD
>> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:11 PM
>> To: Tylerpthompson@yahoo.com; 'Triumph Friends of'
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Stations of yesteryear
>>
>> Very cool!...I remember gas wars in Reno when it got down to 5
cents..about
>> 1965
>> RB
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