Using (near) minimum wage as a basis for many wage earners, comparing what you
were earning then with gas prices, current salaries are a bit over three times
that amount, yet gasoline is over six times your figure..
You're fortunate Kent, most in our area of Oregon don't earn more than minimum.
Just my two cents worth.
WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!
"Kent J. Miller" wrote:
> I worked for the Hudson Oil Co. when I was 18. There was a "gas war" that
> year. Prices got down to .249/gal. Four gallons for a buck!! BUT - I was
> only making $2.10 an hour then. I'm making ten times that now and the gas is
> only eight times as much.
>
> How much are you paying for botled water? If you buy the good stuff, it
> figures to $21 a gallon.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
> To: Spridgets list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out (LBC? Maybe....)
>
> > After listening to all the 40-somethings at work talk
> > about 35 cent per gallon gas when THEY got their
> > driver's licenses in 1972, I had to do the math. With
> > inflation, that works out to, you guessed it, $1.50
> > per gallon. We're spoiled.
> >
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