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Remember When

Foxxee — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 05:18:08 GMT

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Desertdi — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:54:40 GMT

Yeah...I used to be thin then, too....

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CalminHeart — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:43:10 GMT

I remember gas wars and $.15-$.25 a gallon. Gas was $.38 when I bought my first car.

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CatsyCline — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:47:18 GMT

CHEVY NOVA!! Hatchback

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Still Raining — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:10:20 GMT

During gas wars, it went down to $0.25, good times!

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Witchy Woman — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 17:04:19 GMT

@Foxxee

Some evenings we would put in a dollar's worth of gas and it lasted for several days.

A turquoise VW Bug was my first car...loved it.

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chiclets — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:35:36 GMT

And we just drove around checking out different places and seeing who was where.

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hckynutjohn — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:16:46 GMT

When I first started driving regular gas was $.07 for regular and $.09 a gallon for ethyl. Smaller gas tanks for a $1.50 you could "fill 'er up".

Was I really 16 once upon a time? 🤔

hckynut 🇺🇸

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:29:04 GMT

I really don't remember the prices when I first started driving, but I know that it was a usual practice to just pull up to the pumps and ask the gas attendant (yes, that was back in the good old days when they had gas attendants to pump your gas, check your oil, check your tire pressure, and wash your windows) to put $2.00 in my tank and I was good to go for days and days!!!

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cookinfreak — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:10:57 GMT

I remember when I was young and would ask my folks for a ride somewhere, and they would tell me to walk because "gas is .39 cents a gallon!" So several years ago when they were both still here and we were talking about gas prices and I asked "Don't you feel bad now for not giving me rides when it was .39 cents a gallon?" They got a chuckle out of that

cookin

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eadu4 — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:39:34 GMT

@CatsyCline LOLOL I had a brown 77 Chevy Nova Hatchback. Oh the memories!! My friends and I would pool our change together for gas. Those were the days.

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Sooner — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:46:09 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:

@Foxxee I remember when we were shocked and appalled that prices had risen to that level. Gas on sale had gone above 19 cents a gallon. When you get 7 mpg it hurts!

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CatsyCline — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:22:21 GMT

@eadu4 wrote:
@CatsyCline LOLOL I had a brown 77 Chevy Nova Hatchback. Oh the memories!! My friends and I would pool our change together for gas. Those were the days.

@eadu4 one friend used to drive her Dad's '71 Nova - yeah we all chipped in for gas too and just went cruising around town (in '74/'75)

another friend in HS who was a Senior in '72 used to let the 9th grade girls drive his car. do not recall the make... it was a big old tub...really long . he would take each girl in his car alone. he was a sweet guy ...harmless.

anyway one time he let me drive. i was only 15 and only had steered Go-Karts around the Fun Lot track.

we were on the local two-lane highway. there were curves in the road, was driving too fast... almost crashed us into a telephone pole. he said ok "slow down slow down! pull over!" which i did but then realized there are brakes and slammed on them just in time! he pulled a bottle of Kaopectate out of the glove box and took a big swig of it . that put the kabosh to my "driver- ed!"

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chrystaltree — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:24:55 GMT

I remember putting $4.00 worth of gas in my car and it lasted an entire week.

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Duckncover — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:14:49 GMT

I remeber seeing the gas station attendant go out and climb the ladder to change the price during gas wars. I was way a too young to drive then but I recall 18 cents a gallon and you also got a case of Pepsi with a fillup.

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KBEANS — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:55:35 GMT

I remember my father used to say, "Hey Mac. Give me $2.00 worth." The attendant did and washed his windshield with that purchase. LOL 😂

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lgfan — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:07:23 GMT

It was a long time ago before arthritis, high cholesterol, etc.

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:53:18 GMT

I remember as a kid a loaf of wonder bread was 25cents.... yesterday I bought a loaf of bread for $7.95..... and thought nothing of it..... sad really.

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Pixie12 — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:20:19 GMT

How did you find the picture of me and my Nova? I was so happy when my dad would let me put gas in the car. Any excuse to drive with my new license.