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hunter

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3. Gas was almost free when I was a wild young thing.

Reply to Shambala (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 09:53 PM

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I could fill the gas tank of my little Toyota on an hour's wages.

The privilege was much abused too. I drove all over the Western U.S.A. and Northwestern Mexico.

It's hard to say if burning all that gasoline or my anti-nuclear activism was my greatest contribution to global warming but I'm trying to make up for it now.

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Dear Californians, we lost the title to Washington state. [View all] usonian Tuesday OP

San Gabriel Valley boy here. Shambala Tuesday #1

OMG. I am SO old. How old are you? I remember 32 cents/gallon at uncle's gas station. usonian Tuesday #2

Old enough to get the senior discount now. 😅 Shambala Tuesday #4

LOL. I can't remember being 62. usonian Tuesday #6

Gas was almost free when I was a wild young thing. hunter Tuesday #3

When I was a boy, we paid seven cents a gallon. byronius Tuesday #5