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

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:22 PM

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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

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