ShuisFan584
<font color=red>Bowler & <font color=blue>Softball
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It couldn't have been that much less considering I only started driving 3 years ago.
Originally posted by Blondie
Olena, you don't drive?
Originally posted by edcrbnsoul
Here is some perspective:
In March 1981, for example, the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gas was $1.42. If that seems a pretty good price, it's only because the figure doesn't take into account the inflation that has occurred in the 19 years since.
Translated into today's dollars, that gallon of gas would cost $2.87, far more than the pump prices we gripe about today
What other stuff costs per Gallon :
Beano anti-gas drops $2,432
Originally posted by Ronda93
It was just as gas was hitting a dollar. The old mechanical pumps couldn't handle anything over 99.9 so they would set it at 54.9 and you had to double it.
You had to double it in your head, too - sometimes painful to watch.