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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:38 PM Original message |
Remember when you could put $5 of gas in your car and get by for a week? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I still can. |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No Prius, but I can also go a week on $5 worth of gas. |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are alternatives. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Biodiesel |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I started driving it was around $1.10 |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Either the summer of 97 or 98, gas was as low as 89 cents a gallon. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. In Texas, maybe... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Here in Georgia it got down to SIXTY-THREE cents a gallon. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. WHOA. |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, no. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. no, you are a relic of another time |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. when i was a teenager, |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. In my single days, I could have eaten for a week |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. i used to buy eggs, bread & butter with... |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. $5.00 lasts me more than a month, most months. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sigh...I had a Renault Alliance, gas was 65 cents...I could go |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I remember |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. I remember 24 9/10 cents a gallon |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remember riding with my grandparents when I was a child |
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fluffernutter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. now you can get 2 lousy gallons for $5 |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. I started driving summer of '96 |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Our annual road trip to Minnesota is going to cost a lot more this time. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes, this is the worst part about higher and higher gas prices |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. I remember when diesel fuel was about 20 cents a gallon |
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