GAS

[07rascal]

Lowest I paid was .65/gal in the mid/late 80's. Most I paid was this afternoon, $3.98/gal......all indications are we will see $4.50 by Memorial Day here in the Midwest. My father remembers his Dad filling up in the late 30's for 10 gals for a dollar.

What is so funny to me is that I hear from some folks that they are looking forward to the change of political parties this fall in DC, as that will get our prices back where they are affordable......such babes in the woods these folks are! I can tell you, that I sure am not holding my breath banking on either party....and that is putting it nicely!

[mikeschn]

You would have to undo an awful lot of inflation for that to happen...

Mike...

looking forward to the change of political parties this fall in DC, as that will get our prices back where they are affordable

[Bill P]

I recall gas at .21 per gal. Plus, you could get premiums (dishwear, etc.) or a case of pop (24 bottles) with each fillup. Of course my new 69 GTO got about 8 MPG and I was clearing about $65 per week.

I agree about any change in Nov. As the WHO so aptly put it, "Say hello to the new boss;same as the old boss." It's great to be 60 and a cynic.

[sledge]

in 1969 I was 18 years old. and my first job off the Farm was at a Gas Station.... .24.9 , I had a 1961 Ford Falcon, if I had any gas at all I could fill it up with $2 ....... Ohhhhhhhh the good ol' days. .......But.......like Bill said......... 40 hurs , and cleared about $65.. the good ol' days ..............well............

[cs_whypt2]

in 1969 I was 18 years old. and my first job off the Farm was at a Gas Station.... .24.9 , I had a 1961 Ford Falcon, if I had any gas at all I could fill it up with $2 ....... Ohhhhhhhh the good ol' days. .......But.......like Bill said......... 40 hurs , and cleared about $65.. the good ol' days ..............well............

My 40 hours would get me $421.
My tank of gas costs about $80.

It costs me 40 times as much to fill up. I do not make 40 times as much as what you made then.

I believe I would need to be making $2,600 for 40 hours. (My math my be a little sketchy.) That means I would be making (take home) $65 an hour. Some one correct me if I'm wrong, because I really want to know the price change.

Dianne

[Esteban]

Back in the mid sixties I worked for $1.10/hr. plus tips as a busboy. I could fill the tank of my bug eye Austin Healy Sprite for about $2. A high point I remember was a catering job at a swanky bank opening when I got paid $3.00/hr. for just over 3 hours of work. I felt rich. The $10 I earned was plenty of money to gas up the car and take my GF out for a date. With pocket money left over.

Gas was $3.96/gallon today in Pismo Beach, CA.

[MARVIN THOMPSON]

I,M GOING TO DATE MYSELF A LITTE. BACK IN THE EARLY 70,S I WAS IN THE NAVY.THAT,S WHEN THERE WAS A GAS SHORTAGE???? YOU COULD ONLY BUY $5.00 DOLLARS WORTH AT A TIME. YOU WAITED IN A LINE FOR A HR.. BUT IT WAS ONLY 30 SOME CENT GALLON. IM NOT A BUSH LOVER BUT NO ONE MAN IS SMART ENOUGHT TO SCREW THIS UP,THAT BAD ( IS HE ) NO

[pete.wilson]

Hey

Realisticly speaking this over-inflation really only started about 2 years ago which is about the time the housing market was just starting to get slow and in some places like Detroit, was a real problems but Gas was still $2 a Gallon ( manageable). How do we know that bankers, financier's, people who control which money-market stocks get bought and sold (speculators) have dumped their money into the futures market for oil and it's by-products. This is exactly what we have seen, nothing to do with who is in the white house (saw an interesting comment by Bush yeasterday blasting Democrats who want Opec to produce 1 million more barrels of oil a day or they won't allow for a military sale of some equipment to Saudi Arabia; but yet these same deocrats are the ones who have been hindering building oil rigs in Alaska and elswhere or the building of new refineries here in the US. But they complain about the price of oil and fail the realize there is plenty of oil on the world market right now for everyone, supply and demand is not the issue). We are being hurt by investors who want to make a quick buck at the expense of average and lower class of americans. Makes no difference which party you like. My wife and I are loosing about $5 an hour combined income loss directly due to gas prices now versus $2 and hour (I'm not counting groceries increases either, or utility increases). I can't sell my house because of the housing market, and if I lost my job or even hers, it would probably be bankruptsy for us. And then to consider what decision I make in who I elect and how my kids futures are going to be, I have lived my life, now I'm thinking about them. Will they have anything close to what I have...doubtful.

Pete Wilson