Subj : Then and now To : DARYL STOUT From : JOE MACKEY Date : Mon Aug 26 2019 06:13:26 Daryl wrote -- > Well, here comes the feed cut. :P But, without me as comedy relief, > the moderator will crash, and cede his authority to Nancy Backus. So, in the interest of keeping Nancy Backus from wringing my neck, I'm going to stay. Ok. Just make it five lashes... :) > I miss the old times, when things were slower, everyone knew each > other, and you didn't have to worry about locking your doors at night. Yep. Things were a lot better then and we didn't really appreciate the times. Just think, someday today' kids will look back at the present as the "old days". I only wonder what they will have to say about them... > JM> Of course gas stations with a max of four pumps are gone, replaced by many pumps with options, convenience stores, etc. > > And, gas was under 50 cents a gallon...what we wouldn't give for that > now!! Ah, but you didn't take inflation as a factor. According to https://westegg.com/inflation/ a dollar in 1975 would be equal (in buying power) what it takes $4.72 today, so 50 cent gas in 1975 would be $2.36 today. Gas around here runs about $2.45 a gallon so one is paying about what was the price in 197 And people in 1975 remembered 25 cent gas.* That westegg site is really great to figure out costs then and now. It goes back something like 1800 to 2018. (*When I lived in a small Colorado town in the late 60s and again in the '70s, there was a U-Pump-It gas station. Gas was 25 cents a gallon and you used tokens. Gave the attendant (in a box) the cash and got the token, either 25 or 50 cents each. If you had gas left over you either lost that amount (no refunds) or you sold that amount to the next person in line. One time I was going to fill up my tank at the one on the other side of town, ran out gas part way up the hill and coasted backward into a name brand station at the bottom of the hill and had to pay 32 cents a gallon! Outrageous. I recall going through Nebraska on the way back to WV in the early '70s and gas was 42 cents a gallon. I refused to pay that much and went on till I found it a little cheaper. My '65 Falcon would travel miles on fumes. A few months later the first embargo hit and people would happily pay 42 for a gallon of gas, if they could get it). > At a Lowe's Truck Stop in southwest Little Rock, a Subway sandwich > shop, and a Hardee's Restaurant are in the same building as the > convenience store...along with gas pumps outside for cars and trucks. I saw a lot of Love's along the way. Nancy is familiar with them I'm sure since saw a lot in NYS. I remember the name because we had a locally owned hardware store here for years and years called Love's. It was a small old-fashioned place, crammed floor to ceiling with all sorts of things. Shelves and shelves of odds and ends in the hardware business with a display of larger items, which were kept in a back room. Need a left handed hammer? They had one. :) If one couldn't find what they wanted just ask any clerk and they knew exactly where it was. No big flashy place like big box hardware stores. > JM> I still haven't gotten my trophy from the times I was called into work with only minutes notice to fill in for someone who didn't show up. > > Maybe it's an IOU Dream Trophy. They owe it to you, but you'll only > see it in your dreams. :P Oh, so that's where it is! Joe --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .