I joined the Army in 1968 and gas in southern California was about 35¢ a gallon; when I came back in 1972, it was in the 40's. It was as low as 50¢ a gallon as late as 1979.
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> One other thing. I recall breakfast at a
> California chain (Sambos?) that had a steak and
> egg breakfast for 99 cents.
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They went out of business with the rise of political correctness.
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> BTW - I still have my slide rule.
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A number of us old guys have brought our slide rules to work to poke fun at the younger generation. We are a computer programming organization so we aren't doing calculations with them.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2008 11:27AM by GeorgeGaskill.