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Russo Loco

February 25, 2012 09:25PM

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mikerowe Wrote:
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> I read something n the paper just this evening
> that the price of gasoline is just about what it
> was in 1927, when adjusted for inflation! Wow!
> That's a shocker!
>
> Mike

Even a youngster like me can recall driving across Arizona when the price of regular was posted at 'Terrible Herbst' stations at $.35 a gallon. Or was it $.29?? ...

I haven't done any formal research, but the only thing I can think of other than computer speed & memory that hasn't even doubled in price since I was a kid is tennis balls - about $3.00/can in 1959 and SFAIK still under $5.00/can in 2012.

- Rafael 'Pancho' Curmudgeono

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Here's something for you to chew on...	mikerowe	February 24, 2012 06:28PM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	Chris Walker	February 25, 2012 12:47AM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	mikerowe	February 25, 2012 02:35AM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	Chris Walker	February 25, 2012 01:01PM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	mikerowe	February 25, 2012 09:08PM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	Kevin K	February 25, 2012 03:07AM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on... gas prices	Stewart Rhine	February 25, 2012 05:37AM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on ...	Russo Loco	February 25, 2012 10:00PM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	Fred Folk	February 25, 2012 08:52AM
Re: Here's something for you to chew on...	Taylor Rush	February 25, 2012 10:28AM
the thing that amazes me is...	hank	February 25, 2012 12:30PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	Wayne Laepple	February 25, 2012 02:12PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	Bruce R. Pier	February 25, 2012 04:09PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	george pearce	February 25, 2012 04:31PM
2 bits	kwilcomb	February 25, 2012 05:43PM
Re: 2 bits	Taylor Rush	February 25, 2012 08:22PM
Re: 2 bits	John Cole	February 25, 2012 08:53PM
Re: 2 (wooden) bits = 5 x a wooden nickel	Russo Loco	February 25, 2012 09:53PM
Re: 2 bits	Steve Singer	February 26, 2012 08:14AM
Re: NNG: The thing that amazes me is ... Beer vs Gasoline	Russo Loco	February 25, 2012 08:53PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	mikerowe	February 25, 2012 09:12PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	John Cole	February 25, 2012 09:25PM
Re: the thing that amazes me is...	Russo Loco	February 25, 2012 09:25PM

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