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Date:         Fri, 18 May 2012 18:32:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gasoline $$  :-(
Comments: To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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Yeah, my experience was similar. In 1969 when I got my first real "job" (just over broke) as a newly minted college grad, I made $6500/year as a bench chemist. That's $38k/year today. Guess what? There has been no real wage growth since 1969!

Stuart Quit being a chemist in 1976

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:19 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Gasoline $$ :-(

Well, things change, don't they? I drove my mother's Rambler American to commute to college in the 1960s. Gas was $0.18 per gallon, the car got 25 mpg, excellent for the time. A ten gallon fill up cost $1.80. The fifty mile round trip required 2 fill ups a week, making the gas for my commute $3.60 for the week.

My college tuition for a semester was $50, books cost $3-5 a pop, and I could get lunch in the college cafeteria for $1.25.

I could take my date to dinner at a decent place plus a movie for $8. Beer was $1.50 a six pack, or $1.10 if one was willing to brave the wrong side of the river (but that $0.40 mattered to me and my compadres of the time).

Of course, I worked for $1.25 an hour refueling airplanes.

mcneely

---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > I remember when I could drive to work all week for less then $13.00! > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.kegkits.com > www.grow-sun.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On > Behalf Of Rob > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:32 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Gasoline $$ :-( > > On the way home from work last night I stopped for gas, had $13 in my > wallet. That put 3 gallons in my bus @ $4.259 ea... > Sad times but still glad gas is available. > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > Western Washington State, USA > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 2425/5007 - Release Date: > 05/18/12

-- David McNeely


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