Scary Thought
 

We're being conditioned into thinking that 2.60/gallon is a good deal... I had forgotten what fuel prices were during last year's fall run...
from www.rhodeislandgasprices.com

Rhode Island USA
Today 3.207 3.054
Yesterday 3.184 3.05
One Week Ago 2.930 2.851
One Month Ago 2.436 2.349
One Year Ago 1.896 1.832

The rhode island average has gone up ~70% in 365 days
or approximatly $0.25/week

Online I found inflation rates are ~3.17% or so...

Just got to thinking about the people making minimal/low wages who have to commute while I was filling up this AM...

raise it 20, drop it 10... raise it 20 drop it 10.


damn crooks

When I got my first car, regular unleaded was under a buck a gallon. Those were the days... :doh:

we were just having this conversation last night

amazing isnt it?

I cant wait till $2.40 is a bargain!

Ah, you kids :D

When I got my first car, it was around 35 cents a gallon, and we thought that was high because a few years before it had been under a quarter.

You pulled into a station, said "2 dollars worth", got 8 gallons, Green Stamps and a free drinking glass.

They didn't even ask if you wanted your oil checked--just went ahead and did it. Washing the windows went without saying. While under the hood, he'd also check and fill (if needed) your radiator and battery, tranny fluid if you had an automatic, power steering fluid and maybe even the master cylinder.

I still have the steak knives.

Glasses and gas
 

Ya Nib and Mike P......our family drank out of those brown glasses for years. My first 64 chevy got $.28 a gallon gas. It would be nice to see the permitting process for new refineries loosened and for the feds to tell all the refineries adversaries to jump in the lake.

Do u remeber flyin A.In the logo the pegesus horse thing originally pointed to the left.well of course that is the wrong thing.They switched it to the right.this is true I did not make it up.How bout Sinclar wit the dinosaur.I would always prefer my pops fill up there.S&H green stamps are they worth anything today???

Mike /Must have been a Gas hog /we used to cruise the city most of the night for a buck & stop & eat at Kelly,s [[the First Fast food place I remember ]] .15 burgers :doh:

Wow, you are old. :rude:

When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I
take her out to some place
expensive...................


So I took her a$$ to a gas station!!!!!!!

So how many of you brushed your teeth with salt until they fell out and were replaced by wooden teeth, kinda like George Washington? :hee: I remember toothpaste always being around.