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Sit back and talk with friends. Same rules as before. Rule #1-Relax with friends on the front or back porch.
Rule #2-No Politics, religion or anything above a G level.
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cooperhawk
- Ranch Foreman
- Posts: 5622
- Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:27 pm
- Location: 20 miles south of the twin cities.
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by cooperhawk » Thu Jan 30, 2025 10:00 am
I remember the gas lines for sure. Under the reign of Jimmie Carter. I had what the govt called a "Critical Job" and I
had to get to work no matter what so the govt rented a gasoline truck and sold us fuel in the fenced in parking lot.
That was nice but I couldn't buy enough except to get back and forth to work, so I sat in gas lines if I wanted to take
the family anywhere.
Remembering the good old days.
Retired FAA Air Traffic Control Supervisor
VFW (Life Member), VVA (Life Member)
Legion (Life Member), NRA (Life Member)
U S Army Aviation 64-67, Vietnam MACV 65-66
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clovishound
- Drover
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- Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:18 pm
- Location: Summerville SC
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by clovishound » Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:02 am
I remember back in the late 70s I was in line at the grocery store and the guy ahead of me was complaining about the cost of coffee. He told me that there was a lot of coffee being grown in the mountains of Tennessee and it was all just a plot to extort the consumer. I didn't want to get into a big argument with him about coffee being a tropical plant that wouldn't survive in Tennessee. Besides, it was coastal California.
There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English to sanity. - Sanya
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Mags
- Administrator
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- Joined: Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:40 pm
- Location: Tualatin Valley Oregon
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by Mags » Thu Jan 30, 2025 1:18 pm
Sir Henry wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:26 am
Mags wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:02 pm
How many of you remember the sky rocking coffee prices in the 1970's? Inflation was so bad back then for a while the government instituted mandatory limit on price increases.
Not just coffee prices running amuck. Sugar was too. The DOJ went after the sugar companies for colluding, gouging and price-fixing. Testors got sued for raising the price of model paints from 15c per bottle to 19c.
What I remember the most was the cost of gasoline nearly doubling when you could even get it. Who remembers the two-hour lines?
I don't remember long lines affecting us. I do remember buying gas on odd/even days based on our license plate numbers.
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dave77
- Drover
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- Location: Eastern Washington
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by dave77 » Thu Jan 30, 2025 4:21 pm
Sir Henry wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:26 am
Mags wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:02 pm
How many of you remember the sky rocking coffee prices in the 1970's? Inflation was so bad back then for a while the government instituted mandatory limit on price increases.
Not just coffee prices running amuck. Sugar was too. The DOJ went after the sugar companies for colluding, gouging and price-fixing. Testors got sued for raising the price of model paints from 15c per bottle to 19c.
What I remember the most was the cost of gasoline nearly doubling when you could even get it. Who remembers the two-hour lines?
We had lines here but not two-hour lines. A lot of the cause for the lines was people worried about the day no gas was going to be available so they topped off their tanks every day.
