Official Old Fart Thread!

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The cheapest I've ever bought gas was $0.079 per gallon. No, that is not 79 cents per gallon, it is 7.9 cents per gallon. I also remember once when I was driving a Volkswagen and it really ticked me off because it cost over $3.00 to fill that tank. That really got me at the time.... But then, I also used to send mail with a $0.03 cent stamp and then there was the penny postcard.

I can easily relate to what Craig wrote too. To me a $10 bill is still a lot. But then, it takes almost that much just to get a haircut. Cost me $8.00 here but I know it is higher elsewhere.

I also remember buying our first brand new car. $1835.00.
 
The cheapest I've ever bought gas was $0.079 per gallon. No, that is not 79 cents per gallon, it is 7.9 cents per gallon. I also remember once when I was driving a Volkswagen and it really ticked me off because it cost over $3.00 to fill that tank. That really got me at the time.... But then, I also used to send mail with a $0.03 cent stamp and then there was the penny postcard.

I can easily relate to what Craig wrote too. To me a $10 bill is still a lot. But then, it takes almost that much just to get a haircut. Cost me $8.00 here but I know it is higher elsewhere.

I also remember buying our first brand new car. $1835.00.


Back in the early '70s $3 was pretty common for a fill up and the tank had to be pretty low. Gas was like $.15/gal before the oil embargo up in rural CT at the time. If my Barracuda needed $3 of gas it was running on fumes.
 
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Back in the early '70s $3 was pretty common for a fill up and the tank had to be pretty low. Gas was like $.15/gal before the oil embargo up in rural CT at the time. If my Barracuda needed $3 of gas it was running on fumes.
I don't remember gas that cheap, but I was a kid pumping gas at an ARCO station during the OPEC embargo B.S. 1975 I think, Gas went up every day I went into work! we had odd and even days, Only allowed to get $5.00 max for the day. I saw fist fights, people swapping tags in the parking lot, a guy wanted to trade me a case of beer one time for $2.00 worth of gas, I was beat up once after I put $5.00 in a persons car and they couldn't pay, "not an easy task for them" Ah, the good old days;hm
 
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I think a big problem when gas prices rose is that old gas pumps could only go up to $9.99. If you needed more you had to reset the pump.

http://www.vintagevending.com/vintage-gas-pumps-and-gas-prices


I have the same problem now, that most stations around here stop the pump at $100. I can't remember the last time I went to the station and needed less than $100, between the truck, tractor, and lawn mower.

One station around here still stops their pump at $75! :eek: I don't bother resetting it. I hope that seeing lots of max'd out $75 charges will encourage them to finally set a more realistic limit.
 
I never thought I would see the day I gave thought to how much it cost to fill up the garden tractor. >>

Nineteen cents a gallon is about as cheap as I remember. I do remember getting chewed out by the lady that owned the station when I didn't cut the pump off soon enough on a one dollar purchase because the extra ate her profit for the next ten gallons sold.

I was busy washing the windshield and checking the oil and tire pressure. Standard practice then but when is the last time ya seen that? Or a free drinking glass with a fill-up.
 
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It costs me now about as much to fill the lawn tractor's wimpy tank as it did to fill my car in 1971. And I am going through 12-15 gallons of fuel a month when the grass is growing strong. :mad:
 
I never thought I would see the day I gave thought to how much it cost to fill up the garden tractor. >>

Nineteen cents a gallon is about as cheap as I remember. I do remember getting chewed out by the lady that owned the station when I didn't cut the pump off soon enough on a one dollar purchase because the extra ate her profit for the next ten gallons sold.

I was busy washing the windshield and checking the oil and tire pressure. Standard practice then but when is the last time ya seen that? Or a free drinking glass with a fill-up.


Or a free cup of coffee if you wandered in.
 
Just got back from a run on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec. $1.359/liter = $5.144/gallon. Not gonna get into the conversion rate. Many places took NO US Dollars, so you had to use a credit card & then get hammered with additional "out-of-country" fees...
 
Well, at least you got a cool avatar out of it, Moderator Daksy!
 
Just got back from a run on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec. $1.359/liter = $5.144/gallon. Not gonna get into the conversion rate. Many places took NO US Dollars, so you had to use a credit card & then get hammered with additional "out-of-country" fees...
Late week we were up north and exchange rate was a couple pennies from par with the dollar a bit stronger. Cdn. gas taxes and 18% sales tax take a big bite.
 
Yep. Many folks come down from Vancouver to shop and fill up in WA state.
 
Yep. Many folks come down from Vancouver to shop and fill up in WA state.

Agreed. We gassed up in Calais, Me., on the way in & most of the cars in the station had New Brunswick plates. They came across, gassed up & headed back north. Probably one of the more profitable Citgo stations on the planet!
 
How about looking back to the time when we planted corn 2 rows at a time and picked it (not shelled) one row at a time. That is scary compared to today's machines.

I don't qualify as an "old fart" by any strech, but I did spend a good bit of time as a kid on a '47 John Deere B cultivating corn 2 rows at a time. (Organic Grains Farm, who else uses cultivators anymore? ;lol) Lot's of time to think on that one. :confused:

We had a one row picker too!
 
I don't qualify as an "old fart" by any strech,​
Well, my daughter is 20, so anything over 30 is an old fart to her. Now I'm under the impression that baby boomers back qualify as old farts, hence 50+;)..... I'm sure the peanut gallery will let us know, what's your take Dennis?
 
If you ask Dennis, an old fart is one whose wood has long gone dry. ;lol
 
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It's a state of mind........you would rather wear something comfortable as opposed to something cool.;)
 
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Well, my daughter is 20, so anything over 30 is an old fart to her. Now I'm under the impression that baby boomers back qualify as old farts, hence 50+;)..... I'm sure the peanut gallery will let us know, what's your take Dennis?

I'm amazed to realize none of our grandchildren ever lived when there were no computers. I guess I'm a bit too old to be a baby boomer but 50+ works for me.

Ya Begreen, the wood dries faster as you age....
 
Then there was the day when I realized our US President was younger than I....
 
The morning after Reagan was elected I woke up hearing a groan on the other side of the bed. I said "What's the matter kid?". She replied "I just woke up and realized that a bad B grade movie actor is the president of my country.".

Any question why me and that girl have been married for 38 years? Well, sharing a closet for 40 years.
 
A real old fart also remembers the time he could change a spark plug without removing many other things before he could even see them!

I also remember when the family car had a crank. One used that to start the engine. Many folks also learned new words as engine was being started.
 
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