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No, a more accurate way to look at it is how many hours do you have to work at McDonald's to fill your tank?<br>
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From: Bob Labuz <yellowtr@adelphia.net><br>
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net>; 'Listserv Triumph' <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2015 9:00 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Joe,<br>
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Another way to look at any price today is this way.<br>
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Back when our currency was silver based and a quarter was about
1/5th of an oz AG, gas was anywhere from 18 to 25c / gallon. Well
if you were smart and saved all your dimes, quarters, half dollars
and silver dollars you could go down to your precious metal dealer
and sell them 5 quarters (1.25) for about 13 to 14 dollars today.
So a quarter could get you about 3$ good for about 1.5 gallons up
here in upstate NY. So if you look at it that way, gas is cheaper
today than it was in the 60's.<br>
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Just goes to show you how much our $ has fallen in 50 years.<br>
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Now, I was just in northern CA and drove on US 395 CA, and US 95
Nevada and I saw prices in the 4.50 to almost 5$ range. This was
in October. Well over double what I saw on I 40 when I got into NM
and TX.<br>
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Bob<br>
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