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spandi · 01-29-2013, 01:44 PM

Hank that was posted with tongue ever so firmly planted in cheek

**inuyasha** · 01-29-2013, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by spandi

Hank that was posted with tongue ever so firmly planted in cheek

Hi
I knew

But it gave me the perfect opening for my post

You make a great straight man

Take care and ride safely dear friend
Yours Hank

richardthescooter1 · 01-29-2013, 03:27 PM

Your right Hank, I throw my spare change in a jar (gas money for scoot) they can have their cars, give me am scoot

MEAN_MOTOFINO · 01-29-2013, 09:52 PM

qwertydude · 01-29-2013, 11:47 PM

It was even more impressive back in the day of $1 gas. Give the guy a dollar fill up you tank. I'm sure there are some real old timers here who used to ride Cubs back in the day who can remember doing the same thing with a quarter.

**inuyasha** · 01-29-2013, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by qwertydude

It was even more impressive back in the day of $1 gas. Give the guy a dollar fill up you tank. I'm sure there are some real old timers here who used to ride Cubs back in the day who can remember doing the same thing with a quarter.

Hi
Gas was $0.60 agallon when i got my first street legal motorbike i was 16
Take care and ride safely dear friend
Yours Hank

carasdad · 01-29-2013, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by qwertydude

It was even more impressive back in the day of $1 gas. Give the guy a dollar fill up you tank. I'm sure there are some real old timers here who used to ride Cubs back in the day who can remember doing the same thing with a quarter.

Remember when gas stations shut down for a day or so...or left one pump working as the others were being replaced...because gas went up to $1.05. The old pumps were only designed to go up to 99 cents. So while the other pumps were being replaced...the working one was set at 53 cents per gallon and they used a calculator when you went in to pay..to find the actual cost..

oh the good old days..ride my mini bike with a one quart tank to the gas station(on the road and cops did not even stop or bother me) Ok...dating myself..exposing my age on this one...BUT..to fill my one quart tank cost me about...8 cents..

scootnwinn · 01-30-2013, 12:15 AM

Wow your old

The day after I got my first car gas went up to $1.01 for the first time...

carasdad · 01-30-2013, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by scootnwinn

Wow your old

The day after I got my first car gas went up to $1.01 for the first time...

Rob..hey now...I was a kid with a mini bike...it was like 1972 and gas was 25-30 cents per gallon. Smoked were 3 packs for a buck...and a can Coke cost you a quarter...a Snickers bar was a quarter as well.
But me old?...Not all..ya see I can remember when..when...hang on...oh yeah I can remember when.. Never mind..it wasn't that important..

spandi · 01-30-2013, 12:22 AM

I can remember my old man going to the local gas station when I was a kid and spending a whopping 29 cents a gallon.

scootnwinn · 01-30-2013, 12:35 AM

Hey being old is better than the alternative right?

Irish · 03-11-2015, 12:25 PM

When I was a kid I used to cut lawns. I finally saved up enough to buy a power mower. It was the Reel type. I don't even know if they had Rotaries then. I remember when they changed the price on the pump to $.25 a gallon & I was mad because it came out of my profits! A power mower might sound like an unnecessary frill but I cut almost every lawn in the neighborhood + my parents & they weren't SMALL lawns! OLD? Irish

Irish · 07-29-2015, 12:05 PM

I have YET to visit gas pumps with my ride! My ride is a 2006 Sportster 1200 w/Trike kit. It would probably be considered more of a motorcycle than a scooter. The reason that my ride hasn't been to the gas pumps is that I fill a separate container with gas & keep the tank filled myself. That way I don't have to worry about the paint on my tank getting chipped! The paint is too nice to take a chance on messing it up! I even use a funnel when filling it up. It takes a little longer but I'm old & I didn't think I would live this long anyway!

Irish

medman1952 · 01-30-2013, 12:35 AM

In my home town when I was a kid, you could buy gas for 26 cents a gallon forever, and when we went to Texas, in Gila Bend Arizona they usually had gas wars that would rive it down to 17 cents a gallon. I'm old. It was commonplace to pull in and get full service and ask for a buck or two worths of gas and get you oil check and air in your tires.

I had an uncle that had a station in Texas and if you wanted an oil change there was no labor charge at his station, you just paid for the oil and the filter.

**Admin** · 01-30-2013, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by medman1952

In my home town when I was a kid, you could buy gas for 26 cents a gallon forever, and when we went to Texas, in Gila Bend Arizona they usually had gas wars that would rive it down to 17 cents a gallon. I'm old. It was commonplace to pull in and get full service and ask for a buck or two worths of gas and get you oil check and air in your tires.

I had an uncle that had a station in Texas and if you wanted an oil change there was no labor charge at his station, you just paid for the oil and the filter.

Wow, that's a far cry from today's norm! You can't even get AIR for 17 cents now! lmao

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Irish Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 738	Old? When I was a kid I used to cut lawns. I finally saved up enough to buy a power mower. It was the Reel type. I don't even know if they had Rotaries then. I remember when they changed the price on the pump to $.25 a gallon & I was mad because it came out of my profits! A power mower might sound like an unnecessary frill but I cut almost every lawn in the neighborhood + my parents & they weren't SMALL lawns! OLD? Irish
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Irish Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 738	I have YET to visit gas pumps with my ride! My ride is a 2006 Sportster 1200 w/Trike kit. It would probably be considered more of a motorcycle than a scooter. The reason that my ride hasn't been to the gas pumps is that I fill a separate container with gas & keep the tank filled myself. That way I don't have to worry about the paint on my tank getting chipped! The paint is too nice to take a chance on messing it up! I even use a funnel when filling it up. It takes a little longer but I'm old & I didn't think I would live this long anyway! Irish
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medman1952 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: California Posts: 9	In my home town when I was a kid, you could buy gas for 26 cents a gallon forever, and when we went to Texas, in Gila Bend Arizona they usually had gas wars that would rive it down to 17 cents a gallon. I'm old. It was commonplace to pull in and get full service and ask for a buck or two worths of gas and get you oil check and air in your tires. I had an uncle that had a station in Texas and if you wanted an oil change there was no labor charge at his station, you just paid for the oil and the filter.
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