i remember when gasoline was..

[Laura Knotek]

Yes, we are.......and yes, I do remember the LONG lines especially during the Carter administration. That sucked, but shortly thereafter, those full-service stations became self-service stations. Those were the days, weren't they?


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

I remember that too. I also remember the stations went from full serve to mini serve before adopting self serve. Mini serve was where the attendant only pumped gas but didn't clean windshield, check tires, etc.

 

[3cit]

Isn't it amazing any of us survived??? With all the new "safety" regulations now, seriously, how did anyone grow up? No helmets, sitting in the front seat, buying smokes from a machine...
Also I got my license in 1996 and gas was .99 a gallon, and I would drive hard and fast and fill it up all the time and not care!!! Now I don't even hit the gas pedal in traffic!! I just coast through the city!!! 60 dollar fill ups is a TRAVESTY!!!

 

[Laura Knotek]

Never had to go outside to turn the TV antenna - we had a rotor.

My dad installed a rotor. It was really cool. He had a nice antenna too. I remember picking up a TV station from Detroit and watching Browns games on Sunday that were blacked out locally.

 

[Laura Knotek]

OMG! We had the 1970 edition encyclopedia books and I had to rely on those things (when doing research at home) until I graduated from high school. Kids today (generally speaking, of course) have information at their fingertips but are brain dead to the core.


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

My parents bought me an Encyclopedia Britannica in the 70s. I used it for all of my homework papers from grade school through high school. I also learned how to use the library card catalogs to find books for homework assignments.

I actually ended up working at the local public library when I was in high school and college, but by that time (starting in 1985) the library had computerized its catalog.

 

[Laura Knotek]

The really funny (scary?) part is that when I tell my kids about this, they don't believe me. And my grandkids look at me like I have 3 heads. They can't grasp the concept of "records", a single B&W TV with 3 snowy stations to watch, and movies that you watch with a film projector... we had one phone in the house and it was a big, black "desk" model with a rotary dial, connected to the wall with a terminal block - didn't even have the RJ-11 plugs...

And we didn't go out to eat every day - or even every week. Eating in a restaurant was a real, special treat...

I learned to ride my bike without a helmet, probably ate lead paint, and my "seatbelt" in the car was the back of Dad's arm to keep me from flying around in the car as I stood in the front seat between him and Mom... but we all survived, anyway.

There were no such things as booster seats in cars either. Once kids were too big for car seats or being held they just sat in the car.

How about when TV stations signed off? I don't think any do that anymore.

 

[GingerSnapsBack]

There were no such things as booster seats in cars either. Once kids were too big for car seats or being held they just sat in the car.

How about when TV stations signed off? I don't think any do that anymore.

The national anthem and the Indian on the screen. I remember that. The Indian scared the crap out of me too. The local PBS station used to do that a long time ago when I was a kid. It'd end with the National Anthem followed by that annoying beep and that Indian screen.

Filled up my truck on Friday after work. $3.04/gal. Never thought I'd be so happy to see gas at $3/gallon.

 

[ctt1wbw]

I never paid attention to gas prices until I got my first car in 1986. I remember finding places around Atlanta that were 79 and 80 cents a gallon. Even until as recently as 2000 it was 1.10 in Yorktown, Virginia where I used to live and it's exploded, pardon the pun, upwards lately.

 

[Exxod]

I remember gas hovering around $1 in the late 90's, when I was a kid.

 

[ctt1wbw]

It's all Bush's fault. Bush controlled the price of a barrel of oil from OPEC.

 

[Just_Me_D]

It's all Bush's fault. Bush controlled the price of a barrel of oil from OPEC.

Please tell me you're being sarcastic!


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

 

[mumfoau]

99 cents/gal for 87


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[Just_Me_D]

The national anthem and the Indian on the screen. I remember that. The Indian scared the crap out of me too. The local PBS station used to do that a long time ago when I was a kid. It'd end with the National Anthem followed by that annoying beep and that Indian screen.

Filled up my truck on Friday after work. $3.04/gal. Never thought I'd be so happy to see gas at $3/gallon.

The indian on the screen? Are you referring to the one in regard to pollution?


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

 

[GingerSnapsBack]

The indian on the screen? Are you referring to the one in regard to pollution?


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

No. This:

That Indian looked mean to a five year old ginger kid.

 

[Just_Me_D]

No. This:

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That Indian looked mean to a five year old ginger kid.

Oh okay. Thanks for clarifying it for me, however, I do not remember seeing that on TV, but I can definitely see how the Indian would be scary to a 5 year old child.... Thank you again and have a great day.


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

 

[Fausty82]

No. This:

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That Indian looked mean to a five year old ginger kid.

I don't remember that one either. Where did you grow up? Perhaps it was specific to certain locations (midwest plain states where the Native Americans lived)... The "test pattern" that I remember was just the charts, no photos or other images were in them.

 

[Just_Me_D]

I don't remember that one either. Where did you grow up? Perhaps it was specific to certain locations (midwest plain states where the Native Americans lived)... The "test pattern" that I remember was just the charts, no photos or other images were in them.

Same here. No other images except that of the test pattern and I grew up in central Florida.


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

 

[GingerSnapsBack]

I don't remember that one either. Where did you grow up? Perhaps it was specific to certain locations (midwest plain states where the Native Americans lived)... The "test pattern" that I remember was just the charts, no photos or other images were in them.

The corn patch in which I reside is in Arkansas. This was way back when I was a kid some 25 years ago or so. The local PBS station used to use it.

 

[anon(631531)]

No. This:

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That Indian looked mean to a five year old ginger kid.

I remember that test pattern, and i grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

[sherlock]

I remember that test pattern, and i grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.

What a blast from the past - haven't seen that in ages...

 

[sherlock]

99 cents/gal for 87


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LOL I remember gas wars and "real" regular gas under 25 cents/gal.