Re: [FWDLK] gas prices

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

There have been some discusions about current World affairs, over on the
forwardlook.net website's General Discussion, including my own
instigated "Runnin on Empty" thread, which y'all can read and even
post-on.

The gist of one of my 'thoughts' was that a rent CNN article on a
Supremes' gown cost $2K in mid 60's and that that gown, today , would
cost around $23K.

Some quik math, and an inflation rate of 13-times is reached,

Dividing 4-buk Chuck gas-price by 13 produces a mid-60's gas price of
about 31cents!!!

Todays 'gas-guzzlers' get 20+ mpg but have very little scheduled
maintenance like the 50's/60's cars did, for tires/batteries/tune-ups/
parts/etc, and 'we' are not buying new cars, routinely, about every 3-4
years, as was common, in 'the-day'.

As a PM, Mark, I dropped your name, on the Tulsarama Board, in Re: to
offering the Videographer big-bux for his vault-muddy street shoes, on
WED, after he video'ed the car,  after the lids were first removed (and
showed us his State-Secret unedited video OF the car, inside the vault).

Neil Vedder


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• From: "Mark J. Hash" <mjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 07:50:06 -0700

Just curious, as I was recently fondly looking back on the day two or three years ago when gas prices took a sudden jump from around $1.75 to around $2.50 a gallon seemingly overnight and everyone was up in arms.  At that time, we were reminded that in Europe they were already paying $3.50 - $4 a gallon.

 

Of course, we here in the US kinda scoffed that it would ever get that high for us!

 

So, now that we have passed $3.50 and are quickly on the way to 4 bucks a gallon, I was just curious what our European friends are paying today for a gallon? (Yes I know they buy liters, not gallons, but maybe they're smarter than me and can do the conversion?)  $8?  $10?

 

Mark   mjh

57 Fury - Mr. Finzzz

Sutherlin, OR

 

 

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