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Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
12. older than 30-something probably
Sun Feb 23, 2014, 11:45 AM
Feb 2014

as noted above, we had them in the '90's. At one point in 1998 the price of regular unleaded (in Georgia, this was, which had low state taxes) was down to 63.9 cents a gallon (inflation-adjusted that's probably the lowest it's ever been, the equivalent of 16 cents a gallon in 1973 dollars, for reference).

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Aware of such things no later than 1975 or so, I would think, hence born before 1960. bemildred Feb 2014 #1
Love your avitar louis c Feb 2014 #2
Just $1 Omaha Steve Feb 2014 #16
Gas prices are ignored pipoman Feb 2014 #3
If we had gas wars today dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #4
I remember gas being as low as 19 cents during a gas war Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #5
The embargo of 1973 pretty-much killed the concept. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2014 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author CFLDem Feb 2014 #7
We had them in the 90s Recursion Feb 2014 #8
The gas wars in the 1950's were classic. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #9
I remember the gas wars in the '50s. RebelOne Feb 2014 #10
Can you imagine that? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author former9thward Feb 2014 #11
older than 30-something probably Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #12
i remember paying 87 cents a gallon or so in nebraska in 98 or 99 fizzgig Feb 2014 #19
They went ctsnowman Feb 2014 #13
+1 El_Johns Feb 2014 #18
During those times the cheapest I seen it was 11 cents a gallon madokie Feb 2014 #14
I had to get to the bottom of the thread to realize this was about competition between stations.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #15
we have three gas stations within 40 feet of one another, so they seem to rotate MisterP Feb 2014 #17
When I was 19 (1964-5), I managed a gas station MineralMan Feb 2014 #20
I don't know what that is Aerows Feb 2014 #22
I don't remember any gas wars, Jenoch Feb 2014 #23
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