There was NO "Regular" grade gas at the station this afternoon

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

and I don't think they were expecting to get any in soon-- all the pumps were "bagged".

I just wonder if they were in fact out, or if it was a scheme to force a purchase at a higher grade for a higher price?

I fear this nonsense will spread out of control. Twenty dollars to put half a tank of gas in my Ford Ranger pickup truck is insane.

[mopaul]

1. like, WOW man, i'm having a flashback to the 70's man, major bummer

i remember the gas lines of the seventies

[Blue Diadem]

3. LOL, I remember those too. n/t

[n2mark]

2. Doesn't surprise me

not only high prices, but I would not surprised to see a gas shortage soon. I can't stand these pukes.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Ha...I paid $20 REGULAR to put half a tank

In my Nissan Altima.

Think you got it bad? ;-)

[mopaul]

5. i'm so old, i remember when 2 bucks filled the tank

and 15 bucks filled a grocery cart......and weeeee LIKED it!

[Redstone]

6. And how much did you make per hour back then?

Redstone

(PS: I ain't young either; regular was 29.9 / gallon when I started driving. But minimum wage then was either $1.20 or $1.60, I forget which.)

[Jacobin]

8. It was 50 cents an hour

At least, that's what I was paid to work when I got a job as a teenager in 1965. And gas was 30 cents a gallon.

Which kinds gives you a perspective on the price of gas, but no one likes to talk about that. They want cheap gas AND no use of the military to steal it from the middle east.

Go figure

[Redstone]

13. Well said. Gas was the equivalent of $3.00 / gallon in 1981,

and I remember people complaining, but not acting like it was the end of the world like many are doing now.

We grew up poor, so gasoline was ALWAYS expensive to my parents.

Too many people in this country have come to think it's some kind of right that the cost of fuel for a trip should be so low as to not be a factor in deciding if that trip is really necessary.

Redstone

[cmd]

7. We also got our windshields washed and the oil and tires checked.

And we never had to get out of our cars. Self service was unheard of. We even charged our groceries at the neighborhood store. Dad paid the bill every payday. No interest. No hassle.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. And that was for full service too! eom.

[Redstone]

14. Are you a Red Skelton fan?

He was one of the funniest people who ever lived.

Redstone

[Crazy Guggenheim]

15. The name just popped up for some reason. But, ....

I was one as a child.

[susanna]

16. $20 in an Altima?

WOW. Now that sucks.

I also remember the 70s. I was a kid, but boy, it was memorable. The lines...

I have an old (paid for!) '93 VW compact that goes to my place of work and home for a month on about $30. I am thankful for that.

[Blue Diadem]

9. I think some are conveniently out..

just to force the higher priced gas. Was this a private station? We still have a couple around here, they sometimes run out of regular.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. It was a Diamond Shamrock

They're all over the place here in Texas.

[madmom]

12. I really think it's a scam n/t