Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #25 – January 07, 2019, 05:48:55 pm ""Back-In-The-Day" simply collecting a few empty pop bottles and returning them to the liquor store got you enough cash for gas to dash to the beach and back."----Oh, yeah; did that many times in the mid-50s; a few girls could collect enough pop bottles to get a couple gallons of "ethyl" (at 25-27 per gallon) for the 1940 Ford sedan belonging to the father of one of the girls, cut school, and head for the beach. (Much of my youth was "misspent"; I have no regrets. ) 3 Likes
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #26 – January 09, 2019, 03:37:59 pm Quote from: Joan - January 07, 2019, 05:48:55 pm""Back-In-The-Day" simply collecting a few empty pop bottles and returning them to the liquor store got you enough cash for gas to dash to the beach and back."----Oh, yeah; did that many times in the mid-50s; a few girls could collect enough pop bottles to get a couple gallons of "ethyl" (at 25-27 per gallon) for the 1940 Ford sedan belonging to the father of one of the girls, cut school, and head for the beach. (Much of my youth was "misspent"; I have no regrets. )Only your “youth” was misspent . ? . ? 😜— Jon