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  1. yooperdave

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    You know what they say about the grass being greener on the other side of the fence, here is proof.

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    I remember seeing these kinds of ads...Rangers for $9,995 still in the mid 90s!
    I worked at the Ford store in 95 and we were selling used low mile (still under warranty) 94-95 Taurus for like $10,995 some of them totally loaded with leather n all the options too! Boy those days are gone!
     
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    And I remember plenty of complaining about the prices getting out of range even back then. But I also remember way back when the price of gas was up to $.25 per gallon along with a quart of oil being about that price per quart. I remember several things, like even those little containers of milk for pennies. School lunches for $1.00 per week. I even remember going to the movies for $.08. Then they raised it to $.12 and folks really squawked. Just about the time I started high school I bought 3 flannel shirts for $.99. Yeah, it goes on and on.
     
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    I remember 3lbs of burger for $1
     
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    Well, some things never change, eh?! :rofl: :lol: :thumbs:
     
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    I remember 6 burgers or 6 hot dogs for a dollar! That was at what were called fast food places and they were all over. Not corporate but indavidual businesses.
     
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    San Angelo Texas in 1972 (the year I graduated high school) , oh how I miss those gas prices!

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    Oh yeah. It easn't long though before they started climbing. Now they are ridiculious.
     
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    But, if you think about what all goes into making a gallon of gas, and then what all it can do for us...then compare that to what people pay for bottled water...gas is a good deal!
     
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    Disagree, bottled water is a choice...but for most of us gas is a necessity.
     
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    Yes and no, gasoline maybe. I drove a hatch back for years (with a well used trailer hitch) to get 33 MPG instead of 20 MPG
    LAST TIME 1970s remember what happened?
    Muscle cars got replaced by Toyota and Honda small cars. We both know best selling vehicles now are trucks and SUVs NOT economy cars

    I knew a recession was coming 20 years ago; when building 45 minutes out of town and guys were showing up for overtime; in the kids Corolla not their F150
     
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    Water is not a necessity, huh? :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Pretty sure he is referring to how society can't go anywhere without some sort of water container.

    Even here, if we take a 45 minute drive, the water bottle is a MUST!

    Yeah, water bottle in one hand, cell phone in the other..............:whistle:
     
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    Correction: Gas is downright awful and not only affects at the pump, it pretty much affects almost everything we have to pay for. On the other hand, yes. The price of water is ridiculous. Yet, we do not have to buy it at all! So it a decision people make but are not forced to have to buy. There is a big difference.

    I remember when I worked for Borden dairy and the head man in MI, at a meeting he brought up the possibility of bottling water which would help offset the fact that milk sales had dropped. Almost all managers laughed and so did sales people. Within a month the trucks left the plant loaded with both milk and water. The company got in this early on and I am still amazed that so much water is sold, even when free water is all around.
     
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    Yes it is but how and where you get that water is the point. Perhaps the most ridiculous one I've seen is water dispensers sitting right beside a water cooler. One free, the other costly.

    I do understand in some instances water can taste awful. Then it can make sense to buy, but still, people can also take along some water from home.
     
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    But the point here is all about cost.
     
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    We have learned from history that change and rising costs are inevitable.
     
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    Thanks Dennis, Me thinks Dave was just being a Butthole!

    I suppose we all have to figure out how much is too much and change our ways to better suit our budgets.
     
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