I can remember $0.65/gal but... whooooo damn.... you must be old.Ah, the good ol' days!
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Or you just can’t remember any further backI can remember $0.65/gal but... whooooo damn.... you must be old.
I remember filling my motorcycle for about 40 cents!
but I hauled Tally Ho out for the winter last week, called the marina over to the fuel dock so I could top off my diesel tank. I had put 5 gallons in from a Jerry can this summer…so it took a tad over 5 gallons, and a $20.01 fuel bill. Drives the power boaters crazy
So I sailed and motored Tally Ho all summer for about 10 gallons of fuel, $40.
Oh yeah, ,I remember getting $1.90 minimum wage !
Greg
but I hauled Tally Ho out for the winter last week, called the marina over to the fuel dock so I could top off my diesel tank. I had put 5 gallons in from a Jerry can this summer…so it took a tad over 5 gallons, and a $20.01 fuel bill. Drives the power boaters crazy
So I sailed and motored Tally Ho all summer for about 10 gallons of fuel, $40.
Oh yeah, ,I remember getting $1.90 minimum wage !
Greg
A lady of the evening sees a lonely man walking along the street, approaches him and says "I will do anything you want for $100". The man thinks about it for a moment then asks "anything?". She winks and replies "yes, anything". So the man hands a $100 bill and says "paint my house".
Keeping with a marine theme:
A lady of the evening sees a man walking up from the fuel dock, approaches him and says "I will do anything you want for $100". The man thinks about it for a moment then asks "anything?". She winks and replies "yes, anything". So the man hands a $100 bill and says "fill up my power boat, that big one over”
Sorry DArcy
Seen yesterday at a marina. Look closely at the object on the ground next to the trash can. Maybe he upgraded his anchor? There’s got to be a story behind that.
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I'd say, late Stone Age. Pre 2000's perhapse.
-Will
-Will
Except that my car of the time only got about 5 mpg
. 55 chevy with built 327 the best of times
Still, only five cents a mile!Except that my car of the time only got about 5 mpg
In 1977 I had a 1965 Volkswagen squareback. The tank wouldn’t even hold $5 of gas. (Now I can’t afford $5 worth of gas.)
Between the back cargo area and the front engine compartment (the engine fell out but luckily I had a spare in the back) I could carry all of my possessions. * THOSE* were the days!
Between the back cargo area and the front engine compartment (the engine fell out but luckily I had a spare in the back) I could carry all of my possessions. * THOSE* were the days!
In 1977 I could fit everything I owned, which wasn’t much, into my Fiat. It was beautiful. In 1992 when I moved the moving company had to send a second truck. What happened? I got married.
Lyric from an unrermembered musical artist: “… I packed up everything I owned in a two tone Eldorado and hit the road …"
Lyric from an unrermembered musical artist: “… I packed up everything I owned in a two tone Eldorado and hit the road …"
That Book is on my coffee table in Pensacola. It sometimes sucks how close to real life it gets.
My first thought was Jim Croce but I’m pretty sure that’s not right. I googled your lyrics and can’t find anything.
Anyone???
This?
Hunter Brothers – El Dorado
[Verse 1] / Yeah just shine it up, got underneath the hood / Make sure it's runnin' right yeah ain't it sounding good / Girl what you doing now? How 'bout we try it out? / Wanna
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You can keep your El Dorado
Man, the foreign car's absurd
If there's a God up in heaven, he's got a...
Flight De Ville
Like a cool breeze.
-Will
Man, the foreign car's absurd
If there's a God up in heaven, he's got a...
Flight De Ville
-Will
Later, as he floats on the lake with a dead motor, he learns that she she did indeed fill it. With water.
On the car theme - my favorite lyric, courtesy of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen:
"My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln"
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What kind of parents would stuff me into a pumpkin?
