Comments on: Blast From The Past: Gas Wars http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/ Sanity is madness put to good use. - George Santayana Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Runs With Scissors http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5892 Runs With Scissors Sun, 13 May 2007 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5892 Ahh ... the good old days of the gas war. I sound like my Mom when I reminisce aloud about the gas wars and the day when bread was a quarter a loaf & smokes were 49 cents a pack. (I only remember the cigarette thing because she'd have me run into the convenience store named "U-Totem" with 2 quarters to get her smokes for her as she waited in the car.) My folks also paid $1500 for a brand new Plymouth Fury and $19,000 for a 2-story 4 bedroom house. <br/><br/>I vividly remember one day riding in the car with my Dad when I was a kid while a gas war going on and we were running on fumes. He had a preference for the Fina station, and we were trying to make it there because it was something like 29 cents a gallon. Well ... we ran out of gas in front of the Sinclair and had just enough speed to coast off of the street and halfway to the pump. As the attendant (yes ... attendant, uniform and all) was helping us push the car to the pump, he told us how fortunate we were to have run out of gas that close to the station. My Dad was none too happy when I piped up that we didn't mean to go there, but were trying to get to the Fina because it was cheaper! <br/><br/>Those were the days ....<br/>~RWS Ahh … the good old days of the gas war. I sound like my Mom when I reminisce aloud about the gas wars and the day when bread was a quarter a loaf & smokes were 49 cents a pack. (I only remember the cigarette thing because she’d have me run into the convenience store named “U-Totem” with 2 quarters to get her smokes for her as she waited in the car.) My folks also paid $1500 for a brand new Plymouth Fury and $19,000 for a 2-story 4 bedroom house.

I vividly remember one day riding in the car with my Dad when I was a kid while a gas war going on and we were running on fumes. He had a preference for the Fina station, and we were trying to make it there because it was something like 29 cents a gallon. Well … we ran out of gas in front of the Sinclair and had just enough speed to coast off of the street and halfway to the pump. As the attendant (yes … attendant, uniform and all) was helping us push the car to the pump, he told us how fortunate we were to have run out of gas that close to the station. My Dad was none too happy when I piped up that we didn’t mean to go there, but were trying to get to the Fina because it was cheaper!

Those were the days ….
~RWS

]]> By: Bohemian Road Nurse... http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5891 Bohemian Road Nurse... Sun, 13 May 2007 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5891 That beer statistic is too funny! That beer statistic is too funny!

]]> By: Kris http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5889 Kris Sat, 12 May 2007 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5889 And so begins another round of those "boycott" emails that circulate. Sheesh. We pay that much for gas because we're WILLING to pay that much for gas. Ugh...8 years of marriage to an economist DID have its uses...... And so begins another round of those “boycott” emails that circulate. Sheesh. We pay that much for gas because we’re WILLING to pay that much for gas. Ugh…8 years of marriage to an economist DID have its uses……

]]> By: Doc's Girl http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 Doc's Girl Sat, 12 May 2007 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5888 The gas cards are a really good idea...! It costs me almost $50 to fill my tank...and a little part of me dies every time I do. :-P The gas cards are a really good idea…! It costs me almost $50 to fill my tank…and a little part of me dies every time I do. :-P

]]> By: Jean-Luc Picard http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5885 Jean-Luc Picard Fri, 11 May 2007 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5885 Thats an ideal traditional image of a gas station. Thats an ideal traditional image of a gas station.

]]> By: poody http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5884 poody Fri, 11 May 2007 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5884 We have this grocery store chain here called HEB. They are great and have a gas station in the parking lots of a lot of their stores. They always have the lowest gas prices even lower than WalMart's and they will have gas wars sometimes because, god forbid, anyone actually have prices lower than WalMart! I love it and try to only buy my gas at the stores closest to WalMart. Here at the "w" the field nurses have company cars(mini coopers and honda elements) and gas cards they found out it was less expensive than paying them gas mileage! We have this grocery store chain here called HEB. They are great and have a gas station in the parking lots of a lot of their stores. They always have the lowest gas prices even lower than WalMart’s and they will have gas wars sometimes because, god forbid, anyone actually have prices lower than WalMart! I love it and try to only buy my gas at the stores closest to WalMart. Here at the “w” the field nurses have company cars(mini coopers and honda elements) and gas cards they found out it was less expensive than paying them gas mileage!

]]> By: Angry Nurse http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5883 Angry Nurse Fri, 11 May 2007 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5883 If you think it's bad in your neck of the woods, up here in the frozen north it's approx 4.70 a gallon and we have some the cheapest gas in the country. Oh well the Horror of it all, at least my change of jobs (I sense the topic of a future post here) will allow me to cut my weekly mileage in half . If you think it’s bad in your neck of the woods, up here in the frozen north it’s approx 4.70 a gallon and we have some the cheapest gas in the country. Oh well the Horror of it all, at least my change of jobs (I sense the topic of a future post here) will allow me to cut my weekly mileage in half .

]]> By: Lea http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5881 Lea Fri, 11 May 2007 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/05/blast-from-the-past-gas-wars/#comment-5881 If only the "filling stations" would fight over who had the lowest prices these days.<br/><br/>I spent $40 yesterday putting 13 gallons of gas in my car. Makes me sick. I have a Honda Accord and I sure wish it were a hybrid! If only the “filling stations” would fight over who had the lowest prices these days.

I spent $40 yesterday putting 13 gallons of gas in my car. Makes me sick. I have a Honda Accord and I sure wish it were a hybrid!

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