... I remember getting butts for under $1lb but I also remember getting gas for under a $1 a gallon.
Many of us remember getting gas for 23 cents a gallon! You got full service for that - windshield washed, oil checked, checked the water in the radiator, and air in your tires. Then they gave you either Blue Chip or Green stamps which you put in books and could redeem them for lots of gifts. You'd often get glasses and other things. When there was a gas war going on at corners you could get the gas below 20 cents
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Nowadays I freaked out last Spring when I saw a gallon of gas for less than $3!!! Course, that wasn't in Kalifornia