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These are some really interesting comments/observations from the year 1957.......

That was a pretty fun/interesting read. We all hear the stories from our parents/grandparents or elders in general about prices in the past. Me personally, I can tell my grandkids about gas being .99/gal and the .59 cheeseburgers at McD’s. I seem to recall my dad saying he could get a whole meal at McD’s for .25 or something like that.

When I first started driving, gas was 67cents a gallon, and you could get a burger, fries, and a drink at McD's for under a buck

What’s funny is your kids or grandkids or mine will be saying “ I remember when gas was only 3.00 a gallon and you can get a value meal for 8 dollars.


I wish I had my money today back then. I’d have it made!

I remember when gas hit $1.00/gallon at the Racetrack on Cassat Ave. and I-10. You'd have thought the world was ending. I'd love to fill my tank for $23 instead of $70.

When I started driving I was paying .32 a gallon. Everybody went bat [BLEEP] crazy when it hit a dollar.

They dont mention that the avg annual income was about $10k though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS4UT_t73b0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tixOyiR8B-8

You all might like some of these then. David Hoffman has some pretty interesting interviews with various people from various decades. It's really fun to watch and hear some of these perspectives. This one is awesome. Born in 1881.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOrb-EtsZg

After we moved into town, I can remember my dad giving me two dollars to get gas and oil for the lawn mower. I walked to the gas station and bought a gallon of gas and a quart of oil (in the cardboard can with metal ends) and came back with change.

I wish gas cost now what you guys remember back in the day.


I’ve said before (somewhere) I wish I could live back in the day with the money we make now. I suppose, I’ll save up some money for when Elon makes a time machine or wormhole. I’d have a peasant hand writing my emails in calligraphy. I’d have the biggest dollar bill in the world and Id eat duck every night. I sure hope duck is good. I don’t think I’ve ever had it.

Conversely, electronics are much cheaper now. I recently saw an old ad for a TRS-80 II computer. It was released in 1979 at a price of $3,450. That’s $13,248 in today's dollars. I also saw an ad for Sharp's EL-8 portable calculator. In 1971 it cost $345. That's $2,374 today. And people complain about spending $1,000 on a smartphone.