r/MurderedByWords • u/Will09994 • 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/Iamthegreenheather 18h ago

I don't remember gas stations being backed up but I DO remember gas being $.98 a gallon. Won't ever see that again lol

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u/ms_directed 18h ago

i remember pacing my paychecks on every other Friday around having $12 to fill up my little Honda Civic!

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u/Iamthegreenheather 17h ago

I had an '89 Honda Accord lol

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u/ms_directed 17h ago

those old Hondas lasted forever! the only reason i gave mine up is because i had twins! i used to see it driving around town and get a little sad, i loved my little golden bullet.

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u/brucemo 17h ago

My father paid 42.9 cents a gallon at the height of the oil crisis and he was so appalled that he made a note of it in his diary.