Even & odd days were in the oil crisis of '78.  At least here in Cali, the
'73 crisis was first come, first serve.

Ah, to live in interesting times...

Cheers,

Jeff

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 9/2/05 11:53:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>becida@COMCAST.NET writes:
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>>That's what Detroit thought back in '73, even after the first gas
>>'crisis'. It wasn't until they saw all those Honda's & Toyota's out
>>there that they realized something might have changed.
>>FWIW in '73 I was sitting in those gas lines (on an even or odd
>>rationing day)
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> well i cant relate since i wasnt alive in '73, but i know it doesnt seem
to
>affect everyone..the big gas guzzling Escalade owners are not phased one
bit..
> i dont think the current gas prices will hurt the SUV market..  people
love
>paying extra to fuel their status symbols at any cost..
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>actually prices seemed to have dropped a few cents here (pa) in the past
few
>days..
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>chris
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