With respect for everyones own view(s),
The problem I see here, is that more and more,,,
there are Less and Less folks
making that $25 dollars an hour.
Also, "back in the day"
One person Could Fully Support a Whole family!
Try that now days.
Or worse yet try it in the future.
YMMV
JC...
ps:
used to be a young out of work hippy kid could buy a bus.
travel to his hearts content.
Now, Look at Us?
80K in some of our busses ??? WTF ? :o)

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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>

> dear all ...
> this whole discussion is leading toward those who say things are worse
> arguing their point
> and the things are not nearly as bad as they used to be arguing theirs
> oh when i was young ... they used to buy gasoline with gold bars and
> you had to pay in advance of the order being made ...
> oy tell that to young fellers today and they dont believe you
> ... ...
> well things are as they have always been ... monday i filled up the diesel
> tank on my 89 california
> 75$ ... about three hours work ...
> actually if time were turned back and i filled that same tank at ten cents a
> gallon
> when wages were ten cents an hour ... /1$ a day ...
> it cost more in my dads day to fill up the tank ... a whole days wages
> rather than three hours wages ...
> 18 years ago ... when sienfeld was new each week i used to dream about
> making 50K a year
> oh those were the days ..
> tell young fellers about that today and they dont believe you
> sigh ...
> now if you want to talk about prices being out of order ... look at potatoe
> chips
> 1$25cents for a smaller bag then i paid a nickle for ...
> yours
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM, VW Doka wrote:
>
> > During the gas crunch in the late '70s, the independent station owners had
> > to pay cash when the truck rolled up. Stations were going under all the
> > time and the distributors didn't trust anyone. Sure, gas was only a buck
> > a
> > gallon, but those were big tanks...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> > Of Jonce Fancher
> > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 5:26 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Why gas prices can change so quickly
> >
> >
> > A small Family owned gas station that we have known since the dawn of time
> > has told us that when the Fuel is delivered to them It is Instantly
> > removed
> > from
> > there bank account to pay for it. They have them over a barrel sorta
> > speaking. They also say they only sell for about 02 cents over cost per
> > gallon and
> > hope people will just come in and buy somthing they dont need aka ( candy,
> > soda, Coffee, Etc.) since that is where they make the coin. They also do
> > Propane and say they make a bit more on that then the fuel but the fuel is
> > the got to have. All in good fun Im just glad I dont have to fill there
> > under ground
> > tank and pay for it.
> > C-ya Jonce
> >
> > >That's just the way it is. We've had uplink dishes on gas stations (most
> > >all company owned anyway) here in California for years, as far back as I
> > can
> > >remember.
> > > --
> > >Jim Thompson
> > >84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> > >84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> > >73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> > >72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> > >oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> > >http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> > >***********************************
> > >On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Al Knoll wrote:
> >
> > >> Noticed a satellite uplink (small one) on the roof of my local. Sales
> > >> figures are uploaded daily to the fuel provider so adjustments in price
> > to
> > >> the local seller can be made based on sales. My seller makes about
> > 12-15
> > >> cents a gallon and is contract-bound to a particular distributor who
> > sets
> > >> the price at the truck.
> > >>
> > >> Odd, that. Not fair sez I. Especially with camping season upon us.
> >
> >
> > Jonce Fancher
> >
> > 56 Single Cab
> > 66 Sunroof Bug
> > 66 Variant Squareback
> > 66 Porsche 912
> > 71 Sunroof Bus
> > 84 Vanagon "Gottfried"
> > 85 Vanagon Westi
> > 2003 10 Passenger Sprinter
> >
> > Fancher's Upholstery Inc. - www.fanchers.com
> > Not-A-VW Club- http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransont3/notavwclub/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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