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Codifer

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7. After the war I worked

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2025, 04:58 PM

May 2025

nights at a gas station (Enco) while in school.

Gas was 19cents a gallon and that was with steak knives and triple Green Stamps (remember those).

Oh, and I pumped the gas (first typo was pimped) washed all the windows and headlights, checked the oil, water and battery levels and adjusted the tire pressure.

Strange days.

Edit to say: The war was Vietnam

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Regarding pricing at the stores I have [View all] moniss May 2025 OP

Reminds me of when my uncle died underpants May 2025 #1

Thanks for the memory about the ration book moniss May 2025 #2

A while after my Dad died EverHopeful May 2025 #3

My daughter has my mother's ration coupon book. 3Hotdogs May 2025 #4

Yes indeed I remember moniss May 2025 #6

Office of Price Administration underpants May 2025 #10

I'll give you an even stranger one. At the beginning of the FDR administration, there was an attempt at price 3Hotdogs May 2025 #12

God Story ProfessorGAC May 2025 #5

After the war I worked Codifer May 2025 #7

I knew people who had wads and wads moniss May 2025 #8

Thanks for sharing this tory - I love stories about days gone by. n/t iluvtennis May 2025 #9

Well, we never did that DFW May 2025 #11