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"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2018120216332461654-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
> ...and that newspaper was 3 cents!
Would it be worth 32 cents today?
> That reminds me of being able to buy gas at our local Hess station for
> 19.9 cents/gal
If that was in 1949, it'd be $2.11 in today's money, a little more than the
$1.84 the 7-11 up the street is currently charging.
Remember the "gas wars" of yesteryear, when stations would be giving away
free goodies for buying their gas?
Like Union 76 Styrofoam antenna balls: https://tinyurl.com/y7m4n8de
Or Esso's "Put a tiger in your tank" tails: https://tinyurl.com/y9u25rhy
Plug in some of your own values: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
You may be surprised...
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