Happy Holidays to those near and far.

[Carla D]

I'll really date myself..... I remember the gas wars when it got down to $.30 gallon. And then I remember the gas shortages.... when you could get gas on even or odd days, according to your liscense plate; or you could only get $5.00...... lines were miles long.... people paid other people to sit in line with their vehicle to get it filled up.....
Anyone remember getting S&H green stamps.... or Triple S blue stamps???? Or Flying A gas????? eventually Getty bought it out if I remember.... My grandparents had a gas station through all that......
The GOOD OLE DAYS

I don’t quite remember about the gas shortage, even/odd days, or being limited to $5.00. But, I’m pretty sure my parents remember those days. My dad was a truck driver. He always came home with S&H green stamps and I think Flying A. It was my job to lickem and stickem in the right books. I also had the job of washing his stinky dirty laundry. I never complained either because I got to keep any and all money that he left in his pocket. One time I found a $100. But, I gave it to him because I didn’t feel right about keeping that.

It wasn’t Flying A. It was gold stamps. Gold and green stamps.

 

[Carla D]

@Rammy and @farmerjan, neither of you are old because you remember those things. It simply means that you survived the tough times and could do it again if that ever arises. You also know how to appreciate what you have.

 

[farmerjan]

@Carla D ; Thank you for that compliment. That gave me a little "kick in the pants" to make me be more positive about all the negative things we have been enduring, and to appreciate things that I have probably not been doing lately. And to realize that yeah, it could be worse....

 

[Carla D]

@Carla D ; Thank you for that compliment. That gave me a little "kick in the pants" to make me be more positive about all the negative things we have been enduring, and to appreciate things that I have probably not been doing lately. And to realize that yeah, it could be worse....

There is a huge advantage to having experienced those sort of things. I hope we never go through anything like that again. But while in only in my mid the late forties we were very very poor when I was young and into my early teens. My parents struggled really hard. There were a few times that my mom felt very fortunate to have found a few coins in our toy box so she could buy us milk. I don’t think I had any store bought clothes until I was in 7th grade. My mom sacrificed her own wardrobe to keep me and my brothers in clothes. I have faced hard times in my adult life. But I know that was nothing compared to the several years they struggled.