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[–] Fatcock 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I remember when I was growing up gas always hovered between $0.85 to $0.95 a gallon. Whenever gas would briefly go over $1.00 my mother would get pissed. It stayed that way for me almost the whole way through high school (except in '98 where it dropped to ~$0.70). Into college it was only slightly above $1.00 most of the time. Then 9/11 happened and everyone knew we had seen the last of the cheap gas.

I remember paying $4.98 at some times in the past decade. 15 years ago, I would have laughed at the idea that $2.50 is cheap.

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[–] Freakazoid 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My dad always complained about getting less and less change back from a 20. I got and old jeep cherokee. My first ride ( it was cheap) and it's never filled up for less than twenty. I'm just hoping it holds out til after college. I try to not drive at all because it just eats gas.

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[–] NotAnUndercoverCop ago 

I love your screen name. I saw Freakazoid for the first time last week. I wish I'd have seen it when I was a kid back when it was on TV.

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[–] 4EnglandJames ago 

If it makes you feel better, $0.90 in 1995 is the equivalent of $1.39 today, and $2.50 today would be worth $1.62 in 1995.

Thanks inflation!

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[–] Fatcock 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If gas would have jumped to $1.62 in 1995 there would have been riots in the streets.