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Bill McKee Bill McKee is offline
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"Larry" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Apr 18, 12:45 am, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:15:47 -0700, "nom=de=plume"





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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:18:28 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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The smell of diesel, the most masculine cologne.


NOT blech.


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You may be too young to remember the 70s when guys would spritz a
little gasoline behind their ear in hopes a girl would think you
worked in a gas station.


Good grief... did any of them live?

Gee whiz ... nothing? not even a mercy LOL?
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I remember them. Wait in lne for a hour so you could get $5.00 of gas
and that was the limit. And if you were lucky you could get gas before
the station ran out. It was rationed to them too!

What is $5.00 get you back then? 10 gallons or so?


Nope got you about 5 gallons. I think the day that I really realized how
expensive gas was getting, was the day I filled up my 350 cc Kawasaki. 3.5
gallon tank and cost me a little over $5. Putting $25 in the van just did
not strike you as bad as $5 in a small motorcycle.