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Old 09-18-2012, 02:24 PM   #37 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by ron View Post
back then I was working as a xray orderly and training to be a xray technition. making 2.65 hr. mim wage was 1.65 ,no jobs for techs back then so I became a mechanic in 70. for the big bucks,3.26hr to start
Which is my point. Stop thinking about the price of gas in dollars, and think of it as hours of your labor (or the labor of someone doing similar work to what you did back then).
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