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Old 07-29-2021, 06:24 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Locally, clear premium is back to $4.999 a gallon.
I wish fuel was that cheap here...

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Old 07-29-2021, 06:27 PM   #62 (permalink)
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10x inflation since the 1960s; 30 cents a gallon then would be three dollars now. 乁(◔_⦣◔)ㄏ

People's threshold lags behind the actuallity.
Technicly correct, but wages of your average worker haven't quite kept up with inflation.
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Technicly correct, but wages of your average worker haven't quite kept up with inflation.
It's not so accurate to use minimum wage as a parameter to measure inflation, yet it's one of the most frequently used methods in my country.
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It's not so accurate to use minimum wage as a parameter to measure inflation, yet it's one of the most frequently used methods in my country.
I said average worker, not minimum wage for a reason.
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Well we did just have good economy and cheap gas until the pandemic got entrenched.
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