Recent content by short timer

When I started driving in 1963 a gallon of gas was 35c but I was making $3/hr so it took 7 min of work to "earn" a gallon of gas. Before the '73 embargo gas was still about the same but I was up to $7/hr so it only took 3.5 min to earn a gallon. Between '74 and '94 gas bounced between 50c and...

Hi all, I've been lurking for a while and like reading posts in many of the forums. I'm coming up on my first year of semi-retirement - I retired at 60 from a state gov't job and continue to work as a part-time (1-2 days a week) employee. It  has been a great opportunity to have time for...