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when I was seventeen

Blade Slinger
cigs were .25c a pk
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  • HandLoad
    When I was Seventeen, Gasoline was $0.19/gal
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  • Mk 19
    When I was 17.... You could buy a case of Russian SKS's for $50 each
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  • OldNavyGuy
    Hi Gang,
    I think you fellows have seen a few more sunrises than I have. If I remember correctly, cigarettes were 50 cents a pack and gas was somewhere around 60 cents a gallon. The year was 1977

    Machinist Mate 1st Class, United States Navy (Retired)
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  • zipperzap
    .. it was a VERY good year ... and gas was 26? a gallon.

    quote:HandLoad:

    When I was Seventeen, Gasoline was $0.19/gal

    1925 -17yrs. = birth year of 1908

    You're an OLD sucker, eh?
    [:D]


    http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B14FD355C17738DDDAE0A94D0405B858EF1D3
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  • LOKO383
    when I was 17 I was driving a 66 duece w/a 327/350hp 4 speed..and high test was 94 oct and 50 cents a gallon..[8D]..Loko
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  • cce1302
    When I was 17, crude was called snake oil, and they sold it in a bottle for a penny.
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  • Nighthawk
    When I was 21 Copenhagen was $1.25, now its $3.50+ a can. Im glad I dont dip much, the only time I do is when I am on Duty and I cant imagine not having it. A can last me 3 days on average. But in a yrs time that adds up.
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  • tomahawk
    when i was 17 , i made .85 an hour[;)]
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  • spanielsells
    When I was 17, I was hanging out with 17 and 18 year old girls.
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  • HandLoad
    Nah, Zipperzap - I was Seventeen in 1969, in Panama City, Florida, where they had a "Gas War" between the only two retailers in town - it was only 0.19/gal till they realized that we would pay more...I think the usual price was around $0.25. I cheated!
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  • xbcrick
    When I was seventeen, the only tv we had was black and white. And TWO Channels
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  • He Dog
    When I was seventeen
    It was a very good year
    It was a very good year for small town girls
    And soft summer nights
    Wed hide from the lights
    On the village green
    When I was seventeen

    When I was twenty-one
    It was a very good year
    It was a very good year for city girls
    Who lived up the stair
    With all that perfumed hair
    And it came undone
    When I was twenty-one

    When I was thirty-five
    It was a very good year
    It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
    Of independent means
    Wed ride in limousines
    Their chauffeurs would drive
    When I was thirty-five

    But now the days grow short
    Im in the autumn of the year
    And now I think of my life as vintage wine
    >from fine old kegs
    >from the brim to the dregs
    And it poured sweet and clear
    It was a very good year
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  • Marc1301
    When I was 17 I was way too busy having sex to be posting on a forum board![:D]
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  • allen griggs
    Thank you, He Dog.
    Sinatra's rendition of "It Was a Very Good Year" is one of the greatest popular songs ever recorded.

    I was watching a special on Sinatra and they showed him recording this song. He had a live orchestra, about 20 musicians, in the studio. Sinatra always liked to record before a live audience, so he had about 15 invited guests sitting there watching.
    He did it in one take. That was the best 4 minutes and 12 seconds of tv I ever saw.
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    You guys were 17??? NO WAY!!!!!!!!
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  • Oklahoma223
    When I was seventeen I.... Wait, I can't remember, nevermind.
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  • HandgunHTR52
    When I was 17 Iraq invaded Kuwait, and I signed up to join the Navy.
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  • select-fire
    When I was 17 Richard Nixon said " I am not a crook "
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  • tacking1
    when I was 17, 1979 I think gas was like 1.25 gal
    we didn't have cable
    I was driving a 1972 MG Midget
    dating a senior in HS
    weighed 195 and could bench the whole universaal machine
    was sure I was going to college on a football scholorship
    loved the spinners
    watched Rambo (i think)
    and played trivial pursuit
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  • Hunter Mag
    quote:Originally posted by OldNavyGuy
    Hi Gang,
    I think you fellows have seen a few more sunrises than I have. If I remember correctly, cigarettes were 50 cents a pack and gas was somewhere around 60 cents a gallon. The year was 1977

    Machinist Mate 1st Class, United States Navy (Retired)

    I'm with you here NG, that's about right. Beer was .99 a six pack too.
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  • He Dog
    Tacking1, When I was 17 in 1963, gas was .17.9
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  • tacking1
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    Tacking1, When I was 17 in 1963, gas was .17.9


    you don't seem that old Mr. Dog. I'll have to start calling you sir.
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  • sarge_3ad
    When I was 17 in 1977 I could get a six pack of beer, go and pay to get into the drive-in theater. (notice I said pay to get in, as most kids snuck in). And enjoyed a large cheese pizza while watching the movie for all of $4.95. The good ol days!
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  • CHEVELLE427
    when i was 17 i bought this car for $350
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  • mongrel1776
    When I was seventeen it was, for the most part, 1980. Can't say much more than that with any certainty. A little Charlie Daniels explains:

    "Those two years flow together / Like whiskey over ice / Meltin' into mem'ry / Like someone else's life / I'm glad to say I've come around / But if I could have one wish / I'd like another try at twenty-five -- or was it twenty-six?"
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  • Jacob2008
    When I will be 17, I will be lucky if there is any money to go around at the rate the world is going.
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  • needmyguns
    how old are ya there little buddy[:)][:)]
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  • Jacob2008
    quote:Originally posted by needmyguns
    how old are ya there little buddy[:)][:)]
    15
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  • Queen of Swords
    1983. We got Mtv. Cigs were .50/pack. Drinking age was 18. Met my ex-husband.
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  • Sav99
    quote:Originally posted by eboydell
    I was happy and "wide-eyed" innocent. Well, the next few years chanced all of that foolishness.[:(]



    Law school will do that to a guy Earl. [:(]
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