Ziggy by Tom Wilson & Tom II for July 11, 2022

One time I had three dollars.

Ziggy two dollars might get you to the end of the block.

Last of the big time spenders

have to use the Pre-Pay pump for exact fills

okay, bud, how about just a penny’s worth? are your reflexes that quick?

The last time I got gas I stopped at 60 dollars, The pump stopped at 70 dollars

Back in the 60s I would borrow my mom’s car for school on Fridays and 4 friends would each chip in 25 cents. A dollar went a long way back then! I don’t think I could stop the pump fast enough to only spend a dollar now.

That’s only enough to get you to the next gas station.

Besides, we have a surcharge on orders under a teaspoon.

The sign on the pump says “unleaded”. Is leaded gasoline still available in the States?

I remember when $2 was a standard amount to buy for gasoline.

Yesterday, I added $2.00 worth to top off the tank after the pump shut off…

A lot of people blame President Biden for the high gas prices but in all fairness it is the " OIL " refineries that are not making enough gas of the demand , what a bunch of " jerks " they are . I predict that here in Michigan we will never see gas less that $ 3.00 a gal . Lets face it people already are happy with the 30 to 40 cent drop and it is still $ 4.00 or more , so sad what they are doing to the people : )

i can only afford enough gas to get to the gas station

If you have to go somewhere on $2 worth of gas I hope you are driving a moped.

I remember back in the olden times, my mother could fill her tank with $2.00 and sometimes get change back from the uniform wearing attendants who wore cool hats.

A LOT of people are buying, or converting, bicycles to small gas engines. Don’t know what the MPG on those are.

I remember back in the 50’s the “gas wars” where one gas station tried to undercut another. .19 per gallon and you got green stamps, the glass of the week and a 6 pack of Pepsi on a fill up. Then the stations had a law passed that you could not put the price up of gas on a sign. The stations then posted that cigarettes were .20. Every one knew that was also the price of gas.

Wait. Ziggy lives in our time with expensive gas…. but he finds a full service gas station?

Ziggy must live in New Jersey, but that’s still not the same as the 1950’s full service gas station? Also in 1950 Gas was .27 cents a gallon. So two dollars would get you 7.4 gallons.

i still remember my buddy Bobby getting his license first when we were 16, and i gave him $3 for gas, and it filled his tank

Reminds me of the “serving size” gimmicks used to make things like aerosol cooking oil a “zero calorie” food. The serving size is literally a “quarter-second spray”. Human reaction time is in that same ballpark. You have never seen anyone use a quarter-second spray of those products. It’s impossible.

It now costs more to fill my motorcycle than it used to cost to fill my truck.

When I was a kid, one time my mother sent me to get gas for the lawnmower. She gave me a dime.

Where did he find a place that will pump your gas for you?

My dad used to give me $2 / week to pay for my gasoline in my car. Gas was 17 cents a gallon back in the 1950s. So $2 would last me an entire week. $2 won’t buy even ONE gallon today. Phooey. Still, life is good.

You know, if I’m paying most of $5 a gallon maybe I should expect to have someone come pump it for me.

What happened to gas wars?

Is that enough to be dangerous now?

It had been my standard to put $20 in my Honda Fit. Now it takes so little time to get to that $20. (Y’think they tubocharged the pump to get my $20 in that fast . (Deliberately obtuse)

Two dollars worth of gas can only fill the tank up a little.