Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest

[Wayne Galligan]

My dad was in the gas business, owned a service station and bulk delivery
back then.  He had a profit margin back then 3-4 cents a gallon.  The state
and feds got more in taxes and of course the rest went to the gas companies.
Wonder what the spread is now?

Wayne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Thompson" <mrandmrst at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest


> Dang Wayne,
>
> Today's prices must really tick you off!!  I guess when you put it all in
> perspective, what we found wasn't really much of a war.
>
> Ken
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
>
>
> > The last gas war that I remember(1969 or 70??) buying gas at had premium
> > at
> > 19 cents a gallon and regular was 23 cents. Gas was about 35 cents a
> > gallon
> > at home. It paid for us to drive to the next town to get gas, go back
home
> > and cruise all night, then go back and fill up before turning the keys
> > back
> > over to Pa.
> >
> > Wayne Galligan
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ken Thompson" <mrandmrst at comcast.net>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
> >
> >
> >> We have $ 2.55 to 2.59 all around here.  One spot in Ohio was having a
> >> gas
> >> war so some of us patient ones got it for $ 2.36, Bob did a little
better
> > on
> >> Friday, gotta' love them gas wars!!
> >>
> >> Ken
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
> >> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:40 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Ken Thompson wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> About 20 min., and you can bet I squeezed every drop I could fit in
my
> >> >> tank, too!!   I paid a little more than you did, but still a great
> > deal.
> >> >
> >> > I went to the Tangerine Contest down in Apopka, FL with Tony
Stillman.
> > We
> >> > paid $2.57/gallon on the way there.  The cheapest gas was
$2.39/gallon
> > in
> >> > Apopka.  Paid $2.56/gallon on the way back.
> >> >
> >> > BTW, we had a good time at the contest.
> >> >
> >> > They had one Sportsman pilot, one Intermediate pilot, two Advanced
> > pilots,
> >> > four Master pilots and NINE F3A pilots!  If you can imagine this:
> >> > Jason
> >> > Shulman was there AND he competed with his World Championship
airplane!
> >> > Not only that, he let his brother, David, borrow his airplane so he
> > could
> >> > compete.  I asked that at the pilots' meeting that Jason and David be
> >> > allowed to fly alone, so that Jason's airplane wouldn't be at risk,
and
> >> > that's the way it went until the fourth round, when my airplane was
> >> > airborne, and Jason took off.  Can you imagine how conscious I was of
> >> > where Jason's airplane was during that flight?  Can you believe that
it
> >> > was my highest scoring flight? I was amazed!
> >> >
> >> > Jason leaves for France on Monday.  Go U.S.A.!!!
> >> >
> >> > Ron Van Putte
> >> >
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