[SPAM] Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest

[Wayne Galligan]

My mother would give $5 and a note and I would go to the grocery store and
get her a carton of Pal Mals. Don't forget the Luck Strike candied cigs we
munched on as kids. Imagine how that would go over with today's PTA.

WG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [SPAM] Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest


> Buddy
>  Bet it was Camels or Lucky Strikes, too.
> Whoops there's that age thing again.
>
> Jim Ivey
> >
> > From: BUDDYonRC at aol.com
> > Date: 2005/08/15 Mon PM 02:09:02 EDT
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/15/2005 12:45:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > l.blair at worldnet.att.net writes:
> > Lamar I remember when you put a dime in the cigarette machine and there
were
> > three pennys change in the package wrapper.
> > Buddy
> >
> > I can remember paying $0.11 per gallon at a gas war and  cig's were
$0.35 a
> > pack .
> >
> > Lamar
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From:  _randy10926 at comcast.net_ (mailto:randy10926 at comcast.net)
> > To: _discussion at nsrca.org_ (mailto:discussion at nsrca.org)
> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:33  AM
> > Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine  Contest
> >
> >
> > I remember 15.6 cents a gallon for regular leaded about that time
frame.  I
> > could fill up my car (austin heally sprite) for $2.00;  maybe $2.50
in-between
> > price wars.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> > --------------  Original message -------------- 
> >
> > > 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"
> > > To:
> > > 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"
> > > > To:
> > > >  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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