Originally Posted by DMc
Originally Posted by 5sdad
Standard price for gas was always 36.9 (there were no hurricanes or refinery fires in those days), unless there was a gas war. The cheapest I remember was at Timberlane DX in Boone at either 22.9 or 23.9.


You're right! There's always a .9 at the end of gasoline prices....


DMc
I read somewhere that the feds started that with gas taxes. They started taxing the gas companies .3 cents per gal for highway construction. The gas companies weren't going to eat that .3 cents so they added another .6 cents to cover that and then some padding. Since no one thinks a thing about a fraction of a cent, nobody squawked and they've been doing it ever since.


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