Guilty, nostalgic pleasures.

[gridlore]

Channel surfing last night, I happened across one of my favorite movies of all time, Smokey and the Bandit. Great, mindless fun with Burt Reynolds.

But what really caught my attention was the gas prices we see along the way. Unleaded, 38 cents a gallon. Diesel, 49 cents a gallon. Amazing.

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[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

People were up in arms when gas first broke the psychological barrier of $1 per gallon.

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

In my neighbourhood (Sydney, Australia), it's about $1.30 per litre. Even filling the bike is starting to get expensive.

[dalen-talas.livejournal.com]

Blame the automobile manufacturing corporations for purposefully blocking the development of alternatively-fueled vehicles. It's a conspiracy, I tell you!

[murbin.livejournal.com]

Another movie that I noticed this in was "Witness."
Great movie, at least in MHO.

Watching it recently pointed out two things that really nailed it being a few decades out of date were, the gas prices, and the use of pay phones.