Energy Crisis '74

[Bama/OU]

Anybody else remember this?


Energy Crisis '74


Here are a few others....

Dickie Goodman stuff....

[mdklatt]

Anybody else remember this?

I was 1, so no.

[GDC]

I was 9, so yes.

[GottaHavePride]

I was -6, so no.

[49r]

It's how we got the 55mph speed limit!

God Bless America!

[BoomerJack]

Yeah, I remember it. I also remember driving past the gas station where I usually bought gas, watching prices for regular gas soar past 40 cents a gallon. I told myself that once it gets to 50 cents/gal. I'm gonna stop driving.

[GDC]

Anyone remember our aborted flirtation with the metric system? I was in elementary school. It was weird.

[49r]

heh

[Bama/OU]

Anyone remember our aborted flirtation with the metric system? I was in elementary school. It was weird.

There is some stand up comic that has a routine about that. It's damn funny. I'll see if I can find it.

[GottaHavePride]

Anyone remember our aborted flirtation with the metric system? I was in elementary school. It was weird.

I just wish we weren't being half-assed about it. I mean, if we're going to retain arbitrary units of measurement in other areas (inches, feet, yards, rods, chains, furlongs, miles, leagues, etc.) then why should our money sytem be so decimal? Let's bring back the farthing, shilling, and half-crown. Although we aren't a monarchy, so maybe that last one should actually be the half-***.

[GDC]

I just wish we weren't being half-assed about it. I mean, if we're going to retain arbitrary units of measurement in other areas (inches, feet, yards, rods, chains, furlongs, miles, leagues, etc.) then why should our money sytem be so decimal? Let's bring back the farthing, shilling, and half-crown. Although we aren't a monarchy, so maybe that last one should actually be the half-***.

And now teaching science I have to enforce the use of it anyway.