Jack Sloan wrote in alt.food.barbecue

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> "BigDog" > wrote in message
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>> Brick wrote in alt.food.barbecue
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>> >> I live in Texas and I don't drink that swill.
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>> > When I was in Texas in 1959, there was 'Pearl' and "Lone Star'.
>> > Take your pick. I chose Lone Star because 'Pearl' tasted like
>> > fertilizer. Oh yeh, rib steaks were 49¢/lb.
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>> I was born in Texas in 1958 moved away in '68 (AF brat) came back
>> in '76 and been here since. Tried both and never had either since.
>> Remember cigs were 49 cents a pack and gas 69 cents a gallon in '76.
>> Then everything went to shit.
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> BD I've been here a bit longer than that...quit smokin' when they
> went to
> .35 a pack cheapest gas I ever got was .16 in Cisco, Tx. Beer was .69
> a sixpack but Lone Star was .49. I drank a bit of it. In Lubbock in
> about'65 hamburger meat was 5 pounds for a dollar at the meat markt on
> 2nd Place.(that part IS on topic 'cause we grilled it on what I think
> was a mister smokey.)
> Jack
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Guess I'm not quite as old as you Jack. Don't remember things
that long ago.

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