Hey, Folks!

Franc, I'm at a loss but I'll ask the bean counters upstairs just what the heck is with the limit. I know we're not posting limits. The gas is available so it can't be a 'running-out-of-petrol' thing. Hmmmm.
I just posted a thread (Let's just have one more thread about gas) about some interesting things I learned at our last managers meeting.
But, getting back to memories (ahhhh, memories........you know, this is getting to be a thing with us oldsters here! ) I was working at a gas station during the 70's crisis, driving a 63 Chev. Impala SS, when OPEC decided to screw with us. I never had any problem getting gas along with my fellow employees but we filled up after hours assuming the gas was there to be had. Otherwise, I walked. The station was just down the block from where I lived so walking wasn't an issue. Besides I was young (whine, ****, moan).
The lines were long & we'd have to limit purchases to 10 gallons, if I remember correctly. The price shot up to - gasp - $.56 a gallon & we were trying to figure out just how we were going to pay for this enormous price spike. I remember my dad being pretty upset. He's a paraplegic & couldn't very well walk to work, he drove everywhere he had to go; there wasn't any alternative besides his son. The guys at the station were sympathetic so they'd let him fill up at night, once again, assuming it had gas.
And then came the small cars: the Vegas, the Pintos, Omni's, Arrows. What pieces of crap. Good for 75K, if you were lucky & the whole thing didn't rust away on you.
Detroit was sooooo slow on the uptake & the Japanese cars weren't too much better at the time but they were better by degrees & it's never been the same.
Once again, Detroit's been caught by surprise & it's hurting. But that's another rant for another day.