Binnie...I know you're older than me, so you must recall the days of 20% interest rates, gas rationing, hostage crisis, military in shambles, "energy conservation", the "misery index" etc...it makes me ill to even think about those times.
He's lived in Idaho for fifty years. Do you really think the one "filling station" felt the gas rationing?
Maybe, Goober or Gomer had their hours cut. But he has no idea what New York City looked like back then.
