On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:44:56 -0500, Moe Trin wrote:

> There used to be a perpetual gas war on US 15 between Meriden and
> Hartford, Connecticut in the 1950s. Even though you'd burn a gallon
> driving there (and back) to fill up.

We had 3 stations at one intersection in town - Standard, Sinclair and
Shell - almost constantly cutting prices on each other in the same time
period. No need to waste time or fuel to get the best price.

Only one of them survived, the Shell station and it's now a Phillips 66
owned by Indians.