It can also take hours and the know how of a rocket scientist to adjust the dashboard digital clock, even with the automotive manufacturer’s guidebook in hand.
nice to see old walt again wonder if he has now become ageless like the rest of the cast. Ageing seems to have stoped Walt is at least 116 to 120 skeezix is in his 90s and slime has to be near 70.
Ten cents a gallon, maybe — wages were around 50 cents an hour. My dad, a skilled mill carpenter and cabinet maker, pulled down about $50 take home for a 6 day week of 50 hours in the mid ’50s. Regular gas was about 20 cents a gallon; but there was a 2 cent truck discount.
And we end up with a luxury car with cool safety systems, like windshield wipers that are controlled with the touch screen. Oh! the convenience of having to look away from driving to do things like that!
That quasi-Jetsons reference in the final panel is, interestingly enough, still a bit premature. I do remember various articles and TV shows predicting we’d be at that level of technology by the dawn of the 21st century. Hasn’t happened yet, though.
I’m confused by this. Self-driving cars don’t tell you how to drive – they drive themselves. And you don’t have to be any kind of scientist to adjust an engine because they adjust themselves (with built-in computers). And if the “Edzel” had the latest innovations, it wouldn’t have come anywhere near a person. Not sure about the point of this strip. Is it supposed to be funny?
Dirty Dragon over 4 years ago
Look out for the Edsel!
HA! Walt does in one Sunday what Stu’s had us working on in bits and pieces in the comments for months now.
Okay, it’s really an Edzel… but whatever it’s called, we definitely don’t want to hear a Walt-shattering KABOOM.
pony21 Premium Member over 4 years ago
LOVE THIS! Terrific connection between the past and present (… and future??) of Gasoline Alley!
brooklynbanjoboy over 4 years ago
It can also take hours and the know how of a rocket scientist to adjust the dashboard digital clock, even with the automotive manufacturer’s guidebook in hand.
khmo over 4 years ago
NIce cars today but horrid guidebooks
Darryl Heine over 4 years ago
Gasoline Alley in 1918 was originally a 1 panel strip dealing with the automobile – until Skeezix came around 3 years later.
battle of plattsburgh over 4 years ago
Didn’t know that.
TracyFan 65 over 4 years ago
Yep. I could do most of my own work on my old 1957 Studebaker. Now, I would need degrees in electronics and computer science.
Durak Premium Member over 4 years ago
What a great Sunday comic. Thank’s Jim, I really enjoyed this one.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 4 years ago
I saw gas for 12 cents in a few stations in Springfield , MO during the gas war of 1963 or ’64. The highest price in town was 16 cpg.
omegasupreme over 4 years ago
nice to see old walt again wonder if he has now become ageless like the rest of the cast. Ageing seems to have stoped Walt is at least 116 to 120 skeezix is in his 90s and slime has to be near 70.
A# 466 over 4 years ago
Ten cents a gallon, maybe — wages were around 50 cents an hour. My dad, a skilled mill carpenter and cabinet maker, pulled down about $50 take home for a 6 day week of 50 hours in the mid ’50s. Regular gas was about 20 cents a gallon; but there was a 2 cent truck discount.
harebell over 4 years ago
Notice the rocket ship’s name?
1MadHat Premium Member over 4 years ago
And we end up with a luxury car with cool safety systems, like windshield wipers that are controlled with the touch screen. Oh! the convenience of having to look away from driving to do things like that!
Code the Enforcer over 4 years ago
Where’s Marvin (or Martin) when you need ’em??!! :)
BlitzMcD over 4 years ago
That quasi-Jetsons reference in the final panel is, interestingly enough, still a bit premature. I do remember various articles and TV shows predicting we’d be at that level of technology by the dawn of the 21st century. Hasn’t happened yet, though.
Cactus-Pete over 4 years ago
I’m confused by this. Self-driving cars don’t tell you how to drive – they drive themselves. And you don’t have to be any kind of scientist to adjust an engine because they adjust themselves (with built-in computers). And if the “Edzel” had the latest innovations, it wouldn’t have come anywhere near a person. Not sure about the point of this strip. Is it supposed to be funny?