We have it easier in the States and yet we still complain...

[fnkngrv]

The year was 1999 and I was driving my 96 Tercel Coupe. I pulled into the Gas Station on fumes at Fort Hood, Texas. I looked up at the pump and was wondering why I saw that gas had gone up a nickel to 94 cents per gallon. It cost me a few cents over 10 bucks to fill my tank that day....it was my lunch hour. I went back to my barracks room and saw that I had mail. I opened the letter and found out that in 97 days I would be stationed out of Camp Stanley, Korea. I was livid...I was 7 days from the cut off when they would not have been able to reassign me anywhere else since my tour was closing out and I had big plans for my life. Nothing else I could do, but head the call of my country and go where they needed me. Exit stage left to the trip home for PCS leave. Gas was still at 94 cents a gallon in Texas....by the time I had finished my drive home to northern Maine it was 1.37 per gallon....on I90 in New York I paid much closer to 2 per gallon. I was so aggravated about this...this was absurd...it was highway robbery I was saying. 28 days down the line I was on a plane to Seoul and landed 22 hours later. It didn't take me long there to realize how good we really had it when it came to fuel. 1832 Won per litre was what was posted on the sign of a service station there...I did the math...that was 6924 Won per Gallon....That was 5.77 per gallon US money! I was shocked and had to talk to some of the citizens and they had told me that gas was that price for a while now....this was 1999...not 2005, 6 or 7. I can only imagine the cost of fuel there now, but boy did it make me realize even further how good we have it here. Today I stop at the Mobil station and fill up at 2.99 per gallon...there is a "soccer mom" filling up her GMC Envoy to the tune of 73 bucks and all she was doing was huffing and puffing at the pump next to me. I could not resist...I had to look over at her as she was pitching her mild fit and said, "yeah...it definitely is not the old days anymore...it just cost me 28 to fill mine." Needless to say I received quite the dirty look. This event this morning brought back the memories of the past and I could not help but to think, especially when we pay a fraction of what is paid overseas....quit your bitching you spoiled ass brat, its not like you are doing anything to help the situation!





Ok...that was my rant for the day....thanks for anyone who listens.