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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 28 Nov 2014

    #WhenIWasYourAge: My car got seven miles per gallon. With a tail-wind.

    12:55 PM - 28 Nov 2014
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    93 replies 300 retweets 1,337 likes
      1. Favstar.fm 1000★'s‏ @favstar1000favs 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Congrats on your 1000★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/538435928113414144 …

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      1. unrepresented voter‏ @prfsnlgk 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson Probably with leaded fuel, too.

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      1. Phillip Bastien‏ @PABastien 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson My dad's likes to say "#WhenIWasYourAge, I was 25 years old."

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      2. z‏ @ononerail 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson #WhenIWasYourAge was it made of iron or steel? :-)

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      3. chc3po‏ @chc3po 28 Nov 2014
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        @ononerail @neiltyson #WhenIWasYourAge Gas was 9.98c a gallon!

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      4. z‏ @ononerail 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @chc3po

        @chc3po @neiltyson #WhenIWasYourAge lol OK that beats me, but I do remember 20 bucks filled the tank and got ya a few beers downtown.

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      5. chc3po‏ @chc3po 28 Nov 2014
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        @ononerail @neiltyson #wheniwasyourage Those were the days, my friend (-;

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      1. Mick Russom‏ @mickrussom 28 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson So you caused all this AGW and give me crap for it? TY. I drive a 32/40 MPG car, more economical over my lifetime than you.

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      1. Violet W—MAGA‏ @geekiestwoman 28 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson #WhenIwasYourAge I drove a 67 Shelby Mustang that got 5mpg & outran the CHiPS on I-5 from LA 2 SF (Hid in a corn field 2 escape)

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      1. Robert Clarence‏ @ClarenceCycling 16 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson True, but gas only cost 35 cents a gallon!

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      1. Ryan Anderson‏ @bigryno316 10 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson with leaded gas at that

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      1. Andrew Glynn‏ @dasein42 4 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Jeeps still do.

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      1. vinyldavid‏ @vinyldavid 3 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Some of us still yearn for such vehicles!

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      1. GirlwithDogs Barrett‏ @sirius28516 1 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson And gas was .36 a gallon.

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      1. astandy‏ @astandy 29 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson I had a '67 Fiat w/35 mpg.

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      1. U5K0‏ @U5K0 29 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson Most of the world has no idea what that means. #metric

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      1. Doug Aranda‏ @DougAranda1 29 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson And it wouldn't have been bothered at all by an E.M.P.!

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      1. George Baillie‏ @RoboSkel100K 29 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson But 7mpg with $0.279 per gallon made it $.04/mile, versus 30mpg with $2.999 per gallon makes it $0.10/mile today #HydrogenNow

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