With those ever climbing gas prices, you always hear people talking about how much it uses to cost. One Lynn Haven man can do more than just talk about them. He's got a paper trail of proof.

Gary Cooper's second job out of high school was pumping gas in upstate New York, and now in his retirement Coopers floored at what they've risen to.

Gary Cooper said, "I never thought I'd see this day, because it's been relatively cheap all these years."

After 43 years of hard work and enough pay stubs to wallpaper a large room, Gary Cooper's kept every single one. The stubs from his gas pumping days were often hand written on the back of old gas receipts.

"Back in 1965 when I was pumping gas at a Mobile station I didn't realize it, but gas was dirt cheap and my receipts show it was 28 cents a gallon."

Bay County enjoyed the same prices.

Fast forward to 2008 and times have certainly changed since Mr. Cooper’s day of 28 cents a gallon, but he's not the only one who remembers those low, low prices.

Jim Dever, a consumer, said, "In 1972 I owned a gas station in Mississippi, It was the first business I ever owned and my wife was pregnant and barefoot pumping gas, and we got 39.9 cents a gallon, and we made 2 to 3 cents per gallon was the margin on it."

Ford Cavanaugh, a consumer said, "Years ago I remember when we could get five gallons of gas for one dollar bill."

Sylvester Vlach, a consumer, said, "Back in the 70's before I joined the service I think it was 35 cents a gallon."

Of course, when Gary Cooper was filling tanks for 28 cents a gallon he was only making an hourly wage of $1.50.

"Well, compared to today, of course, a lot has changed and a lot of years have gone by and you have to expect some increase, but thinking back to those days, they were the good old days."

But even people of younger generations know the painful pinch of watching gas prices climb.

Crystal Frison, a consumer, said, "When I was 16 years old and I got my first car, it cost $12 to fill up my tank, $12 in high school. What, I'm 22 now, so sox years from then it tripled, tripled."

Although the gas prices still haven't leveled off, you can find the cheapest gas prices in your area by going to gasbuddy.com.