-> I often wish we'd stay on the same time all year long. 
  
I wish the changes could be made gradual, so the sun would rise at 6 
a.m. every day, and sunset might be as early as 3 p.m. or as late as 10 
p.m., depending on the time of year. But there would be lots of 
practical problems... 
  
-> Alberta.  Pretty country up there.   
  
I own some land near Peace River. Scenically, Alberta is my favourite 
province. Politically is another matter. 
  
-> I'll have to contact my friends up in the Yukon Territory and see what time 
-> they are observing now. 
  
They'll be on Pacific Daylight Time, I think. 
  
-> Regular gas in these parts (southeastern Louisiana) was down to $2.05 per 
-> gallon a couple of weeks ago.  I have to use premiun at $2.25 per gallon 
-> because of the octane rating my car's engine requires.  Anyway, I contracted 
-> stomach virus and didn't leave the house for a week.  When I did yesterday,  
-> noticed the price of a gallon of gas had risen 40 cents per gallon.  The onl 
-> scientific evidence I have for this at the moment is greed. 
  
Here in Toronto, regular gas was about 85 cents per litre until 
recently. Then there was a fire in a refinery, which "caused a 
shortage". Some gas stations claimed to be out of gas, but there was 
never any problem finding somewhere to fill up. But the price shot up 
to about $1.06 per litre. Greed, I believe. And it actually had a 
noticeable effect on traffic. There were fewer cars on the roads, 
especially on weekends. Now, the refinery has been fixed and prices 
have dropped a bit, but are still about a buck a litre. That's Canadian 
bucks, of course. About 85 cents, U.S.. And there are about 3.8 litres 
to a U.S. gallon. I guess you can do the comparison! 
  
                               dow 
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