DAVID WILLIAMS wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 DW> I wish the changes could be made gradual, so the sun would rise at
 DW> 6  a.m. every day, and sunset might be as early as 3 p.m. or as
 DW> late as 10  p.m., depending on the time of year. But there would be
 DW> lots of  practical problems... 

Sunshine from 06:00 to 22:00 all year long would be a bit much for us down
here.  We'd cook.  (-:  But, as you said, certain times of the yeat.

 DW> I own some land near Peace River. Scenically, Alberta is my
 DW> favourite  province. Politically is another matter. 

Politics seem to remain the same no mater what the countryside looks like.

-> I'll have to contact my friends up in the Yukon Territory and see
-> what time they are observing now. 

My radio controlled clock reset itself back to CST at 02:00 this morning!

 DW> They'll be on Pacific Daylight Time, I think. 

Yeah, but I'm about due to write them anyway.
   
 DW> Here in Toronto, regular gas was about 85 cents per litre until 
 DW> recently. Then there was a fire in a refinery, which "caused a 
 DW> shortage". Some gas stations claimed to be out of gas, but there
 DW> was  never any problem finding somewhere to fill up. But the price
 DW> shot up  to about $1.06 per litre. Greed, I believe. And it
 DW> actually had a  noticeable effect on traffic. There were fewer cars
 DW> on the roads,  especially on weekends. Now, the refinery has been
 DW> fixed and prices  have dropped a bit, but are still about a buck a
 DW> litre. That's Canadian  bucks, of course. About 85 cents, U.S.. And
 DW> there are about 3.8 litres  to a U.S. gallon. I guess you can do
 DW> the comparison! 

I was watching The O'Reilly Factor on the FOX News channel last night and
there was a guest on who stated that the reason gas prices are so high
right now is because some refineries are down for maintenance.
(Tongue-in-cheek)
 
The oil companies don't want to invest their obscene profit margin in
something that is winding down.  And who can blame them?  Still, it's no
reason to stick it to the consumer.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+