Subj : I'm being slammed by thes
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Barry Martin
Date : Thu Nov 19 2020 08:40:00


Hi Daryl!

 BM> Plus the normal expenses without the competitors: raisies to the
 BM> employes for increases in cost of living, increased costs of utilities,
 BM> maintaining the postal vehicles, etc., etc., etc.  The competitors
 BM> might help keep the costs down.  ...U.S. rates are cheaper than some
 BM> other parts of the world: in Austria (where my Aunt lives) it costs her
 BM> 1 Euro to mail a letter. E1 is about USD1.20.
 DS>   In Arkansas, regular gas is around $2 a gallon. I've talked to
 DS> folks in California and Canada, and they're paying 2 to 3 times
 DS> more.

Several days ago when I was out the local gas was also around $2.00/gal:
a couple in the upper $1.90's, most $2.0x.  ...I'll be getting gas later
today as my points are expiring next week but I don't want to wait: 
might be that pre-Thanksgiving price-rise.


 BM> I've read the best thing to do is just maintain speed and don't swerve.
 BM> Their brains are wired the predator (car) is after them and keeps the
 BM> same speed to capture them.  Any swerving is to compensate for the
 BM> change in path of them, to get them, not to avoid.  And yes, I do feel
 BM> bad if I hit one but better them than me getting into an accident.
 DS>   This is true. It's like "How can you eat one of God's
 DS> Creatures?", and the reply "In a sandwich bun". <G>

To me a stalk of celery or piece of seaweed is a God's Creature so on 
that point there is no difference.

 
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