Gas prices in New Jersey have gone up roughly 16% over the past month. The explanation for that is by order of the Federal government, refiners have to switch from MTBE to ethanol as the clean-burning fuel additive. Since we have so little slack in refinery capacity, doing anything at all that cuts into production will send gas prices skyward. And certainly any change in gasoline formulation that requires refineries to go offline temporarily to reconfigure will do just that. So I shudder to think about what would happen if we have a repeat of last year's Gulf coast hurricanes. We definitely need more refineries.
Anyway, I won't dwell on supply considerations tonight, as I noticed that because of the steep jump in gas prices, pump attendants are suddenly giving far better service as though apologetic for the price hikes. As you know, there are no self-service gas pumps in New Jersey, so any improvement in pump attendant service matters a lot to me. So this evening, I filled up and purchased about 5 gallons of regular. Then when it was time to pay, the pump attendant brought me a printed receipt (Until today, if I didn't ask for a receipt, that would never happen!) even though I was paying in cash. Then after I paid up, he said "Gigginning!" It took me a while, but I disentangled that into "Have a good evening!" I think it's almost worth paying a few dimes more per gallon to hear "Gigginning!" :)
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manonica:1. How many glasses of water do you drink in a day?
I've never counted, but it's probably about 15 to 20 glasses.
2. Do you watch what you eat?
Yes, but the food doesn't look so good after I eat it.
3. What physical fitness regimen do you follow?
One geocache, two geocaches, three geocaches, four.
Five geocaches, six geocaches, seven geocaches, more.
4. How many hours of sleep so you need every night?
Five to six hours is often enough.
5. Are you happy with your body?
I wish it were more resistant to injury. Then I could take a shortcut through the bramble. (Wait, I already do that!)