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   Message 1,215 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   Hey!   
   23 Jul 12 07:07:47   
   
   21 Jul 12 07:40, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> I noted yesterday that it was hotter where you are than here and   
    RN>> THAT's something.   
      
    RW>> That was on the 12th and we had a lot of humidity off the gulf that   
    RW>> day. Yesterday it was 92F with low humidity and I worked in the   
    RW>> garage without breaking a sweat. Two ceiling fans and a 18" pusher   
    RW>> to move the air along. I also have a 54" fan that pushes a lot of   
    RW>> air when the humidity gets up there. Been thinking about building a   
    RW>> 54" swamp cooler to help cool off the garage.   
      
    RN> The day before yesterday, I was driving down the road on some errands   
    RN> and got caught in a monsoon that came out of the northeast and was   
    RN> raining so hard, I gave some thought to pulling the car over to the   
    RN> side of the road, which would be just as dangerous, but instead I   
    RN> outran it.  Yesterday, that same weather system caused very heavy   
    RN> rain all day and we didn't get out of the 70s.   
      
   That should happen here. I'd enjoy a soaker with low temps like that.   
      
    RN>> I don't remember the last time I saw gas under $3.   
      
    RW>> It's been a while, hasn't it...gas prices should be lower, since   
    RW>> oil has been $20 cheaper a barrel, but gasoline suppliers aren't   
    RW>> going to budge off of their profits without an incentive to lower   
    RW>> prices. It is summer, so I don't expect gas prices to get any lower   
    RW>> until September, after school starts.   
      
    RN> It's the same old practice of getting the consumer used to a price   
    RN> and NEVER lowering it.  There is a special name and place for those   
    RN> people.   
      
   Rag heads from hell?   
      
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